Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 6 August 2021
Responses to: Palestinian citizens and religious nationalism in Israel
(Arnon Degani, Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Nadeem Karkabi, Rami Zeedan, Lori Allen, Atalia Omer, Maha Nassar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Union Gospel Mission seeks high court ruling on hiring case
(Associated Press)
Highlights: Recommendations to G20 leaders
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Biden administration announces key international religious freedom appointments
(Nathan Berkeley, Religious Freedom Institute)
Controversy over separation of state and religion in Japan rekindled after Shinto imperial rite
(The Japan Times)
The burning of Canada’s churches
(Paul Tuns, The Wall Street Journal)
Why Supreme Court got it right in extending the wall
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Can faith engagement make a difference?
(Katherine Marshall, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Tunisia, democracy, and the return of American hypocrisy
(Shadi Hamid, Brookings)
Tunisia’s litmus test for Arab politics
(Hussein Ibish, Business Day)
China: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (16-31.07.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Vietnam: EU Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) denounces activists’ arrests
(Bilaterals)
Bangladesh church attacked twice by Buddhist radicals after weeks of threats: report
(Emily Wood, Christian Post)
Police encounter with Christian preachers a startling omen of things to come
(Scoop)
‘They cannot burn Jesus out of me’: Mozambique pastors minister to survivors of violent insurgency
(Stefani McDade, Christianity Today)
USCIRF commends targeted sanctions against religious freedom violators in Syria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Rabbi Marcus Solomon becomes first orthodox rabbi named Supreme Court judge in Australia
(Keane Bourke, ABC News Australia)
For first time, Orthodox rabbi appointed to an Australian State Supreme Court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australian Mass becomes longest-running show on nation’s television
(Debbie Cramsie, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious freedom in India is in trouble
(Abijah Crawford, Providence Mag)
Saving Christian holy sites in the Middle East
(Paulina Song, Providence Mag)
In Turkey, Christians are being persecuted just for preaching
(Sofia Hoerder, Christian Today)
Government publishes landmark guidance on get refusal
(Simon Rocker, The Jewish Chronicle)
Catholic universities in Argentina call on courts to defend the unborn from abortion law
(Giselle Vargas, Catholic News Agency)
Weekly Highlight #167: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Vaccine hesitancy and religious action; New tensions and conflicts
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Muslim mob badly damages Hindu temple in central Pakistan
(Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)
Saudi man executed in Shiite-populated east for rebellion
(Associated Press)
Algerian Christians showing ‘great resilience’ in face of harassment
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Congo’s bishops want an end to attacks on Catholic Church, its leaders
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)
Russia raises alarm about patriarch's visit to Ukraine
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest July (16-31.07.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Jehovah's Witnesses' sentences pile up in south of Russia
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Belarusian dictator makes overture to Moscow patriarch
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Turkmenistan: "The right to acquire and use religious literature .. of their choice"?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Disgust and discrimination in Tehran
(Kristina Arriaga, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Venezuelan president rebuffs Vatican's call for dialogue
(Claire Riobé, La Croix International)
Losing their religion: When Muslim immigrants leave Islam
(Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs)
Passing of the Very Reverend Leonid Kishkovsky
(Religions for Peace)
Interfaith prayer for Peru's Bicentennial
(Religions for Peace)
[Ukrainian/Russian/Eng] Teaching international humanitarian law to military chaplains
(International Committee of the Red Cross)
Monday, 2 August 2021
Security service in Blagoveshchensk relentless in pursuit of Jehovah's Witnesses
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Canadian churches shouldn’t remain silent on religious oppression in China
(Christopher White and Margaret Mccuaig-Johnston, The Globe and Mail)
Report: Canada's Community Benefits Agreement is flawed
(Link 2 Build Ontario)
What the religion question in Australia's census really measures
(Caitlin Fitzsimmons, WA Today)
We have got to reflect upon whatever we thought religion was: Passionist church celebrates 300 years
(Fr Brian D’Arcy, Mark McGoldrick, Fermanagh Herald)
Covid-19 in South Africa: Employers who enforce mandatory jabs could end up in court, say labour experts
(Tebogo Monama, News24)
South Africa politician proposes legislative amendment that will butt heads with religious freedom rights
(Siviwe Gwarube, Daily Maverick)
South African bishops call for "conversion" after riots over former president's arrest
(l, La Croix International)
South Africa citizens should be grateful for their religious freedoms
(Wendy Kahn, South African Jewish Report)
At Tokyo Olympics, even faith events look different as COVID spikes
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Six months after the coup, what are we going to do about Myanmar’s new nightmare?
