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Monday, 9 May 2022

Indonesia deports Russians for naked photo shoot
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Two weeks in review, 26 April – 7 May 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Germany: Center-right CDU wins big in state election in Germany
(Emily Schultheis, Associated Press)

Virginia attorney general decries vandalism at Manassas pro-life clinic, to monitor probe
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

The sorry situation of Catholic schools
(Mark Bauerlein, First Things)

CAIR condemns vandalism targeting Colorado Catholic Church
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Iraq: Sinjar becomes latest flashpoint for Iran-Turkey tensions in Iraq
(Al-Monitor)

Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi deepens intra-Shia dispute
(Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia: UN rights chief denounces Christian-Muslim violence in Ethiopia
(Al Jazeera)

‘Under The Banner Of Heaven’ adds nothing to the conversation on religious extremism
(Joseph Holmes, Religion Unplugged)

Cambodia: Justice key to ensuring peace in Cambodia, says Catholic nun
(La Croix International)

Cambodia: Church helps Cambodian workers to tackle harassment
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Uncivil discourse: A conversation about civility with Teresa Bejan
(Teresa M. Bejan and Jamie Boulding, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Turkish FM Cavusoglu to visit Israel this month
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)

What's God got to do with it? How religion fuels the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 1. Is There Religion in China?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 2. In Search of Confucius
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 3. For Heaven’s Sake
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 4. The “Official Religion of Imperial China”?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Religious leaders urge banks to stop financing drivers of climate change
(Jake Spring, Reuters)

Religious conservatives can’t stop winning at the Supreme Court
(Adam M. Carrington, National Review)

India: Govt to reconsider minority tag for Hindus in some states
(Hindustan Times)

India: Protests in New Delhi halt demolition in Muslim neighborhood
(Associated Press)

India: Demolition in Shaheen Bagh halted after residents protest
(Al Jazeera)

Turkey: Islamic preacher critical of Turkey’s AKP gov’t detained by police
(Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF))

Liberia: Lusinee Kamara launches nat'l Muslim council membership drive
(All Africa)

New exhibit/book offers an illustrated history of religion and science in the U.S.
(Susan Barreto, Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology)

Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning. 5. Is Shunning “Illegal”?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

America/Colombia - Bishops meet presidential candidates: continue to work for the common good, integral development and work
(Agenzia Fides)

France: A Turkish mosque in France shelled with Molotov cocktails
(Gaston de Persigny, The European Times)

NI election 2022: DUP blocks new NI government in Brexit protest
(Chris Andrews, BBC News)

UK: Chief Rabbi says ‘we are on a journey’ as Church apologises for anti-Jewish laws
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

UK: Liverpool mayor says Franklin Graham is a 'hate preacher;' Christian Today writer says 'not so'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

UK: Time-limited burial plot reservation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK: Law and religion round-up – 8 May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Was Jesus a socialist? Concerning the 'rich young ruler' and modern economics
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Should courts assess the sincerity of religious beliefs?
(Linda Greenhouse, The Atlantic)

Chilean government contemplating investigation into clerical abuse
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

GBV in Bangladesh: What roles can faith-inspired and secular actors play?
(Sarah Thompson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Grove City faculty say college is facing a ‘fight for the soul’
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Articles of interest - 9 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Taiwan: The Tai Men Case comes from Taiwan to Brussels-EU
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Egypt: Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian troops in Sinai
(Reuters)

King of Morocco expresses condolences to family of Simon Levy
(The Jerusalem Post)

New book: Christianity and Constitutionalism
(Edited by Nicholas Aroney and Ian Leigh, Oxford University Press)

UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK Newsletter - May 2022
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

The Head of the UGCC on Day 73 of the War: Feeding the hungry has become one of this war’s greatest humanitarian challenges
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Explainer: Religious liberty in Ukraine in the 20th and 21st centuries
(Jordan Wootten, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)

Romania: From Bucharest to Transylvania, Romanian churches serve Ukraine
(Erik Tryggestad, Religion Unplugged)

Government: Hungary against sanctioning religious leaders
(Daily News Hungary)

Call it genocide? The debate over labeling Ukraine atrocities
(Marco Poggio, Law360)

Patriarch Kirill describes Russia as self-sufficient country which doesn't want to harm anyone
(Interfax-Religion)

Russians damaged at least 92 religious buildings in Ukraine, - Lyudmila Denisova
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Russian rockets strike Jewish cemetery in Ukraine, culture minister says
(Michael Daventry, Jewish News)

What’s the future of Catholic-Russian Orthodox relations?
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

After years of debate, conservatives split from United Methodist Church
(Emily McFarlan Miller, The Washington Post)

Saturday, 7 May 2022

Coexistence after the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting
(Marie Griffith, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Friday, 6 May 2022

Tel Aviv’s war on Muslim, Christian rights in Jerusalem
(Najla M. Shahwan, Daily Sabah)

