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Wednesday, 2 June 2021

In Germany, blessings for same-sex couples exacerbate tensions with Vatican
(Ken Chitwood, Religion News Service)

Younger Jews see no contradiction in speaking up for Palestinians
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Faith groups in Catalonia warn about “words and deeds that promote anti-religious phobias”
(Evangelical Focus Europe)

Christian doctor faces criminal charges in India for saying 'Jesus heals'
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief news: Special bimonthly (16-31.05.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Europe is dying on Lampedusa: appeal by FCEI
(Notizie Evangeliche)

Court affirms tuition for students at religious school
(Kathy McCormack, Associated Press)

2nd Circuit: Vermont town tuition program cannot exclude parochial schools
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Weekly highlight #158: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: COVID-19 offers opportunities for religious cooperation, but also stokes tensions
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Canadian minister says pope needs to apologize to Indigenous
(Rob Gillies, Associated Press)

Florida governor OKs limits on transgender student athletes
(Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press)

Catholic group sues over rejection of chapel to honor saint
(Associated Press)

AP Photos: Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, amid a month of conflict
(Associated Press)

New foundation seeks to help LGBT rights movement in Poland
(Associated Press)

New BJC resources help facilitate conversations on race and religious liberty
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Mali bishops decry country’s second military coup in nine months
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How the pandemic changed free exercise forever
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

How a faith-based conservative group you’ve never heard of is impacting American politics
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)

North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker quickly broke taboos — and was hit with antisemitism
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

T. D. Jakes on how white Evangelicals lost their way
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)

The Catholic Church wants air time in Zimbabwe. But the government is (still) saying no.
(Marko Phiri, America: The Jesuit Review)

The pandemic of anti-Semitism
(Donna Brazile, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)

Christian attorney gives advice for staying on good side of law
(Vladimir Ozolin, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Boris Johnson's Catholic wedding: Why didn't the New York Times consult a Canon lawyer?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Demographics make news: How will religion shape the oncoming Birth Dearth and vice versa?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

PBS special on Billy Graham claims the famous evangelist was always a political animal
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Ecclesiastical Court judgments – May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

China touts success building a Tibet less focused on religion
(The Japan Times)

What do Chinese citizens think is happening in Xinjiang?
(Shannon Tiezzi, The Diplomat)

China: Special bimonthly freedom of religion or belief newsletter (16-31.05.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

'A serious foreign policy weapon': Russia and China align against religious liberty advocates
(Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner)

China showcases Xinjiang’s economy to fight rights criticism
(Associated Press)

God is a concept, Christian roots of Europe
(Georgi Gotev, EURACTIV, Sofia News Agency)

Labour general secretary invites all members to antisemitism training
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

Rockport contractor, employees discriminated against Muslim man, Maine Human Rights Commission finds
(Beth Brogan, NEWS CENTER Maine)

Minister pledges no religious ethos in maternity hospital governance
(Marie O'Halloran, Irish Times)

Turkish government moves towards Islamic confessionalism as “symbolic” mosque opens in Istanbul
(Evangelical Focus Europe)

The European margin of dis-appreciation and the big no to ritual slaughter
(Sohail Wahedi, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

ECEN Assembly brings into focus actions on creation, climate and biodiversity.
(Conference of European Churches)

US condemns Beijing’s retaliatory move to ban former religious freedom official
(The Epoch Times)

Tuesday, 1 June 2021

FILM COMPETITION DEADLINE, 1 June 2021: Live what you believe: Freedom of belief is good for women's empowerment
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 1 June 2021: The Responsible Society in Early Modern Christianity. Voices & Fruits
(Deutsches Historisches Institut in Rom, Royal Netherlands Institute in Rome, and REFORC)

WEBINAR, 1 June 2021 (1PM CET): The right to disconnect and the need for a European weekly common day of rest
(European Sunday Alliance)

Monday, 31 May 2021

Religious gatherings should have their own category under lockdown regulations: SACC
(SABC News)

Statement by President Joe Biden on the rise of anti-Semitic attacks
(The White House)

EVENT, 31 May-1 June 2021: ECEN Assembly—Reconciled with creation: A call for urgent action on climate and biodiversity
(European Christian Environmental Network Assembly)

CALL FOR ARTICLES, due 31 May 2021: Special Issue, "Religion and International Relations: What do we know and how do we know it?"
(Jeffrey Haynes, Guest Editor, Religions)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS due by 31 May 2021: Programs for the Parliament of the World’s Religions
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