(Benedict Rogers, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
USCIRF commemorates the seventh anniversary of the Yazidi genocide
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
After seven years of genocide, we Yazidis struggle to see a future in Iraq
(Salih Hamo, Rudaw)
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Systemic racial challenges
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
A digital revolution? Ethical implications and interreligious engagement
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
IRAN : News digest about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in July
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia sentences three Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in prison
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Articles of interest - 2 August 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Abused by Daesh fighters for seven years and counting
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Refoulement continues as lawyers for the Uyghurs submit further evidence to the ICC
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
‘Journalism is sacred work’: Afghanistan’s front line reporters
(Robyn Huang and Matt Reichel, Al Jazeera)
AP photos: Faith, sport and festival: the month in religion
(Associated Press)
Brutal killing spotlights violence against women in Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Nicaraguan cardinal says Church will carry on despite government attacks
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leaders object to gun-bearing farmer in Brazilian social media campaign
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
South Sudan bishops request role in country’s peace negotiations
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Churches, Cuba & communism
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Conscientious objection to military service in “unrecognised” States: Avanesyan
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Catholic, evangelical group challenges president of Philippines over human trafficking
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Facing religious reforms, some Haredim now call for synagogue-state separation
(Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel)
Israel’s Olympic gold victory raises Jewish identity debate
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
24-year violation of religious freedom and human rights in Taiwan
(Globe Newswire)
Navigating religion, faith, and creativity in the age of AI
(Annie Brown, Forbes)
Friday, 30 July 2021
30 July 2021: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
(United Nations)
A hard-line stance on Iran endangers Christians. There’s a better way.
(David Curry, Religion News Service)
Hindutva’s threat to academic freedom
(Ananya Chakravarti, Purnima Dhavan, Manan Ahmed, Supriya Gandhi, Dheepa Sundaram, Audrey Truschke, Simran Jeet Singh Share Tweet, Religion News Service: Opinion)
Douglas Todd: Not much difference between Islamophobia and Christophobia
(Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun)
IHRC Special Issue #2 2021:
(International Human Rights Committee)
France passes new bill to tighten control of mosques
(Noemie Bisserbe and Matthew Dalton, The Wall Street Journal)
Why the rush? A call for critical reflection on the legal and human rights implications of a potential new international treaty on pandemics
(Dr Silvia Behrendt and Dr Amrei Müller, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
China targets another region in ethnic assimilation campaign: Tibet
(Liza Lin, Eva Xiao and Jonathan Cheng, The Wall Street Journal)
Israel’s surprising consensus on the Palestinian issue
(Micah Goodman, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)
Top EU court sets limits on workplace head-scarf ban
(Laurence Norman, The Wall Street Journal)
King Husein, CEO of Span Construction, has critical role in countering rising tide of restrictions on religious freedom
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, EIN Presswire)
Policy, gender, and religion: Their intersectionality
(Danielle Mattsson, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
“There is no excuse”: The international community must finish the work of holding North Korea to account
(Benedict Rogers, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Conference told Pakistan blasphemy laws 'equated to ethnic cleansing'
(EU Reporter)
Tunisia’s turmoil is being watched warily around the globe
(Mehdi El-Arem, Aya Batrawy and Lorne Cook, Associated Press)
Fasting may have become a health fad, but religious communities have been doing it for millennia
(Iqbal Akhtar, Religion News Service)
Bishop joins appeal for dialogue with Chile’s indigenous people
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Guatemalan church leaders back growing protests
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
Orthodox institutions dominate Jewish ritual in Israel. Could the new government change that?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Defend religious liberty for all despite our differences
(Asma T. Uddin, Real Clear Religion)
Rostov court treats Jehovah's Witnesses harshly
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Tajikistan: Male police continue targeting women wearing hijabs
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Advertising condoms, free speech and offending religious sensibilities: Gachechiladze v Georgia
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Supporting churches and community on HIV and AIDS, Kenyan works with Bible
(Ecumenical News)
What should Hindus want? India’s best asset is its modern democracy, not one community dominating others
(Chetan Bhagat, The Times of India)
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Dalai Lama representatives in New Delhi
(Alison Spiegel, Daniel Ilan, Cohen Thin, The Buddhist Review, Tricycle)
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