Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 22 July 2024
Global Experts Unite to combat modern slavery's $236 billion shadow economy
(G20 Interfaith Forum, EIN Presswire)
Friday, 19 July 2024
Angola: Let’s cultivate “justice, peace, the very dignity of the human person”: Archbishop to Angola’s justice, peace officials
(João Vissesse, ACI Africa)
Dominican Republic: Dominican activists protest against a new criminal code that would maintain a total abortion ban
(María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)
Argentina: 30 years after attack on Argentina’s Jewish center, Milei makes promises. But the anguish remains
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)
Against the odds: Women leaders at the forefront of global dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Oman: Sectarian violence escalates: ISIS targets Shi’ite worshippers in historically peaceful Oman – Analysis
(Girish Linganna, Eurasia Review)
Religious roles in environmental protection and addressing climate change
(Rabbi David Saperstein and Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum)
Zambia: Church condemns escalating lawlessness and targeted political intolerance against opposition lawmakers
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Paraguay: Interreligious Forum of the Americas takes place in Paraguay
(Church Newsroom)
Iran: submission to the 48th session of the UN Universal Periodic Review
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Egypt: submission to the 48th session of the Universal Periodic Review
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Iraq: submission to the 48th session of the Universal Periodic Review
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Asia/Pakistan - Legal age for Christian marriage at 18: A step forward to protect girls and abandon child marriage
(Agenzia Fides)
India: Backlash over Indian state's rule said to divide eateries by religion
(Barron's)
South Korea: Supreme Court ruling a historic victory for same-sex couples
(Amnesty International)
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
Secular stagnation: How religion endures in a godless age
(Shadi Hamid, Foreign Affairs)
Iranian police question women who marched in religious festival without head scarves
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Iran: On the ground in Iran: The Islamic Revolution and faithful resistance
(Charles Ramsey, Religion Unplugged)
Australia: Hate speech – vilification laws and threats to religious speech
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox headache
(David Rosenberg, Politico.eu)
Israel’s military will begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men on Sunday. It could rattle the government
(Josef Federman, Associated Press)
Moroccan delegation led by Sharaka tours Israel, defies prejudice
(Ohad Merlin, The Jerusalem Post)
How to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia - opinion
(Zain Ali, The Jerusalem Post)
Oman: Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack on Shi'ite mosque in Oman
(Andrew Mills and Alexander Cornwell, Reuters)
Egypt: Plans to build more churches as religious freedom returns
(Amy Balog, Aid to the Church in Need)
Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly digest July 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
ECHR judgement in Savinovskikh v Russia (family and transgender rights)
(The European Court of Human Rights)
Advancing peace, justice, and a sustainable way of life through multistakeholder collaboration
(Khushwant Singh, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Kenya’s Catholic Bishops warn of “intolerance, anarchy” as youths remain hell-bent on anti-government protests
(Agnes Aineah, ACI Africa)
Ukraine: The war, religious beliefs and conscientious objection: Orthodox
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China: ‘In handcuffs, without paper or pen, I rely on others to convey my safety’ – a call for the release of Elder Zhang Chunlei
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Across Asia, respect for elders is seen as necessary to be ‘truly’ Buddhist
(Manolo Corichi and William Miner, Pew Research Center)
Al Hassan convicted of international crimes, but not for ones based on gender
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Religion Unplugged)
Monday, 15 July 2024
Afghanistan: Taliban’s restrictions on Muharram processions continue across Afghanistan
(KabulNow)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 25
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Taiwan: A Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding nun’s message of compassion global
(Huizhong Wu and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 15 July 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nigeria bishops warn EU deal could push abortion, gender rights on Africa
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India: Church leaders meet Indian PM, raise concerns over 'attacks'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest July 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China to impose ‘strict governance’ on Protestant churches
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Israel: At least 22 killed in strike on makeshift mosque in Gaza City camp, hospital official says
(Abeer Salman, Lauren Kent and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN)
Canada: Members of other faiths show solidarity at Muslim prayers, after threats
(Michael John Lo, Times Colonist)
Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first
(Ramatoulie Jawo and Monika Pronczuk, Associated Press)
Many adults in East and Southeast Asia support free speech, are open to societal change
(Manolo Corichi, Pew Research Center)
Ghana: NPP gov’t to incentivize faith-based orgs driving national development - Napo reveals
(Modern Ghana)
Mozambique: President asks CPLP constitutional courts to defend dignity
(Club of Mozambique)
Legal Journal Number 9 (19): July (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Friday, 12 July 2024
Australia has its first antisemitism special envoy, with an Islamophobia special envoy to follow. What will this mean?
