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Wednesday, 4 August 2021

ERLC webinar: Court boosts religious liberty, needs to do more
(Tom Strode, Baptist Press)

Virginia church urges U.S. Supreme Court to reverse state court decision interfering with church doctrine
(First Liberty)

Supreme Court review sought in dispute over Virginia property tax exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cert. filed in dispute over ministerial exception's applicability to faculty member
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian college asks US Supreme Court to protect its freedom to decide who can teach the faith
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Homeless ministry asks US Supreme Court to protect its freedom to hire only those who share its beliefs
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Supreme Court Justice denies church's application for injunction pending cert. application
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Protective order did not violate ex-husband's Free Exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Challenge to Virginia's COVID restrictions on worship services dismissed as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rabbi Marcus Solomon becomes first orthodox rabbi named Supreme Court judge in Australia
(Keane Bourke, ABC News Australia)

For first time, Orthodox rabbi appointed to an Australian State Supreme Court
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Australian Mass becomes longest-running show on nation’s television
(Debbie Cramsie, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious freedom in India is in trouble
(Abijah Crawford, Providence Mag)

Saving Christian holy sites in the Middle East
(Paulina Song, Providence Mag)

In Turkey, Christians are being persecuted just for preaching
(Sofia Hoerder, Christian Today)

Government publishes landmark guidance on get refusal
(Simon Rocker, The Jewish Chronicle)

Catholic universities in Argentina call on courts to defend the unborn from abortion law
(Giselle Vargas, Catholic News Agency)

Weekly Highlight #167: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Vaccine hesitancy and religious action; New tensions and conflicts
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Muslim mob badly damages Hindu temple in central Pakistan
(Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)

Germany giving over $40 million to fight antisemitism
(Associated Press)

Saudi man executed in Shiite-populated east for rebellion
(Associated Press)

Algerian Christians showing ‘great resilience’ in face of harassment
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Can the Catholic Church profit from Italy’s “Summer of Gold?”
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Congo’s bishops want an end to attacks on Catholic Church, its leaders
(Fredrick Nzwili, Catholic News Service)

How one Catholic nun keeps the faith while managing church businesses
(Isabella Escobedo, Deutsche Welle)

David Adjaye’s planned holocaust memorial in London has been approved, despite controversy and protests
(Naomi Rea, Art Net)

The religious activism behind U.S. refugee policy
(Lauren Turek, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Russia raises alarm about patriarch's visit to Ukraine
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: Special Bimonthly FORB Digest July (16-31.07.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Jehovah's Witnesses' sentences pile up in south of Russia
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Belarusian dictator makes overture to Moscow patriarch
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Turkmenistan: "The right to acquire and use religious literature .. of their choice"?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Here we go again: White House reaches out to Latino 'faith leaders'? Why not quote a few?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

For media exploration: Does church decline underlie what's depressing many Americans?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

COVID-19 legislation and guidance: update to 7 August
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – July (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Parents of disabled two-year-old girl lose case in European Court
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

Right place for national memorial, whatever certain type of person says
(Sir Mick Davis, Jewish News)

Irish Catholic bishops reject pandemic ban on sacraments
(Shawn Pogatchnik, Politico)

Benefits of centrally sponsored schemes for SCs can’t be given to Converted Christians – Centre won’t be party to Andhra Pradesh schemes for Christians
(OpIndia)

Disgust and discrimination in Tehran
(Kristina Arriaga, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

The EU needs an RFRA: The leftovers of religious freedom in the case law of the Court of Justice
(Andrea Pin, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Video resources: 2021 Summer School on Human Rights
(Conference of European Churches)

Leviticus Fund leverages "faith capital" for poverty-fighting projects
(Chris Herlinger, La Croix International)

Venezuelan president rebuffs Vatican's call for dialogue
(Claire Riobé, La Croix International)

Losing their religion: When Muslim immigrants leave Islam
(Darren E. Sherkat, Foreign Affairs)

Passing of the Very Reverend Leonid Kishkovsky
(Religions for Peace)

Interfaith prayer for Peru's Bicentennial
(Religions for Peace)

[Ukrainian/Russian/Eng] Teaching international humanitarian law to military chaplains
(International Committee of the Red Cross)

Religious households give more support to charities than secular ones, study finds
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)

Cert. filed in case on Washington state's religious exemption from anti-discrimination law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Tuesday, 3 August 2021