CAIR, Seddiq Law file complaint against Maryland county and Prison Ministry of America for requiring jail chaplain to be Christian
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Suit challenges county's limiting jail chaplain position to those with Christian beliefs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

2nd Circuit panel grants rehearing in New York abortion protest case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

What rising secularism means for America’s political future
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Taiwan: U.N. World Day for Cultural Diversity, for Dialogue and Development
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Police arrest 11 suspected militants in Indonesia’s Papua
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)

Hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church’s prayer wall
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)

Turkish agents capture nephew of US-based cleric overseas
(Associated Press)

Turkey’s foreign minister Cavusoglu begins visit to Greece
(Demetris Nellas, Associated Press)

Teacher opposing new transgender rules fights suspension
(Associated Press)

Religious leaders, artists honor George Floyd in concert
(Associated Press)

Why I didn't “just bake the cake”
(Jack Phillips, First Things)

The first U.S. cathedral turns 200
(George Weigel, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)

Crimean Pentecostals fined for violating Russia's anti-evangelism law
(Article 28, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russian LGBT Network press secretary arrested for 10 days for repeat violation of rallies regulations
(Interfax-Religion)

Thinking with Ryan Burge: Concerning young Latter-day Saints, third parties and life post-Trump
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Plug-In: Tulsa Massacre centennial – focusing on repentance, reconciliation, reparations
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

'On Religion' flashback to 1998: Ten years of reporting on a church-state fault line
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Did Winston Churchill believe in God? Why did Churchill urge his nation to pray?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Memorial Day and the religious freedom of military chaplains
(Graham B. Glover, Religious Freedom Institute)

Law and religion round-up – 30th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Contested heritage: Reverend John Newton (1725-1807)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Government assault on universities does Jews no favours
(Geoffrey Alderman, Jewish News)

Strictly-Orthodox leaders condemn Chief Rabbi and ‘pro-Zionist’ rallies
(Jewish News)

Vietnam cannot grant free reign to operations of religious groups
(The Voice of Vietnam)

Coming Supreme Court decision in major LGBT rights case seen as bellwether of conservative court
(Tucker Higgins, CNBC)

Are Christianity and science at war? (Regarding Kenneth Kemp’s 2020 book, The War That Never Was: Evolution and Christian Theology)
(Philip A. Rolnick, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Fears rising over China's looming 're-education' of Christians
(Rock Ronald Rozario, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Christian media mogul jailed again for Hong Kong protests against China's actions
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Articles of interest - 31 May 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious news from around the web May 31, 2021
(World Religion News)

UK PM Boris Johnson marries fiancee in private ceremony at the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral
(Danica Kirka, Associated Press)

Sanction Finland prosecutor who charged Christians for opposing gay marriage, U.S. academics urge
(Mark A. Kellner, Washington Times)

German report raises spectre of political Islamism
(Social News)

Council of Europe asks Austria to retract contentious 'Islam map'
(Anadolu Agency)

Friday, 28 May 2021

EEOC condemns antisemitism in unanimous resolution
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Statement by President Biden on Vesak
(The White House)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 28 May 2021 (4PM in Rome): The Crisis of Religious Freedom in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic
(Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Messina)

World Refugee Day: Churches are invited to commemorate the lost lives of refugees
(Conference of European Churches)

South Africa government, politicians showed bias during Israel conflict
(Nicola Miltz, Jewish Report)

The path to herd immunity runs through America’s faith communities
(Eboo Patel and Robert P. Jones, Religion News Service Opinion)

France’s great debate over the sources and meaning of Muslim terror
(Marc Weitzmann, Tablet Magazine)

France: “All the world envies us for the MIVILUDES”
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

France: Jehovah’s Witnesses’ submission to the UN Human Rights Committee (28 June – 23 July 2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Kosher restaurant sues certifying agency for defamation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Long Island rabbis accused of ‘Mafia-like’ methods in kosher turf battle
(Lisa Fickenscher, New York Post)

Florida State settles with Catholic student who was removed as Student Senate head
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Catholic student’s freedom of speech vindicated, prompts end to lawsuit
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Lawsuit: Only Christians could apply for jail chaplain job
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)

Proposal to decriminalize abortion prompts debate in Malta
(Kevin Schembri Orland, Associated Press)

Never again? Lessons from the Holocaust apply to China’s Uyghurs.
(Elizabeth M. Lynch, Commonweal)

USCIRF condemns Chinese government’s sanction on former commissioner
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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