Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 20 October 2020
Athens reaches out to Syria via Greek Orthodox community
(Sean Mathews, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Monday, 19 October 2020
Photos of the week - 16 October 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
What I learned about the essential nature of religious liberty from talking to Elder Bednar
(Deseret News Opinion)
In our opinion: When government mistakes religion as ‘nonessential’
(Editoral Board, Deseret News Opinion)
Women, youth, and vulnerable people: examining the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion at the G20 Interfaith Forum
(The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID))
G20 Interfaith Forum stresses cooperation, rejects marginalization of minorities
(Saleh Zayed, Asharq Al-Awsat)
‘Faith is as essential as food’: Sister Eubank says governments need religions to fight disaster, hunger
(Deseret News)
Armenian diaspora in Canada says Ottawa must act to prevent a second genocide
(Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press)
Commentary: Ending California's lockdown on churches is compatible with science and good health
(James Enstrom, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Is the world finally facing up to China? A debate in the British Parliament, new calls to boycott the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, coalitions forming to protest atrocities in Xinjiang offer hope that the CCP crimes will no longer be ignored.
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Religious weddings and funerals banned as illegal activities
(Han Sheng, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Now they come for the Uyghur children: thousands sent to jail-like boarding schools
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Orphaned by the state: How Xinjiang’s gulag tears families apart
(The Economist)
Gruesome details emerge in beheading of French teacher who showed students Muhammad cartoons
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)
France: Suspects behind beheading called for teacher’s death
(Aljazeera)
France teacher attack: Police raid homes of suspected Islamic radicals
(BBC News)
Church's challenge to California COVID-19 limits rejected again
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York's zip-code targeted COVID-19 limits are upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Articles of interest - 19 October 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Morocco reopens some mosques, even as infections grow
(Associated Press)
Archbishop performs exorcism to cleanse protest site
(Associated Press)
Following French teacher’s beheading, Jewish groups urge members to rally against Islamic terrorism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
French premier joins nationwide tributes to beheaded teacher
(Thomas Adamson, Associated Press)
Egypt releases comedian after more than 2 years in prison
(d p, Associated Press)
Amid tumult over constitution, Chile watches two churches burn
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Taiwan and the Vatican practice a unique ‘dialogue of the mute’
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ex-Hong Kong bishop calls Vatican line on China ‘sickening’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
As refugees increase, German bishops work to include Eastern Catholics
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Forum: Faith leaders must raise voices on issues, others must listen
(Bronwen Dachs, Catholic News Service)
Pope thanks Italian military police for their service to Vatican
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Top Anglican bishops slam ‘disastrous’ bill as Brexit talks teeter
(Jill Lawless, Associated Press)
Where does the Catholic Church stand on the death penalty and war?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Churches and COVID-19, again: Do Capitol Hill Baptist folks have same rights as protesters?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Plug-in: No anti-Catholic sequel, as Democrats avoided loud dogma at Barrett hearings
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Top Anglican clergy challenge UK government not to breach international law over Brexit
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
UK funds human rights group supporting asylum seekers in Israel
(Jewish News)
Religious identity and Supreme Court justices – a brief history
(Nomi Stolzenberg, The Conversation)
Islamic attacks against Kenyan Christians
(Linda Burkle, International Christian Concern)
Welsh government accused of seeing Catholic schools as a ‘problem’
(Catholic News Agency)
UK Bishop for European Affairs prays for people of Belarus
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Holy See addresses UN on sustainable development
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
South Korea: Kidnapped by his family at the age of 29
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Syria: Franciscan Friars are caring for Christians living under Sharia law
(Aleteia)
Swiss missionary executed in Mali, fellow hostages freed
(World Watch Monitor, Christianity Today)
New calls for US sanctions on Turkey for Christian persecution
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
"A darker side": The persecution of Christians, September 2020
(Raymond Ibrahim, Gatestone Institute)
Russian authorities prohibit use of church building
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Russia: Special bimonthly FORB Digest (01-16.10.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia: 2019-20 prosecutions increase for not showing full official name
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Why the U.N. is making a mockery of human rights
(Aaron Rhodes, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)
Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women (new book)
(Christina Lamb, Simon & Schuster)
India may see 2.6m COVID-19 cases a month during holiday season if rules relaxed: Panel
(Al Jazeera)
India: Christian who refused to renounce faith beaten by Hindus, left with hearing damage
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)
Hardline Hindus force interfaith Indian TV ad off air
(Hugh Tomlinson, The Times)
A delay in burial divides Muslim community in Uganda
(John Semakula, Religion Unplugged)
In 2020 election, deep divisions between White Christians and everyone else
(Pew Research Center)
Groundbreaking for House of Worship celebrated across DRC
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Parliament trustee receives national interreligious leadership award
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Hard-won equality and human rights at risk of going backwards in wake of pandemic
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
Bill offering L.G.B.T. protections in Italy spurs rallies on both sides
(Emma Bubola, The New York Times)
Laos: Christians evicted from their homes for not renouncing faith
(Vatican News)
In Chile, archbishop condemns arson attacks that destroyed Catholic churches
(Catholic News Agency)
World Mission Sunday: Catholics urged to support evangelization as pandemic spreads
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
8 lessons from the case of the Colombian judge who refused to marry a lesbian couple (Spanish)
(Pilar Cuartas Rodríguez, El Espectador)
Colombia is the headquarters of the first religious freedom forum in the Western Hemisphere (Spanish)
(Deborah Alatriste, The Epoch Times)
Pope Francis: God is supreme
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
UK court to review Down Syndrome abortion law
(Catholic News Agency)
Pro-Moscow Ukrainian church threatened by Zelensky's approach to Constantinople
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
UOC-MP frowns upon Zelensky's visit to the Ecumenical Patriarch
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Christians can abstain from voting because ‘voting lesser of two evils is still evil,’ Fred Price Jr. says
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Most US clergy avoid hellfire threats over abortion politics
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Report: Secret audio recording shows key figures discussing Vatican’s London property deal
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious leaders in Ivory Coast appeal for dialogue ahead of presidential election
(Jude Atemanke, Catholic News Agency)
Barrett hearings show threat of anti-Catholic bigotry - Fort Worth bishop
(Catholic News Agency)
Religion is not the problem: Brooklyn bishop blasts New York COVID measures
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Belize’s far-reaching gender bill runs aground, and critics warn of international 'gender ideology' pressure
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Friday, 16 October 2020
Closing the gap: Analyzing the link between religious freedom, peace, and development
(United States Institute of Peace)
Where religion and public life meet: Harvard Divinity School’s Religion and Public Life initiative will bring first new master’s program in 50 years
(Paul Massari, The Harvard Gazette)
The uncertain good of overruling Employment Division v. Smith
(Gary J. Simson, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Saudi Arabia G20 interfaith forum unites Muslim, Jewish, Christian leaders
(Associated Press, Dubai, Al Arabiya)
First-ever virtual G20 Interfaith Forum convenes against unprecedented backdrop of global challenges
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Al-Asheikh highlights Saudi Arabia's COVID-19 efforts at interfaith forum
(Saudi Gazette)
Religion and policy collide in Saudi-hosted interfaith forum
(Joe Snell, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Elder David Bednar speaks at G20 religion forum hosted by Saudi Arabia
(Genelle Pugmire, Daily Herald)
Religion is essential, even during a pandemic, Latter-day Saint apostle David Bednar tells global forum
(Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Deputy Secretary-General's video message at 2020 G20 Interfaith Forum
(United Nations Secretary-General, United Nations)
South Korea's abortion law revision plan sparks controversy
(Deutsche Welle)
Webinar highlights Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Rastafari voices calling for action on Just Finance and Reparations
(The Lutheran World Federation)
ICCR Statement on US Withdrawal from the WHO
(Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility)
Episcopal school student faces disciplinary hearing after conservative social media posts
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
Faith groups release video to rally liberal religious voters as Election Day looms
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Churches and cathedrals get £10m in £103m bailout of heritage sector
(Tim Wyatt, Church Times)
Pope Francis to attend interreligious peace event in Rome
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Churches must challenge the systems that cultivate modern slavery, webinar in Wales hears
(Pat Ashworth, Chruch Times)
Biden backs 'transgender rights' for children during town hall
(Catholic News Agency)
East African terror groups are exploiting the seas
(Isel Van Zyl and Tyler Lycan, Institute for Security Studies)
Will the faithful sway the election?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News | InDepth)
How Xinjiang’s gulag tears families apart
(The Economist)
A Radical Left without the radicalism
(Mark Judge, Law & Liberty)
When is it too harsh to separate a child from their parent?
(Michael Spencer, UK Human Rights Blog)
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