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Monday, 28 September 2020

Argentina president under pressure to keep election promise on abortion
(Uki Goñi, The Guardian)

Same-sex marriage in Barbados should not be ‘forced on church’
(Nation News)

Hindus, ex­-church members attack Christian family in India
(Morning Star News)

Sen. Van Hollen: Christians are most under threat minorities in the Middle East
(Samuel Smith, Christian Post)

Russian parliament delays consideration of controversial changes in religion law
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia seeks to bar foreign-educated religious leaders from teaching, preaching
(Catholic News Agency)

The disappearing religious minority women and girls in Pakistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Genocide should be bad for business
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Justice Department calls on San Francisco mayor to end “one congregant” rule for places of worship to comply with the Constitution
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Trump sends message to "The Return"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Presidential message on the National Day of Prayer and Return, 2020
(The White House)

Parents' suit against Christian high school dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sex ed mandate sparks bitter Washington state ballot fight
(Sally Ho, Associated Press)

Poland rejects international criticism over LGBT rights
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

Israel ushers in Yom Kippur with record COVID cases, tight restrictions and government apologies
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Israelis mark Yom Kippur under ‘painful’ virus lockdown
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)

Why Yom Kippur is the holiest day of the Jewish year
(Erin Blakemore, National Geographic)

Rabbis ponder COVID-19 queries of ultra-Orthodox Jewish life
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)

Macron ‘ashamed’ of Lebanon’s political leaders amid crisis
(angela charl, Associated Press)

Facing IS, last embattled Sikhs, Hindus leave Afghanistan
(Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press)

Pope prays for migrants, as 200 more die at sea
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Cathedral, church in San Diego area desecrated with swastikas, other graffiti
(Catholic News Service)

US: Religious data platform 'targets mentally ill, vulnerable people'
(Rob Mudge, Deutsche Welle)

Debate prep for journalists: Here are some 'Catholic questions' for Biden and Trump
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

'Culture wars' are about demographics: Thus, fertility is now a hot-button topic in news
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

RFI senior fellow speaks at Middle East minorities event: Spark of Hope or Escalating Extremism?
(Religious Freedom Institute)

A Spark of Hope or Escalating Extremism: the Middle East and the Plight of Vulnerable Minorities
(YouTube Video, Anti-Defamation League)

COVID-19 corruption kills, say South Africa church leaders at campaign launch
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Christian groups representing nearly 2 million plea for compassionate EU migration policy
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Law and religion round-up – 27th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

New seminry established in Vietnam
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Responding to recent challenges in pastoral care of migrants in Europe
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Pompeo to criticise Vatican's renewal of China deal during visit
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)

Religiously unaffiliated people more likely than those with a religion to lean left, accept homosexuality
(Aidan Connaughton, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

A solution for Sikh medical students, physicians caught between their religion and their profession
(Paul M. Sherer, Direct Relief)

Tiny Muslim community in China’s Hainan becomes latest target for religious crackdown
(Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post)

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s declaration on human rights: Promises and pitfalls
(Turan Kayaoglu, Brookings)

Two weeks in review, 14 – 27 September 2020
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

How student sports ministries are adapting this fall
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)

Black church’s online service attacked with racist hate speech
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)

On zealous and unrepentant times: a call to self-reflection amidst a dangerous devotion
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Sunday, 27 September 2020

Calendario del Simposio 2020 en español

Calendário do Simpósio 2020 em português

Calendrier du symposium 2020 en français

Расписание симпозиума 2020 на русском языке

Friday, 25 September 2020

When is Yom Kippur 2020? Meaning and date of the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, and how fasting works
(Zlata Rodionova)

How can we pray when we have no hope? 2020’s Yom Kippur paradox
(Shira Telushkin, Forward)

What Yom Kippur, Book of Jonah mean in 2020
(Mayim Bialik, The Jerusalem Post - Opinion)

How to celebrate Yom Kippur in 2020
(QNS: The Ultimate Queens Newsletter)

A Dialogue on Racism in the Time of COVID-19
(Ganoune Diop and Audrey Kitagawa, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

For America, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a new kind of Jew
(Talya Zav, Forward)

