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Friday, 11 February 2022

China: UN labor agency cites concerns about China’s Xinjiang region
(Jamey Keaten, Associated Press)

Taiwan: The UN International Day of Fraternity and the Tai Ji Men case
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

62% of white Evangelicals have had at least 1 dose of COVID-19 vaccine: poll
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

Nicaragua: 'Political messianism:' What’s behind Christian persecution in Nicaragua?
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Americans left behind in Afghanistan far exceed State Dept. claims: Senate report
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

High-ranking US Muslim soldier performs Umrah, meets Saudi counterparts
(Jospeh Hammond, Arab News)

Study: Clergy feel ill-equipped to help Black and Latino congregants with mental health
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

New report details the influence of Christian nationalism on the insurrection
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Indonesian diocese bans wedding ritual sacrificing animals
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Women religious in US are transforming assets into agents of change
(Dan Stockman, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Turkey probes concert at Black Sea monastery after Greek protest
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)

Islamic State still 'global operation,' says Pentagon report
(Al-Monitor: Syrian Press)

Hamas targets Sufis in Gaza
(Hadeel Al Gherbawi, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Egypt’s top judiciary body opens door to women for first time
(Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Pope Francis: The dying need palliative care, not euthanasia or assisted suicide
(Catholic News Agency)

China: Christian faces trial for prayers on Tiananmen anniversary
(Eurasia Review)

Malaysia: USCIRF calls attention to Pastor Raymond Koh on 5th anniversary of disappearance
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Study: Fewer crashes after Utah sets strictest DUI law in US
(Sam Metz, Associated Press)

Afghanistan: 'They are killing the souls of our children' - Afghan artist describes life under the Taliban
(Ben Cohen, Christian Today)

Afghan Taliban say explosion near mosque kills 1, wounds 7
(Associated Press)

Fordham names first woman and first layperson as president
(Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Associated Press)

U.S. Department of Education dismisses Title IX complaint against BYU
(Brigham Young University)

Federal investigation of LGBTQ dating ban at BYU dismissed
(Associated Press)

Bill would let unvaccinated WVa workers get unemployment
(Leah Willingham, Associated Press)

Latvia passes long-awaited Holocaust restitution law
(Jari Tanner, Associated Press)

Suspect in church killing dead after Colorado cops shoot him
(Associated Press)

Photos of the week: India hijab controversy, Lourdes reopens
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

India court: No religious clothes until hijab row settled
(Associated Press)

India: Hindu nationalism pushed in voting test for Modi’s politics
(Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)

India hijab row: 'All I want to do is study'
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)

Statement on hijab ban in India
(Twitter, Rashad Hussain)

Indian SC: Will protect rights of every individual regardless of religion
(Dhananjay Mahapatra, The Times of India)

Indian state closes schools, prohibits gatherings over hijab ban protests
(Sanjay Kumar, Arab News)

Syria: Adrift after enslavement, Yazidi teen says she can’t go home
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

Nun sentenced to year in prison for stealing $835,000 from Torrance elementary school
(Michael Finnegan, Yahoo News)

Explainer: Survey shows Americans agree about religious freedom
(Jordan Wootten, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)

Orthodox Jewish families & Catholic businessman sue New York mayor over unconstitutional vaccine passports
(Tom Ciesielka, Thomas More Society)

Illinois wildlife code requirement survives Free Exercise challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

When worship online no longer felt like a community, a wine club became ‘wine church’
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

10th Circuit: Muslim terrorism inmate can sue under RFRA for damages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Report on Christian nationalism and the January 6 insurrection
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Australia: Coalition shelves religious discrimination bill after Christian lobby says changes do ‘more harm than good’
(Sarah Martin and Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Australia: Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s religious discrimination package couldn’t fly on a wing and a prayer
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)

Australia: Only 19% of Australians agree religious schools should be able to ban LGBT+ teachers
(The Conversation)

Australia: ‘I will never be considered human’: the devastating trauma LGBTQ+ people suffer in religious settings
(Joel Hollier, The Conversation)

Australia: ‘I’m not going to waste my time on prayers’: how secular teachers navigate working in religious schools
(Ilana Finefter-Rosenbluh, The Conversation)

Japan’s Shinto religion is going global and attracting online followers
(Kaitlyn Ugoretz, The Conversation)

Eritrean Orthodox patriarch dies after 16 years in detention
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)

New academic journal will challenge notion that religions hate queer and trans people
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Conservative PAC sues Biden administration, targeting nuns, liberal Catholics in records request
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

The UAE is restoring Christian life in the Persian Gulf
(Knox Thames, Religion News Service)

