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Friday, 5 November 2021

West needs to stop seeing Afghan women as in need of ‘saving’
(Hind Elhinnawy, Asia Times)

AP PHOTOS: Diwali marked in Asia with celebrations, prayers
(Associated Press)

Nebraska AG finds 258 victims of Catholic church sex abuse
(Grant Schulte, Associated Press)

Greek Church urges faithful to get vaccinated as cases spike
(Associated Press)

Appeals court agrees city can’t ban Catholic group’s rally
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)

Ahead of Nov. 7 vote, Nicaraguan bishops say ‘meaning of democracy is lost’
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Nicaragua’s Ortega seeks 4th straight term with foes in jail
(Associated Press)

Lawsuit: Anti-Muslim prejudice prompted city to block mosque
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)

Foundation sues Virginia AG Mark Herring, challenges new Virginia statute
(Parental Rights Foundation)

ACLU, ACLU-MS and Simpson Thacher file federal lawsuit against Mississippi city for discriminating against proposed mosque
(ACLU of Mississippi)

Romania: An anti-vax sermon by the bishop of Giurgiu led to an investigation against him
(The European Times)

India hosts international conference “The Spread of Buddhist Thought”
(Shyamal Sinha, The European Times)

Afghan girls, faraway relatives worry over dreams disrupted
(Mariam Fam and Noreen Nasir, Religion News Service)

While most media ignore religious persecution, Al Jazeera devotes space and time to it
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Estonian pastor assumes role as Lutheran World Federation's first female leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Israeli police protect women’s prayer group from ultra-Orthodox protesters
(Roxanne Stone, Religion News Service)

Israel: Religious reform: Government coalition members weigh in
(David Breakstone, Jerusalem Post)

Israel demolishes Muslim cemetery near Al Aqsa Mosque to build park
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Israelis are inspired by British Jews’ unity and resolve
(Naftali Bennett, Jewish News)

Why Jewish ritual slaughter bans are unnecessary — and harmful to Jewish life
(Avi Shafran, Religion News Service)

Justice Department reaches agreement resolving investigation of religious practice policies and procedures within Michigan Department of Corrections
(U.S. Department of Justice)

How should Christians respond to the Victorian government’s hostility to religious faith?
(Patrick Parkinson, ABC News Australia)

Bangladesh’s religious minorities are under attack
(The Economist)

Business and religion in the metaverse
(Andrés Ortega Klein, European Council on Foreign Relations)

COVID and the malaise of human rights
(David McGrogan, Law & Liberty)

West African bishops launch "online pilgrimage" for justice
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)

In Southern Thailand, two KAICIID fellows find friendship, seek peace
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

China jails 600 Christian cult members amid crackdown
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Cardinal Coutts celebrates Diwali in Pakistan temple
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Sri Lanka: Bishops oppose 'one country, one law'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

COP26 event urges partnership between religious, Indigenous leaders to save planet
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

US Muslims gave more to charity than other Americans in 2020
(Shariq Siddiqui and Rafeel Wasif, The Conversation)

LGBT migrants in South Africa: religion can be a blessing, and a curse
(John Marnell, The Conversation)

How religion helped African migrants during a risky Atlantic crossing
(Nicolas Parent, The Conversation)

Religious organizations ask federal courts to block Biden’s vaccine mandate
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)

Pioneer of faith-based feminism and WWII priest to be beatified in April
(Catholic News Agency)

USCIRF releases factsheet reiterating its recommendations for State Department CPC and SWL designations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

New report details experience of Christians detained in North Korea
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Slovenian EU Presidency: European church delegation meets with Prime Minister Janez Janša
(Conference of European Churches)

Egyptian female religious chanters break gender barrier
(Maryam Raafat, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Cuba: All Party Parliamentary Group condemns targeting of religious leaders following nationwide protests
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Call to prayer for Eastern Ukraine
(Thomas Bucher, Evangelical Focus)

Egyptians want preacher who justified violence against women stopped
(Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

4th Circuit: Denial of church's application for water and sewer plan amendment violated RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

First ever Scientology arbitration award upheld by 11th Circuit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iran's female soccer fans still can't attend games
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Iran lashes out at UN's latest report on human rights violations
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Islamic State attack sparks sectarian bloodletting in Iraq’s Diyala
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Radicalization’s path: In case studies, finding similarities
(Kathy Gannon, Heather Hollingsworth, Eric Tucker, Religion News Service)

