Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 2 April 2021
At home in houses of worship - new data on the eagerness of Canadians across faith traditions to gather again
(Peter Stockland, Convivium)
New poll finds significant discomfort with public health orders
(Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)
Pakistanis clash with police at shrine shut over coronavirus
(Associated Press)
Good Friday and virus lockdown empty Manila’s streets
(Associated Press)
Who is Mansour Abbas, the Arab-Israeli who could hold the key to Israel’s next government?
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Arab Islamist shows clout with prime-time speech in Israel
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
Jehovah's Witnesses frustrated in Rostov courts
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
St. Petersburg court bans mobile app of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections | We don’t treat people based on their religion, says PM Modi
(The Hindu)
Nigerian bishop wants government to end oil spills
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nigerian government must do more to promote interreligious harmony, CSW says
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
U.S. and Mexican bishops call for better migration policies at border
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The canopy of heaven
(James Christie, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Articles of interest - 31 March 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Volume 19, No. 1, Spring 2021
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Resistance to military regime in Myanmar mounts as nurses, bankers join protests – despite bloody crackdown
(Tharaphi Than, The Conversation)
Protests unite Myanmar's ethnic groups against common foe: The shared experience of military violence has shifted political objectives among the ethnic majority
(Emily Fishbein, Kyaw Hsan Hlaing, Foreign Policy)
The United Nations turns up on the heat on Rajapaksa: As Sri Lanka's human rights record worsens,the world body tries to hold the country accountable for past crimes
(Neil Devotta, Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Policy)
Indian politician: "religion-based vote bank" has no place in India
(Times of India)
Chilean Supreme Court rules worship ban discriminatory
(ADF International)
USCIRF highlights impact of financial restrictions on civil society
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Legal Spirits Episode 032: The New Technocracy
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
UN condemns Palm Sunday `terrorist act’ on Indonesian church
(Associated Press)
Indonesia’s cardinal praises national response to suicide bombing
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope sends letter to infamous WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Crimea: Longest jail term so far
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Crimea court sentences Jehovah’s Witness for violating Russian anti-extremist laws
(Fred Porter, Jurist)
Russian bishops’ official concerned about new religion regulations
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Putin pledges to prevent foreign interethnic conflicts from spilling over into Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Bishop issues Palm Sunday appeal for end to IS-led violence in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Sudan confirms religious freedom with Nuba Mountains rebels
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Madhya Pradesh government notifies law against religious conversion
(Hindustan Times)
Gender, religion, and covid-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Intersectional approaches to covid-19 response and “building back better” (Responding to: Gender, religion, and covid-19)
(Kalina Majercak, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Japanese women leading gender equity efforts in religious and faith-based spaces during the covid-19 pandemic (Responding to: Gender, religion, and covid-19)
(Paola Cavaliere, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Opportunities for faith communities to address the challenges women and girls face due to the covid-19 emergencies (Responding to: Gender, religion, and covid-19)
(Sarah Thompson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Showing up! Female faith leadership in the covid-19 pandemic (Responding to: Gender, religion, and covid-19)
(Najuma Smith-Pollard, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The role of religion in responding to covid-19: A Baha’i perspective (Responding to: Gender, religion, and covid-19)
(Saphira Rameshfar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
When enough, really is enough: Living in balance after the covid-19 pandemic (Responding to: Gender, religion, and covid-19)
(Danielle L. Bridgeforth, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Women step up: Feminist faith leadership in the covid-19 pandemic (Responding to: Gender, religion, and covid-19)
(Mary E. Hunt, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Battle for the soul of Islam – Analysis
(James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review Opinion)
Catholic priest and six others killed in attack on church in Nigeria
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Iraq fortifies Syria border against Islamic State
(Mohammed Hardan, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Vatican makes moral case for supporting people displaced by climate change
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Moscow patriarchate likes changes in religion law
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Uzbekistan: Fines, magazine destruction, short-term jailing, beard shaving, threats
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
