Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 1 May 2023
A Bishop chooses prison: In Nicaragua, the Ortega regime goes after the Church.
(Santiago Ramos, Commonweal)
Saturday, 29 April 2023
Journal Volume 2 (2023)
(Australian Journal of Law and Religion)
Friday, 28 April 2023
Nepal: Dalit freedom hinges on religious reform
(Mitra Pariyar, Kathmandu Post)
Nigerian Atrocities Documentation Project issues critical new report
(Religious Freedom Institute)
European Parliament condemns blasphemy prosecution against Nigerian Sufi musician
(Sean Nelson, Real Clear Religion)
How a South African minister is using Scientology to help end gender-based violence
(Scientology Newsroom)
WCC hosts 11th Ecumenical Global Health Partners Meeting
(World Council of Churches)
Churches’ representatives call for socially responsible solutions to global crises
(World Council of Churches)
The international community must assist in transforming Eritrea’s pathocracy into a genuine democracy
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Israel wages 'systematic' war against Islamic presence in Jerusalem
(Middle East Monitor)
Russia: Freedom of religion and belief monitoring group ordered closed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
The Guardian view on Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine: breaking with Moscow
(The Guardian)
Japan: ‘Forbidden religion’ rites to be preserved on video
(Bu Naritomo Kai, Star Advertiser)
OAA and Patmos Institute make submission to Universal Periodic Review of Cuba
(Outreach Aid to the Americas)
Ukraine ask pope’s help in getting children back from Russia
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)
New book: New Religious Movements and Science
(Stefano Bigliardi, Cambridge University Press)
RFI holds first Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar in Iraq
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Kenya: Faith group supports Archbishop Muheria’s call for audit of religious leaders
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Feminine wisdom, sustainable peace, and unsung agency: contemporary Tibetan Bhikkhunī Saṇgha in exile as faith-based healers of conflict trauma (PDF)
(Sourajit Ghosh, Mindful Peace: A Religions for Peace blogspace)
Canada: TDSB trustees vote to develop strategy to combat Islamophobia
(CBC News)
WCC, Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue release joint communique from annual meeting
(World Council of Churches)
India: Free Pandharpur Vitthal Rukmini temple from Maharashtra govt.’s control: Subramanian Swamy
(The Hindu)
India: Taken conscious decision to not continue with religion-based quota: Karnataka to SC
(Devdiscourse)
India: Religions are not to be tolerated, but respected equally: Tibetan scholar
(The Hindu)
Buenos Aires: CALIR's review of 2022 and plan for 2023 (Spanish)
(Twitter, Centro de Estudios sobre Derecho y Religión)
Wednesday, 26 April 2023
Will Tajikistan meaningfully engage on religious freedom?
(Nury Turkel and Eric Ueland, The Diplomat)
Yasmin church dispute reveals the tensions in Indonesia’s religious policy
(Paul Marshall, The Diplomat)
Israeli Police disrupt interrupt prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Al Quds)
ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic files amicus brief in the Colombian Constitutional Court
(University of Notre Dame Law School)
CCP establishes committee to advance the Sinicization of Christianity
(ChinaAid)
Australia: It’s ‘Groundhog Day’ for the Religious Discrimination Bill
(Greg Bondar, The Spectator)
Russia: Jailed for meetings "to understand the Koran [and] strengthen his faith"
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Patriarch says Russians who don't serve country are 'internal enemies'
(Reuters)
Russian Baptist pastor convicted for “illegal missionary work”
(Evangelical Focus)
Do we have an obligation to address injustices abroad?