Christian, Muslim leaders launch appeal to protect places of worship
(Catholic News Service)

Grassroots effort calls on pope to canonize six Black sainthood candidates
(Priscila González de Doran, Catholic News Service)

French Catholic Church recognizes 'responsibility' for child sex abuse
(Deutsche Welle)

New São Paulo museum looks to educate non-Jews on ‘what it means’ to be a Brazilian Jew
(Caleb A. Guedes-Reed, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Bethlehem is open for business, waiting for tourists
(Judith Sudilovsky, Catholic News Service)

Anglican bishops resist assisted suicide in Britain
(Mark Tooley, World)

Monty Python member headlines effort to save UK church buildings
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Electronic registration of births and deaths, England and Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Reframing the story of Harvard’s humanist chaplaincy
(Leigh Eric Schmidt, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Azerbaijan: Alternative service "not under discussion" despite latest ECtHR decision
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Now is not the time to look away from the events in Sudan
(Rehman Chishti and Jeremy P. Barker, Conservative Home)

The 'sad' situation in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado discussed by churches' groups
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Turkish man fined for calling Erdoğan ‘a Jew pretending to be a Muslim’
(Michael Daventry, Jewish News)

Afghanistan’s Christians face 'heightened risk' of persecution with Taliban in power: report
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Bahrain: National gathering on coexistence honors ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Photos of the week: Diwali and Day of the Dead
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Roku to drop Pornhub, adult entertainment channels: 'Victory for survivors of sexual exploitation'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Most millennials like Jesus and the Bible, but 30% identify as LGBT: study
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Islamist insurgents launch attacks on Thai security forces
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Traditional ‘Side B’ LGBTQ Christians experience a renaissance
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Top US Catholic bishop calls social justice movements ‘pseudo-religion’
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Indians celebrate festival of light amid COVID-19 fears
(Krutika Pathi, Religion News Service)

Texans vote in favor of prohibiting governments from limiting religious services
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Texans approve broad protection of religious services
(Joe Bukuras, Catholic News Agency)

Texas judge rules religious businesses exempt from LGBTQ bias claims
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

In Rome and at the Vatican, Biden found refuge and welcome in Catholic community
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

‘Why can’t I hold his hand?’ The Supreme Court will decide what comforts a pastor can offer during an execution
(Madeleine Carlisle, Time)

Wednesday, 3 November 2021

Foes of death penalty offer spiritual support at executions
(David Crary, Associated Press)

WEBINAR, 4 November 2021 (12:15PM ET): Israel’s Jewish Identity Crisis: What Does It Mean For Israel to be a “Jewish State”?
(Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University)

Faith groups increasingly join fight against climate change
(Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski, Associated Press)

Republicans advance bill for claiming vaccine exemptions
(Kim Chandler, Associated Press)

British lawyers evacuate 103 women at risk from Afghanistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Islam, politics, and the future of Afghanistan
(Marya Hannun, Ali A. Olomi, Afeefa Syeed, Matthew J. Nelson, Robert D. Crews, Annika Schmeding, Ahmad Rashid Salim, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Afghanistan: What is the Taliban's religious ideology?
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)

Scholar argues the US did more to radicalize Afghanistan than Osama bin Laden
(Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, Aljazeera)

Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish?
(Andrew Porwancher, The Wall Street Journal)

Dalai Lama plays significant role in Tibet's long fight for freedom
(Daniele Salutari, Quillette)

The ARDA: November 2021 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)

China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (16-31.10.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

East Timor Bishop do Nascimento dies, receives country’s highest honor
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

World’s largest airline hosts roundtable advancing workplace religious inclusion and allyship
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Christian group launches prayer campaign to protect churches from UK ‘conversion therapy’ ban
(Brandon Showalter, Christian Post)

UK bishops warn of risk of ‘irreparable damage to God’s creation’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Blog series: Judges and their religions
(Jeremy Patrick, David Campbell, Christine Venter, David Kenny, Adelaide Madera, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – October (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Chief Rabbi: Faith leaders have to ‘scramble for attention’ at COP26
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

UK: ‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years
(Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)

Why did a lion among Church of England evangelicals swim the Tiber to Rome?
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)

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

Priests targeted in Tigray as Christian persecution spreads across Africa
(Donna Birrell, Premier Christian News)

Important religious freedom issues are pending at the Supreme Court
(Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)

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