Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Turkey pressures religious minorities over Syria
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Was the Egyptian military funeral for Mubarak legal?
(Khalid Hassan, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
LGBTQ association achieves major legal milestone in Tunisia
(Amel al-Hilali, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
How did opposition fighters in Daraa’s Sanamayn go separate ways?
(Khaled al-Khateb, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Monday, 9 March 2020
How children can learn to balance science and religion
(Liam Guilfoyle, The Conversation)
India: Hindu nationalists are pushing magical remedies for the coronavirus
(Bhavya Dore, Foreign Policy)
Canada federal government to criminalize conversion therapy
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
UN Sec. General’s “biggest data gap in the world” affects persecuted Christian women
(Julia Bicknell, Word Watch Monitor)
USCIRF delegation travels to Azerbaijan to assess religious freedom conditions
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
I was in China doing research when I saw my Uighur friends disappear
(Sarah Tynen, The Conversation)
No 2022 Olympics in China, say US Senators: A bipartisan resolution asks to move the games to another country, since China has 'committed crimes against humanity'
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Religion and citizenship in India
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A dangerous assault on India’s secular democracy (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Achin Vanaik, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Anti-indigenous sentiment in the Citizenship Amendment Act (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Arkotong Longkumer, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Challenges and concerns in implementing the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in India (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Amitabh Kundu, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Citizen Amendment Act is confirmation of India as a Hindu nation-state (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Irfan Ahmad, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Citizenship laws and the nazification of India (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Angana Chatterji, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Citizenship protests in India: possibilities and challenges of opposition to Hindu nationalism (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(Tanika Sarkar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hindutva and the meaning of modernity (Responding to: Religion and citizenship in India)
(M. Reza Pirbhai, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Chief Argentine prelate comes out swinging against abortion on UN women’s day
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tajikistan: fines, torture for hijab-wearing, fines for Bible translation
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
End of Quebec course on religion and ethics seen as win for nationalists
(The Canadian Press, Edmonton Journal)
Tens of thousands of Mexican women protest ‘femicide,’ gender-based violence
(Mary Beth Sheridan, The Washington Post)
Mexico City women's march erupts into violence outside cathedral
(Catholic News Agency)
Argentine bishops hold pro-life Mass as president plans to legalize abortion
(Catholic News Agency)
Peruvian cardinal calls for suppression of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
(Catholic News Agency)
Filipino bishops say abuse of women is an 'affront to God'
(Catholic News Agency)
Mountain couriers brave bullets along Iran-Iraq border
(Dana Taib Menmy, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
In Moscow, Hamas offers 4 plans for Palestinian unity
(Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Former Turkish minister establishes party to challenge Erdogan
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Sunday, 8 March 2020
Saudi travel ban slams Egypt's religious tourism industry
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
How Turkey's soldiers and spies saved the day in Syria
(Barin Kayaoglu, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Approved by the State but not allowed to function
(Wang Anyang, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Saturday, 7 March 2020
International Women's Day Events
International Women's Day 2020: History, strikes and celebrations
(BBC News)
Friday, 6 March 2020
Religions for Peace Launches 2020-2025 Strategic Plan
(Religions Peace)
Xinjiang Camps: A book exposes CCP's lies
(Serikzhan Bilash, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
The Religious Discrimination Bill and legal practitioners
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Coronavirus fears put a halt to the Muslim pilgrimage of umrah – but not yet the hajj
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)
Argument: Modi's India is racing to a point of no return
(Kapil Komireddi, Foreign Policy)
Singapore Parliament: New portal to provide more support for couples considering divorce
(Theresa Tan, Straits Times)
MLAs share emotional stories as Nova Scotia considers abortion bubble zones
(Taryn Grant, CBC News)
Brazil’s Church-State relationship still frosty after govt. minister’s outreach to bishops
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious polarization: Is India following Pakistan's path?
(Atif Tauqeer, Deutsche Welle)
Why Delhi police did nothing to stop attacks on Muslims
(Hartosh Singh Bal, The New York Times)
Rights groups sound alarm on religion-minded Pompeo commission
(Josh Russell, Courthouse News Service)
Have Iraqi religious centers contributed to the spread of coronavirus?
(Lujain Elbaldawi, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Canada: Church membership a matter of contract?
