Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
The United Nations continues its abortion advocacy
(Elyssa Koren, National Review)
‘A slap in the face’: 9/11 families say US-Sudan deal would torpedo two-decade lawsuit
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Jared Szuba, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Sri Lanka Catholic bishops oppose proposed charter amendment
(Krishan F, Associated Press)
Muslim protesters march against Indonesia’s new labor law
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)
Israel’s president warns of growing social schism, loss of moral compass
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Brazil Catholics drawn to worship despite downsized services
(Tatiana Pollastri and Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press)
Jewelry ad featuring interfaith couple sparks outrage in India
(Geneva Abdul, The New York Times)
Is Nigeria’s new business reform law a threat to religious freedom?
(Shola Lawal, America: The Jesuit Review)
Refugee data on religion disappears as fewer persecuted Christians admitted to US
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
After outrage, Indian brand pulls ad with interfaith couple
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Rohingya Christians persecuted for their faith
(Fabian Gomes, Church Militant)
The UN's Human Rights Council grows more odious
(Lawrence J. Haas, Newsweek Opinion)
The untold story of Syrian Kurdish Christians
(Nadine Maenza & David Alton, Providence)
Jesuit priest taken into custody by Indian National Intelligence Agency
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Kidnapped Christians released in Nigeria
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian rights advocate defends Jehovah's Witness couple
(Kasparov, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
More harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses in Penza region
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
High court in south Russia rules in Jehovah's Witness' favor
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Patriarch Kirill calls for putting end to bloodshed in Nagorno-Karabakh
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Tortured prisoner of conscience jailed again
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: No surgery yet for prisoner needing heart transplant
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Religion Watch, Volume 35 No. 11
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Canada’s religious letters voice opposition to assisted suicide legislation
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
‘Chinese female Jesus’ stalks Indian youth on social media, alarming church leaders
(Stephen David, Religion Unplugged)
Religious freedom & business work grows during disruptive coronavirus
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Weekly highlight #127: Continued focus on longer-term impact of COVID-19 emergencies
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Bangladesh approves death penalty for rape after protests
(Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian)
Anti-LGBT persecution in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
(Human Rights Watch)
Georgian police abused LGBT+ activists with strip searches, court rules
(Umberto Bacchi, Openly)
China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter (07-12.10.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Religious persecution in China must be called out
(Olivia Enos, The Heritage Foundation)
“I’m not buying it, China”: The cost of fast fashion for religious and ethnic minorities in China’s Uyghur region
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Fratelli Tutti and the responsibility to protect (Responding to: Fratelli Tutti and the future of the Catholic Church)
(Drew Christiansen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pope Francis’ encyclical and solidarity with Muslims (Responding to: Fratelli Tutti and the future of the Catholic Church)
(David Hollenbach, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Fratelli Tutti and the future of the Catholic Church
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Pope, in second TED talk, sides with science on climate change: ‘We have few years’
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Monday, 12 October 2020
Religious news from around the web October 12, 2020
(World Religion News)
Articles of interest - 12 October 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
World Council of Churches - World Food Program's Nobel Peace Prize shines light on global hunger
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Riyadh G20 Interfaith Forum to tackle youth, women, climate and coronavirus
(Asharq Al-Awsat)
G20 Interfaith Forum to address major crises
(Jonathan Foye, Insights)
WCC moderator to lead plenary at upcoming G20 Interfaith Forum
(World Council of Churches)
USAID Evidence Summit highlights value of strategic religious engagement
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute Blog)
Chela Ram condemns Indian atrocities in IIOJK
(Associated Press of Pakistan)
UNEP and Parliament of the World’s Religions launch book to catalyse climate action
(Ekklesia)
Nazarbayev Center for Development of Interfaith and Intercivilization Dialogue expands its partnership network
(The Astana Times)
BYU Law and Religion Symposium promotes religious freedom
(Emily Harrah, The Daily Universe)
The right to religious freedom
(Domini M. Torrevillas, The Philippine Star)
Yes, there’s money in the budget for school chaplains. But that doesn’t mean your child will be preached to (Australia)
(Mandie Shean, The Conversation)
4 Swiss Guards test positive as COVID-19 penetrates Vatican
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Mexican president asks Pope Francis for conquest apology
(Associated Press)
Three young Christians assaulted in Khartoum North, Sudan
(Morning Star News)
Algeria: Freedom of religion or belief (PDF)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pasha special edition: The Muslim call to prayer controversy in South Africa, part 1 (podcast)
(Ozayr Patel and Thomas Coggin, The Conversation)
Why human rights should guide responses to the global pandemic
(Sandra Liebenberg, The Conversation)
Catholic leaders in India condemn arrest of Jesuit human rights activist
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fiji’s archbishop attacks ‘neo-colonialism’ of globalization, international corporations
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Facebook will now ban Holocaust denial, in a major shift
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Gambia’s new sharia-friendly constitution fails. But Christians are still concerned.