Perspective: Have we gone from ‘never forget’ to ‘never remember’?
(Ari Blaff, Deseret News)

Israeli police enter tense holy site as Jewish visits resume
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)

Russia to hold consultations with Hamas on situation around Al-Aqsa
(Interfax-Religion)

Missouri man charged with federal hate crime and arson for burning down a church
(U.S. Department of Justice)

A Proclamation on National Day of Prayer, 2022
(Joseph R. Biden Jr., The White House)

CALL FOR PAPERS, 6 May 2022: 2022 Notre Dame Church, State & Society Writing Competition
(Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School)

EVENT, 5-6 May 2022: Freedom for Us or for All? (Non-)Religious Communities and FORB Rights
(Evangelische Theologische Faculteit)

CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 6 May 2022: ‘The Natural’ in International Law
(Asia School of Business, the Amsterdam Center for International Law and the Graduate Institute Global Governance Centre)

EVENT, 6 May 2022 (12PM ET): The Missing Religious Center: How the Decline of Christianity Polarized America
(Ross Douthat, Faith & Law)

WEBINAR, 6 May 2022 (12:30PM EDT): Race, Religion, and American Nationalism
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Is the abortion debate a religion story? - Disucssion
(Bobby Ross Jr., Clemente Lisi, Adelle Banks, Kelsey Dallas, BeLynn Hollers, Kate Shellnutt, Religioni Unplugged's Weekend Plug-In)

Feminists rally for Argentine nuns who denounced archbishop
(Natacha Pisarenko and Almudena Calatrava, AP News)

Abortion restrictions v. religious free exercise: Which will win?
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)

Here's what hospital care could look line in a post-Roe world
(Elizabeth Reiner Platt, Religion Dispatches)

Democratic Republic of Congo: A nun built a hydroelectric plant that's providing free power to a town in Africa. Here’s how
(World Economic Forum)

Roe vs Wade is purely an American issue, not a regression to 'Supreme Sharia Court'
(Diana Alghoul, The New Arab)

Podcast: About post-Roe politics and Biden's evolving doctrines on choosing to 'abort a child'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Abortion bombshell: Panel explores religious response to Roe v. Wade's likely strikedown
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)

Once conflicted, Biden embraces role as abortion defender
(Chris Megerian, Associated Press)

Survey: White evangelicals oppose abortion; all other religious groups support it
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Will President Biden protect worshipping Catholics from pro-abortion zealots?
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)

Spanish bishop laments that Biden is fashioning a religion to suit his support for abortion
(David Ramos, Catholic News Agency)

America’s abortion quandary
(Pew Research Center)

Threat of losing Roe is clergy's call to action for abortion rights
(Bob Smietana and Alejandra Molina, The Washington Post)

With Roe teetering, religious activists on both sides flock to the Supreme Court
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

You are my other me: The importance of educating the Mexican women of the future
(Emily Featherstone, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Cuba: The new Cuban legislation on the family is ‘harmful for families and the nation’
(Daniel Hofkamp, Evangelical Focus)

Cuban Zersetzung: The disruptive Stasi tactics employed by the Cuban government to disintegrate church life in Cuba
(Freya Vickery, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Churches are closing in predominantly Black communities – why public health officials should be concerned
(Yusuf Ransome, Insang Song, Linh Pham, and Camille Busette, Brookings Institution)

Seeking clarity on prayer at school
(Asma Uddin, Freedom Forum Institute)

Perspective: Government speech doctrine is a dangerous path toward censorship
(David Hudson, Freedom Forum Institute)

Canada: Memo: Redefining chaplaincy
(Michael Van Pelt, with Andrew Bennett, Andreae Sennyah, Cardus)

Canada: Euthanasia is a runaway train in Canada. It’s time to hit the brakes.
(Brian Bird, National Post)

Canada: Sidelined by election, anti-Islamophobia bill promised by NDP, Liberals
(Jennifer Bieman, London Free Press)

Torture, inhumanity and degradation under Article 3 of the ECHR: Absolute rights and absolute wrongs
(An interview with Natasa Mavronicola, Strasbourg Observers)

Rethinking European consensus, reimagining human rights
(Jens T. Theilen; questions by Natasa Mavronicola, Strasbourg Observers)

Remember Afghanistan’s Hazaras
(Knox Thames, The Diplomat)

Iran: Second Iranian Christian woman began prison sentence on Easter Saturday
(Article 18)

Iran: No place for converts: Iran's persecuted Christians struggle to keep the faith
(Michael Scollon, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Chinese court summons Christian pastor for ‘illegal’ religious acts
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Tunisia: Amid political turmoil, Tunisian Church faces questions of unity
(Kevin Zeller, Mission Network News)

Death doesn’t stop persecuted churches from multiplying in South Asia
(Sue Sprenkle, International Mission Board)

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