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Friday, 24 July 2020

Patriarch Kirill calls on Armenia, Azerbaijan to have dialogue
(Interfax-Religion)

Catholic peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the COVID-19 emergency
(Coby Vail, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Israel’s government coalition teeters after vote to ban gay conversion therapy
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Judge not: the problem with Georgia’s charge about religious objection to jury service
(Matthew P. Cavedon, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

France: The long shadow of the Saint-Michel terrorist attacks
(Andreas Noll, Deutsche Welle)

Families of French IS members in Syria battle to bring them back
(Lisa Louis, Deutsche Welle)

For anti-Semites in France, police are seen as ‘dirty Jews’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

What a shift in the U.K.’s foreign policy means for the U.S.
(Thomas Wright, The Atlantic)

Regulations on face covering: Advice from Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Online Christian pilgrimage: How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation
(Samuel L. Boyd, The Conversation)

Thursday, 23 July 2020

Freedom of Religion or Belief—Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms: A New Book on Religious Freedom and its Protection from the Perspective of Several Jurisdictions
(Neville Rochow QC, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Constitutional Cultures Creating Constitutional Space
(Brett Scharffs and Brock Mason, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Towards a Constitutional Definition of Religion: Challenges and Prospects
(Alex Deagon, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Individual Spirituality and the Future of Freedom of Religion
(Jeremy Patrick, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Three Ways of Thinking about Reasonable Accommodation
(Brett Scharffs and Brock Mason, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Religious Freedom and Same Sex Marriage Laws: Constitutional and Other Issues
(Neil J. Foster, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms
(Paul T. Babie, Neville G. Rochow QC, and Brett G. Scharffs, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing)

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Religious leaders warn against Pompeo's push for religious freedom as priority human right
(Laura Kelly, The Hill)

Draft Report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights
(U.S. Department of State)

Got bias? Pompeo gave a 'divisive' speech, which implies two kinds of insiders were divided
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Weekly Highlight #115: COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities, World Faiths Development Dialogue)

State Department releases Draft Report of the Commission on Inalienable Rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

CAIR welcomes federal court decision advancing broad challenge to terror watchlist
(Press Release, The Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Various challenges to terrorism watch list practices can move ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church leader raises concerns for Christian businesses in Northern Ireland that refuse services to gay weddings
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Biden urges Muslim Americans to help him defeat Trump
(Mariam Fam and Elana Schor, Associated Press)

9th Circuit: En banc review denied in suit over FBI surveillance of Muslims
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Multiracial congregations may not bridge racial divide
(Tom Gjelen, National Public Radio (NPR))

Another French cathedral burns, raising safety questions
(Arnaud Bevilacqua and Corinne Laurent, Élodie Maurot and Emilie Spertino, La Croix International)

Rapid COVID-19 spike strains South Africa's health system as churches rush to aid those hit
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)

USANAS Foundation appeals to UN, USCIRF and European Parliament over religious minorities in Pakistan
(Savio Rodrigues, Goa Chronicle)

Guide to navigating home insurance without discrimination as an LGBTQ individual
(Taylor Learney, Reviews.com)

Panel looks at role racism, religion, COVID-19 will play in elections
(Kurt Jensen, Catholic News Service)

German synagogue attack: Memories are still fresh and painful
(Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)

As seminaries welcome openly transgender students, church lags behind
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Under new California rules, LA Catholic schools will no longer be able to resume in-person classes
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Before we scold DeSean Jackson and others for anti-Semitism we need to talk about ‘chosenness’
(Andre E. Key, Religion Dispatches)

One UK, 6 U.S. NGOs designated undesirable in Russia
(Interfax-Religion)

Rejecting symbols of hate is more than symbolic
(Jim Wallis, Religion News Service Opinion)

New assaults on Ahmadi Muslims in Bangladesh and Pakistan
(Aaron Rhodes, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

RNS gives the life of another civil rights hero – the Rev. C.T. Vivian – the ink it deserves
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Bangladesh: When intolerance marches to religious extremism – OpEd
(Rock Ronald Rozario, Eurasia Review Opinion)

Persecution of Ahmadis in Pakistan - June 2020 Monthly report
(Ahmadiyya Foreign Missions Office)

Mexican bishops comment on nation’s challenges
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Moroccan Christians repeatedly arrested
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Iraq’s Christians remain at risk of eradication
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

All the Dictator’s sheikhs: How Sisi co-opted Egypt’s religious institutions for political gain.
(Khalil Al-Anani, Foreign Policy)

Another Catholic hospital sued for refusing transgender hysterectomy
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)

