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Religious News From Around the Web January 31, 2022

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Concern Over India’s Violations of Religious Freedom; Pope Denounces Misinformation on Vaccines; World Remembers Holocaust; Human Rights Concerns Persist as Winter Olympics Begin; Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Looms; Finnish Government Puts Christianity on Trial...
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CHINA: Xi Jinping’s sinicization, the new Cultural Revolution dear to Mao

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Contribution of Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers, to the debate at the conference “Diplomatic Boycott of the Winter Olympics in China” held at the Press Club in Brussels on 4 January Republished with...
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Religious Confession and evidential privilege, new book launched

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On December 15, 2021, the leading academic publishing house of Connor Court, located in Australia, published through Shepherd Street Press a comprehensive book entitled Religious Confession and Evidential Privilege in the 21st Century. The book includes 10 chapters,...
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Former Liberty University’s Jerry Falwell Jr. says he’s ‘not a religious person’ in interview

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Jerry Falwell Jr., the man with an evangelical pedigree, caused shockwaves among Christian conservatives when a series of scandals ousted him as Liberty University President.
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Bahá’í World Publication: New article highlights efforts for racial justice in US | BWNS

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The latest article published on The Bahá’í World website examines the American Bahá’í community’s efforts to counter racism.
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CEC offers prayers for peace in Ukraine

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CEC General Secretary Dr Jørgen Skov Sørensen, on behalf of CEC member churches, offers a prayer for peace in Ukraine, amid recently escalating tension in the country.
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COVID-19 conspiracies blaming Jews abound, UN rights chief says

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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN human rights experts have reiterated their calls to combat antisemitism and all forms of religious and racial bigotry.
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Anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses claim some Nazi-time archives from Germany

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Germany: Property of archives in a German military museum claimed by anti-war Jehovah’s Witnesses As reported by The New York Times on 25 January, Jehovah’s Witnesses in Germany are seeking to obtain the extensive archives of the...
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Scientology representative published paper about German Court victory

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Scientology - Germany /// "Laicity and freedoms: Legal writings " is an annual scientific magazine edited by the "Law, Secularism and Freedoms" Association . They publish original scientific works, aiming "to make known, both...
Religion

Bulgarian Orthodox Church on the concept of “sex”

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Statement of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church-Bulgarian Patriarchate Subject: Constitutional case № 6 of 2021 in connection with Order № 2 of 29.04.2021, by which the Constitutional Court of the Republic of...
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Churches present recommendations at the Conference on the Future of Europe Plenary

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Rev. Christian Krieger, president of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) made recommendations at the Third Plenary of the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE), highlighting the need to bring the EU closer to the European citizens by inventing new means of democratic debate. He also critiqued European policies on migration that compromise universal human rights.
Bahai

DRC: Superstructure of temple nears completion

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Work on the Bahá’í temple for the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached a new stage as the steel superstructure for the 26-meter-high dome nears completion.
Europe

Christian leaders make urgent appeals for peace to prevail around Ukraine

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Church leaders worldwide from across the spectrum are urging caution and calling for prayers as news of a "mad progression" towards war comes from the Ukraine-Russia region.
America

Religious News From Around the Web January 24, 2022

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New Committee Supports Candidates who Favor Religious Liberty; Trump and Evangelical Christians; Majority of Americans Believe Religion Under Attack; Court: Civil Authorities Have No Say Over Religious Governance; Thich Nhat Hanh Passes; Christianity World’s...
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Over 40 monks have died on Mount Athos due to the pandemic

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More than 40 monks have died on Mount Athos since the beginning of the pandemic. Out of a total of 1,800 monks on Mount Athos, about a thousand have contracted the coronavirus at least...
America

Thousands rally at Washington March for Life, many optimistic courts will overturn US abortion laws

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Marchers descended on Washington DC in busloads from across the United States, braving freezing temperatures to protest the country's abortion laws at the annual 49th March for Life.
America

Israel ‘must end impunity’ on settlers’ violent acts after attack on rabbis’ group

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The World Council of Churches has called on Israel's government of Israel to end the impunity of settlers who commit acts of violence following an attack on Rabbis for Human Rights and the Palestinians they were accompanying,
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Russia: Two Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to four and seven years in prison

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Over 80 Jehovah’s Witnesses are in prison in Russia, including four of them sentenced in the first three weeks of January 2022 Credit photos: Courtesy of Jehovah’s Witnesses On January 20, 2022, the Seversky City...
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CEC at Council of Europe: Religion and education are essential elements of dialogue

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Joining voices with other faith partners, CEC emphasised the role of religion and education in dialogue in a meeting of the Interreligious and Inter-Convictional Dialogue Committee of the Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe.
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After Taliban takeover, Afghanistan most dangerous country to be a Christian: Report

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Despite worsening persecution, North Korea has dropped to No. 2 in the Open Doors World Watch List as the Taliban's recent takeover of Afghanistan makes that country No. 1 on the list for the first time, severely impacting the country's tiny pocket of Christians.
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RUSSIA: Aleksei Yershov is already the second Jehovah’s Witness to be sent behind bars in 2022

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A court in Seversk sentenced this 68-year old Jehovah’s Witness to three years in a penal colony. A week ago, Maksim Nikolayevich Beltikov was sentenced to two years in prison On 19 January 2022, Judge of the Seversky City...
Buddhism

Sri Lankans celebrate Buddha’s first visit to the island

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By   —  Shyamal Sinha Every full moon day is known as a Poya in the Sinhala language; this is when a practicing Sri Lankan Buddhist visits a temple for religious observances. There are 13 or 14 Poyas per year.The term poya is derived...
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Churches highlight their vision for the Conference on the Future of Europe

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CEC highlighted churches’ vision for the Conference on the Future of Europe in European Commission’s High-Level Dialogue Meeting, emphasising the contribution of Christian voices, together with other faiths, in developing Europe’s future.
International

Why did Vikings have ‘Allah’ embroidered into funeral clothes?

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Researchers in Sweden have found Arabic characters woven into burial costumes from Viking boat graves. The discovery raises new questions about the influence of Islam in Scandinavia, writes journalist Tharik Hussain. They were kept in...
Bahai

“This homeland shelters all”: Bahá’ís mark 100 year history in Tunisia

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On the centenary of the Tunisian Bahá’í community’s establishment, some 50 social actors explored coexistence and the issue of violence in contemporary society.
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