Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Japan's religious outfits on ‘extralegal’ sales for tax breaks
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Muslims in South Korea want to build a mosque. Neighbors protest and send pig heads
(Se Eun Gong, NPR)
USCIRF calls for the release of Mubarak Bala and Yahaya Sharif Aminu
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
The persecution of Christians in Iran
(Ioannis E. Kotoulas, Algemeiner.com)
Bolivian president vows to restrict priests’ entry amid abuse scandal
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saudi Arabia removes ‘practically all antisemitism’ from textbooks, report reveals
(Jotam Confino, Jewish News)
Detention of Bahraini prayer leader a disgrace for Al Khalifa: Activist
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Malaysia: Gov't will not allow Quran to be printed in Roman script
(Bernama)
Malaysia seizes Swatch watches over ‘LGBT connotations’
(Al Jazeera)
Global faith-based groups urge Hiroshima G7 toward Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
(World Council of Churches)
Human rights at (disputed) international borders: Preliminary remarks after the ECTHR’s admissibility decision in Georgia v. Russia (IV)
(Veronica Botticelli, Strasbourg Observers)
Uzbekistan: Backsliding on religious freedom promises
(Human Rights Watch)
Monday, 22 May 2023
Cyclone Mocha devastates Myanmar’s Rohingya
(Shayna Bauchner, Human Rights Watch)
Turkey’s Camlica Mosque: Ottoman heritage or modern nationalism?
(Arwa Ibrahim and Humeyra Doruk Keskin, Al Jazeera)
Turkish First Lady welcomes UN's Islamophobia draft resolution
(Daily Sabah)
Canada man arrested after driving car at worshippers at 2 mosques
(Barry Ellsworth, Anadolu Agency)
The Hindu festival of Ram Navami sparked anti-Muslim riots across India
(France 24)
Why are hundreds of churches being destroyed in Manipur, India?
(Ben Cohen, Premier Christianity)
Indian Church hails court's religious freedom stance
(Michael Gonsalvas, Union of Catholic Asian News)
BBC ordered to Delhi High Court over Modi documentary
(BBC News)
Ethiopia suspends TV affiliated to Orthodox church
(BBC News)
Ken Elliott: Australian hostage, 88, freed by al-Qaeda militants
(Tom Housden, BBC News)
Writing From a Russian prison, Server Mustafayev calls for ‘strength in unity’
(Freedom House)
“No one should be sentenced to death for peaceful expression”—Human rights advocates call on Nigeria to release prisoner of conscience Yahaya Sharif-Aminu
(ADF International)
Church, state join forces in Cameroon in fight against hate speech
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Iran executes protesters after bogus trials
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
When autocratic governments host interfaith dialogues: An interview with Jon Hoffman
(Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)
Israel: Faith leaders unite in Haifa to champion religious diversity amid tensions
(The Jerusalem Post)
Extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site
(Tia Goldenberg and Josef Federman, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 22 May 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In Morocco, conference brings together rabbis from three continents
(David I. Klein, Religion News Service)
Liberty is not the product of any one religion
(Farah Adeed, Acton Institute)
The Islamic case for freeing Afghan women
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Klitschko supports petition against the UOC-MP's land rights
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainians are directing their anger at their church
(Anchal Vohra, Foreign Policy)
Zelensky at the Summit of the Arab League: Help us protect people, including Muslims
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Lebanese feminists protest after woman harassed over swimsuit
(Urooba Jamal, Al Jazeera)
Indonesia: VP urges public to support HR development based on science, technology
(Antara News)
Legal Journal Number 7 (18): May (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Friday, 19 May 2023
Pakistan: Call for certain amendments to secure equal rights to non-Muslims
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Statement of the inter-faith group of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, May 2023
(World Council of Churches)
Pakistan encroaches on international Ahmadi web site content
(Isabella Meibauer, Religion Unplugged)
South Korea: Pig heads, BBQs: Mosque backlash tests S Korea religious freedom
(Raphael Rashid, Al Jazeera)
Catholic nuns to foster dialogue between Japan, S. Korea
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Argentina's Church offers mea culpa, 40 years on from end of dictatorship
(Buenos Aires Times)
Malaysia: Selangor Islamic council hits out at Putrajaya's 'unilateral' move in 'Allah' issue
(Malaysia Now)
Religion and educational mobility in Africa
(Alberto Alesina, Sebastian Hohmann, Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, Nature)
Khartoum under bombardment as Sudan's rivals talk
(Reuters)
Afghanistan’s crisis requires a coherent, coordinated international response
(William Byrd, The United States Institute of Peace)
APPG statement on the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen
(All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
Bangladesh: New risks for Rohingya refugees
(Human Rights Watch)
