Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 6 March 2023
Research programme in the study of Muslim communities of success quarterly – developing new horizons of knowledge for Islam in the contemporary world
(Religions for Peace)
Canada: Hespeler Masjid members say they feel unsafe after recent act of vandalism
(Joe McGinty, City News)
Russia: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest Feb 16-28
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest Feb 16-28
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
We’re told Pentecostal churches like Hillsong are growing in Australia, but they’re not anymore – is there a gender problem?
(Roxie Clare Shorter and Tanya Riches, The Conversation)
Friday, 3 March 2023
How ISIS and al-Qaeda exploit the earthquake in Turkey to mobilize support
(Uran Botobekov)
China and Mexico: Letter to the Secretary of Foreign Affairs Marcelo Ebrard
(Tamara Taraciuk Broner and Maya Wang, Human Rights Watch)
China's head of ethnic affairs is keen to end minority culture
(Aaron Glasserman, Foreign Policy)
China's new directive on law schools: They should teach that separation of powers is wrong
(Zhou Kexin, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox seek to prohibit Passover non-Kosher food in hospitals
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor)
Political repression of religious leaders’ manifestations of faith in Nicaragua
(Rossana Muga and Teresa Flores, International Journal for Religious Freedom (IJRF))
Atrocities in Myanmar: documenting the junta’s attacks on civilians
(Alar Corritti, Mie Mie, Matthias, and Ko Banya, The United States Institute of Peace)
Iranian media reports hundreds of schoolgirls poisoned
(Michael Page, Human Rights Watch)
USCIRF outraged by suspected poison attacks on girls attending school in Iran
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
UN describes worsening Afghanistan rights crisis
(Fereshta Abbasi and Patricia Gossman, Human Rights Watch)
DR Congo/France: prioritize rights issues for Macron’s visit
(Human Rights Watch)
Open letter to permanent representatives of member and observer states to the UN Human Rights Council
(Human Rights Watch)
Movement out of India that 'disseminates hate' victimizes religious minority groups, report says
(Lisa Xing, CBC News)
Reasonable limits: how far does religious freedom go in Canada?
(Dwight Newman, Cardus)
NCCM and WSO launch major report on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh network in Canada
(National Council of Canadian Muslims)
Can mass atrocities be prevented? This course attempts to answer the question
(Mike Brand, The Conversation)
US decries Israeli minister's call to erase Palestinian town
(Daily Sabah)
Australia: Religious schools can build a community of faith without discriminating. The law should reflect that
(Liam Elphick, Alice Taylor, and Robin Banks, The Conversation)
New report shows religious dynamics in Nigeria’s ongoing violence
(Paul Marshall, Providence)
New book: The Global Politics of Interreligious Dialogue: Religious Change, Citizenship, and Solidarity in the Middle East
(Michael D. Driessen, Oxford University Press)
Bahrain prosecutes religious reformers: traditionalists fight back
(James M. Dorsey, Modern Diplomacy)
Bangladesh: How do UN, other rights bodies react to attacks on Ahmadiyyas?
(Dhaka Tribune)
India tries to police religious conversions
(Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal)
Top five cases related to religious freedom in India
(Lija Merin John, ADF India)
‘No religious minority can freely live or practice its religion in Pakistan today’: India at UNHRC
(The Hindu)
Brazil: Racism and religious freedom will be the subject of a public hearing at the CMA (Portuguese)
(Lucivânia Pereira, Câmara Municipal de Aracaju)
Brazil: Protection of freedom of religion (Portuguese)
(Ricardo Russell Brandão Cavalcanti, Conjur)
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on freedom of religion or belief in Turkey report is published
(İnanç Özgürlüğü Girişimi)
CSIS targeting of Canadian Muslims reveals the importance of addressing institutional Islamophobia
(Baljit Nagra and Paula Maurutto, The Conversation)
With Islamophobia on the rise, Muslim communities are calling for safety. Canada already has one program, it just has to fix it
(Steven Zhou, Bilal Rahhal, and Mohamed Labidi, Toronto Star)
Trinidad and Tobago: bring home nationals from northeast Syria
(Human Rights Watch)
Can the G20 agree on human rights?
(John Sifton, Human Rights Watch)
Myanmar Junta Extends Martial Law
(Manny Maung, Human Rights Watch)
China’s religious diplomacy for its Belt and Road Initiative
(Juyan Zhang, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Protestant Council of Rwanda bars abortions in its clinics
(Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press)
Africa’s sahel needs a coordinated plan on extremist violence
(Kris Inman, The United States Institute of Peace)
Iran: Pastor Nadarkhani released as part of national amnesty
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Kenya: Statement on the recent Supreme Court judgment
(Twitter, Kenya Christian Professionals' Forum (KCPF))
Malaysia: Domestic halal market value to hit RM400bil by 2030, says Zahid
(Junaid Ibrahim, The Star)
Major Indian broadcaster fined by regulator over ‘anti-Muslim content’
(Sravasti Dasgupta, Independent)
Formula One drivers urged to speak up for human rights in Bahrain
(Al Jazeera)
Greetings from world leaders to Tibetans on the occasion of Losar, the Tibetan New Year
(Yangchen Dolma, Tibet Post International)
Respecting religious freedom - Vietnam's constant policy: Deputy PM
(Vietnam Plus)
Australia: Sydney Anglican church accuses law reform commission of double standard over religious school hiring
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)
The employment law review: Religious discrimination in international employment law (paywall)
(Erika C Collins, Lexology)
Religious freedom in Timor-Leste (Portuguese)
(Neolanda Márvia Homa Ramos Fernandes, Diligente)
I was Moscow's Chief Rabbi. Russia forced me to flee.
