Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 6 November 2020
12 Christians, pastor killed in suspected Boko Haram attack; others kidnapped
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
India officials raid KP Yohannan's Believers Church over accusations of foreign funding
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
India’s fading promise of religious freedom: part 2
(International Christian Concern)
Will enact laws on interfaith marriage, cow slaughter: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa
(Venkatesha Babu, Hindustan Times)
Christians, Hindus called to spread hope, pontifical council says
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When a religious building has been repurposed by another faith
(Daniel Peterson, Deseret News)
Guatemala scraps agreement to allow Planned Parenthood to operate in country
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Can we please get serious about protecting religious freedom?
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Russian president meets with representatives of religions
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian high court lightens burden on protestant churches
(Mikhail Telekhov, RAPSI, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Putin backs idea of int'l ban on insulting religious feelings
(Interfax-Religion)
Performance artist posing as Christ detained near FSB headquarters in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)
Tajikistan: conscientious objector freed, but another jailed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Holy See urges clear, just rules for exercise of universal jurisdiction
(Jim Fair, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Christian ministries respond to growing crisis in Armenia
(Christina Darnell, Religion Unplugged)
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Blog Conversation: God in secular constitutions
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Blog Conversation: God in Grundgesetz: Germany's basic law or postwar constitution
(Justin Collings, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Blog Conversation: The Trinity, the “prevailing religion,” and the Greek constitution
(Effie Fokas, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Blog Conversation: God in the Irish constitution
(David Kenny, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Blog Conversation: The notion of God and Christian heritage in Polish constitutions
(Piotr Szymaniec, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Blog Conversation: God and "the belief of ancestors" in the Russian constitution
(Mikhail Antonov, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Radical Islamists step up work among young Russians - Patrushev
(Interfax-Religion)
Lukashenko accuses Catholic Archbishop Kondrusiewicz of planning to destroy Belarus
(Interfax-Religion)
Burma elections: This Sunday, the country needs a miracle
(Benedict Rogers, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
In supporting same-sex civil unions, Pope Francis is showing how the Catholic definition of what constitutes a family is changing
(Julie Hanlon Rubio, The Conversation)
Role of religious freedom in combatting violence against women in India
(Sharon Angel, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
India: Interfaith couples suffer amid a growing religious divide
(Deutsche Welle)
After UP, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh mulls law against interfaith marriages
(Hindustan Times)
Have instructed SIT to probe 'Love Jihad' angle in Ballabgarh incident: Anil Vij
(ANI, Yahoo News)
In Turkey, parishioners safe, but iconic cathedral damaged after quake
(Dale Gavlak, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A religious discrimination bill in NSW
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
CSW publishes briefing on impact of technology on freedom of religion or belief
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Survivors detail horrifying abuses in North Korea where Christians are tortured for their faith
(CBN News)
Laos: When following Jesus makes you homeless
(Christopher Summers, Open Doors)
Islamic Cooperation Youth Forum and Religions for Peace sign memorandum of understanding
(Religions for Peace)
USCIRF releases new report about United Nations human rights mechanisms
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Religious leaders in Cuba under pressure to sign agreement regarding church demolition
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
UN investigator: Rights of minorities to worship undermined
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Legal Journal Number 1 (16): October 2020 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
E Pluribus Nihil -- People will not stand to see their cathedrals burned, their teachers beheaded, and their journalists massacred.
(Helen Dale, Law & Liberty)
Brazilian governor renounces her father’s Nazi sympathies — but Jewish groups say not strongly enough
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pro-abortion group forbidden to use name ‘Catholics’ in Brazil
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Freedom of speech mustn't hurt religious feelings - Russia's Matviyenko
(Interfax-Religion)
East Africa faces 'alarming situation' with locusts - Lutherans, aid groups seek counter measures
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Special issue of the Journal of Cesnur on Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia (PDF)
(CESNUR – Center for Studies on New Religions)
Weekly highlight #130: Tensions around reopenings and cancellations of festivals; revival of gleaning
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Religion and integral ecology: Five years of Laudato Si (plus responses)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
New Constitution: Conversations in Chile pave new path
(Bahá’í World News Service)
The Journey to Riyadh – Reflections on making our voices heard
(Mohammed Abu-Nimer, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
From prisoner to (provisional) refugee: the story of Bagashar Malik (an ethnic Kazakh who escaped arrest in Xinjiang)
(Leila Adilzhan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter (27.10-02.11.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Young Christian boy beaten in Somalia
(International Christian Concern)
Monday, 2 November 2020
Pope Francis prays for victims of terrorist attack at French basilica
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Pompeo: China is world's 'gravest threat' to religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)
Articles of interest - 2 November 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indonesian Muslims protest France’s defense of cartoon
(Andi Jatminko and Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Indonesian leader condemns France attacks, Macron’s comments
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Anti-France protests continue, as Macron seeks understanding
(Muhammad Farooq, Associated Press)
AP explains: Why France sparks such anger in Muslim world
(Angela Charlton, Associated Press)
Saudi man crashes car into gates of Mecca’s Grand Mosque
(Associated Press)
AP photos: Worldly concerns bleed into the spiritual realm
(Associated Press)
Assisted dying will become legal in New Zealand in a year — what has to happen now?
