Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 17 February 2021
Philippine police storm Catholic school to arrest students
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Russia: Early release applications denied
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Russia: Appeals fail to overturn "extremism" convictions
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Russia: Special Bimonthly Report on Freedom of Religion (01-15.02.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
UAE’s first ambassador to Israel hopes to ‘foster peace and understanding’
(Joshua Salisbury, Jewish News)
In Naples, Muslim families struggle to bury coronavirus victims
(Mario Messina and Savin Mattozzi, Aljazeera)
Monday, 15 February 2021
Photos of the Week: Carnival cancellations, Lunar New Year
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Articles of interest - 15 February 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
International interfaith collaboration & resilience key in "keeping the faith"
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Israel issue complicates anti-semitism definition, potentially impacts U.S. work in middle east
(Ira Rifkin, Religion Unplugged Opinion)
Canada: Are churches a health hazard or essential service? A tale of two B.C. cities
(David Hunt, Vancouver Sun)
Judge questions the court's role in managing public health orders to ban church gatherings
(CBC News)
Former Canadian Prime Minister and high-ranking legal professionals call on Iranian Chief Justice to stop persecution of Baha’is in Iran
(Bahá’í International Community)
Pope hails Colombia for giving needy Venezuelans protection
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)
Ahead of papal visit, Iraq closes houses of worship due to COVID
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Moscow court arrests 2 Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religion)
Sputnik V vaccine halal - Gamaleya Center expert
(Interfax-Religion)
Turkmenistan: now 15 jailed conscientious objectors
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Hundreds of UK churches sign up to welcome new Hong Kong arrivals
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Research sheds light on the cultural and psychological correlates of religion
(Christian Rigg, PsyPost)
Jewish communities in six Gulf states form new organisation after peace deals
(Jewish News)
Australia ‘will heed threat warning’
(Jewish News)
Collision of laws: the impact of Commonwealth law on the Victorian CSP law
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter on freedom of religion or belief (08-14.02.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Stop the Myanmar genocide – human rights groups stand up for religious minorities at UN Human Rights Council after military coup
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
When the Dalai Lama dies, his reincarnation will be a religious crisis. Here's what could happen
(Ben Westcott, CNN)
Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the context of international and regional politics
(Reltoday)
Monsignor Jaramillo: "In Colombia there is no violence, but a real gang war" (Spanish)
(Agencia Fides, Religión digital)
Concerns of the Colombian Catholic Church about protection measures for Venezuelan migrants (Spanish)
(Angel Morillo, Vida Nueva Digital)
Interview with Chief Rabbi Alfredo Goldschmidt about Jewish community in Colombia (Spanish)
(David A. Rosenthal, Aurora)
Colombian nun has been kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in Africa for four years (Spanish)
(El Tiempo)
Friday, 12 February 2021
Using Seven Testaments to re-educate society in religion as "soft power" at the United Nations
(Sherrie M. Steiner, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)
The legal implications of humanitarian aid blockades
(Eugene Bakama Bope, The Conversation)
Saudi release of prominent activist comes amid effort to rebrand for Biden era
(Sarah Dadouch and Kareem Fahim, The Washington Post)
‘French Muslims will suffer’ under separatism rules, critics say
(Peter Yeung, Aljazeera)
Court says Quebec worship limits apply to capacity for each room
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Quebec Superior Court rules in favour of Hasidic Jewish community on limits to religious gatherings
(Elizabeth Raymer, Canadian Lawyer)
Sweden: Facing deportation back to China – 17 NGOs write to Prime Minister
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Missionary forced to leave Turkey appeals to ECHR: 'God called us there'
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
USCIRF releases new report about violent Islamist groups in Northern Nigeria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
United Nations demands Algeria to explain its campaign against Protestant churches
(Evangelical Focus)
Spokesman: Muslim youth kills Ahmadi physician in Pakistan
(Associated Press)
Sikh identity in the Indian farm protests
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Indian farmer protests are animated by Sikh faith, Punjabi history of fighting injustice (Responding to: Sikh identity in the Indian farm protests)
(Simran Jeet Singh, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Uzbekistan: Torture, prayer bans, but "no problems in Uzbekistan's prisons"?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
A “love project” to counter religious stereotypes in India
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Kazakhstan postponed to next year
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajik authorities classify sentence of opposition Islamic party leader
(Interfax-Religion)
The International Day of Human Brotherhood celebrates in Russia for the first time
(Interfax-Religion)
The Trend to Discriminate Christians: Shifting from the ‘Post-Christian’ West to the Global South
(Nataliya S. Semenova, Ekaterina V. Kiseleva, Aleksandr M. Solntsev, MDPI)
The Church, governance, and women’s rights in Argentina
(Ha Chau Ngo, London School of Economics)
Enter the “Administrative Measures for Religious Clergy”: Bitter Winter offer the first English translation of a text converting the clergy in apparatchiks under a system of awards and penalties based on their loyalty to the CCP.
