Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 4 October 2023
New book: Religious Freedom and Populism: The Appropriation of a Human Right and How to Counter It
(Edited by Bernd Hirschberger and Katja Voges, Columbia University Press)
Second Brazilian Symposium on Religious Freedom: Welcoming Remarks
(Gary Doxey, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Brazil: Images of historic saints are broken with a pickaxe in the interior of SP: 'religious intolerance', says priest (Portuguese)
(Brenda Bento, G1)
Chile: New Constitution and religious freedom: exceptional treatment and dispute over "conscience" (Spanish)
(Nicolás Panotto, Ciper Chile)
Monday, 2 October 2023
Qatar: Georgetown University wraps up conference on undoing Islamophobia
(Qatar News Agency)
Exploring collaborative efforts between faith and development
(International Partnership on Religion and Sustainable Development)
Iran: Religious persecutions and issues : Monthly digest September
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest September 16-30
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China is widening its crackdown on Tibetan culture
(Emily K. Scolaro, Religion Dispatches)
China’s persecution of Uyghurs extends to those it once favoured
(The Economist)
Niger attack: Soldiers killed by hundreds of jihadists in Kandadji
(Wycliffe Muia, BBC News)
Australia leaving women, children to be 'unlawfully detained' in Syria camp: rights group
(Middle East Monitor)
Lebanese military court sentences Daesh official to 160 years in prison
(Arab News Pakistan)
Dozens dead after blast in southwestern Pakistan at a rally celebrating birthday of Islam’s prophet
(Abdul Sattar, Associated Press)
Inspired by llamas, the desert and Mother Earth, these craftswomen weave sacred textiles
(María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)
US Central Command captures key Daesh official in Syria raid
(TRT World)
The future of homeland security: Addressing the rise of terrorism in Africa
(Donna Charles, The United States Institute of Peace)
Canada: Prioritise mental health, not MAiD, say Canadians
(Cardus)
Qatar to host international conference to address Islamophobia
(Ahmed Asmar, Anadolu Agency)
Disabled Muslim man beaten to death in India after eating at Hindu temple
(TRT World)
Canada's Sikhs are grateful - and afraid - after Trudeau's India allegations
(Steve Scherer, Reuters)
Sikh group protests outside Golden Temple over killing in Canada
(Manoj Kumar, Reuters)
How did a volunteer from a Nazi unit get invited to Parliament? Your questions, answered
(CBC News)
In Yemen, 5 fighters from secessionist force killed in clashes with suspected al-Qaida militants
(Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 2 October 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In conversation: Podcast explores the preparation for social action program
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Invalid marriages and non-qualifying ceremonies: Tousi
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Archbishop Gallagher to UN: States must rediscover authentic dialogue
(Joseph Tulloch, Vatican News)
HK’s oldest church displays Chinese flag ignoring criticism
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Fighting for freedom of speech - Jimmy Lai’s 1,000 days in prison
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Israel’s secular-religious divide highlighted in holiday incidents
(Steve Hendrix, The Washington Post)
Tanzania: Ministers urge Tanzanians to avoid mixing politics and religion
(Louis Kalumbia, The Citizen)
Fiji: Government will uphold religious freedom: Vosarogo
(Sivaniolo Lumelume, FBC News)
Kazakhstan: USCIRF releases report on the prosecution of online religious activity in Kazakhstan
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Friday, 29 September 2023
New Hong Kong cardinal says Vatican’s China policy ‘not naïve’
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Women as powerful agents of transformation for peace
(YouTube Video, International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation)
India: A Uniform Civil Code: What is it and could it work in India today?