WEBINAR, 3 August 2021 (12 PM EST): A Festival of Hate: How to Defeat the Durban Strategy – A Primary Vector of 21st Century Antisemitism)
(Irwin Cotler (Canada’s Special Envoy on Antisemitism) and Ambassador Gilad Erdan (Israel’s Ambassador to the UN and the US) and others, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 3 August 2021 (9AM EDT): Addressing the Legacies of the Vietnam War: The Next Step Forward
(The United States Institute of Peace)

Monday, 2 August 2021

Canadian churches shouldn’t remain silent on religious oppression in China
(Christopher White and Margaret Mccuaig-Johnston, The Globe and Mail)

How Border Patrol chaplains help agents find inner peace in a job of conflict and danger
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)

Security service in Blagoveshchensk relentless in pursuit of Jehovah's Witnesses
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Woke ideology will crush the Chaplain Corps, one of America’s most revered military institutions
(Marlee Tomlinson, First Liberty)

70 years ago Walter Plywaski fought for atheists’ right to become citizens – here’s why his story is worth remembering
(Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation)

Report: Canada's Community Benefits Agreement is flawed
(Link 2 Build Ontario)

What the religion question in Australia's census really measures
(Caitlin Fitzsimmons, WA Today)

Updating some Southern Baptist stereotypes in 2021
(Terry Mattingly, The Ukiah Daily Journal)

We have got to reflect upon whatever we thought religion was: Passionist church celebrates 300 years
(Fr Brian D’Arcy, Mark McGoldrick, Fermanagh Herald)

White House announces new religious affairs leaders, first Muslim religious freedom ambassador
(Jack Jenkins, Kathryn Post, Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)

Sikh American soldiers continue to campaign for right to wear beard, turban
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)

Covid-19 in South Africa: Employers who enforce mandatory jabs could end up in court, say labour experts
(Tebogo Monama, News24)

South Africa politician proposes legislative amendment that will butt heads with religious freedom rights
(Siviwe Gwarube, Daily Maverick)

South African bishops call for "conversion" after riots over former president's arrest
(l, La Croix International)

South Africa citizens should be grateful for their religious freedoms
(Wendy Kahn, South African Jewish Report)

At Tokyo Olympics, even faith events look different as COVID spikes
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Six months after the coup, what are we going to do about Myanmar’s new nightmare?
(Benedict Rogers, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

USCIRF commemorates the seventh anniversary of the Yazidi genocide
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

After seven years of genocide, we Yazidis struggle to see a future in Iraq
(Salih Hamo, Rudaw)

Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Systemic racial challenges
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

A digital revolution? Ethical implications and interreligious engagement
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Lutheran bishops condemn prosecution of Christian politician over views on sexuality
(Jennifer Lee, Christian Today)

IRAN : News digest about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in July
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia sentences three Jehovah’s Witnesses to six years in prison
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

9th Circuit: Arizona prison rules did not substantially burden inmate's religious exercise
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Most misrepresentation claims against LDS church dismissed; RICO claim survives
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 2 August 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

8th Circuit: Challenge to church capacity limits dismissed on mootness and standing grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Abused by Daesh fighters for seven years and counting
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Refoulement continues as lawyers for the Uyghurs submit further evidence to the ICC
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

‘Journalism is sacred work’: Afghanistan’s front line reporters
(Robyn Huang and Matt Reichel, Al Jazeera)

US dismisses suit against Vermont hospital over abortions
(Associated Press)

AP photos: Faith, sport and festival: the month in religion
(Associated Press)

For US teen Buddhist lama, it’s faith, school, football
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)

Brutal killing spotlights violence against women in Pakistan
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)

Nicaraguan cardinal says Church will carry on despite government attacks
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic leaders object to gun-bearing farmer in Brazilian social media campaign
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

South Sudan bishops request role in country’s peace negotiations
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sharon Kleinbaum, rabbi of New York City LGBTQ synagogue, picked to rejoin US religious freedom commission
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Churches, Cuba & communism
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)

Spot the religion test (again): What's at stake when politicos ask if nominees believe in God?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Conscientious objection to military service in “unrecognised” States: Avanesyan
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Catholic, evangelical group challenges president of Philippines over human trafficking
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Migrants from Africa, Asia and South America boost evangelism in Europe - report
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Law and religion round-up – 1st August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

3 reasons the Supreme Court’s recent term offers hope for the future of religious freedom
(Liberty McArtor, First Liberty)

Facing religious reforms, some Haredim now call for synagogue-state separation
(Haviv Rettig Gur, The Times of Israel)

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