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Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Ahmadi man, 82, shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan’s Peshawar
(Al Jazeera)

Christians in Myanmar cast their votes hoping for better future
(Howard Friedman, International Christian Concern)

USCIRF releases new report about global persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Turkey offended by Pompeo’s plan to discuss religious issues
(Associated Press)

Hagia Sophia’s change of status indicative of Turkey’s disregard of cultural and religious values: Council of Europe
(Stockholm Center for Freedom)

China: Special weekly FoRB newsletter (03-09.11.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China turns churches into factories, 'cultural centers' to ensure Christians can't meet
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)

Switzerland conveys concerns to China over rights violations of Uighurs, Tibetans
(Devdiscourse)

Lawmakers, experts condemn China’s crackdown on religious freedom as ethnic genocide
(Central Tibetan Administration)

Global restrictions on religion reach new high
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)

In 2018, government restrictions on religion reach highest level globally in more than a decade
(Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life)

UN chief urges global fight against pandemic and hatred
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)

Firebrand Indonesian cleric returns from 3-year Saudi exile
(Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)

Alaska Tlingits hold memorial ceremony online amid pandemic
(Associated Press)

Appeals court upholds Maine law barring private school tuition subsidies for “sectarian” education
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

France is forcing Muslims to choose between their country and their religion.
(Zaid Jilani, Forward Opinion)

Why boycotting France is the wrong response
(Waleed S. Ahmed, Muslim Matters)

Why the American press keeps getting terror in France wrong
(Caroline Fourest, Tablet Magazine)

Pentecostal preacher fined for message on social network
(Igor Lavrenkov, Kommersant, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Spiritual Muslim Board of Russia denies existence of overwhelming support for ban on marrying non-Muslim women
(Interfax-Religion)

Over 400 Jehovah’s Witnesses charged or convicted in Russia, group says
(The Moscow Times)

Moscow religious organizations have weak influence on local migrants - mufti
(Interfax-Religion)

Novosibirsk court outlaws Khakassia branch of Chinese sect Falun Gong for first time in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

USA Today: Americans are more divided than ever, but religion plays no role in this split
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Civil law, religion and marriage in the United Kingdom: a long read
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

IICSA report: Roman Catholic Church
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Boris Johnson offers ‘deepest sympathies’ to Rabbi Lord Sacks’ family at PMQs
(h news, Jewish News)

Religious liberty climbing EEOC's priority list, GC says
(Law 360)

Religion and politics: Do they belong together?
(Religion News Service)

Universal love and borderless rights: Attending to our neighbor with Pope Francis and the Good Samaritan
(Greg Marcar, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

The renewal of Catholic social concerns in Fratelli Tutti
(Thomas Massaro, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

European Court of Human Rights single-judge decisions (still) deny justice and risk weakening UN treaty body system
(Justin M. Loveland, Strasbourg Observers)

Amazon yanks doormats with Hindu gods from site amid outrage
(Al Jazeera)

Macron, and France’s complex relationship with Islam (podcast)
(Al Jazeera)

US ‘Muslim ban’ set to end ‘on day one’ of Biden presidency
(Al Jazeera)

Who will President Joe Biden listen to on faith matters?
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Joe Biden, president-elect at last, was shaped by a very American Catholic faith
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Biden projected winner, rollbacks on pro-life and religious liberty protections expected
(Catholic News Agency)

Biden victory kindles hope for warmer US-Vatican relations
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

How Pres.-elect Joe Biden, late Utah Sen. Bob Bennett shared their religious faiths with each other
(Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)

Religious freedom lately: Cardinal Pell's revenge, Japan's new prince and UAE won't arrest you for suicide
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)

CEC congratulates Rita Famos, first woman to head the Evangelical Reformed Church in Switzerland (French)
(Église évangélique réformée de Suisse)

5 faith-facts about VP-elect Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with a Hindu family
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

The Left: where ‘anti-racism’ has become antisemitism
(Peter Kurtirace, Spectator Australia)

Australia: Experts warn on Vic’s emergency laws
(Marilyn Rodrigues, The Catholic Weekly)

Monday, 9 November 2020

Legal Spirits Episode 028: Oral argument in Fulton v. Philadelphia
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Editorial: Religious freedom is no excuse for discrimination against gay couples
(Los Angeles Times Opinion)

Religious liberty and foster care: five key numbers as SCOTUS weighs dogma and LGBTQ rights
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

NYPD to allow religious headgear in mug shots after lawsuit
(Associated Press)

A tribute to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi and Jewish ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 72
(Ben Harris and Cnaan Liphshiz and Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