(Jakub Grygiel, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Philippine archbishop to promote peace in troubled region
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
WCC Annual Review 2022
(World Council of Churches)
Kenyan bishops call for tighter religious regulations after ‘starvation cult’ deaths
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India: 'Religion-based quota unconstitutional': Karnataka government defends move to end Muslim quota in SC
(Ashish Tripathi, Deccan Herald)
Chile: Builders of peace, sowers of hope (Spanish)
(Conferencia Episcopal de Chile)
Paraguay: Church urges citizens to vote and not sell their conscience (Spanish)
(ABC)
Tuesday, 25 April 2023
Monday, 24 April 2023
Sacralization of AI
(Yulia Razmetaeva, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
MOTION for a resolution on the risk of death penalty and execution of singer Yahaya Sharif Aminu for blasphemy in Nigeria
(Pedro Marques and Carlos Zorrinho, European Parliament)
Rolando José Álvarez Lagos regarding Nicaragua
(Inter-American Commission on Human Rights)
Marriage equality could bring women autonomy and safety
(Erin Kilbride, Human Rights Watch)
UN: More groups address ‘antisemitism’ issue
(Human Rights Watch)
Canada says it could offer access to mifepristone if the abortion drug is banned in the US
(Mary Kekatos, ABC News)
Canada: Water is sacred to Indigenous people. They have been fighting to protect it for decades
(CBC News)
Supreme Court: Historic India same sex marriage hearing enters day two
(Geeta Pandey, BBC News)
Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader after long hunt
(Ashok Sharma and Prabhjot Gill, Associated Press)
At least 21 killed as Somalia battles jihadis in remote area
(Omar Faruk, Associated Press)
Azerbaijan: Fined for religious celebration, then arrested
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Calls for Colombia to protect religious freedom
(Anita Laryea, Christian Today)
Kenya's Ruto vows action as religious cult death toll continues to rise
(RFI)
New book: Catholic Social Teaching in Practice: Exploring Practical Wisdom and the Virtues Tradition
(Andrew M. Yuengert, Cambridge University Press)
A ‘pilgrimage of love’ seeks Indian Hindu leaders willing to condemn Hindu nationalism
(Nikhil Mandalaparthy, Religion News Service)
Boundary-Making and Political Activism in Protracted Exile: Second-Generation Tibetan Refugees in India
(Natalia Bloch, Journal of Refugee Studies, Oxford University Press)
Hong Kong bishop invites head of China’s state-backed church
(Kanis Leung, Associated Press)
China’s proxy war against faith
(Sam Brownback and Erica Lizza, The Hill)
Religion Watch, Volume 38 No. 5
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Repressive enforcement of Iranian hijab laws constitutes gender-based persecution
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 10
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict under international humanitarian law and Islamic law
(Ahmed Al-Dawoody and William I. Pons, Cambridge University Press)
Articles of interest - 24 April 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Cameroon archbishop calls for end to extrajudicial killings
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Global South Anglicans cut their ties to Canterbury? Maybe that's a news story worth ink
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Two weeks in review, 10 April – 23 April 2023
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Islamophobia as a form of emotional violence
(Derya Iner, Australasian Muslim Times (AMUST))
Eritrea: 103 young Christians arrested for trying to record Christian music on YouTube
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Moscow mosque plan pits Putin allies against each other
(Brendan Cole, Newsweek)
Legal Journal Number 6 (18): April (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
Brazil: OAB-PB Law and Religious Freedom Commission plans actions for 2023 (Portuguese)
(OAB-PB)
Friday, 21 April 2023
Islamophobia is entrenched in Canada: Senate findings
(Barry Ellsworth, Anadolu Agency)
Canada: This Ramadan, the wave of Islamophobic incidents has gotten out of hand
(Steven Zhou, Toronto Star)
David Burrowes | An Interview with David Trimble | IRF Summit RFI Profiles
(YouTube Video, Religious Freedom Institute)
New book: Worldly Politics and Divine Institutions: Contemporary Entanglements of Faith and Government
(Nahshon Perez, Oxford University Press)
Southern Mongolia: The CCP mobilizes traditional culture against religion
(Fang Yongrui, Bitter Winter)
Hong Kong bishop hopes for closer ties with Beijing diocese
(Associated Press)
Religion and the crisis of displaced persons: Kenya
(Lena Musoka, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Politics vs. religion?: The case of Nicaragua
(Teresa Flores, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Church in Haiti laments violence, insists on security for people
(La Croix International)
Women of Excellence in Multi-Religious Action Award
(Religions for Peace)
As fossil fuel companies explore for new oil and gas, people of faith announce 31 divestment commitments, urge other faith groups to divest
(Laudato Si’ Movement)
‘Exposing our affairs meant death’: LGBTQ Saudis forced into exile
(Agence France-Presse)
Indian Christians, Muslims voice anger over boycott call
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
India: ‘I hope that my husband will let me go to church’: the tension between tradition and religious freedom for women in the Narikuravar community
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
India: 69 Hindus acquitted over deadly 2002 sectarian riots
(Al Jazeera)
Indian Christians get bail four months after sectarian flare-up
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
WCC webinar explores ways to eradicate HIV stigma and discrimination
(World Council of Churches)
Kenya: Bishops call for constitutional amendment to resolve supreme court ruling on LGBTQ+ association
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Kenya: Regional ecclesial bodies ramp-up calls for dialogue after failed 24-hour ceasefire in Sudan
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Catholic Relief Services condemns staff killings in Ethiopia
(Catholic Relief Services)
Why Maduro is courting evangelicals ahead of the 2024 election
(Tony Frangie-Mawad, Foreign Policy)
UN expert urges Tajikistan to leave past behind and uphold freedom of religion and belief
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
European Parliament condemns Nigerian speech laws which put “blasphemous” Whatsapp musician on death row
(ADF International)
Naroda Gam massacre: India court acquits all accused in 2002 Gujarat riots case
(BBC News)
India history debate after chapter on Mughals dropped
(Zoya Mateen, BBC News)
China: Dalai Lama furore reignites Tibet 'slave' controversy
(Tessa Wong, BBC News)
Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Religions’ roles in peacebuilding in the Gambia
(Muhammadou M.O. Kah, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
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