A Life’s Work: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
(Ruby Peacock, UK Human Rights Blog)

Ginsburg’s empathy born of Jewish history and discrimination
(Gary Fields and Sally Stapleton, Associated Press)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg first woman and first Jew to lie in state at US Capitol
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

QR codes for “Test and Trace” in churches
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

A bonanza of C-19 challenges
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Normally a refuge on campus, college Muslim groups fight students’ isolation in a pandemic
(Hira Qureshi, Religion News Service)

Keeping faith in the public square (with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo)
(U.S. Department of State)

Report: People who are highly spiritual tend to be more civic-minded
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

International Day of Peace - 21 September 2020
(Sally Kader, The International Federation for Peace and Sustainable Development)

In Oregon, churches and anti-fascists unite to provide mutual aid to fire evacuees and others in need
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Trump announces 'Born Alive' executive order for abortion survivors
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Hispanic teens enjoy religious activities with parents, but fewer view religion as ‘very important’
(Elizabeth Podrebrac Sciupac, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Cardinal says Syria has been hit with a ‘poverty bomb’
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Egyptian TV host sparks controversy after saying there is 'devil' in unveiled women
(Marwa Al-A'star, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Church challenges D.C.'s COVID-19 orders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Irish court focuses on importance of witness oath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

High Court judge says scrapping oath would ‘materially increase’ false evidence
(Irish Legal News)

Trump and Barr speak at National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Remarks by Attorney General William P. Barr on his acceptance of the Christifideles Laici Award at the 2020 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Michigan man pleads guilty to using threats to obstruct free exercise of religious beliefs
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Faith Action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Progress and Outlook
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Nationality as we know it? – A note on the genuine link
(Lorin-Johannes Wagner, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

The Weekly Round-Up: rising Covid-19 cases and constitutional concerns
(Alethea Redfern, UK Human Rights Blog)

Church Reporter, Vol. 5, 25 September 2020 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro)

The common law right to privacy in Scotland
(Euan Lynch, UK Human Rights Blog)

Statement after Adoption of the Draft Resolution Entitled, "Comprehensive and Coordinated Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic"
(H. E. Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations)

IGE Global Horizons: September 2020
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Christian convert released on bail after two months in Iranian prison
(Article 18)

Japan local assembly wants talks on same-sex marriage
(Nippon)

Auschwitz memorial director seeks clemency for Nigerian boy
(Associated Press)

Twin sisters kidnapped, pastor and three other Christians killed in Nigeria
(Morning Star News)

ADF International to UN: New Zealand’s euthanasia bill “alarming”
(ADF International)

UK: Were the March 2020 lockdown restrictions lawfully imposed? (Part 1)
(Emmet Coldrick, UK Human Rights Blog)

UK: Were the March 2020 lockdown restrictions lawfully imposed? (Part 2)
(Emmet Coldrick, UK Human Rights Blog)

What democracy looks like: Protecting voting rights in the US during Covid-19 pandemic
(Human Rights Watch)

Gender in academic publishing
(Gráinne de Búrca, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Choir practice in Spain infects 30 of 41 members with virus
(Associated Press)

Vatican: Assisted suicide, euthanasia “intrinsically evil”
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Ecumenical statement on migration received by European Commission
(Conference of European Churches)

EEOC sues on behalf of Seventh Day Adventist
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EEOC sues Quest Diagnostics for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

11th Circuit grants en banc review in case of religious statement by juror
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Full federal appeals court will take up case of ex-congresswoman Corrine Brown
(Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida)

Changing the Church: The legacy of Gerard Mannion (plus 15 responses)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Former Irish president pledges to spend retirement challenging Catholic Church
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Nobel laureate refuses local honor over Poland’s LGBT ‘rift’
(Associated Press)

How the EU can stop Poland's 'LGBT-free zones'
(Elliot Douglas, Deutsche Welle)

Why Amy Coney Barrett’s religious beliefs aren’t off limits
(Massimo Faggioli, Politico)

Black Sea resort church fined for breaking antievangelism law
(Vadim Shirokoborodov, Anapskoe Chernomore)

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