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Promoting freedom of religion or belief and gender equality in the context of the sustainable development goals
(Marie Juul Petersen, The Danish Institute for Human Rights)
Congolese bishops hold session on the protection of minors
(Lucie Starr, La Croix International)
USCIRF hearing on Citizenship Laws and Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
The Holy See slams UN Report on religious freedom
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Hong Kong’s homophobic public housing policy ruled unconstitutional and unlawful by High Court
(Rachel Wong, Hong Kong Free Press)
Tokyo court rules same-sex common-law couple has marriage legal protections
(The Mainichi)
China-made phones, tablets tainted by coerced Uighur labor
(Dake Kang and Yanan Wang, Associated Press)
Congo bishops say corruption continues under new regime
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Former Irish president threatens to quit Catholic Church over Vanier revelations
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UN report on gender equality attacks religious freedom, says official
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Fourth Jehovah's Witness since 2017 imprisoned for six years
(Mediazona, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witnesses member from Yalta fined 400,000 rubles
(Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses member from Crimea sentenced to 6 years in penal colony
(Interfax-Religion)
Crimea: "Unjustifiable to jail someone for reading the Bible"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity closes over Covid-19 fears ahead of Easter
(Jewish News)
To the victim, belong the spoils of (this) law (Australia)
(Dara MacDonald, The Australian)
Egypt bans Shiite websites to deter extremist ideologies
(Menna A. Farouk, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Archbishop in India condemns removal of Jesus statue from Christian cemetery
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Albany, NY becomes third city to condemn India’s citizenship laws
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Faith-fueled satellite TV combats coronavirus ‘wave of fear’
(Press Release, Religion News Service)
How we respond to coronavirus outbreaks may depend on what we want from religion
(Jamie Aten, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
EVENT, 4 March 2020: USCIRF Hearing on Citizenship Laws and Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Fleeing coronavirus and finding our mortality
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)
Islamic State-Inspired knife attack exposes the vulnerability of the Maldives
(Animesh Roul, The Jamestown Foundation)
Maldives: State of play of the criminalisation of religious activities
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Israelis just voted against the two state solution
(Abe Silberstein, Forward Opinion)
The dam is breaking for LGBT acceptance in the Orthodox world
(Matthew Schultz, Forward Opinion)
Abortion could be legalised in Argentina - the first major Latin American country to do so
(Alice Hall, The Telegraph)
Colombia was close to legalizing abortion. Instead, a top court kept restrictions in place.
(Miriam Berger, The Washington Post)
Colombia's Constitutional Court rules against legalizing abortion in first 16 weeks of pregnancy
(Reuters World News)
Colombia court upholds law restricting access to abortion
(Associated Press)
India: Bill for extending upper limit of abortion to 24 weeks introduced in Lok Sabha
(PTI, The Hindu)
Who won Israel's third election and who lost
(David Suissa, Jewish Journal Roundtable)
The gay rights movement has an anti-Semitism problem
(Blake Flayton, Jewish Journal)
Malaysia takes a turn to the right, and many of its people are worried
(James Chin, The Conversation)
Clerics of different faiths to launch united protest against Delhi violence
(Millennium Post)
Religious leaders join interfaith dialogue to end local communist armed conflict
(Philippine Information Agency)
Dispatch: India's Muslims accuse police of targeted killings
(Anchal Vohra, Foreign Policy)
Why Modi’s India has become a dangerous place for Muslims
(Priya Chacko and Ruchira Talukdar, The Conversation)
SL rejects assessments of UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
(News First)
Virus halts pilgrimages to Mecca, Friday prayers in Iran
(Amir Vahdat and Jon, Associated Press)
Jehovah's Witnesses caught in complicated appeals process
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Tajik believers encouraged to refrain from collective prayers over coronavirus
(Interfax-Religion)
Belarus: Jehovah's Witness fights extradition to Russia
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
In photos: Balinese Hindus perform purification ritual amid pandemic
(Agoes Rudianto, Religion Unplugged)
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
OUP conference on religion, society in South Asia (India)
(Outlook India)
EVENT, 3 March 2020: Lunch Series on Religion and Nationalism: India
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Articles of interest - 2 March 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious news from around the web March 2, 2020
(World Religion News)
NIgeria's government agrees: Islamist terrorists target Christians
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Australia: Sporting bodies lash government's proposed religious freedom bill
(Anthony Colangelo, The Sydney Morning Herald)
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