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Monday, 14 June 2021

LECTURE SERIES, 14 June 2021, (6:30PM GMT+2): COVID-19 and the exercise of religious freedom
(Adelaide Madera, Universität Trier)

The war on compensation: troubling signs for civilian casualties in the Gaza strip
(Haim Abraham, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Matan Kahana wants to fix Israel's divisions over religion, state
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

Zahid Quraishi confirmed as first Muslim federal judge
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)

‘Our Lord isn’t woke.’ Southern Baptists clash over their future
(Ian Lovett, The Wall Street Journal)

Saudi women allowed to live alone without permission from male guardian
(Khitam Al Amir, Gulf News)

Defamation or protected religious speech? Disgraced Catholic deacon asks Supreme Court to decide
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)

Flemish government ‘cleaning up’ Islamic communities (PDF)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Photos of the Week: Belgium hunger strike; SBC tension
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Deacon's defamation suit against diocese dismissed under ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wisconsin covid order closing schools violated free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 14 June 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Cert. denied in Unification Church leadership dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Terror charges laid against accused in Canada Muslim attack
(Associated Press)

That ‘moral squint’ and Canada summer jobs
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Centre for Christian Charities)

Bishops call for a renewed transatlantic partnership ahead of the EU-US Summit
(Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

VIRTUAL EVENT, 30 June 2021 (11.00-12.45 CEST): Targeting vulnerable religious communities through sexual violence and exploitation of women
(COMECE & Aid to the Church in Need (Brussels Office))

Fla. governor signs bill requiring moment for school prayer
(Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press)

Mormons and NAACP seek to advance work with new initiatives
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

Egypt court upholds death sentences for 12 over 2013 sit-in
(Associated Press)

US Catholic bishops meet amid divisions on Communion policy
(David Crary, Associated Press)

Jewish group appeals after losing Chabad House lawsuit
(Associated Press)

Islamist party makes early victory claim in Algeria election
(Associated Press)

Pope demands food aid reach starving people of Tigray
(Associated Press)

Torah ark desecrated inside Frankfurt Airport prayer room
(Associated Press)

Venezuelan cardinal says country needs ‘peaceful, negotiated’ solution to political crisis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic leaders in Brazil object to plan to replace prison chaplains with radio stations
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Argentina bishops’ pastoral team rebukes president on country’s origins
(David Agren, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Eritrean Catholic bishops angry over government’s latest school seizures
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope, religious leaders call for better EU immigration policies
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Head of new Ukrainian church solicits European aid
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

British ambassador to Moscow helps local church
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russian Orthodox Church supports ban on foreigners using surrogacy services
(Interfax-Religion)

#SBC2021, CRT and sexual abuse: Are compromises possible in this complex showdown?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

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

Biden, Putin have 'special responsibility' when they meet says world churches body
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Biden urges G-7 leaders to call out and compete with China
(Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani and Jill Lawless, Associated Press)

Krakow official says good-luck figurines of Jews are ‘antisemitic’
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why the Supreme Court may be poised to deliver the religious right a big victory
(Kimberly Winston, FiveThirtyEight)

Religions and persecution of non believers in Africa
(Leo Igwe, Modern Ghana)

Silwan explained: How history and religion are exploited to displace Palestinians
(Rayhan Uddin, Middle East Eye)

Updated marriage law guidance for clergy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

G20 as a driver to reduce poverty and ignite growth
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Sunday, 13 June 2021

EVENT, 11-13 June 2021: Religious Freedom Weekend Australia
(Freedom for Faith)

Saturday, 12 June 2021

The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2021)
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Young activists fight for a new Lebanon
(DW)

How Religions Around the World have been Affected by Lockdown
(Issuu)

Why religious identity matters in French elections
(Elizabet Pineau, Business Day)

With Pope Francis’ blessing, Catholics pressed Biden White House to waive vaccine patents
(Claire Giangravé, Jack Jenkins Share Tweet, Religion News Service)

Handling abuse and micro-aggressions (sometimes religoius) at work
(Karla L. Miller, The Washington Post)

White House science adviser sworn in on 500-year-old Jewish text
(Jack Jenkins, The Washington Post)