Religious news from around the web July 20, 2020
(Wayne Edward Hanson, World Religion News)

‘We’ve been essential for 2,000 years’: Pasadena church holds indoor services despite coronavirus warnings
(CBS Los Angeles)

Parliamentarians and activists in UK debate state of religious freedom, minorities in Pakistan
(The Economic Times)

DMK not against any religion, says Stalin
(The New Indian Express)

Russian court fines influential monk who denies virus exists
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)

Russia intensifies persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses with 110 armed raids
(Brendan Cole, Newsweek)

Collaboration is the strategy for a hopeful religious future
(Mitch Randall, Baptist News Global)

The dark underbelly of the Supreme Court's religion record
(John Stonestreet and Roberto Rivera, CNS News Opinion)

Shamima Begum: what the legal ruling about her return to the UK actually means
(Devyani Prabhat, The Conversation)

Coronavirus’ impact on Indigenous communities puts new focus on protecting elders, preserving language and culture
(Heather Beasley Doyle, Episcopal News Service)

Reopening of ancient cathedral a silver lining for Syria’s Christians
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Aleppo cathedral rises from ashes of persecution
(John Pontifex, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Syrian cathedral, a glimmer of hope in the midst of chaos
(Xavier Le Normand, La Croix International)

Is belief in God necessary to be moral? Answers vary by economic development, education and age
(Christine Tamir, Aidan Connaughton, Ariana Monique Salazar, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)

Africa: The appointment of Samah Norquist as chief advisor for International religious freedom to the administrator of USAID
(All Africa)

‘The pandemic is gaining momentum’: Africa prepares for surge in infections
(David Pilling, Financial Times)

Supreme Court rulings make the world safer for both LGBT people and religious freedom
(Andrew Koppelman, USA Today Opinion)

Religious employment, insurance convictions protected
(Tom Strode, The Pathway)

California churches defy Newsom, sue over 'unconstitutional' executive orders
(Bethany Blankley, The Center Square)

Did Toronto ban Catholic churches from administering Holy Communion?
(Nur Ibrahim, Snopes)

Religious discrimination takes center stage at the Supreme Court
(Michael A. Helfand, Tablet Magazine)

Transgender lawsuit against Catholic hospital cites new US Supreme Court precedent
(Catholic News Agency)

Key unalienable rights threatened – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)

Scottish hate crime Bill threatens gospel freedom
(The Christian Institute)

As pandemic wears on, faith leaders dig in on life or death decisions
(Silma Suba, Religion News Service)

Can kindness heal a world divided by pandemic, protests and politics? Pastor Ashlee Eiland thinks so
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

TRO denied in church's suit over California COVID limits on worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal judge denies emergency order in Pasadena church singing case
(Pasadena Now)

23 states sue HHS over rollback of anti-discrimination protections in health care
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Attorney General James Sues Trump administration for allowing health care discrimination
(New York Attorney General)

States sue over White House rollback of transgender health care protections
(Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service)

Are private, religious schools exempt from school opening restrictions? Texas, California go in different directions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Argentine bishops battle corruption, legalized abortion
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

South African bishops denounce racism in society and the Church
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

‘Sue us,’ says Philippine bishop after Duterte criticizes pastoral letter
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Bishops: New Philippines anti-terrorism act ‘eerily similar’ to Hong Kong security law
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

German state bans burqas in schools
(Deutsche Welle)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews already shy away from the census. Is the pandemic making it worse?
(Molly Boigon, Forward)

Honor the conscientious objector
(Luther Ray Abel, National Review)

Presidential nominees rarely speak to Muslim audiences. Biden did Monday
(Asma Khalid, National Public Radio)

A book review of Travelling Home: Essays on Islam in Europe by Abdal Hakim Murad
(Luqman Quilliam, Traversing Tradition)

Churches and religious organizations unite to counter domestic violence in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

SSU exposed Internet agitators inciting religious hatred
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Zelensky posthumously confers the order on Bishop Milan Shashik
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Thinking with Ryan Burge charts: Whaddaya know? Some evangelicals are rethinking Trump
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Seattle Times' story on evangelical race relations nabs most of the local power players
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Parliamentary group on British Jews elects new co-chair
(Jewish News)

Report says contribution of faiths to society ‘more pressing’ after Covid-19
(Jewish News)

Egyptian Grand Mufti: There is no objection to building churches with Muslim money
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

‘Franciscan International’ denounces human rights abuses in Asia
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Spain: Vatican reminds that it has never pronounced itself on Franco’s exhumation
(Larissa I. López, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Why is proving race discrimination a lot harder than proving religious discrimination?
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)

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