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Friday, 7 August 2020

Petitions of the week: Religious employees, religious developers and more
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)

Ideologues of destructive religious movements become active in Kazakhstan during quarantine
(Interfax-Religion)

Christian in NBA suffers horrible, funny injury: Was cruel ESPN tweet a news story or not?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

A generation's big global issue: Can centrists win Islam's ideological civil war?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

New research shows religious discrimination is on the rise around the world, including in Australia
(Nicholas Aroney, phys.org)

In our opinion: Remembrance and restraint keep the world safe from the bomb
(The Editorial Board, Deseret News Opinion)

The future of world Christianity is African
(Philip Jenkins, The Gospel Coalition)

Don’t harass religious leaders, Matiang'i warns police officers
(Patrick Vidija and Benson Nyagesiba, The Star Kenya)

University hijab ban sparks protest in Belgium
(Isla Glen, Brig Newspaper)

Catholic group threatens litigation over BLM attempts to remove references to famous California priest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California city threatened with lawsuit for wanting to ax saint’s image from county seal, police badges
(Life Site News)

2nd Circuit enjoins pending appeal Vermont's exclusion of Catholic high school students from dual enrollment program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

2nd Circuit halts Vermont’s discrimination against children attending religious high schools
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Herman Cain is mourned, celebrated at his funeral in Atlanta
(Associated Press)

Playing electoral defense, Trump claims Biden opposes God
(Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press)

How churches can be advocates, not partisans, during election season
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Catholic politician in the Netherlands seeks leadership of left-wing party
(Sjoukje Dijkstra - Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Trump’s Germany ambassador pick under fire from Jewish groups for statements on immigrants and Nazi history
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

When Muslims leave the faith: Open apostasy can be dangerous, but those who risk it have an impressive reach.
(Daniel Pipes, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)

The growing threat to religious freedom in health-care provision
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)

America must focus on religious persecution against Iranian Christian converts
(Shay Khatiri, Providence Mag)

Zelensky confirms the right of the UOC to use the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
(Interfax-Religion)

Uzbekistan: Synagogue demolition threat now removed?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

The world needs clarity on human rights
(Paul Marshall, Providence Mag)

Pakistan’s minorities denied housing in Muslim areas
(John Newton and Maria Lozano, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

DeVos: Give religious groups equal consideration for education grants
(Evie Blad, Education Week)

Four Israeli women who’ve broken new political ground
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)

“Have we gone too far by tearing down religious monuments?”
(Adrienne Phillips, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

First lesbian woman to be appointed to Tel Aviv's religious council
(Celia Jean, The Jerusalem Post)

Polish LGBT people leaving as post-vote mood grows hostile
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

Poland LGBT protests: Three charged with hanging rainbow flags off statues
(BBC News)

Six Jehovah's Witnesses face trial in Sverdlovsk region
(Znak.com, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Jehovah's Witnesses win appeal in Sverdlovsk region
(Vikinovosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Protestant preacher punished for violating anti-evangelism law
(Invictory.com, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia is purging Ukrainian Orthodox presence in Crimea
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Man who attacked priests with knife in Moscow church gets 1.5 years in penal colony
(Interfax-Religion)

Transgender row teacher 'sacked' from second school
(Michael Race, BBC News)

Twitter apologises to Chief Rabbi for ‘slow’ response to hate posts
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)

Vatican-funded projects in Latin America to focus on coronavirus
(Hannag Brockhaus)

Legacy of anti-fascism for the common Pan-European future
(Manfred Nowak, Eurasia Review Opinion)

Christ and Caesar: A response to John MacArthur (and California's church restrictions)
(Brad Littlejohn, The Davenant Institute)

John MacArthur believes the Bible trumps COVID-19 public health orders. Legal scholars say no
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Pence to CBN News: 'You don't give up your constitutional liberties, even in a pandemic'
(CBN News)

Trump campaign circumvents Nevada church limits by holding Evangelical rally at casino
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Campaign holds 'Evangelicals for Trump' event at Vegas casino, swipes at Nevada church restrictions
(Tyler Olson, Fox News)

County sues pastor, Newbury Park church for court order to stop large indoor services
(Kathleen Wilson, Ventura County Star)

County sues church for violation of COVID orders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Estimating COVID-19 exposure for religious subgroups in the United States
(PRRI)

How families are finding God, grace and faith outside a house of worship
(Christina Caron, The New York Times)

Americans oppose religious exemptions from coronavirus-related restrictions
(Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life)

