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Monday, 2 November 2020

US Christian far-right groups interfere in the EU
(The Brussels Times)

American Muslim Poll 2020: Amid pandemic and protest
(Dalia Mogahed and Erum Ikramullah, Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))

Tai Ji Men spiritual school: 24 years of persecution (1996-2020) – Part II: The arbitrary arrest and detention of Tai Ji Men Master Hong Tao-tze
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Special bimonthly FORB digest (16.10-01.11.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Indian bishop calls for investigation into report of attacks on Christians
(Catholic News Agency)

Cross demolished, temple set up in Indian village
(Saji Thomas, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Abducted pastor in Nigeria released; 6-year-old kidnapped
(Morning Star News)

Armenian recruits baptized before heading into war
(Associated Press)

After Pope Francis' civil union remarks, archbishop recalls Argentina's civil unions debate
(Catholic News Agency)

Vatican breaks silence, explains pope’s civil union comments
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Pope Francis appeals for peace in Cameroon after deadly school attack
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

UK faith leaders call for government commission to tackle child poverty
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In papal sweepstakes, Italy still may be more equal than others
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

'One of our own': Catholic leaders welcome Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court
(Catholic News Agency)

The greatest commandment has guided my politics
(Joe Biden, The Christian Post)

Jehovah's Witness dies while awaiting trial
(OVD.Info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure
(Elaine Ganley, Associated Press)

French bishops ‘cleanse’ Nice basilica after attack
(Catholic News Service)

After Nice attacks, Pope Francis and French Catholics call for peace with Muslims
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

For French Muslims, every terror attack brings questions about their loyalty to the republic
(Greg Barton and Fethi Mansouri, The Conversation)

Catholic church used by French in Moscow to close temporarily for security reasons
(Interfax-Religion)

French churches honor Nice attack victims; 6 detained
(Angela Charlton, Associated Press)

Lukashenko offers Macron his mediation between him, Muslims
(Interfax-Religion)

Rector of the Russian church in Nice considers recent terrorist attacks a forerunner of a major religious war
(Interfax-Religion)

Persian mosque damaged during attacks on Karabakh
(Interfax-Religion)

New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 7 November
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

England goes into second lockdown, bans in-person church services country-wide for a month
(John Paluska, Christian Headines)

Communal worship and Remembrance Day in England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Communal worship – Remembrance Day, England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

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

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

We don’t run a ‘kosher mafia,’ leading Argentine rabbis say in response to businessman’s claims
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Trump, Biden, and religious claims in a secular space
(John E. King, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

How the divisive nature of religion could unify our divided politics
(Mingyu Jun, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Muslim clerical council adopts definition of anti-Semitism that includes vitriol on Israel
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Senior Israeli Orthodox rabbis urge Americans to vote for Trump
(Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

US issues first Israel birthplace passport to Jerusalem-born teen
(Al Jazeera)

A conservative SCOTUS majority doesn’t guarantee religious freedom
(Annette Jarvis, Deseret News)

Why employees at religious organizations may not be protected against discrimination
(Jolena Jeffrey and Carolyn Wheeler, The National Law Review)

The oldest Black Church in Alabama is driving voters to the polls
(Mattie Townson, Religion Unplugged)

Egyptians outraged over some schools forcing girls to wear the hijab
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

The seeds of political persecution of Christians in Brazil (Portuguese)
(Victor Domingues, Estudos Nacionais)

Polish pro-abortion leader urges 'revolt' against Church, amid Mass interruptions and protests
(Catholic News Agency)

Poland sees Day 11 of abortion, anti-government protests
(Associated Press)

Attacker of religious sister arrested amid spate of anti-Catholicism in Austria
(Catholic News Agency)

Vatican Secretariat of State provides context of Pope Francis civil union remark
(Catholic News Agency)

Brazilian court prohibits 'Catholic' name for abortion advocacy group
(Catholic News Agency)

Biden claims his politics and Catholic faith 'coincide', despite abortion and religious freedom policies
(Catholic News Agency)

7 religious voter trends to look for on Election Day
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Portugal: Catholic jurists consider that "religious freedom has been unjustifiably more limited than other freedoms" (Portuguese)
(Ecclesia)

After loss, Houston’s ‘Three Amigos’ reassemble
(Lindsay Peyton, Houston Chronicle)

Black faith leaders call for nonviolent resistance, strikes if Trump refuses election results
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Black churchgoers pine for racial progress amid white resistance
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Exorcism: Increasingly frequent, including after US protests
(David Crary, Associated Press)