Justice Department says it can defend religious schools’ exemption from anti-LGBTQ discrimination laws
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Fools divide themselves by race, color, gender, or religion
(John Di Genio, Hudson Reporter)

Nigeria's census will not consider religion, ethnicity
(Punch)

Letters: Religion-based institutions can run their schools based on their beliefs
(Nick Cokkinias, Chicago Tribune)

What's the connection between religion and health?
(Emily Yeap, KSMU - Ozark's Public Radio)

Facing enrollment declines, some Catholic dioceses are betting on online schools
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

London Muslim murders wound us all
(Andrew Bennett, Convivium)

Department of Justice waters down promise to ‘vigorously’ defend religious schools’ LGBTQ exemptions
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

More Christian teachers having to defend their right to free speech
(Steve Jordahl, One News Now)

Pakastani blasphemy laws are a danger to Christians
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

JBS settles Muslim discrimination lawsuit for $5.5 million
(One News Now)

Rutgers grants religoius exemption to vaccine mandate
(Bob Kellogg, One News Now)

Ratko Mladić, ‘butcher of Bosnia’, loses appeal against genocide conviction
(Daniel Boffey, Julian Borger, The Guardian)

Race theory, religion become hot issues for education
(Gordon Weil, The Portland Press Herald)

Bangladesh: Hindus, Buddhists and Christians say no to Islam as state religion
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)

Mixed city of Arabs and Jews remains on edge after violence
(lan Ben Zion, David Goldman, Religion News Service)

The situation of religious minorities in Tunisia is not good now
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)

JBS Swift to pay up to $5.5 Million to settle EEOC race and religious discrimination claim at Greeley plant
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

European Court says Lithuania should have recognized pagan group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Case of Ancient Baltic Religious Association Romuva v. Lithuania
(European Court of Human Rights)

The Senate has just confirmed the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history
(Saeed Ahmed, National Public Radio)

Atrocities in Xinjiang: Where do we go from here?
(Foreign Relations Committee, United States Senate)

Weekly highlight #159: COVID-19 ravages the religious sub-continent; Evangelicals in the United States
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Upholding the right to freedom of religion or belief
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Belief that sex is immutable can be a protected belief
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

USCIRF releases factsheet highlighting nonbelievers in Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Ohio Senate passes bill to protect right of student athletes to wear religious clothing after student disqualified for racing with hijab
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Arab Christians in the Holy Land
(Commonweal)

Cardinal warns the rise of nationalist parties shows Europe is ‘fragile’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

U.S. sanctions for Cameroon Anglophone crisis are ‘cosmetic’, bishop says
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

UK bishops call on G7 leaders to create ‘sustainable future’ for planet
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Colombia Church says govt, strike committee dialogue will continue, despite pause
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

What you shouldn’t forget when following battles between religious freedom and gay rights
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

A rabbi from Hungary will be the German army’s first rabbi chaplain since the Holocaust
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Many pieces in this news puzzle: New Israeli coalition reflects land's complex religiosity
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

South African Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng files appeal over Israel remarks
(enca)

Former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa say Israel took inspiration from apartheid regime
(Ilan Baruch and Alon Lie, The Daily Maverick)

Enduring patience for lasting peace in Israel/Palestine
(Susan Korah, Convivium)

Will the ferocious haredi assault on Bennett hasten religious reform?
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Evangelical supporters of Israel express concerns with their champion Netanyahu being ousted from power
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Biden-Becerra budget: Equity is in, religious freedom is out
(Roger Severino, National Review)

Russia: More jailed after "extremist organisation" trials - list
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

“Net zero”, church heating, and the consistory courts – II
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

COVID-19 legislation and guidance: update to 12 June
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

The EAT decision in Forstater v CGD Europe & Ors
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Public health, public trust, and faith communities
(Michael J. DeBoer, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Stop accusing religious conservatives of ‘using’ religion
(Raphael A. Friedman, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Friday, 11 June 2021

Aussies join global effort to get more religious women on Wikipedia
(Rebbecca Abbott, Eternity News)

Thursday, 10 June 2021

WEBINAR, 10 June 2021 (9AM MDT/11AM EDT): Responses to Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
(G20 Interfaith Forum)

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