Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 7 December 2020
Christian aid group applauds investigation into forced conversions, marriages in Pakistan
(Catholic News Agency)
Chinese court tells Dutch collector to return Buddha statue
(Associated Press)
US puts Nigeria on religious freedom blacklist with China, Saudi Arabia
(Deutsche Welle)
USCIRF welcomes the State Department’s designation of Nigeria among world’s worst violators of religious freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Shiite factions close to Sistani move to separate from Iran-backed militias
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
India's 'love jihad' interfaith marriage story may be political spin – but its effects are real
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
After years of waiting, Ethiopian Jews arrive to Israel
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Prince Charles leads Lord Sacks memorial: I’ll miss him more than words can say
(Sandy Rashty, Jewish News)
Slovenia designates Hezbollah as terrorist organization
(Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)
Polygamy is rare around the world and mostly confined to a few regions
(Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Police in Uttar Pradesh arrest 10 men under new anti-conversion law
(Saurabh Sharma, Reuters)
Inside Mar Saba Monastery in the West Bank
(Taghreed Ali, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
With pews emptied by COVID-19, a Catholic researcher asks, ‘What if they never come back?’
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Liberals tussle over Australia's gay conversion laws as religious leaders split
(Farrah Tomazin & Paul Sakkal, The Age)
Macron rejects calls to get tough with Egypt’s el-Sisi on rights
(Al Jazeera)
Pope to make first-ever trip to Iraq in March: Vatican
(Al Jazeera)
Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in 2021
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
G20 Interfaith Forum: Handing over from Saudi Arabia to Italy as President of the 2021 G20
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Sunday, 6 December 2020
NSW Covid-19 rules for churches from 7 Dec 2020
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Friday, 4 December 2020
Further information about Victorian “Conversion Practices” Bill
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Australian Bishops differ over blessing of same-sex marriages
(Muriel Porter, Church Times)
Women's movement sweeps Latin America to loosen abortion restrictions
(Daina Beth Solomon and Cassandra Garrison, Reuters)
76 Church of Almighty God members sentenced to prison
(Deng Jie, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Sectarian violence breaks out in Minya
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Is there hope for Christians in Algeria?
(International Christian Concern)
Algeria should improve its religious legislation, says European Parliament
(Willy Fautré, Bitter Winter)
Vietnam denies permission for ECVN(S) to hold clergy assembly
(Morning Star News)
Religious freedom in education: A fundamental, yet elusive right
(Charles J. Russo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Islam for Emmanuel Macron is like the West for Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
(Ramazan Kılınç, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
M.A. v. Belgium: the (in)voluntary return of a Sudanese migrant and the dangers of informal migration cooperation with third countries
(Eleonora Frasca, Strasbourg Observers)
Their existing secularism and our aspired secularism
(Hasan Ismaik, Egypt Indepedent Opinion)
Cardinal Pell on the Vatican and vindication
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Judge rejects prosecutor's request to imprison Jehovah's Witnesses without trial
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian police accused of brutality against Jehovah's Witness
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
At last, it's time for reporters to look abroad, with decline of Islam in Iran a brewing story
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
End COVID lockdowns, say over 49,000 doctors and scientists
(Jackson Elliott, The Christian Post)
WEA head: Biblical illiteracy 'utmost problem' facing global evangelicalism WEA head: Biblical illiteracy 'utmost problem' facing global evangelicalism
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Religious-freedom restrictions at highest levels for more than a decade, research finds
(Maddy Fry, Church Times)
Honor killings against women increase in southeast Syrian city
(Akhin Ahmed, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Islamic State increases attacks in Iraq’s Sunni areas
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
No Christmas cheer in Bethlehem this year amid coronavirus pandemic
(Aziza Nofal, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Dr. Lilian Sison waging peace by healing trauma
(Religions for Peace)
“Interfaith mothers” secure release of child hostages in Sierra Leone
(Religions for Peace)
Catholic Aid is helping returned African migrants counter hunger, COVID-19
(Tawanda Karombo, Religion Unplugged)
G20 Interfaith Forum kicks off preparations for its 2021 global event in Italy with "handover" ceremony
(G20 Interfaith Forum, PR Newswire)
UN passes Pakistan-led interfaith dialogue resolution
(Islamuddin Sajid, Anadolu Agency)
Number of North Koreans exposed to Bible increasing annually despite persecution: report
(The Christian Post)
Photos of the Week: Romanians in the rain; South Korean entrance exams
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Love jihad: Indian Muslim student arrested ‘for trying to convert Hindu girl’ under new interfaith marriage law
(South China Morning Post)
Police disrupt interfaith wedding in Lucknow
(Vatsala Gaur, The Economic Times)
Faith leaders pair with health officials to save India’s largest slum from COVID-19
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)
India’s fading promise of religious freedom: Part 3
(International Christian Concern)
Police in India make first arrest under new interfaith marriage law
(Geneva Abdul and Sameer Yasir, The New York Times)
Indian state places new restrictions on religious conversion
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches granted land for construction in Gezira state
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Eritrea releases 28 Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Israel arrests man who doused inside of church with fuel
(Associated Press)
Should Hong Kong crackdowns count as ‘anti-Christian persecution’?