(Matteo Vergani, Dan Goodhardt, and Susan Carland, The Conversation)
Australia: Fatima Payman advises Muslims: ‘Don’t establish a political party’
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
India: Right to freedom of religion doesn’t encompass the right to convert others: Allahabad HC
(OpIndia)
India’s Muslims voted for justice and equality, but this remains a distant future
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Rulers of Islamic nations not fulfilling duties towards Palestinians: Iranian Sunni cleric
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
The church is radicalizing over Gaza: strange extremist bedfellows
(Scott Gustafson, Religion News Service)
Quakers view the Palestinian narrative as just and righteous - opinion
(Asaf Romirowsky, The Jerusalem Post)
Azerbaijan is a top violator of religious freedom. Accountability is a must | opinion
(Artak Beglaryan, Newsweek)
Uzbekistan: Planned new punishments for parents allowing children's religious education
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Ukraine: The war, religious beliefs and conscientious objection: the case of Protestants
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
CEC condemns attack on Ukrainian children's hospital, and calls for peace and accountability
(Conference of European Churches)
Holy warheads: Russian Orthodox Christianity as weaponized culture
(Elaine Wilson, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
How faith-based projects are helping to stem Africa’s growing eco-anxiety
(Cyril Zenda, Religion Unplugged)
Teaching within a tradition: A common cause for religious and cultural minority groups
(Alexis de La Ferriere, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, a dialogue of the deaf
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Cuba: CSW calls for human rights reforms and release of political prisoners on third anniversary of protests
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
In Venezuela, détente is confirmed between the church and state
(FSSPX News)
Turkish authorities crack down on Christianity; deny church land for worship space
(ADF International)
Nicaragua: International human rights court condemns Nicaraguan government’s imprisonment of Christian ministry leaders, calls for immediate release
(ADF International)
Nicaragua: Radio María in Nicaragua shut down by country’s dictatorship
(Walter Sánchez Silva, Catholic News Agency)
Mexico ‘cancels’ statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deity
(Fabiola Sánchez, Associated Press)
India’s Muslims voted for justice and equality, but this remains a distant future
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Australia: Trial told dying girl offered prayer not medicine
(Simon Atkinson, BBC News)
Nigeria: Bauchi Varsity gets $95,000 support to promote law, religion activities
(Khalid Idris Doya, Leadership Nigeria)
Bangladesh: In the past year, 45 people have died in violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh
(Sumon Corraya, Asia News)
Iran: Jewish Association of Iran congratulates newly elected Pezeshkian amid regional tensions
(The Jerusalem Post)
Iran: Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran’s headscarf law
(Amir Vahdat, Associated Press)
How 'Islamic State' uses AI to spread extremist propaganda
(Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle)
Meta bans use of ‘Zionists’ as a cover for attacks on Jews or Israelis
(Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The 12 countries with the worst religious freedom conditions
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Transformative dialogue at the forefront: global leaders advocate for sustainable peacebuilding
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister calls for ‘interfaith collaboration’
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
‘Respecting the dignity of marginalized groups’: Dr. Nina Balmaceda’s faith-based peace solutions
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)
Saudi Arabian court jails teacher for 20 years for tweets
(Middle East Eye)
Afghanistan: Taliban pledge growing role for morality police
(AFP, Dawn)
Grande Mosquée de Paris to welcome 2024 Olympic flame
(Adil Faouzi, Morocco World News)
Algeria must guarantee freedom of assembly, association for all
(European Centre for Law and Justice)
Vietnam: 11 jailed Christians missing
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Mexican government asks priests to take civics course
(David Agren, National Catholic Reporter)
Taiwan: Transitional justice, conflicts of moralities, and religious movements in Taiwan
(Tsai Cheng-An, Bitter Winter)
India: Irrespective of religion, SC says Muslim women can seek maintenance from husbands after divorce
(The Times of India)
World religions commit to Rome call on AI in Hiroshima meeting
(Lisa Zingarini, Religion Unplugged)
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches calls on governments of all countries to recognize Russia as a terrorist state
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
July 2024 newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
Indonesia's foreign minister calls for 'interfaith collaboration'
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
Monday, 8 July 2024
Revolutionary in Theology: In Memoriam Jürgen Moltmann
(Zoran Grozdanov, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Canada: Trudeau appoints Jewish lawmaker as new adviser on Canadian Jewish community and antisemitism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Australia: Faith-based politics will erode social unity: PM
(Kat Wong, North West Star)
Nigeria: Resurgence of suicide attacks concern Nigeria’s Church leaders
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Nigerian army respects religious freedom as secular institution -- spokesperson
(Tarkaa David, Leadership Nigeria)
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