China wants to make its Christians more Chinese
(The Economist)
Cotton statement on Chinese sanctions against U.S. religious freedom group
(Tom Cotton)
After China retaliates with sanctions, U.S. religious freedom advocates say they won’t be silenced
(Catholic News Agency)
U.S. religious freedom officials continue advocacy despite new Chinese sanctions
(International Christian Concern)
China: Special bimonthly FORB digest (16.03-31.03.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Weekly highlight #149: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Holidays, vaccines, and mental health
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Swiss Parliamentarian raises concern regarding church closures in Algeria
(l, International Christian Concern)
German pastor hopeful in fight to remain in Turkey
(Christianity Today)
Bahrain appoints first ambassador to Israel
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Kosovo’s top diplomat calls Jerusalem embassy ‘a done deal’
(Zenel Zhinipotoku and Llazar Semini, Associated Press)
Religious tax immunity and the jurisprudence (Portuguese)
(Ricardo Pereira de Oliveira, Estrategia Concursos)
Religious freedom in a pandemic times (Portuguese)
(Marcelo Campelo, Segs.com)
First Peoples, First Racism: A discussion with first nation and indigenous leaders
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
Monday, 29 March 2021
New book — Rethinking Halal: Genealogy, Current Trends, and New Interpretations
(Ayang UtrizaYakin ,Louis-LéonChristians (eds.), Brill)
Régimen Jurìdico de los Ministros Religiosos
(Juan Navarro Floria, Marial Pons)
Delhi government issues SOP to protect interfaith, inter-caste couples, to provide safe houses
(Scroll.in India)
Another state in India considers expanding anti-conversion law
(International Christian Concern)
Photos: Indians gather for Holi celebrations as virus cases surge
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Vandalism of Muslim prayer space at Pearson airport under investigation as possible hate crime
(CBC News)
No Easter celebrations in Nairobi, Nakuru churches - Interfaith Council
(Nancy Agutu, The Star)
The geography of terror: A list of camps where ethnic Kazakhs are detained
(Leila Adilzhan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 wounded
(Yusuf Wahil and Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Newlywed militant suspects blamed in Indonesia church attack
(Yusuf Wahil and Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Palm Sunday bombing at cathedral in Indonesia injures Catholics leaving Mass
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholics asked to support the Holy Land on Good Friday
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Anti-Brotherhood shows dominate Egypt's Ramadan TV lineup
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Houthis deport some of Yemen's last remaining Jews
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Israel intensifies efforts to Judaize Jerusalem
(Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Religious News From Around the Web March 29, 2021
(World Religion News)
Updated NSW rules for churches
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Holy Week speaks of unplanned losses: Op-Ed
(Michael Kelly, Union of Catholic Asian News)
In many respects, Australian unis will smother academic freedom
(Peter Ridd, The Australian)
Iraq's Yazidis warn of ongoing threats from extremists
(Gasia Ohanes, Deutsche Welle)
Taiwan: An American citizen testifies about Tai Ji Men
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Taiwan: From the Bachang River scandal to the Tai Ji Men scandal
(Bor-Hwang Ni, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
USCIRF condemns the Chinese government’s sanctions on USCIRF commissioners
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Pakistani police: Attackers damage Hindu temple in Pakistan
(Associated Press)
Easter thoughts of a Pakistani Christian: Op-Ed
(Anee Muskan, Union of Catholic Asian News)
A reminder that Holy Week is prime time for anti-Christian violence
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The rise of the Muslim middle class — and the challenges
(Ghazala Wahab, The Hindu Business Line)
To further Muslim faith in religious freedom, can women succeed where men have not?
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Russian bishops' official concerned about new religion regulations
(Jonathan Luxmoore, The Pilot)
Lao pastor held for disrupting ‘unity’ must be freed: rights groups
(Radio Free Asia)
Christianity, immigration, and the religion of humanity
(Pierre Manent, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
New publication: Places of Worship and Holy Sites in Europe and the Middle East
(Conference of European Churches)
2021 Parliament theme announced
(Stephen Avino, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Saturday, 27 March 2021
Myanmar forces kill over 100 in deadliest day since coup
(Associated Press)
Friday, 26 March 2021
It’s official: Gilad Kariv will be the first Reform rabbi in Israel’s parliament
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation vicariously liable
(Jake Richards, UK Human Rights Blog)
New Book: Migration and the European Convention on Human Rights
(Edited by Başak Çalı, Ledi Bianku, and Iulia Motoc, European Society of International Law / Oxford University Press)
Mozambique blames Islamists for war: should the West accept that narrative?
(Cyril Zenda, Religion Unplugged)
The 46th session of the Human Rights Council – an EU perspective
(Delegation of the European Union to the UN and other international organisations in Geneva)
Religious freedom in Egypt? A counter-enquiry by Coptic Solidarity contradicts the official propaganda
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
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