Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
All the Dictator’s sheikhs: How Sisi co-opted Egypt’s religious institutions for political gain.
(Khalil Al-Anani, Foreign Policy)
Religious news from around the web July 20, 2020
(Wayne Edward Hanson, World Religion News)
Parliamentarians and activists in UK debate state of religious freedom, minorities in Pakistan
(The Economic Times)
DMK not against any religion, says Stalin
(The New Indian Express)
Russian court fines influential monk who denies virus exists
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
Russia intensifies persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses with 110 armed raids
(Brendan Cole, Newsweek)
Reopening of ancient cathedral a silver lining for Syria’s Christians
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Aleppo cathedral rises from ashes of persecution
(John Pontifex, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Syrian cathedral, a glimmer of hope in the midst of chaos
(Xavier Le Normand, La Croix International)
Is belief in God necessary to be moral? Answers vary by economic development, education and age
(Christine Tamir, Aidan Connaughton, Ariana Monique Salazar, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
‘The pandemic is gaining momentum’: Africa prepares for surge in infections
(David Pilling, Financial Times)
Did Toronto ban Catholic churches from administering Holy Communion?
(Nur Ibrahim, Snopes)
Key unalienable rights threatened – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
Argentine bishops battle corruption, legalized abortion
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
South African bishops denounce racism in society and the Church
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
‘Sue us,’ says Philippine bishop after Duterte criticizes pastoral letter
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishops: New Philippines anti-terrorism act ‘eerily similar’ to Hong Kong security law
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Churches and religious organizations unite to counter domestic violence in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
SSU exposed Internet agitators inciting religious hatred
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Zelensky posthumously confers the order on Bishop Milan Shashik
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Egyptian Grand Mufti: There is no objection to building churches with Muslim money
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
‘Franciscan International’ denounces human rights abuses in Asia
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
India's Nagpur University makes religion field mandatory in forms again
(Sarfaraz Ahmed, Times of India)
UAE is vocal about tolerance because religion has been hijacked: Al Otaiba
(Khaleej Times)
The Vatican and China Part I, the Mainland
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
British Jewish leader urges China to ‘immediately’ free Uyghur Muslims from camps
(Jewish News)
'Companies can't hide their head in the sand': Commerce Department warns of Chinese religious repression
(Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner)
When toppling monuments serves authoritarian ends
(Supriya Gandhi, When toppling monuments serves authoritarian ends: India's Hindu nationalists erect an imagined past on modern ruins)
COVID-19 and the destruction of a religious movement in South Korea
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
US sanctions Chinese companies over Muslim abuse complaints
(Joe McDonald, Associated Press)
New archbishop says Vatican courtship of China doesn’t imperil Taiwan
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Chinese Christians told to replace Christ with Mao or lose government support
(Catholic News Agency)
Freedom of religion and belief news: China special weekly FORB newsletter (12-19.07.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Australian lawmakers join 600+ from 30 countries calling for end to Chinese regime’s persecution of Falun Gong
(Caden Pearson, The Epoch Times)
Erdoğan and the Hagia Sophia: Nostalgia for the Ottoman Empire (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(M. Hakan Yavuz, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hagia Sophia, Islamism, and secularism in Turkey (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Ahmet Kuru, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Turkey’s Hagia Sophia decision: A stone that hits no birds (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Jordanian PM says support for one-state solution possible if Israel annexes West Bank
(Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Jordan PM hints at support for one Israeli-Palestinian state
(Associated Press)
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Church attacks explode with 'an unbridled, roaring fury'
(Tony Perkins, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Monday, 20 July 2020
Religion Photos of the Week - 17 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Articles of interest - 20 July 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
‘Racism will not pass’…
(Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
John Paul II is already a saint – is it time to add 'the great' to this pope's title?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The art of the social contract
(Richard A. Rosengarten, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trial produces strong immune reponse
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2: a preliminary report of a phase 1/2, single-blind, randomised controlled trial
(Pedro M Folegatti et al., The Lancet)
To harass Hindu-Muslim couples, rightwing activists are now using their marriage documents
(Shiba Kurian, The Wire)
New Hong Kong law restricts religious freedom
(Communal News)
Sunday, 19 July 2020
40,800 female births doomed in Vietnam every year
(Minh Nga, VN Express)
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Brazilian priest under fire after calling President Bolsonaro a ‘worthless bandit’