Brazil: Protest in church by Black activists divides Catholics in Brazil
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Italy: Pressure on Italian Catholic church to face child sexual abuse reckoning
(Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian)

Italy: Church leaders condemn assisted suicide as Italy debates euthanasia
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican unveils new statue symbolizing plight of human trafficking
(YouTube Video, Currents News)

Where Biden stands with people of faith
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

EU and UN halt funding for Kosovo project honoring Albanian Nazi collaborator
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Dutch universities order staff to reveal their ties to Jewish and Israeli groups
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Chile house of worship: How to foster prosperous cities
(Bahá’í World News Service)

One year in, Biden job approval down among Black Protestants, other Christians and religious ‘nones’
(Justin Nortey, Pew Research Center)

Russia: FSB detained four supporters of caliphate in Crimea
(Interfax-Religion)

Azerbaijan: State takes direct control of mosque leadership
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Ukraine: Rising tensions put Crimean Tatar Muslims at risk again
(Nils Adler, Al Jazeera)

Ukraine: Head of the UGCC discussed situation in Ukraine with Vatican officials
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukrainian diplomat seeks pope's help
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Germany: ‘We are scapegoats’: Arab journalists fired by Deutsche Welle
(Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera)

Philippines: Examining local grievances and militant groups in the Southern Philippines
(The United States Institute of Peace)

Nepal: Pastor released on bail after a sentence to 2 years in prison
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Pakistan: Christian group demands release of jailed Pakistani Hindu
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan women protest India’s ban on headscarves in schools
(Associated Press)

S3, Ep. 11: Race and religious freedom (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Scientologists from around Europe participated in diverse Interfaith Harmony Week activities
(The European Times)

New book: Decolonizing Human Rights
(Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim, Cambridge University Press)

Book review of Decolonizing Human Rights
(Firas Masri, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

The search for Christian unity as a path to peace in Africa
(Kamboissoa Samboé, La Croix International)

Embracing electoral reform’s spiritual strengths
(Kaleb Nyquist, Fulcrum)

Parliament ED joins UN World Interfaith Harmony Week observance
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Disentangling DSM: Accounting for spirituality and wellbeing
(Arnie Saiki, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

NBA Player Enes Kanter Freedom lives his new name as a Muslim American
(Leocciano Callao, Religion Unplugged)

UK: Petition handed to Home Secretary to help Christian Pakistan girl
(Alex Collett, Premier Christian News)

UK: Only 30, Charlotte Nichols could soon be the UK Labour Party’s only Jewish woman in parliament
(Olivia Fletcher, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

UK: Despite 70 years as a monarch, Queen Elizabeth has had precious little time for the Jews
(Benjamin Ivry, Forward)

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

UK: End the Persecution
(All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)

The remarkable baroness: A review of Lela Gilbert’s Baroness Cox: Eyewitness to a broken world
(Paul Marshall, Providence Mag)

Is the ICJ at risk of providing cover for the alleged genocide in Myanmar?
(Marc Weller, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Argentina: Former Vatican prelate to face trial for sexual abuse in Argentina on Feb. 21
(Inés San Martín, Crux)

No safe space: Woke ideology threatens Midwest church’s Biblical counseling ministry
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)

As antisemitism rises in New York, local politicians share tools to fight it
(Julia Gergely, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Thursday, 10 February 2022

VIRTUAL EVENT, 10 February 2022 (12PM ET): The Olympics Boycott Series - Part 3: The New Threat to Religious Freedom in Hong Kong
(Hudson Institute)

Wednesday, 9 February 2022

WEBINAR, 9 February 2022 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Anti-Muslim Policies and Bias in Europe
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Angola: Prepare to enhance human dignity at the ballot, bishops urge
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

WEBINAR, 8-9 February 2022: 500 Years of Christianity and the Global Filipin@: Postcolonial Perspectives
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

WEBINAR, 9 February 2022 (12PM ET): Christian nationalism and the January 6, 2021, insurrection
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Preventing targeted violence and protecting houses of worship with faith and community based approaches
(YouTube Video, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA))

Cuba: Video of "July 11 and the Faith Community's Leadership in Cuba" webinar
(YouTube Video, Outreach Aid to the Americas)

Weekly Highlight #192: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Fighting for the vulnerable, adapting rituals, and caring for the dead
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Egypt names first-ever Christian head of country’s top court
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)

Egypt: USCIRF Commissioner Sharon Kleinbaum advocates for Egyptian Reda Abdel Rahman through Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Polish IKEA manager who fired employee for homophobia acquitted of religious discrimination
(Notes from Poland)

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