Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 18 November 2020
Shortly before ceasefire, experts issue a genocide warning for the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Pakistan anti-France protests called off after ‘deal’ with gov’t
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)
Pakistan’s governing PTI poised to form gov’t in Gilgit-Baltistan
(Al Jazeera)
Hong Kong's Cardinal Zen declares Chinese church schismatic, says Vatican is 'telling lies shamelessly'
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)
Ethiopia’s increasing vulnerability to Islamic extremism and what that means for the Horn of Africa
(Desta Heliso, Religion Unplugged)
Contagion: Government and religion during the COVID-19 pandemic
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
The death of Ayman al-Zawahri and the future of al-Qaida
(Daniel L. Byman, Brookings)
‘Water on a stone’: UN expert [Ahmed Shaheed] on the hard work of religious freedom
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
UK Foreign Office urged to introduce sanctions on Chinese officials and organisations for torture and abuse of Uyghurs
(Charles Hymas, Telegraph)
Pope Francis: Mary teaches us to pray with a heart open to God’s will
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Exorcisms and the popes: Stories from inside the Vatican
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Madhya Pradesh govt to table bill against ‘forced’ interfaith marriage
(Shruti Tomar, Hindustan Times)
ICC hosts event with Hungary Helps Program
(International Christian Concern)
Pompeo skips Ankara, meets with Christian leader in final Turkey visit
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Pompeo takes religious-freedom agenda to Istanbul
(Jimmy Quinn, National Review)
Pompeo meets Orthodox spiritual leader in Istanbul
(Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)
Jericho entices tourists with Mount of the Temptation
(Taghreed Ali, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Weekly highlight #131: Mixed news on religious fronts: focus on Latin America, refugees
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Church leaders urge ‘difficult path’ of peace and dialogue in Peru
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The crisis of Israeli religious identity
(David Brofsky, Mosaic)
Why are some States opting for laws on freedom of religion for marriage (‘love jihad’)? | The Hindu In Focus podcast
(Jayant Sriram, The Hindu)
Holy See denounces populism and violence against religions
(Vatican News)
Saudi Arabia has used the Muslim Brotherhood to exploit the religion of Islam
(Motasem A Dalloul, Middle East Monitor)
Catholicism and its disconnects: The most recent Papal encyclical highlights longstanding fault lines in contemporary Catholicism
(Richard A. Rosengarten, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Monday, 16 November 2020
Al-Azhar to sue France over prophet cartoons
(Mhamed Sabry, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks by His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of France
(Religions for Peace)
Islamist sit-in outside Pakistani capital targets France
(Associated Press)
Photos of the week - 13 November 2020
(Jessi Dodge, Religion News Service)
‘Moved by Islamophobia’, Rajasthan youth applied for Islamic Studies MA in Kashmir, made history
(Azaan Javaid, The Print)
Maharashtra govt announces reopening of religious places from Monday
(Times Now News)
Diwali 2020: When is it and how is it celebrated?
(Al Jazeera)
In Photos: Celebrating Diwali 2020 during the pandemic
(Alexandra Radu, Religion Unplugged)
Australian Prime Minister and MPs mark community’s centenary at Parliament
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Top UN organizations discuss food security with BIC and grassroots actors at Social Forum
(Bahá’í International Community)
The European Court of Human Rights has started considering the case of eviction of the Crimean Diocese of the OCU from the church in Simferopol
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
In Kharkiv, people picket against Kremlin diplomats, demanding to put an end to the persecution of Baptists in Russia
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
US judge allows Chabad to seize Russian financial assets in the US after Russia fails to return library
(Vos Iz Neias)
Chabad moves one step closer to recovering sanctions against Russia in attempt to repatriate library
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In the occupied Crimea, another mosque attendant accused of ‘illegal missionary activity’
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
A Shinto perspective on the relationship between natural rainforests and human life
(Yoshinobu Miyake, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
CCCC headed to Supreme Court of Canada on the Aga case
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
Case of Zagubnya and Tabachkova v. Ukraine (Jehovah's Witnesses assaulted by Orthodox priest)
(The European Court of Human RIghts)
International Black Clergy Conference brings people together across the African diaspora
(Pat McCaughan, Episcopal News Service)
International Day of Tolerance: Group tasks Nigerians to imbibe culture of acceptance, peace
(Amos Tauna, Daily Post NG)
Interreligious harmony councils to be established across Pakistan from December 2020: Ashrafi
(Fahad Shabbir, UrduPoint)
Push to legislate interfaith marriages sparks backlash in India
(Neeta Lal, The Diplomat)
Taoists deprived of temples, customs, and traditions
(Li Mingxuan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks by H.E. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
(H.E. António Guterres, Religions for Peace)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks from Dr. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
(Angela Merkel, Religions for Peace)