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
China: the roots of cultural genocide in Xinjiang
(Sean R. Roberts, Foreign Affairs)
Biden in call with China’s Xi raises human rights, trade
(Aamer Madhani, Associated Press)
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
A webinar marking World Interfaith Harmony Week highlights the role of women in post-COVID cooperation
(The Lutheran World Federation)
Society must learn to accept intercaste, interfaith marriages, says SC
(The Federal)
Countering ‘love jihad’ by celebrating India’s interfaith couples
(Chinki Sinha, Aljazeera)
Dalit Christians stage protest march in southern India
(Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)
No gender, religion bias in orders by district courts
(Apurva Vishwanath, The Indian Express)
Govt defends 30-day notice period for interfaith unions
(Richa Banka, Hindustan Times)
Sudan businessman defends interfaith event addressed by rabbi
(Qantara.de)
Jordan- Armed forces mark World Interfaith Harmony Week
(Menafn)
Minsk, Vatican reaffirm commitment to strengthening interfaith dialogue
(Belta)
An unfolding tragedy: The decline of religious diversity in the Middle East
(Lord Alton of Liverpool, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Over a hundred of Yazidi victims of the Daesh genocide to be buried six years on
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Behind the camps’ gates: Rape and sexual violence against Uyghur women
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Last rites for the COVID-19 victims
(Religions for Peace)
Religions for Peace brings all faiths together to work for peace on International Day of Human Fraternity
(Religions for Peace)
What does it mean for a woman to serve with the Synod of Bishops?
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)
The military coup in Myanmar presents opportunities to Buddhist nationalists
(Anders C. Hardig and Tazreena Sajjad, Religion Unplugged)
Myanmar Christians appeal for release of detained leaders
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pope Francis calls for release of Myanmar leaders
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Statement by Religions for Peace – Myanmar regarding the prevailing conditions in Myanmar
(Religions for Peace)
Vatican: Institutionalization of elderly a mark of ‘throwaway culture’
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Pope’s schedule in Iraq reveals two missions
(Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Netanyahu accuses ICC of anti-Semitism
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Christians warn of censorship as 'conversion therapy' is banned in Australia
(The Christian Post)
Australian interfaith statement created by young people launched
(Catholic Outlook)
Indonesia launches initiative to tackle religious issues
(Katharina R Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Ending 10 Month Long Ban, Lankan PM Says Burial Of COVID Dead Muslims To Be Allowed
(P K Balachandran, Eurasia Review)
Russian Jehovah’s Witness sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison
(Associated Press)
Russia: new posts occupied within the Tatarstan Metropolitanate
(Religion Today, Religion Today)
Sri Lanka to allow burial of COVID-19 victims following ban
(Krishan Francis, Associated Press)
UK Muslims complain to UN over Sri Lanka’s cremation policy
(Aljazeera, Aljazeera)
8 sentenced to death in Bangladesh for killing publisher
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox reject criticism, defy virus rules
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Uighurs stage protest outside Chinese Embassy in Turkey
(Associated Press)
In Dubai’s COVID vaccine scramble, Sikhs serve doses to all
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)
Henan house church pastor sentenced to five and a half years in prison
(Daniela Bovolenta, Bitter Winter)
70 Christians released from three prisons in Eritrea
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Time for Pakistan's Christian TV channels to raise their voices
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistan – Virginity tests for female rape survivors outlawed by Pakistani court
(Women's UN Report Network)
Chairman Lee’s “embezzlement of fund”: Stealing from his own pocket
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Were 750 Christians really massacred? The truth about Ethiopia’s recent crisis
(Desta Heliso, Religion Unplugged)
USCIRF calls for Magnitsky sanctions on Saudi officials following release of Loujain al-Hathloul
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Weekly highlight #141: COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions: Untangling Religious Influences Among Multiple Economic, Social, Political Forces
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Kenya destroys 83-year-old mosque in Kisumu
(Garowe Online)
Atheists go to court over right to die
(Tania Broughton, Daily Maverick)
Monday, 8 February 2021
Looking to the heavens: Japanese temple planned for inside satellite
(Eriko Yamakuma, The Japan Times)
Union Gospel Mission: Case studies in faith-based social service in Canada
(Johanna Lewis, Cardus)
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