Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Weekly highlight #131: Focus on the Philippines, a maskless Pope, and the United States election
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Religious Responses to COVID-19: What we can learn, what we can predict
(Olivia Wilkinson, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
One more Ahmadi target-killed in KPK in the recent series of such murders (PDF)
(Ahmadiyya Foreign Missions Office)
Militants descrate church in Argentine Patagonia
(Catholic News Agency)
India Love Project: The Instagram account telling tales of 'forbidden' love
(BBC News)
Suit in Nigeria challenges Arabic on currency as violating secular status of Country
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CBN opposes suit to remove Arabic inscriptions from banknotes
(Davidson Iriekpen, This Day)
Vatican publishes lengthy report on its handling of abuse accusations against former Cardinal McCarrick
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
McCarrick Report: What to know before it's released - A CNA Explainer
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)
Australian anti-graft agency dismisses Vatican speculation
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Pakistan Church set for legal battle over conversion of minors
(Zahid Hussain, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Ahmadi man, 82, shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan’s Peshawar
(Al Jazeera)
Christians in Myanmar cast their votes hoping for better future
(Howard Friedman, International Christian Concern)
USCIRF releases new report about global persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Turkey offended by Pompeo’s plan to discuss religious issues
(Associated Press)
Hagia Sophia’s change of status indicative of Turkey’s disregard of cultural and religious values: Council of Europe
(Stockholm Center for Freedom)
China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter (03-09.11.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China turns churches into factories, 'cultural centers' to ensure Christians can't meet
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Switzerland conveys concerns to China over rights violations of Uighurs, Tibetans
(Devdiscourse)
Lawmakers, experts condemn China’s crackdown on religious freedom as ethnic genocide
(Central Tibetan Administration)
Global restrictions on religion reach new high
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
In 2018, government restrictions on religion reach highest level globally in more than a decade
(Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life)
UN chief urges global fight against pandemic and hatred
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Firebrand Indonesian cleric returns from 3-year Saudi exile
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Why boycotting France is the wrong response
(Waleed S. Ahmed, Muslim Matters)
Why the American press keeps getting terror in France wrong
(Caroline Fourest, Tablet Magazine)
Pentecostal preacher fined for message on social network
(Igor Lavrenkov, Kommersant, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Spiritual Muslim Board of Russia denies existence of overwhelming support for ban on marrying non-Muslim women
(Interfax-Religion)
Over 400 Jehovah’s Witnesses charged or convicted in Russia, group says
(The Moscow Times)
Moscow religious organizations have weak influence on local migrants - mufti
(Interfax-Religion)
Novosibirsk court outlaws Khakassia branch of Chinese sect Falun Gong for first time in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)
Universal love and borderless rights: Attending to our neighbor with Pope Francis and the Good Samaritan
(Greg Marcar, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The renewal of Catholic social concerns in Fratelli Tutti
(Thomas Massaro, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Amazon yanks doormats with Hindu gods from site amid outrage
(Al Jazeera)
Biden victory kindles hope for warmer US-Vatican relations
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Religious freedom lately: Cardinal Pell's revenge, Japan's new prince and UAE won't arrest you for suicide
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)
The Left: where ‘anti-racism’ has become antisemitism
(Peter Kurtirace, Spectator Australia)
Australia: Experts warn on Vic’s emergency laws
(Marilyn Rodrigues, The Catholic Weekly)
Monday, 9 November 2020
A tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72
(Ben Harris and Cnaan Liphshiz and Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
JN Podcast Special: Tribute to Lord Sacks
(Jewish News)
“Warmest human spirit”: UK’s former chief rabbi Sacks dies
(Associated Press)
Jonathan Sacks, the U.K.’s inclusive former Chief Rabbi, dies at 72
(Ari L. Goldman, The New York Times)
Prince Charles: Rabbi Sacks’ immense learning spanned sacred and the secular
(Jewish News)
Articles of interest - 9 November 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
UN investigator describes Nigeria, others as "religious intolerant and overtly religious"
(Sahara Reporters)
UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)
UAE liberalizes personal status and penal laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
UAE President approves amendments to Personal Status, Civil Transactions, Penal Code, Criminal Procedural laws
(Emirates News Agency)
Muslims ambush, kill pastor after radio broadcast in Uganda
(Morning Star News)
