Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 30 September 2020
Resisting and engaging with religious nationalism
(The Lutheran World Federation)
Places of worship remain closed in Gabon: Pentecostal churches in the central African nation had threatened to resume services last Sunday
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International (paywall))
Sharia punishments embarrass Nigeria
(John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations)
UN rights experts urge Nigeria to overturn gospel singer’s death sentence
(Angela Mauroni, Jurist)
Greek Orthodox Church in US asks UN to censure Turkey over Hagia Sophia
(Kristina Jovanovski, The Media Line)
Abortion rights protesters clash with police in Mexico City
(Associated Press)
Pastor killed, 20 injured in Manipur village clash
(K Sarojkumar Sharma, Times of India)
Protecting religious freedom in the Middle East
(Abigail R. Esman, The Algemeiner)
UN Human Rights Council: African countries under pressure for protecting life
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter (22-28.09.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Pompeo, on impromptu visit to Rome, warns Vatican on China deal
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn human rights abuses in China
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Pompeo: Nowhere is religious freedom more under assault than in China
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
China changes bible story,says Jesus killed woman caught in adultery
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Weekly Highlight #125: Clashes and Conflicts
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Taiwan: Tai Ji Men spiritual school: 24 years of persecution (1996-2020) – Part I: The 1996 crackdown
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
32 acquitted in razing of India mosque that set off violence
(Biswajeet Banerjee, Associated Press)
As virus curbs Nepal’s festivals, devotees fear gods’ anger
(Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press)
Death of Kuwait ruler Sheikh Sabah draws outpouring of grief
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)
Sri Lanka government decides to ban cattle slaughter
(Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press)
Brazilian priest serving addicts in São Paulo’s ‘Crackland’ faces threats
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Uzbekistan: "No real public discussions" of draft Religion Law
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Yuri Orlov 1924-2020: Leading light of the Helsinki Human Rights Movement
(Aaron Rhodes, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Russian spy chief accuses U.S.A. of meddling in Belarus churches
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Judge says prosecution did not prove case against Jehovah's Witness
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
South Africa bishop says corruption should be treated as treason
(Paul Tatu, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
UK bishops join Christian leaders calling for end to violence in Cameroon
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Laos grilled on disappearances, speech curbs at UN rights meeting
(Eugene Whong, Radio Free Asia)
Celebrating a shared history of religious freedom
(U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Thailand)
Uyghur welfare recipients barred from prayer in new restriction on religion
(Radio Free Asia)
Pope Francis calls for new economic model to rebuild post-coronavirus world
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican accuses Trump aide Mike Pompeo of exploiting Pope Francis
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Monday, 28 September 2020
PODCAST: Andrew P.W. Bennett (a Byzantine Catholic), an Evangelical, and a Muslim discuss religious freedom
(Crossing Faiths Podcast, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)
Religion Photos of the Week - 26 September 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Services)
On zealous and unrepentant times: A call to self-reflection amidst a dangerous devotion
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Argentina president under pressure to keep election promise on abortion
(Uki Goñi, The Guardian)
Same-sex marriage in Barbados should not be ‘forced on church’
(Nation News)
Hindus, ex-church members attack Christian family in India
(Morning Star News)
Sen. Van Hollen: Christians are most under threat minorities in the Middle East
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)
Russian parliament delays consideration of controversial changes in religion law
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia seeks to bar foreign-educated religious leaders from teaching, preaching
(Catholic News Agency)
The disappearing religious minority women and girls in Pakistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Genocide should be bad for business
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Israel ushers in Yom Kippur with record COVID cases, tight restrictions and government apologies
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Israelis mark Yom Kippur under ‘painful’ virus lockdown
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
Why Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year
(Erin Blakemore, National Geographic)
Rabbis ponder COVID-19 queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Macron ‘ashamed’ of Lebanon’s political leaders amid crisis
(angela charl, Associated Press)
Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
(Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press)
Pope prays for migrants, as 200 more die at sea
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
RFI senior fellow speaks at Middle East minorities event: Spark of Hope or Escalating Extremism?
