Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Kenya: Bishop Lagho alleges capture of interfaith movement by politicians
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Monday, 24 July 2023
Advancing inclusive and peaceful societies: The ethics education fellowship is making strides in Africa and Asia
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Two visions for Africa (deeply rooted in Christianity; imported secularism)
(Eric Patterson, World)
Wednesday, 19 July 2023
LGBT rights in Africa: Will Kenya be the latest to pass anti-gay law?
(Catherine Byaruhanga, BBC News)
Monday, 17 July 2023
Law, African religion, and environmentalism
(Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Friday, 14 July 2023
South Africa: Summary of FOR SA’s submission to Parliament on the hate speech bill
(Daniela Ellerbeck, Freedom of Religion South Africa)
Malawi: Religious groups protest homosexuality “an Imposition on Africa, Asia and Latin America”
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Monday, 10 July 2023
Black nun who founded first African American religious congregation advances closer to sainthood
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)
After the fall of Roe, emboldened religious conservatives lobby to restrict abortion in Africa
(Cara Anna, Associated Press)
Monday, 3 July 2023
African church leaders warn of new genocide risks in Sudan
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The competition for believers in Africa is transforming Christianity and Islam
(Francis X. Rocca, Nicholas Bariyo, and Gbenga Akingbule, The Wall Street Journal)
Monday, 26 June 2023
Churches in South Africa have a critical role in halting the cancer of corruption
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)
The provocation by witchcraft defence in anglophone Africa: Origins and historical development
(Emmanuel Sarpong Owusu, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Faith-based organizations tell Congress to reauthorize PEPFAR
(Lydia Andrews, The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN))
Monday, 12 June 2023
Fostering dialogue and action: The first international parliamentarians conference on freedom of religion or belief in Africa
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))
Kenya: NCCK suggests enforcement of existing laws in memorandum to Senate ad hoc committee
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Friday, 9 June 2023
Brazil: African cults are constant targets of attacks and religious intolerance (Portuguese)
(Angelo Peterson, Gazeta 24h)
Monday, 29 May 2023
Al-Shabab terrorists target African Union army base in Somalia
(Daily Sabah)
Wednesday, 24 May 2023
Don’t legalize same-sex unions: Malawi’s Christian leaders to judges ahead of ruling
(Magdalene Kahiu, ACI Africa)
Friday, 19 May 2023
Religion and educational mobility in Africa
(Alberto Alesina, Sebastian Hohmann, Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, Nature)
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)
Wednesday, 17 May 2023
EVENT, 14-17 May 2023: 10th ACLARS Conference in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: Law, Religion, and Reconciliation in Africa
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS))
South Africa: Hate Speech Law with Adv Glynnis Breytenbach
(YouTube Video, Freedom of Religion South Africa)
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Djerba Tunisia: Worshippers killed near Africa's oldest synagogue
(BBC News)
Wednesday, 3 May 2023
Kenya: Will calls for tough laws on religious leaders succeed this time?