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
India: Sikhs protest in Amritsar after Canada's allegations
(Deutsche Welle)
Nigeria: An illustrative approach to religious freedom violations in Nigeria
(Dennis P. Petri, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Pakistan: Blast at Pakistan procession to mark prophet’s birthday kills at least 52
(Al Jazeera)
Japan’s Unification Church wants 'insulting' TV program shut
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Crowd gathers to demand reopening of Russian Orthodox church in Bulgaria
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Tunisia: “Significant increase in hate speech against religious minorities”
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)
DRC: Religious freedom in the DRC: equality between Kimbanguists, Catholics and Protestants
(Fatshimetrie)
Guatemala: Jewish community appreciates the efforts of the Government of Guatemala
(GT News)
Brasilian devotee accepts important Inter-Religious dialogue role in Rio
(Baladeva Das, International Society for Krishna Consciousness)
Yemen: Religion, peace and conflict country profile
(The United States Institute of Peace)
Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Building bridges, breaking barriers: The role of religious freedom in building a free, just, and mutually supportive society
(Marianna Richardson, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Human Rights Council holds general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention
(United Nations Human Rights Council)
Iran: Why Iran won't budge on mandatory hijab laws — according to the president's wife
(Steve Inskeep, NPR)
Iran says foiled 30 'terrorist’ attacks, arrested 28 Daesh/ISIS members
(Syed Zafar Mehdi, Anadolu Agency)
Indigenous peoples secure decisive victory in Brazil
(Andrea Carvalho, Human Rights Watch)
Trudeau calls invite for Ukrainian who fought with Nazis 'deeply embarrassing'
(John Paul Tasker, CBC News)
Accused killer of Muslim family 'appeared giddy' and was smiling after arrest in London, Ont., court told
(Kate Dubinski, CBC News)
India LGBTQ wedding sparks controversy in Punjab
(Gagandeep Singh Jassowal, BBC News)
Helicopter raid in northern Syria captured Daesh/ISIS official: US military
(Firdevs Bulut Kartal, Anadolu Agency)
Israelis have grown more skeptical of a two-state solution
(Sarah Austin and Johnathan Evans, Pew Research Center)
India: Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India
(Gerry Shih, The Washington Post)
India: Anti-Muslim hate speech in India concentrated around elections, report finds
(Kanishka Singh, Reuters)
The second Armenian genocide
(Mark Movsesian, Compact Magazine)
Nigeria: Sentenced to death for WhatsApp lyrics, petition for Nigerian musician’s release brought to UN working group
(ADF International)
Vatican presses world leaders at UN to work on rules for lethal autonomous weapons
(Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press)
Democracies in Asia risk failing on religious freedom
(Suzan Johnson Cook and Katrina Lantos Swett, Real Clear Politics)
Kazakhstan: Still jailed despite 2021 UN "immediate" release call
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Prisoners of conscience refused conditional early release
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Opportunities and limits of religious diplomacy
(Svitlana Babynska, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Religion and identity in an age of individualization
(Ted A. Smith, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Pakistan’s Ahmadis living in fear as graves, religious sites attacked
(Abid Hussain, Al Jazeera)
Laotian bishop: Church gives new impetus to society
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Ukrainian parliament doesn't have enough votes to ban Moscow-linked church
(Ukrainska Pravda, Yahoo News)
Cuba, Nicaragua can no longer whitewash their religious freedom violations
(Teo Babun, The Hill)
Brazil: Soccer player Paulinho won’t let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith
(Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press)
Houses of Worship: Officials explore social cohesion at Chile temple
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Monday, 25 September 2023
Iran demands Sweden act against Koran burnings, urges release of prisoner
(AFP, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Indonesia: Does God need to be defended by law?
(Aisyah Llewellyn, The Diplomat)
Indonesia jails woman for blasphemy over TikTok food video
(Al Jazeera)
Muslim countries rap repeated desecration of Quran in Europe
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Mali's junta grapples with surging chaos amid UN peacekeeper exit
(Daily Sabah)
Leaders of Türkiye, Malaysia slam 'new form of racism' victimising Muslims
(TRT World)
Israel to seal off Palestine territories for Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur
(Middle East Monitor)
Israel's Yom Kippur protests signal a liberal correction to religious coercion
(Or Kashti, Haaretz)
Meeting between Jewish leaders and Benjamin Netanyahu broaches judicial overhaul — and gets personal
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
CTD arrests 13 TTP, Daesh terrorists during Punjab-wide IBOs
(Pakistan Today)
Iran – Concerns over Chastity and Hijab Bill
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Iran's women on Mahsa Amini's death anniversary: 'I wear what I like now'
(Caroline Hawley, BBC News)
Kuwait University to enforce gender segregation in classrooms, sparking controversy and backlash
(New Arab)
Brazil’s bishops reject blame for abortion debate over alleged backing for Lula
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Senegal: Bishop calls for respecting the rights of those wishing to migrate
(Charles Senghor, La Croix International)
The Rights of Nature Part 1 – Review of the Legal Movement
(Clair Brown, Arthur Dahl, Yoshinobu Miyake, Sherrie Steiner, and Victoria W. Thoresen, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
The Rights of Nature Part 2 – Faith Viewpoints
(Clair Brown, Arthur Dahl, Yoshinobu Miyake, Sherrie Steiner, and Victoria W. Thoresen, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Algeria: Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light people meet UN Special Rapporteur
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Egypt: An encouragement to President Sisi to go further in the promotion of freedom of religion or belief in Egypt
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Founding the Journal of Law and Religion: A Reflection Forty Years On
(Stephen B. Young, Journal of Law and Religion)
Whose equality? Freedom of religious associations and Gaum v. Van Rensburg
(Shaun de Freitas, Journal of Law and Religion)
Articles of interest - 25 September 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New book: The Third Sword: On The Political Role of Prophets
(James Bernard Murphy, Cambridge University Press)
Friday, 22 September 2023
The Pope and the War: A series on how Pope Francis deals with the Russia-Ukraine war
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
On spiritual resources and common homes: A look at crimes in Ukraine in conversation with Raphael Lemkin and Pope Francis
(Greg Marcar, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
China: 6 facts about Buddhism in China
(Pew Research Center)
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