Sunday, 1 November 2020

EVENT, 1 November 2020: 2020 International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP): Sunday, Nov. 1
(National Religious Broadcasters)

ONLINE EVENT, 1 November 2020: Addressing Critical Global Issues: The Role of Faith Communities
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Church unearthed where Jesus said to tell Peter to establish Christianity
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

G20 INTERFAITH FORUM 2020: Bringing Faith and Policy Together
(Website, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)

Friday, 30 October 2020

Is a Catholic-packed Supreme Court a threat to religious freedom?
(David Callaway, Freedom Forum)

Supreme Court confirmation raises questions about the direction of religious liberty in the U.S.
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Chemerinsky: SCOTUS considers whether religious freedom also means freedom to discriminate
(Erwin Chemerinsky, ABA Journal)

Symposium: Fulton, free exercise and three key questions about church-state relations
(Helen Alvaré, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Philadelphia’s exclusion of faith-based foster agency departs from history and undermines interests of children
(James Campbell, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: In Fulton, the court has the chance to jettison Employment Division v. Smith – and the pandemic shows why it should take it
(Lindsay See, SCOTUSblog)

President sets refugee numbers for FY 2021 with emphasis on persecuted minority religions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Presidential determination on refugee admissions for Fiscal Year 2021
(The White House)

Inernational Religious Freedom Day (USAID Statement)
(Statement by Acting Administrator John Barsa, USAID Press Release)

USCIRF observes International Religious Freedom Day
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

International Religious Freedom Day (US Statement)
(Michael R. Pompeo, U.S. Embassy in Georgia)

Religious Freedom Day – Not in Laos, where Four Christian men languish in jail
(David Alton, Lord David Alton Blog)

Photos of the week - 30 October 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Islamists have declared war on France, Jewish community leader says following fatal church stabbings
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Algeria’s proposed constitutional changes a threat to religious liberty, group claims
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence
(Angela Charlton and Lori Hinnant, Associated Press)

Churches condemn 'savage' killing of three in Nice church attack
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Tunisian carrying Quran fatally stabs 3 in French church
(Lori Hinnant and Daniel Cole, Associated Press)

France’s hardening defense of cartoons of Muhammad could lead to ‘a trap’
(Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut, The New York Times)

Three dead as woman beheaded in attack in French church
(Eric Gaillard, Reuters)

For a teacher in France, a lesson on freedom of expression was followed by death
(France 24)

Erdogan vows action over 'disgusting' Charlie Hebdo cartoon
(Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Algeria to inaugurate Bouteflika-era mega mosque
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

The problem with calling Amy Coney Barrett too Catholic
(Donald Heinz, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Dutch university can no longer call itself ‘Catholic’
(Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Dutch HR firm says Palestinian man who vandalized kosher eatery had terrorist motives
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Vienna: March for Life interrupted by counter-demonstrators insulting and stereotyping Christians
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination in Europe)

Corbyn suspended from Labour after report finds the British party committed ‘unlawful harassment’ against Jews
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Jewish students at U Illinois ‘faced unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment,’ complaint says
(Josefin Dolsten, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

U.S. to allow 'Israel' to be added to passports of Americans born in Jerusalem
(Nahal Toosi and Daniel Lippman, Politico)

3 incidents at S.F. Armenian church, school now considered hate crimes
(Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle)

Use of force by police: what is the standard for determining misconduct?
(Michael Malvenda, UK Human Rights Blog)

Rohingya: the EU has not done all it can and could do more
(Justice4Rohingya (UK), Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Addressing the Rohingya Crisis and aiming to bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime in Rohingya to the International Criminal Court
(Justice4Rohingya)

Europe Must Learn Quickly to Speak the Language of Power: Part I
(Joseph Weiler, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Editorial: The UK taken in adultery. Who will cast the first stone?
(Joseph Weiler, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

100 Pakistani Christian families have been forced to vacate their homes and properties in Sheikhupura
(David Alton, Lord David Alton Blog)

Catholic leaders in Pakistan condemn forced conversion, marriage of Christian girl, 13
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

TThe COMECE Assembly to gather with Cardinal Parolin in light of Pope’s recent message on Europe
(Press Release, COMECE: The Catholic Church in the European Union)

Suit challenges missionaries class in Oklahoma elementary school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Humanist group sues Oklahoma school district over forced Christian proselytization
(American Humanist Association)

Suit challenges Michigan mask mandate imposed on Catholic school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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