(Victor Abuso, The Africa Report)
Tuesday, 2 May 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 2 May 2023 (12PM CEST): Waves of Harm and Hope: Faith Communities addressing the historic and present economic inequities and injustices affecting People of African Descent
(World Council of Churches)
Friday, 28 April 2023
How a South African minister is using Scientology to help end gender-based violence
(Scientology Newsroom)
Kenya: Faith group supports Archbishop Muheria’s call for audit of religious leaders
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Friday, 21 April 2023
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)
Friday, 14 April 2023
African churches launch human rights award
(World Council of Churches)
Wednesday, 12 April 2023
Viewpoint: East Africa's battle over culture and homosexuality
(BBC News)
Central African Republic: religious war can be avoided
(Aid to the Church in Need)
Monday, 10 April 2023
Kenya: Religious leaders support bipartisan discourse on solving ‘longstanding issues’ in country
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
In Africa, here’s how to respond to Russia’s brutal Wagner Group
(Joseph Sany, The United States Institute of Peace)
Here’s what American Christian fundamentalists are exporting to Africa
(William F. Felice, Tampa Bay Times)
Faith organizations on the frontline as Horn of Africa faces famine
(Joseph Hammond, Religion Unplugged)
Wednesday, 5 April 2023
USCIRF releases new report on African traditional and indigenous religions
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Monday, 3 April 2023
Vice President Harris helps focus on Ghana, West Africa
(Palwasha L. Kakar and Katherine G. Todd, The United States Institute of Peace)
Working together to end child and early marriage in Ghana and Nigeria
(The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN))
Friday, 31 March 2023
African Church seeks to help form young Catholics involved in politics
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
Kenya: Religious leaders visit Kibera after mosque and church torched
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Monday, 27 March 2023
The future of Jewish South Africa
(John Besche, The Tablet)
Decade after Central African takeover, justice still needed
(Lewis Mudge, Human Rights Watch)
Friday, 24 March 2023
African faith leaders ask U.S. to help solve security, humanitarian crisis in Sahel region
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ten years on from coup in the Central African Republic; armed alliances shift but civilians continue suffering
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Brazil: CMC celebrates African roots and candomblé nations (Portuguese)
(João Cândido Martins, Câmara Municipal de Curitiba)
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22 March 2023 (11AM ET): Tackling Human Trafficking in Africa: Catholic Sisters Share Successful Advocacy Strategies
(The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN))
Wednesday, 15 March 2023
Kenya: “Spearhead solution-oriented politics and administration,” religious leaders tell Ruto
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Wednesday, 8 March 2023
South Africa: Parliament’s first House approves hate speech bill
(Daniela Ellerbeck, Freedom of Religion South Africa)
South Africa: Update on recent or current religious freedom issues and cases
(Freedom of Religion South Africa)
Tuesday, 7 March 2023
HYBRID EVENT, 7 March 2023 (11:15 CET): Africa-EU partnership of equals: how can we get there? Is the Global Gateway fit for purpose? (Brussels)
(COMECE, ACT Alliance EU, AEFJN, Baha’i Community International, Caritas Europa, CIDSE, Don Bosco International, EU-CORD and World Vision EUREP)
Wednesday, 1 March 2023
Africa’s sahel needs a coordinated plan on extremist violence
(Kris Inman, The United States Institute of Peace)
Monday, 27 February 2023
Congo bishops warn against ‘balkanization’ of central African nation
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saturday, 25 February 2023
Burkina Faso: Bishops decry spate of insecurity, disarray of population in ‘unjust war imposed on country’
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Friday, 17 February 2023
Inside the Revelatiion Spiritual Home. 3. Walking on two legs, African indigenous spirituality and economic empowerment
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
South Africa: Upcoming IGE Conference (interview)
(YouTube Video, Freedom of Religion South Africa)
Ethiopia: Joint security, intelligence task force cautions against unauthorized rallies, threatens to take actions as Orthodox Church schism takes toll
(Addis Standard, All Africa)
Friday, 10 February 2023
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom concerns in Central Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 8 February 2023
USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom concerns in the Horn of Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Kenya: In new interview, Archbishop Muheria berates persistent political bickering, calls on government, opposition to deliver
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Monday, 6 February 2023
Photos of the week: Pope Francis in Africa; Candlemas
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Friday, 3 February 2023
Bishop Kizito: May February be dedicated to Human Trafficking Awareness
(Phuti Makgabo, The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference)