(Jeanne Snelling and Andrew Geddis, The Conversation)
The battle for the soul of Islam
(James M. Dorsey, Hudson Institute)
Islamic State attack on Kabul University kills 22, wounds 22
(Susannah George and Sharif Hassan, The Washington Post)
Tai Ji Men spiritual school: 24 years of persecution (1996-2020) – Part II: The arbitrary arrest and detention of Tai Ji Men Master Hong Tao-tze
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: Special bimonthly FORB digest (16.10-01.11.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Indian bishop calls for investigation into report of attacks on Christians
(Catholic News Agency)
Cross demolished, temple set up in Indian village
(Saji Thomas, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Abducted pastor in Nigeria released; 6-year-old kidnapped
(Morning Star News)
Armenian recruits baptized before heading into war
(Associated Press)
After Pope Francis' civil union remarks, archbishop recalls Argentina's civil unions debate
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican breaks silence, explains pope’s civil union comments
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Pope Francis appeals for peace in Cameroon after deadly school attack
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Jehovah's Witness dies while awaiting trial
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
After Nice attacks, Pope Francis and French Catholics call for peace with Muslims
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Catholic church used by French in Moscow to close temporarily for security reasons
(Interfax-Religion)
Persian mosque damaged during attacks on Karabakh
(Interfax-Religion)
We don’t run a ‘kosher mafia,’ leading Argentine rabbis say in response to businessman’s claims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Muslim clerical council adopts definition of anti-Semitism that includes vitriol on Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Senior Israeli Orthodox rabbis urge Americans to vote for Trump
(Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
US issues first Israel birthplace passport to Jerusalem-born teen
(Al Jazeera)
Egyptians outraged over some schools forcing girls to wear the hijab
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The seeds of political persecution of Christians in Brazil (Portuguese)
(Victor Domingues, Estudos Nacionais)
Vatican Secretariat of State provides context of Pope Francis civil union remark
(Catholic News Agency)
Brazilian court prohibits 'Catholic' name for abortion advocacy group
(Catholic News Agency)
Sunday, 1 November 2020
Church unearthed where Jesus said to tell Peter to establish Christianity
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
G20 INTERFAITH FORUM 2020: Bringing Faith and Policy Together
(Website, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)
Friday, 30 October 2020
Inernational Religious Freedom Day (USAID Statement)
(Statement by Acting Administrator John Barsa, USAID Press Release)
USCIRF observes International Religious Freedom Day
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
International Religious Freedom Day (US Statement)
(Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Embassy in Georgia)
Religious Freedom Day – Not in Laos, where Four Christian men languish in jail
(David Alton, Lord David Alton Blog)
Photos of the week - 30 October 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Algeria’s proposed constitutional changes a threat to religious liberty, group claims
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Erdogan vows action over 'disgusting' Charlie Hebdo cartoon
(Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Algeria to inaugurate Bouteflika-era mega mosque
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Dutch HR firm says Palestinian man who vandalized kosher eatery had terrorist motives
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Rohingya: the EU has not done all it can and could do more
(Justice4Rohingya (UK), Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Addressing the Rohingya Crisis and aiming to bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime in Rohingya to the International Criminal Court
(Justice4Rohingya)
100 Pakistani Christian families have been forced to vacate their homes and properties in Sheikhupura
(David Alton, Lord David Alton Blog)
Catholic leaders in Pakistan condemn forced conversion, marriage of Christian girl, 13
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
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