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Militants open fire and burn police car in Philippine town
(Associated Press)
Rabbi Lazar blessed the new Israeli ambassador to work in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Voronezh court softens restrictive measure on 10 Jehovah's Witnesses
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Court rejects seriously-ill prisoner's release plea
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Venezuelan Bishops issue statement ahead of elections
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Indonesian politics roiled by return of radical firebrand imam Rizieq
(Paul Marshall, Religion Unplugged)
When believers become invisible
(Jonathon Van Maren, Convivium)
Uighurs forced to eat pork as China expands Xinjiang pig farms
(Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera)
Religious-freedom restrictions at highest levels for more than a decade, research finds
(Maddy Fry, 12/26/2020)
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
God and religion in the Australian constitution
(Nicholas Aroney, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
God, religion, and faith in the Australian Constitution
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
The symbolic significance of God in the Australian constitution
(Alex Deagon, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Fratelli tutti: A series of reflections
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Religious Peacebuilding in Fratelli tutti
(Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
On the ILC, professional background, gender and positivism: A Rejoinder to Jan Klabbers
(Danae Azaria, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Universalist response to particularistic regression: Political philosophy behind the Pope Francis Encyclical Fratelli tutti
(Mikhail Minakov, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Home raids across Iran indicate alarming increase in human rights violations against Baha'is, says Baha'i International Community
(Bahá’í International Community)
"People of the Book" brings Jews and Muslims together
(Claudia Mende, Qantara.de)
Calls to strengthen laws, education and political messaging to address antisemitism in Australia
(ABC News Australia)
Venezuelan bishops warn that controversial polls will aggravate crisis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis once again enters abortion debate in Argentina
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Cameroon religious leaders encouraged to become 'diplomats of peace' in troubled land
(Ecumenical News)
China considers exposing religious persecution as ‘divulging state secrets’
(Julio Cachila, Christianity Daily)
Forum: Freedom of religion and of expression can coexist (4 European ambassadors to Singapore)
(Straits Times)
Perth couple who believe homosexuality is a sin take fight to become foster parents to court
(Angie Raphael, News AU)
Weekly highlight #134: Court battles and clergy roles in stopping the spread of COVID-19
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Russia: Special bimonthly FORB Digest (15-30.11.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Religious persecution’s red letter day
(Susan Korah, Convivium)
Pakistan’s new regulations aim to ‘silence the internet’
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)
Religious extremists halt church construction in a “leprosy colony” in Telangana
(ADF International)
Indian ‘Love Jihad’ law will be used to entrap and harass interfaith couples, rights lawyers say
(Namita Singh, Independent)
Indian state to criminalize interfaith marriages involving conversion
(Saji Thomas, Union of Catholic Asian News)
India, Pakistan trade barbs over ‘OIC resolution’ on Kashmir
(Al Jazeera)
Turkey to detain 82 military officers over alleged Gulen links
(Al Jazeera)
Thanks from Riyadh and a Welcome from Bologna
(Abdullah Alhomaid, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
United Nations statement on the relocation of Rohingya refugees to Bhasan Char
(United Nations)
Courage in Nagorno Karabakh – Report and Recommendations by Baroness Cox – the only UK Parliamentarian to have been an eye witness and to have seen the situation first hand.
(Lord David Alton Blog)
Monday, 30 November 2020
The Luxembourg Court rules on the dfference between states and countries as international law actors
(Kushtrim Istrefi, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Intersectionality and equality: a view from the Constitutional Court of South Africa
(Michael Rhimes, UK Human Rights Blog)
Pope Francis: Avoid the temptation of seeking ‘utopia’ in this world
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis encourages Argentine women opposing legal abortion
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: ‘The Church is the work of the Holy Spirit’
(Catholic News Agency)
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