(Pinchas Goldschmidt, Foreign Policy)
Monday, 27 February 2023
Iran: Respect for ‘human rights’ is our core value, Abdollahian tells Human Rights Council
(Tehran Times)
Iran's religious freedom worsened last year: An IranWire special report
(Iran Wire)
Iran: Religious persecution and issues – Monthly digest February
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
New book: Faith in Courts: Human Rights Advocacy and the Transnational Regulation of Religion
(Lisa Harms, Bloomsbury Publishing)
Congo bishops warn against ‘balkanization’ of central African nation
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
‘A time bomb’: India’s sinking holy town faces grim future
(Krutika Pathi and Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press)
India: I am Christian but still fond of Hinduism: Supreme Court judge KM Joseph
(Press Trust of India, India Today)
22,000 Indian Christians peacefully protest rising persecution at historic Delhi gathering
(Surinder Kaur, Christianity Today)
Articles of interest - 27 February 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A gap between policy and practice: In Vietnam, many indigenous communities are forbidden to use their own language
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Hate is alive in Canada — and is growing
(Andrew Mitrovica, Al Jazeera)
Canada: Statement on Islamophobia
(Twitter, Justin Trudeau)
Religious scholar explains why Ukrainians began to turn more to religion
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine: Conscientious objector now jailed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
The challenge of the irreligious state
(Tanvi Mishra, Law & Liberty)
Two weeks in review, 13 February – 26 February
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Nicaragua: Expatriation as an aggravated form of political persecution
(Kai Ambos, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Malaysia’s new Vatican envoy to promote interfaith dialogue
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Turkish Christians: Don't distribute Bibles during relief aid
(Christian Network Europe)
ECtHR, Russia to pay about 350,000 EUR to Jehovah’s Witnesses for disrupting their religious meetings
(The European Times)
The angry divide in Israel over the rule of law and religion
(Andrew England and James Shotter, The Financial Times)
Bahrain: 3 on trial for religious dialogue
(Human Rights Watch)
Human Rights Council hears from 28 dignitaries as it continues its high-level segment
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
“The most important feature of Chinese Communism is atheism”
(Zhou Kexin, Bitter Winter)
What the opening of the Abrahamic Family House Synagogue in the UAE means for the Jewish community and the rest of the world
(Marcy Grossman, Atlantic Council)
Declaration of the OAS General Secretariat on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Organization of American States)
Brazil: Respect for plurality as a way to combat intolerance and religious racism and in building a culture of peace (Portuguese)
(Regina Negreiros, Política por Elas)
Brazil: Attacks and humiliations: religious leaders in MG report cases of intolerance (Portuguese)
(Juliana Siqueira and Vitor Fórneas, O Tempo)
International Court Of Justice orders Azerbaijan to end Nagorno-Karabakh roadblock
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Saturday, 25 February 2023
Series: The Russia-Ukraine war and religion: One year after the beginning of the invasion
(Jerry Pankhurst, Robert C. Blitt, Alar Kilp, Regina Elsner, Catherine Wanner, Andriy Fert, Stanislav Panin, Dmytro Vovk, and Michelle Coleman, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations addressed the Eleventh Emergency Special Session on Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
WCC denounces ongoing invasion of Ukraine, prays for peace, and calls for accountability
(World Council of Churches)
UOC priests visit Ukrainian military on the front line
(Union of Orthodox Journalists)
Whose conscience deserves protection in Australia?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
China ramping up persecution of Christians as it demands 'worship and allegiance' of Xi Jinping: watchdog
(Jon Brown, Fox News)
The latest @ USIP: Religious inclusion in Afghanistan
(Charles Ramsey, The Olive Branch, USIP Blog)
New book: Religion's Power: What Makes It Work
(Robert Wuthnow, Oxford University Press)
Egyptian Christians in Libya face ‘toxic mix of racism and religious hostility’
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Tibet: Interview: ‘They are away from their families, language, religion and culture.’
(Radio Free Asia)
As Nigerians vote, Catholics warn of push to ‘Islamize’ the country
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican establishes diplomatic ties with Oman, widening outreach to Islam
(Middle East Monitor)
Burkina Faso: Bishops decry spate of insecurity, disarray of population in ‘unjust war imposed on country’
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Distorted world picture through media’s secular view: Paul Marshall
(Tiffany Meier, NTD)
India’s secularism needs better interpretation to retain relevance
(Rohan Bedi, Fair Observer)
International Court of Justice orders Azerbaijan to end Nagorno-Karabakh roadblock
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Religious intolerance: The Brazil that exalts is the same that excludes (Portuguese)
(Liliane Rocha, Vogue)
Thursday, 23 February 2023
India: SC to take up Muslim girls’ plea to allow hijab at exams
(Statesman News Service)
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