JN Podcast Special: Tribute to Lord Sacks
(Jewish News)

“Warmest human spirit”: UK’s former chief rabbi Sacks dies
(Associated Press)

Jonathan Sacks, the U.K.’s inclusive former Chief Rabbi, dies at 72
(Ari L. Goldman, The New York Times)

Prince Charles: Rabbi Sacks’ immense learning spanned sacred and the secular
(Jewish News)

With the passing of Lord rabbi Jonathan Sacks, ‘Europe has lost an outstanding thinker, a charismatic leader and above all a mensch’
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Press)

Articles of interest - 9 November 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ahmadiyya Muslim community Slough receive certificate of recognition by the Mayor of Slough
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

UN investigator describes Nigeria, others as "religious intolerant and overtly religious"
(Sahara Reporters)

UAE announces relaxing of Islamic laws for personal freedoms
(Isabel Debre, Associated Press)

UAE liberalizes personal status and penal laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

UAE President approves amendments to Personal Status, Civil Transactions, Penal Code, Criminal Procedural laws
(Emirates News Agency)

Estonia's liberal reputation at stake as gay marriage referendum emboldens the far-right
(Linas Jegelevicius, Euronews)

Muslims ambush, kill pastor after radio broadcast in Uganda
(Morning Star News)

Swiss lawmakers vote against abolishing the crime of blasphemy
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Recent agreement moves Sudan closer to religious freedom
(Katey Hearth, Mission Network News)

Hundreds of churches, monuments will be lit red in global call for religious freedom
(Aid to the Church in Need)

Iraqi priest doubles down on Christianity’s survival in the Middle East
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope Francis' encyclical inspires me to speak boldly for interfaith inclusion
(Britt Luby, National Catholic Reporter)

Let’s adopt interfaith approach to stop electoral violence
(Ghana News Agency)

Is democracy sacred?
(Anthony D. Baker, The Conversation)

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at in the Era of COVID-19
(Maria d'Arienzo, The Journal of CESNUR via DiReSoM)

Bangladesh opens first Islamic school for transgender persons
(AFP, DAWN)

Law, Religion, and the Spread of COVID-19 Pandemic – Ebook
(Edited by Fabio Balsamo and Daniela Tarentino, DIRESOM Papers 2)

Covid-19 between the Chinese patriotic church and the under-ground church in the diocese of Shanghai (China)
(Angela Patrizia Tavani, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)

The Dialogue among States and Religious Groups
(Maria Luisa Lo Giacco, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)

Eastern Orthodoxy and the pandemic. Cultural approaches towards rule of law in Romania
(Cătălin Raiu, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)

Slam poetry book in curriculum upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Elderly priest’s arrest stirs unprecedented protests in India
(Anto Akkara, National Catholic Register)

Hunan, Protestant pastor on trial for 'subversion against the state'
(Asia News)

The world head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community welcomes comments of Canada’s Prime Minister regarding free speech
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

Terrorism in France and how Muslims should respond
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

Prosecutors: Man’s hatred was behind Minnesota mosque attack
(Mohamed Ibrahim, Associated Press)

Austrian authorities raid suspected Islamic radicals
(Associated Press)

Pakistan: Killing in the name of religion is not a service to religion
(Mehr Tarar, Gulf News)

Pakistani hypocrisy on combating discrimination in Europe
(Knox Thames, Modern Diplomacy)

Gunmen kill 82-year-old minority Ahmadi man in Pakistan
(Associated Press)

Dutch Protestant Church admits failing Jews in World War II
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)

Top French diplomat visits Cairo amid tensions over cartoons
(Associated Press)

Debating the future of women in religion and diplomacy
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)

Christian churches mirror country’s political division
(Luis Andres Henao and Jessie Wardarski, Associated Press)

Election not yet resolved, with critical Catholic issues hanging in the balance
(Catholic News Agency)

Biden elected second Catholic U.S. president in history: What does it mean for a divided nation?
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

President of U.S. Bishops’ Conference issues statement on 2020 Presidential Election
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Evangelicals stick with Trump, see upside even if he loses
(David Crary and Elana Schor, Associated Press)

How Reagan’s notions of a ‘good society’ resonate with Trump supporters today
(Diane Winston, The Conversation)

Suit against Trump for misleading Christians is dismissed for lack of standing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Message to Biden: If you want to heal, lay off the Little Sisters and the Knights
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)

May God bless President Biden: The church has another chance to resist the partisan pull
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)

Thinking about Georgia, while looking at some 2020 religion numbers from Ryan Burge
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

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