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Investigation underway after Toronto mosque receives death threats
(Katherine DeClerq, CTV News)
The world needs a new refugee convention
(Joshua Craze and Jerome Tubiana, Foreign Policy)
Statement by Liberal Muslim Parliamentary Caucus on Toronto mosque threat and growing far-right extremism
(Liberal Muslim Parliamentary Caucus)
Magnifying girl’s voice and ensuring equal future
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
The death and life of terrorist networks
(Christopher Blair, Erica Chenoweth, Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski, and Philip B. K. Potter, Foreign Affairs)
In Dune, Paul Atreides led a jihad, not a crusade
(Ali Karjoo-Ravary, Al Jazeera)
'I will not stay silent': Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong struggles against a silent Vatican
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)
Panel explores strengthening coherence between the UN and the G20
(Bahá’í International Community)
Lantos Foundation Statement in response to reports of violent threats against Pastor Bob Fu
(Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)
Parliament partners with UNEP for launch of book "Faith for Earth — A Call for Action”
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Father Augusto Zampini on the COVID-19 crisis: An interview
(G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Kidnapped, raped, and forced into Islam: The plight of Christian girls in Pakistan
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Pakistan cleric killed in apparent sectarian attack
(Associated Press)
Church in Nicaragua, other groups, wary of proposed laws
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Nicaraguan bishops speak out against Ortega regime’s attacks on free speech
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kenya: President urges to join 3-day interfaith prayers
(Andrew Wasike, Anadolu Agency)
Saturday, 10 October 2020
Armenia says cathedral shelled in clashes with Azerbaijan
(Avet Dem, Associated Press)
Jews must stand up for the rights of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh
(Stephen D. Smith, Forward Opinion)
Egyptian court bans pilgrimages to rabbi's grave
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Egypt’s ban of Jewish festival raises controversy
(Mohamed Saied, Al-Monitor)
Russian parliament upsets religious leaders
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witness walks free in south of Russia
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Six Jehovah's Witnesses found guilty and sentenced
(73 Online, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Longest prison term yet for Jehovah's Witness
(Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Baku dismisses accusations of shelling upon cathedral in Nagorno-Karabakh
(Interfax-Religion)
Photos of the Week - 9 October 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
UAE envoy to Britain: ‘The idea Arabs and Israel must be at war is nonsense’
(Justin Cohen, Jewish News)
Israel and UAE foreign ministers tour Berlin Holocaust monument in historic first meeting
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Legal Journal Number 12 (15): September 2020 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Chained and locked up, why some Nigerians turn to religion first to treat the mentally ill
(Aisha Salaudeen, CNN)
Barbados: Muslims, Rastas allowed to take photos in religious headwear
(Randy Bennett, Barbados Today)
90+ folk religion temples destroyed in Henan’s Linzhou City
(Li Guang, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
‘Any deal on Brexit must uphold provisions of Good Friday Agreement in all its parts’ – Northern Catholic Bishops
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Ad hoc commission to investigate illegal expropriation of Christian lands in Iraqi Kurdistan
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Religious minorities stage protest in Dhaka calling on Pakistan to repeal blasphemy law
(Sumon Corraya, Asia News)
Religious persecution and merciless torture of Ahmadiyya Muslims in Pakistan
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
President Xi’s religious purge meets little global resistance
(Katey Hearth, Mission Network News)
President of Brazil pushes for worldwide ‘fight against Christophobia’ at UN
(Emily Mangiaracina, Life Site News)
USCIRF releases factsheet on Rohingya refugees in Southeast Asia
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
USCIRF releases new report about attacks against houses of worship and religious leaders in Burkina Faso
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
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