Friday, 27 January 2023
Zimbabwe Christian Leaders Lament “surge in systematic political violence, repression”
(Magdalene Kahiu, ACI Africa)
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
Kenya: President Ruto appeals for prayers for South Sudan
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
South Africa: ‘Apartheid’ of church and state
(Simon Jooste, Evangelical Focus)
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Highlights from the keynote address of Ambassador at Large Rashad Hussain Africa Peace Conference January 17, 2023
(U.S. Embassy in Mauritania)
Christian persecution rising in Africa, North Korea, advocacy group says
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Wednesday, 11 January 2023
Benin: In the small West African nation of Benin the government is calling on voodoo to attract tourism
(ABC News Australia)
Tuesday, 3 January 2023
Kenya: Odinga hits out at Anglican church leadership for abetting political injustice
(All Africa)
Kenya: SUPKEM defends Duale's stance on hijabs in public spaces, denounces 'biased' media report
(All Africa)
Friday, 30 December 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT, 30 December 2022 (12PM EST): Congo Peace Vigil: A Global Call for Peace in the Congo
(The Africa Faith and Justice Network (AFJN))
Wednesday, 21 December 2022
Kenya: Duale blames 'religious hypocrisy' for rising extremism
(Bruhan Makong, All Africa)
Monday, 19 December 2022
On the Historic Conference of African Ulama
(Twitter, Muslim World League)
Friday, 16 December 2022
Africa’s leaders gather in DC as religious persecution in Nigeria is still being ignored
(Peter Pinedo, ACI Africa)
Friday, 9 December 2022
Banning Black Gods: Law and Religions of the African Diaspora
(Danielle N. Boaz, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
African church leaders, scholars highlight urgency in reserving nature loss, as nations meet for UN Biodiversity Conference in Canada
(World Council of Churches)
Wednesday, 30 November 2022
Justice at last in the Central African Republic, but the government’s work is not finished yet
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Monday, 28 November 2022
Kenya: Police barred from storming places of worship to effect arrests - Rigathi
(Njoki Kihiu, All Africa)
Gambia: 'Over 34 countries' to participate in African religious ministers & ullamas confab
(Adama Jallow, All Africa)
Monday, 21 November 2022
Zambia: Catholic church appeals for legal reforms for a foolproof constitution
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Friday, 18 November 2022
Christian nationalism poses a threat to human rights in Ghana
(Jeffrey Haynes, All Africa)
Wednesday, 16 November 2022
Ghana: Bishops chastise government, politicians for socio-economic hardships and corruption
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Nigeria: Flawed elections will deprive leaders’ credibility in office, church warns
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Saturday, 12 November 2022
Kenya: “Be faithful to the views collected from stakeholders,” bishops appeal to Presidential Working Party on Educational Reforms
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Thursday, 10 November 2022
African bishops: No climate justice without land justice
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Monday, 31 October 2022
Africa: Religious leaders demand a Non-Proliferation Treaty on fossil fuels now
(My Joy Online)
Friday, 28 October 2022
Kenya: Religious leaders condemn EACOP, call for an end to fossil fuel financed projects
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
African church-backed torch marches toward COP27
(World Council of Churches)
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
Eswatini: Bishop Jośe Luis decries spate of killings and violence in the kingdom
(Odiwuor Opiyo, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Monday, 24 October 2022
WCC reflects on women’s transformative leadership at international conference on innovation in Africa
(World Council of Churches)
Wednesday, 19 October 2022
Nigeria: Church calls for withdrawal of controversial water bill, says it violates principle of common good
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Monday, 17 October 2022
Malawi: Catholic bishops express concern on high cost of living and corruption cases in country
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Recent survey provides insight on scope and scale of Christian healthcare in Africa
(Religion News Service)
Monday, 10 October 2022
African leaders at forefront of global symposium on peacebuilding
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Friday, 7 October 2022
CAR: Cardinal denounces "poisonous" climate in Central African Republic
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)
Wednesday, 5 October 2022
Nigeria: Bishop warn leaders against ignoring plight of citizens at campaigns kick-off
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Friday, 30 September 2022
CALL FOR PAPERS, submissions due 30 September 2022: 2023 Ivory Coast Conference
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS))
Anglican Church of Southern Africa asks parishes to highlight the plight of the Palestinian people
(Anglican Ink)
Friday, 23 September 2022
Islamic banking in Africa to gain foothold over next decade despite regulatory challenges: Moody’s
(Zawya)
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