Recent agreement moves Sudan closer to religious freedom
(Katey Hearth, Mission Network News)
Hundreds of churches, monuments will be lit red in global call for religious freedom
(Aid to the Church in Need)
Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Let’s adopt interfaith approach to stop electoral violence
(Ghana News Agency)
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the Era of COVID-19
(Maria d'Arienzo, The Journal of CESNUR via DiReSoM)
Bangladesh opens first Islamic school for transgender persons
(AFP, DAWN)
Law, Religion, and the Spread of COVID-19 Pandemic – Ebook
(Edited by Fabio Balsamo and Daniela Tarentino, DIRESOM Papers 2)
Covid-19 between the Chinese patriotic church and the under-ground church in the diocese of Shanghai (China)
(Angela Patrizia Tavani, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
The Dialogue among States and Religious Groups
(Maria Luisa Lo Giacco, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Eastern Orthodoxy and the pandemic. Cultural approaches towards rule of law in Romania
(Cătălin Raiu, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Elderly priest’s arrest stirs unprecedented protests in India
(Anto Akkara, National Catholic Register)
Hunan, Protestant pastor on trial for 'subversion against the state'
(Asia News)
The world head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community welcomes comments of Canada’s Prime Minister regarding free speech
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
Pakistan: Killing in the name of religion is not a service to religion
(Mehr Tarar, Gulf News)
Pakistani hypocrisy on combating discrimination in Europe
(Knox Thames, Modern Diplomacy)
Gunmen kill 82-year-old minority Ahmadi man in Pakistan
(Associated Press)
Top French diplomat visits Cairo amid tensions over cartoons
(Associated Press)
Debating the future of women in religion and diplomacy
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Fratelli tutti: A marvelous gift of Pope Francis
(Rafael Domingo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Religious news from around the web - 9 November 2020
(World Religion News)
Christians and Hindus: Rekindling positivity and hope during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Russian Orthodox Church backs banning ‘offensive’ religious cartoons
(The Moscow Times)
There has been a problem of religious freedom during the pandemic (Portuguese)
(Catarina Maldonado Vasconcelos, TSF)
Cristophobia exists - and we need to talk about it (Portuguese)
(Letícia Alves, Brasil Sem Medo)
Freedom of expression, religion and the role of the judge-state (Portuguese)
(Ingo Wolfgang Salet and Jaime Weingartner Neto, Consultor Jurídico)
In the Armenia-Azerbaijan war, religious nationalism threatens peaceful settlement
(Jade Lévin, Religion Unplugged)
Will Australian laws banning “conversion therapy” ban teaching the Bible’s views on sex?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Matter of life and death one of the first debates for Queensland's new MPs
(Tony Moore, Brisbane Times)
Friday, 6 November 2020
Photos of the week - 6 November 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
How Catholics around the world see same-sex marriage, homosexuality
(Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Court to decide fate of kidnapped Pakistani Christian girl after medical exam in child marriage case
(Jackson Elliott, The Christian Post)
Catholic girl in Pakistan in protective custody after abduction, forced marriage
(Catholic News Agency)
Pakistan, Bosnia seek interfaith dialogue to stem Islamophobia in West
(Ayaz Gul, Voice of America)
USCIRF releases report on the Saudi guardianship system
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Eritrea – more Christians arrested as others set free
(Release International)
UN expert slams limits on minorities' rights to worship, citing Russia, Iran, among others
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
The disappearing mosques in Xinjiang
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
How China targets Chinese Christians
(Olivia Enos and Jonathan Tao, The Washington Times)
The Vatican must take a strong stance against religious persecution in China
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Report: Catholic nuns in China forced out of convent amid government harassment
(Catholic News Agency)
Climate crisis, COVID-19 demand interfaith action, say religious leaders
(Brian Roewe, EarthBeat)
Why Myanmar’s election is unlikely to herald major political reform or support transition to democracy
(DB Subedi, The Conversation)
Searches carried out on key figures in Vatican financial scandal
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis offers Mass for souls of 169 deceased bishops, cardinals
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis requires bishops to have Vatican permission for new diocesan religious institutes
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Evangelical asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico hold prayer vigil for the US election
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis attempts to tackle sexual abuse globally and in his own backyard
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
The “Spirit of Assisi” as a tool to face coronavirus emergency
(Luigi Mariano Guzzo, DiReSom)
Law and religion bibliography (updated with hundreds of new titles)
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)
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