(Religious Freedom Institute)
A Spark of Hope or Escalating Extremism: the Middle East and the Plight of Vulnerable Minorities
(YouTube Video, Anti-Defamation League)
COVID-19 corruption kills, say South Africa church leaders at campaign launch
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
New seminry established in Vietnam
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Pompeo to criticise Vatican's renewal of China deal during visit
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Tiny Muslim community in China’s Hainan becomes latest target for religious crackdown
(Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post)
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s declaration on human rights: Promises and pitfalls
(Turan Kayaoglu, Brookings)
Friday, 25 September 2020
When is Yom Kippur 2020? Meaning and date of the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and how fasting works
(Zlata Rodionova)
How can we pray when we have no hope? 2020’s Yom Kippur paradox
(Shira Telushkin, Forward)
What Yom Kippur, Book of Jonah mean in 2020
(Mayim Bialik, The Jerusalem Post - Opinion)
A Dialogue on Racism in the Time of COVID-19
(Ganoune Diop and Audrey Kitagawa, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
International Day of Peace - 21 September 2020
(Sally Kader, The International Federation for Peace and Sustainable Development)
Cardinal says Syria has been hit with a ‘poverty bomb’
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Egyptian TV host sparks controversy after saying there is 'devil' in unveiled women
(Marwa Al-A'star, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Faith Action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Progress and Outlook
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Nationality as we know it? – A note on the genuine link
(Lorin-Johannes Wagner, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Statement after Adoption of the Draft Resolution Entitled, "Comprehensive and Coordinated Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic"
(H. E. Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations)
IGE Global Horizons: September 2020
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Christian convert released on bail after two months in Iranian prison
(Article 18)
Japan local assembly wants talks on same-sex marriage
(Nippon)
Auschwitz memorial director seeks clemency for Nigerian boy
(Associated Press)
Twin sisters kidnapped, pastor and three other Christians killed in Nigeria
(Morning Star News)
ADF International to UN: New Zealand’s euthanasia bill “alarming”
(ADF International)
Gender in academic publishing
(Gráinne de Búrca, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Vatican: Assisted suicide, euthanasia “intrinsically evil”
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Changing the Church: The legacy of Gerard Mannion (plus 15 responses)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Black Sea resort church fined for breaking antievangelism law
(Vadim Shirokoborodov, Anapskoe Chernomore)
Law enforcement moves against Russian sect in Siberia
(TASS, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian law enforcement in Far East gives Jehovah's Witnesses a break
(Sibir.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
State acts to legally abolish Siberian sect
(Aleksei Kobelev, Rossiiskaia Gazeta)
Russian prosecutors seeking to shut down Church of Last Testament
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: Courts fail to halt seizure of churches' property
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
On the sacredness of food
(Jacquelyn Lee, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Narendra Modi’s nationalist-populism in India and international law
(Prabhash Ranjan, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Indian Christians upset at MP's remarks about missionary
(Bijay Kumar Minj, UCA News)
Indian gov’t ‘sponsors Islamophobia’, Pakistan PM tells UN
(Al Jazeera)
At UN, Pakistani leader calls India a sponsor of Muslim hate
(Munir Ahmed and Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Lest we forget Lebanon
(Susan Korah, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Layers of change, the depth of transformation required, and the U.N.
(Daniel Perell, Bahá’í International Community)
A governance befitting: Humanity and the path toward a just global order
(Bahá’í International Community)
The BIC joins others in exploring the future of global governance
(Bahá’í International Community)
Pilgrim who worked in leper colony could become first Catholic saint from Zimbabwe
(Kerry Swift, Ecumenical News)
Mexico investigating alleged ICE detainee hysterectomies
(Catholic News Service)
Australian think tank finds 380 detention camps in Xinjiang
(Associated Press)
Chinese Catholic teachers banned and denied from 'freedom of speech and religion'
(Lina Kim, Christianity Daily)
Addressing euthanasia, Vatican doctrine czar reminds media that bishops aren’t infallible
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
US House passes legislation to crack down on business with companies that utilize China's forced labor
(Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill)
Public note on mentions of religious freedom and Christophobia in the speech of the President of the Brazilian Republic at the UN (Portuguese)
(Uziel Santana and Felipe Augusto, Anajure Associação Nacional de Juristas Evangélicos)
Wednesday, 23 September 2020
Registration for the European Human Rights Moot Court Competition is now Open (through 1 November 2020)
(Kushtrim Istrefi, ECHR Blog)
Existing for others in times of COVID-19
(Jeroen Jans, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
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