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Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Nigeria: Islamic terrorists kill 3 Christians, destroy church in Nigeria
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Methodists, Mormons back latest Scouting bankruptcy plan to fund survivor claims
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Catholic University in western Ukraine now housing war refugees
(Inés San Martín, Crux)

Ukraine: Priests To Celebrate Sunday Liturgies In Bomb Shelters
(Eurasia Review)

Chinese authorities tear down third Buddhist statue in Drago
(Free Tibet)

China tightens grip on Hong Kong's education system
(Ben Joseph, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Orthodox clerics call for stop to war in Ukraine in rare challenge to Russian government
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Polish Baptists, Southern Baptist mission board rally to aid Ukraine
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Weekly Highlight #195: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Focus on COVID-19 shifts with geopolitical developments
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

European Court – Russia: Urgent measures about Russian military operations in Ukraine
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia-Ukraine: Priests of the Russian Orthodox Church call for reconciliation and ending the war
(RFE/RL, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox priests against the war
(Vladimir Rozanskij, Asia News)

International Criminal Court to open probe into Ukraine crisis
(Simon Van Dorpe, Politico)

European churches focus on reconciliation and unity ahead of WCC Assembly
(Conference of European Churches)

March 2022 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Les Églises d’Europe esquissent une traduction de l’amour du Christ dans un continent en guerre
(Conference of European Churches)

Too soon to say: International criminal law's role in the conflict in Ukraine
(Michelle Coleman, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Michigan Supreme Court hears major gay rights case
(Associated Press)

Dylann Roof takes church shooting appeal to US Supreme Court
(Meg Kinnard, Associated Press)

Idaho kills bill allowing public money for private education
(Keith Ridler, Associated Press)

Nepal: Devotees crowd Nepal temple as COVID-19 cases decline
(Associated Press)

Philippines: 3 killed in Philippine army attack on Muslim militant camp
(Associated Press)

Man kills 3 daughters, 1 other, himself at California church
(Kathleen Ronayne and Christopher Weber, Associated Press)

Air Force reservist with religious objection to covid vaccine wins injunction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

5th Circuit upholds injunction against vaccine mandate for Navy Seals with religious objections
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Satanic Temple sues billboard company, claiming discrimination after deal on Northwest Arkansas billboards falls through
(Doug Thompson, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

Church sued by employee who resigned for cohabitating with boyfriend wins in court
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Why translating ‘God’s law’ to government law isn’t easy
(Samuel L. Boyd, Religion News Service)

War at Lent: How Ukraine could reshape how we think about Christian unity
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)

After CatholicVote files lawsuit, nun urges conservative group to visit border
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bishops: Senate rejection of ‘extreme’ abortion bill is ‘tremendous relief’
(Julie Asher, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How to fix a broken world, according to this rabbi
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Ukraine’s Zelensky to world’s Jews: ‘Do not remain silent right now’
(Philissa Cramer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Mitch McConnell condemns antisemitism after Republicans Greene, Gosar and Rogers speak at white nationalist’s conference
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

U.S. antisemitism official expresses concern for Ukrainian religious sites
(Amanda Rozon, Forward)

Book review: America's secular church
(Paul Seaton, Law & Liberty)

Russia: Appeals court rebuffs Jehovah's Witness
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Clergy of Moscow church in Ukraine urged to sever relationship
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Leading Russian muftis support military operation in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Crimea: Churches, mosque fined for failing to use full name
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Uzbekstan: Raids, torture "to discredit us in front of our neighbours"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

The New York Times fails to ask a key 'parental rights' question linked to Texas trans wars
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Moscow Patriarch gets call from World Council of Churches head to 'raise up' his voice so the 'war can be stopped'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

The relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Shiites
(Lahcen. H, The European Times)

Desmond Tutu and the intersections between law and religion
(Toyin Falola, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

American Christians’ Russophilia must end
(Casey Chalk, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Senegal: Catholics in Senegal protest imam's offensive TV remarks
(Charles Senghor, La Croix International)

World Day of Prayer and Fasting for Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Orthodox Ecumenism expert Cyril Hovorun talks Ukraine, Russia and schism
(Jovan Tripkovic, Religion Unplugged)

Support for Ukraine rises worldwide as a shadow of war falls over Eastern Europe
(Paul Glader, Michael Ray Smith, Tom Osanjo, Michael Finch and Meagan Clark, Religion Unplugged)

Church openings approach pre-pandemic levels, but attendance levels stall, survey says
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Muslim scholars union calls for end to Russia war in Ukraine
(Middle East Monitor)