Egypt: Women abused over alleged ISIS ties
(Human Rights Watch)
The Iraqi government is failing victims of ISIS in Sinjar
(Adam Coogle, Human Rights Watch)
Disengaging and reintegrating violent extremists in conflict zones
(Andrew Glazzard, The United States Institute of Peace)
Hate speech sparks fears of violence against Yazidis in Iraq
(Frankie Vetch, Coda Media)
The Kerala Story: Dozens held in Maharashtra after Islamic State film row
(Meryl Sebastian, BBC News)
Chhattisgarh: A state where religious minorities live in fear
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Canada should decry democratic backsliding in India
(Farida Deif, Human Rights Watch)
Unusual ruling frees Christian couple from prison in Iran
(Morning Star News)
WCC general secretary after the visit to Moscow “WCC to be an instrument of dialogue”WCC general secretary after the visit to Moscow “WCC to be an instrument of dialogue”
(World Council of Churches)
Occupied Ukraine: "Disappeared" clergy still "disappeared" after six months
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
American, Japanese bishops urge G7 to act on nuclear disarmament
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
RFI’s David Trimble convenes meeting with Taiwanese delegation on Capitol Hill
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Taiwanese leader: Be ‘firm and determined’ in deterring China
(Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics)
Schism and legal disputes over ownership of church buildings in the history of the Nederduitsch Hervormde (Dutch Reformed) Church in South Africa
(Yolanda van der Vyver, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Ortega's Sandinista regime shuts another Catholic university in Nicaragua
(La Croix International)
Indonesian students' Sharia support worries Church
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Quebec Muslim groups sue government over prayer room ban in schools
(CTV News)
UK-based group documents rights abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan with ‘witness map’
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Thursday, 18 May 2023
International faith and community leaders gather for IF20 New Delhi to contribute to G20 agendas
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
2022 Report on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Department of State)
Türk calls on G7 countries to rekindle the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
International Day of Living Together in Peace - 16 May
(United Nations)
Religious freedom as central to living together in peace
(Religious Freedom Institute)
The U.N. is marking the 75th anniversary of Palestinians' displacement
(Emma Bowman and Daniel Estrin, NPR)
Sudan's warring sides trade blame over church attack
(BBC News)
Iran: Baha’i Enayatollah Naeimi receives 15-year prison sentence
(Human Rights Activists News Agency)
Canada: Statements from NCCM and the family of Mohammad Abu Marzouk following sentencing
(National Council of Canadian Muslims)
US admits 'real progress' on religious freedom and its obstacles
(TRT World)
South Africa: Hate Speech Law with Adv Glynnis Breytenbach
(YouTube Video, Freedom of Religion South Africa)
Religious freedom, the great forgotten in the 2030 Agenda
(Evangelical Focus)
Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize
(Associated Press)
Court sentences top official of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
(Christian Network Europe)
Indonesia becomes 3rd largest shareholder of Islamic Development Bank
(Antara News)
USCIRF welcomes Tajikistan’s release of Shamil Khakimov and calls for U.S. policy action
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Tajikistan, release of Jehovah’s Witness Shamil Khakimov, 72, after four years in prison
(Willy Fautré, The European Times)
European nations stand up for head of Iraq's Chaldean Church
(La Croix International)
US asks India to check ‘continued targeted attacks’ on minorities
(Al Jazeera)
Experts say Pope, British King share interest in inter-faith ties
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The Dalai Lama’s succession: Strategic realities of the Tibet question
(Jagannath P. Panda and Eerishika Pankaj, Institute for Security & Development Policy)
Mindanao: Sustaining the gains of peace at the ground level
(United Religions Initiative)
Days after synagogue attack, Tunisian president criticizes Israel and says his country saved Jews in WWII
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Nicaragua and the Catholic Church
(Michael Hendricks, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Russia: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest May 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia advances 'persecution campaign' against Evangelicals in Ukraine: ISW
(Aila Slisco, Newsweek)
Russian authorities in Crimea to transfer OCU's Cathedral in Simferopol for free use
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
WCC general secretary visits Moscow and Patriarch Kirill
(World Council of Churches)
Yes, what about that meeting between Pope Francis and an exiled Russian Orthodox leader?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Monday, 15 May 2023
Iran: Alarming surge in executions
(Human Rights Watch)
The Influence of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition on the Common Law
(Samuel L. Bray, SSRN)
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