Thursday, 6 August 2020

VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLES ON ASIAN LAW, 6 August 2020 (4PM SGT - 8AM GMT): Freedom of Religion or Belief: Asia and Comparative Perspective
(Arif Jamal, Nazila Ghanea, Jaclyn Neo, Benjamin Schonthal, Mark Hill QC, Center or Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore School of Law)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 6 August 2020 (12:30PM EDT): Islam and Western Secular Modernity: A Conversation with Nilüfer Göle
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

ZOOM EVENT, 6 August 2020 (6PM Jerusalem; 11AM EDT): The Impact of Coronavirus on Religious Identity and Concepts of Community (and interfaith prayer)
(Elijah Interfaith Institute)

Wednesday, 5 August 2020

EU countries offer support after Beirut blast
(Paul Dallison, Politico)

Religious freedom in America: popular and polarizing
(Elana Schor and Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press)

Symposium: Religions’ wins are losses
(Leslie Griffin, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Amid polarization and chaos, the court charts a path toward peaceful pluralism
(Mark Rienzi, SCOTUSblog)

Remarks by Vice President Pence on the importance of life | Seminole, FL
(The White House)

In a horrific instant, a burst of power that ravaged Beirut
(Sarah El Deeb and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)

CEC conveys prayers and solidarity for Beirut
(Conference of European Churches)

'We share your pain': Israel offers aid to Lebanon after Beirut port blast
(Haaretz)

Lebanon needs US Catholic help now, bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)

‘The Church has a great duty’ after Beirut explosion: Lebanese cardinal
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis prays for victims of 'tragic' Beirut explosion as death toll climbs
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Hindus in India set to build temple at razed mosque site
(Biswajeet Banerjee and Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)

India’s Modi marks a historic win for Hindu nationalists at a tricky moment
(Rajesh Roy and Bill Spindle, The Wall Street Journal)

Indian PM lays foundation of temple at razed mosque site
(Biswajeet Banerjee and Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)

India’s residency law in Kashmir amplifies demographic fears
(Sheikh Saaliq and Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press)

Still waiting and wondering: Six years on from Yazidi genocide
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)

Murad, Amal Clooney accuse leaders and UN of failing Yazidis
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)

Yazidis refuse to become yesterday’s news
(Susan Korah, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 August 2020 (10:30am): USCIRF Update with USAID: The President’s Executive Order on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Cornel West and Robert George keep asking believers – left and right – to be tolerant
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)

75 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Vatican is providing moral guidance on nuclear weapons
(Drew Christiansen and Carole Sargent, The Conversation)

COVID-19 and EJIL
(Sarah Nouwen and Joseph Weiler, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Orbán and the self-asphyxiation of democracy
(Joseph Weiler, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Anti-kapparot group renews attempt to get NYC police enforcement of health code
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Attorney for the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos files new motion in kaporos case
(Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos)

Pandemic reinvigorates push to bar pre-Yom Kippur chicken-swinging ritual in NYC
(Marcy Oster, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

New York Child Victims Act filing window is extended
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New York extends window for abuse lawsuits
(Catholic News Agency)

Nicaragua police discount arson in fire at cathedral
(Associated Press)

U.S. House appropriations measure blocks conscience protection rule
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bishops from Japan, U.S. call Catholics to work for nuclear disarmament
(Dennis Sadowski, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

How Jewish Americans can help stop China’s genocide of Uighur Muslims
(Coby Goldberg, Forward Opinion)

Remembering John Lewis, and the political theology that changed a nation
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)

National forgiveness (on race and civil rights)
(Mark Tooley, Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)

A pastor’s take: Repairing democracy for black lives
(Andrew Wilkes, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Billy Graham statue to replace that of white supremacist in US Capitol
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Year-long trial of Jehovah's Witnesses interrupted by judge
(Vikinovosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Ways to bypass coronavirus-related entry ban for pilgrimage to Ukraine being advertised in Israel
(Interfax-Religion)

Uzbekistan: "They want to destroy our Synagogue"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

New voices are making societies more civil
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Secularism cannot sustain liberty, a response to Greg Forster
(R. Albert Mohler, Jr., Law & Liberty)

COVID-19, childhood vaccines, and religious freedom: A looming issue
(Charles J. Russo & Paul T. Babie, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Religious entities flex their muscles through the Roberts Court, playing both sides of the discrimination coin
(Marci A. Hamilton, Verdict)

Young women of faith leading COVID-19 response
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

A rabbinic role model for loss and leadership (Responding to: Young women of faith leading COVID-19 response)
(Ruth Gopin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Leadership across generations: faith in women’s styles (Responding to: Young women of faith leading COVID-19 response)
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Strength and resilience through coalition (Responding to: Young women of faith leading COVID-19 response)
(Talia Kaplan, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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