Taking away foster parenting license based on religious views about homosexuality may violate First Amendment
(Eugene Volokh, Reason)

Israel: Bill to reform Chief Rabbinate nixed in Knesset plenum
(The Jerusalem Post)

Pakistan: Punjab tweaks rules under Muslim Family Laws, opposition questions intent
(The Print)

Malaysia: Nazri: Amend Constitution to formally address misinterpretations of conversion of minors
(Veena Babulal, New Straits Times)

Also at stake in Ukraine: the future of two Orthodox churches
(Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times)

Are courts properly interpreting Supreme Court precedent and respecting religious employers’ employment decisions?
(Zack Smith, The Heritage Foundation)

Cuban Baptist leader stranded in El Salvador
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)

HDS alumni discuss intersection of ethics, religion, and spirituality
(Kenny Gu, The Harvard Crimson)

Peaceful masculinities: Religion and psychosocial support amid forced displacement
(Negar Ashtari Abay, Andrés Martinez Garcia, Carolina Buendia Sarmiento, The United States Institute of Peace)

Hong Kong's pro-Beijing newspaper attacks Cardinal Zen
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

UK: Human rights and a divorce or civil partnership dissolution statement
(David Burrows, UK Human Rights Blog)

English bishops to government: Help end the war, help Ukrainian refugees
(Catholic News Service)

UK: Mental capacity, end of life care and religion: MR & Ors
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

UK: Ecclesiastical court judgments, February (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK: COVID-19 legislation and guidance update, March
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK: COVID-19 and Lent: into a third year
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Germany to give $720 million to Holocaust survivors globally
(Kirsten Grieshaber, AP News)

Finland has shifted to 'secular religion,' 'postmodernism,' says Finnish bishop on trial for intolerance
(Timothy H.J. Nerozzi, Fox News)

Vatican judge tosses defense motions as fraud trial advances
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Portugal: KAICIID’s 2020 fellows graduate in Lisbon
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Q&A with Serbian Ambassador Darko Tanaskovic on Catholic-Orthodox relations
(Jovan Tripkovic, Religion Unplugged)

France: Top French court upholds ban on barristers wearing hijab in Lille courtrooms
(Layli Foroudi, Reuters)

Tuesday, 1 March 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS (AJLR) , due 1 March 2022: Submissions open for 2022
(Australian Journal of Law & Religion)

WEBINAR, 1 March 2022 (6AM EST): Faith Engagement and COVID-19: What Really Works? Looking Back to Look Forward: COVID-19 Faith Reflections on 2020-2021
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Monday, 28 February 2022

Palestinian girl, 11, wounded as worshippers and police clash at Damascus Gate
(Aaron Boxerman, The Times of Israel)

Israeli forces kill Palestinian militant in West Bank clash
(Associated Press)

Israel: The antisemitic face of Israel’s Evangelical allies
(Julian Sayarer, Jacobin Magazine)

Israel: Ultra-Orthodox kosher certification body becomes commercial giant
(Israel Hershkovitz, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Statement on the Ukraine conflict (PDF)
(Religions for Peace)

CEC president calls for peace in Ukraine at the European Regional Pre-Assembly
(Conference of European Churches)

Putin’s war against Ukraine: Mocking international law
(Ralph Janik, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Ukraine files ICJ claim against Russia
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Statement on the illegal invasion of Ukraine
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

‘There is still time.’ The Vatican assesses its influence as war breaks out in Ukraine.
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

How Russia’s assault on Ukraine affects Middle East
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Russian invasion of Ukraine scrambles Middle East diplomacy
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Vatican’s top diplomat offers mediation to end ‘war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican offers to mediate negotiations between Russia and Ukraine
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

How is Russia-Ukraine war linked to religion?
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)

How to help Ukrainians today: Organizations providing aid
(Andrea Klick, Religion News Service)

Ukraine President Zelensky thanks Pope Francis for praying for peace amid Putin’s invasion
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Across US, worshippers seek solidarity at Ukrainian churches, pray for peace
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Kathryn Post, and Renée Roden, Religion News Service)

Prayers and despair: Ukrainians in the US decry invasion
(Elliot Spagat and Michael Rubinkam, Religion News Service)

US-based Christian group sends emergency supplies to Ukrainian churches as civilian death toll rises
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Officials: Headstones damaged at Ukrainian Catholic cemetery
(Associated Press)

Religious nationalism and the invasion of Ukraine
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Despite invasion, nuns say they’ll remain in Ukraine to serve the people
(Gina Christian, Catholic News Service)

The Orthodox response to Putin’s invasion: From complacency to clear condemnation
(George E. Demacopoulos, Commonweal)

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