Religions for Peace 1st Assembly on Women, Faith, and Diplomacy: Opening ceremony remarks by Prof. Azza Karam
(Azza Karam, Religions for Peace)
Breaking silences: Women's voices interrupt a global narrative of terror
(Religions for Peace)
The G20 Interfaith Forum: Past and future
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
USCIRF gravely concerned about the rise in blasphemy cases leading to mob violence in Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Articles and publications of interest - 16 November 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious minority families in Mexico at imminent risk of being expelled
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Palestinians torn as Israel seeks Gulf tourists in Jerusalem
(Areej Hazboun and Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
Putin calls for preserving churches in the transferred territories of Karabakh
(Interfax-Religion)
Nagorno-Karabakh: Ethnic Armenians prepare to give up homes
(Neil Hauer, Al Jazeera)
Azerbaijanis desecrated cathedral in Shushi - Armenian Church
(Interfax-Religion)
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks – a modern voice in the news, defending ancient truths
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Friday, 13 November 2020
Three things you thought you knew about freedom of religion or belief
(Jason Klocek; Scott Bledsoe, United States Institute of Peace)
Pakistani people must reject politics of hatred like Americans: Durrani
(Daily Times)
USCIRF condemns attack on a mosque in Burkina Faso
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Repatriating the children of foreign terrorist fighters and the extraterritorial application of human rights
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
A Secular Age beyond the West. Religion, Law and the State in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa (new book)
(Mirjam Künkler Swedish, John Madeley and Shylashri Shankar, Cambridge University Press)
Gene editing and planned personhood
(Devorah Goldman, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
An insurgency in Mozambique is gaining ground — and showing a strong allegiance to the Islamic State
(Cris Chinaka, Lesley Wroughton and Joby Warrick, The Washington Post)
Women, Islamists suffer setbacks in election in Jordan
(Omar Akour, Associated Press)
Singapore arrests 21 members of South Korean religious sect
(Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press)
Pope and Biden discuss equality, climate change and immigration
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis speaks out on fight against sexual abuse after report
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope Francis: Prepare to meet the Lord with good deeds inspired by His love
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Anti-Christian persecution on the rise in East Africa
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israeli Knesset members propose giving Diaspora Jews a formal role in Israeli affairs
(Larry Luxner, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
In Nigeria, Igbo synagogues burned and bulldozed amid broader civil unrest
(David Ian Klein, Forward)
Russian news media give national attention to alleged investment scam by Pentecostals
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Crimea: Ten months in Russian "prison within a prison"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Crimea: "My husband does not admit any guilt"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Archbishop Caccia speaks in anticipation of Fourth World Day of Poor
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Bishop backs bill criminalizing child marriage in Philippines
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Religious peacebuilding in Fratelli tutti
(Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Pompeo to visit Mideast with focus on religion, Israel ties
(William Mauldin and David Gauthier-Villars, The Wall Street Journal)
What the Christian evangelical grip on America means for China and the world
(Peter T. C. Chang, South China Morning Post)
One attack per day on Christians in India
(ADF International)
India’s festive mood raises fears of surge of coronavirus
(Ashok Sharma and Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press)
Pakistani cleric faces arrest for marriage of Christian girl
(Zahid Hussain, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Christians denied religious freedom in more countries than other groups
(Magnús Sannleikur, Aleteia)
President says there's no place for religious intolerance in South Africa
(SA People News)
Europe's Muslims are European. Stop outsourcing their plight to foreign leaders
(Shada Islam, The Guardian)
US criticism of religious freedom in Turkey stirs debate
(Arab News)
Expanded medical assistance in dying ignores mainstream concerns
(Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)
Canadian bishops say expanding euthanasia is ‘morally pernicious’
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis congratulates Biden on election victory in phone call
(Catholic News Agency)
China’s five-year plan proposal stresses eugenics in birth policy, says expert
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis: Care for refugees fleeing ‘viruses of injustice, violence and war’
(Catholic News Agency)
Armenia’s ambassador to Vatican stresses threat of Syrian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Christian advocates call for U.S. to condemn aggression against Armenians
(Catholic News Agency)
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Opportunities of challenging times
(W. Cole Durham, Jr., G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Conversation: 2020 ICLRS Symposium: Brett Scharffs’s introductory remarks
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
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