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Was Jesus white and should sacred art that depicts Him in that manner be scrapped?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Radical Muslims protest Sudan’s abolishment of apostasy, other Islamist laws
(Morning Star News)
Baja California lawmakers reject same-sex marriage
(Mexico Daily News)
Most LGBT people in Ghana oppose legalization of same sex marriage
(Elvis Adjetey, About Africa Feeds)
Russian investigators pursue human trafficking charges over surrogate pregnancies
(Nataliya Vasilyeva, The Telegraph)
Friday, 17 July 2020
Covid-19, Religion and FORB. Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Judd Birdsall, Francesco Di Lillo, Michael Mohallem, Brett Scharffs, Marco Ventura, BYU Law ICLRS, LDS-Europe, CRS, DISPOC, FGV Direito RIo, FBK-ISR)
Annicchino: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Pasquale Annicchino, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Scharffs: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Birdsall: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Judd Birdsall, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Ventura: Reflections upon the Completion of the Covid-19 & FoRB Webinar Series
(Marco Ventura, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
CEC regrets decision over Hagia Sophia, engages with UNESCO and the European Institutions
(Naveen Qayyum, Communication Officer, Conference of European Churches)
Baldassi & Others v. France: Article 10 protects the right to call for a boycott of goods from Israel
(Robert Wintemute, Strasbourg Observers)
USCIRF releases report on the anti-cult movement and religious regulation in Russia and Central Asia
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
South Korean prosecutors question church leader
(Associated Press)
The declining state of religion in South Korea
(Religion News Service)
Canada must help reclaim Christendom's cathedral
(Susan Korah, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Thursday, 16 July 2020
China/ Spain: Forced to flee China due to religious persecution: the case of Li Jie
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Faith, hope and creative destruction: religious responses to COVID-19
(Donald E. Miller, Religion News Service)
Legal expert: forced birth control of Uighur women is genocide – can China be put on trial?
(Ryszard Piotrowicz, The Conversation)
The Lhaka Honhat case of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: The long-awaited granting of 400,000 hectares under communal property rights
(Stéphanie de Moerloose and C. Ignacio de Casas, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Iraq: ISIL’s acts of terror ‘divorced from the values of all faiths’
(UN News)
The media’s jihad against Sweden’s no-lockdown policy ignores key facts – OpEd
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute)
Articles of interest - 13 July 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion Photos of the Week - 10 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Vatican says bishops should report sex abuse to police
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Minorities under attack as PM pushes ‘tolerant’ Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Humanitarian Islam: Fostering shared civilizational values to revitalize a rules-based international order
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Hong Kong, Religious Freedom and Catholic Responsibility
(Thomas F. Farr, National Catholic Register)
Pompeo says human rights policy must prioritize property rights and religion
(Pranshu Verma, The New York Times)
Russia: Special bimonthly FORB digest
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Orthodox fundamentalism threatens Russian Patriarchate and Kremlin
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
In Prison for Their Faith 2020 (PDF Report)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
India to allow Hindu pilgrims to Kashmir despite coronavirus risk
(Al Jazeera)
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Lahore interfaith leader slams hate campaign against minorities (videos)
(Asia News)
Argentine archbishops under attack for establishing abuse reporting offices
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hasidim's arrival in Uman impossible this year - Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's document
(Interfax-Religion)
Nigerian Christians praise Muslim group's call to government over Boko Haram's terror actions
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Change of status of Hagia Sophia: ‘An attack on religious liberty’
(Marina Droujinina, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
USCIRF applauds Sudan’s repeal of apostasy law through passage of New Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Act
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
How Pompeo’s focus on religion could recast US rights policy
(Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor)
Turkey’s Generation Z turns against Erdogan
(Gonul Tol, Ayca Alemdaroglu, Foreign Policy)
The right of self-defense in Confucianism
(Ping-cheung Lo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The worlds most technologically sophisticated genocide is happening in Xinjiang
(Rayhan Asat and Yonah Diamond, Foreign Policy)
World Council of Churches publishes, 'Voices of Faith at the United Nations'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
COVID-19 reveals how ‘everything is Interconnected,’ says British Ambassador to the Holy See
(Heather Walker, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
COVID19 in Latin America at heart of prayer vigil organized by Sant’Egidio in Rome
(Deborah Catellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Saudi Arabia announces steep fines for hajj trespassers
(Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Imams in Mombasa maintain that Mosques will remain closed
(Vincent Kejitan, The Standard)
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