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Monday, 22 June 2020

Tel Aviv to recognize same-sex and interfaith couples
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Group calls for ceasefire in Southern Kaduna killings
(John Gabriel, Daily Post NG)

Unexpected ‘openings’ and the essence of religious practice: What we learn about the nature of religious practice from the innovations and adaptations of religious communities during the pandemic
(Cynthia G. Lindner, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

In what do we trust? Reflecting on what holds us together as a society that embodies justice
(William Schweiker, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Beijing Binds: COVID-19 and the China-Central Asia Relationship
(Raffaello Pantucci)

BYU Religious Freedom Review focuses on moving forward after pandemic
(Emily Andersen, Daily Universe)

NGO pushes for UN adoption of IHRA definition of antisemitism
(Aaron Reich, The Jerusalem Post)

“Incessant killing more dangerous than Coronavirus”: report on Nigeria to UK Parliament
(Julia Bicknell, World Watch Monitor)

Tennessee lawmakers pass 'heartbeat' abortion bill banning procedure after six weeks
(Gabriella Borter, Reuters)

European court awards damages to widow whose inheritance was reduced under sharia law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rights court orders Greece to pay widow in sharia law case
(Molly Quell, Courthouse News Service)

Ohio passes Student Religious Liberties Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Editorial: Stand up for equality and the Ohio Fairness Act
(The Editorial Board, The Columbus Dispatch Opinion)

Ohio passes law expanding students' religious liberty in public schools
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Suit challenges COVID-19 closure of Jewish overnight camps
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Injunction and $1M damages for false use of kosher certification symbol
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Illinois court gives major boost to kosher symbol; warning to unauthorized users
(Kosher Today)

5th Circuit dismisses church's challenge to COVID-19 order as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF denounces recent ISWAP attacks in Northeast Nigeria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Tennessee newspaper investigating ‘horrific’ end of times ad
(John Raby, Associated Press)

Religious leader criticizes toppling of statue
(Associated Press)

Protesters target Founding Fathers, topple statues of Washington, Jefferson and others
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

The perpetual cycle of however: soul in the fight for racial justice (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Black Lives Matter: Between novelty and repetition (Responding to: Religion and racial justice: The George Floyd protests)
(Joseph Winters, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Dublin archbishop says 50-person limit for Mass is ‘disappointing’ and ‘strange’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In first, Spanish state calls attempts to boycott Israel a form of anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Azerbaijan: Strasbourg court rules long pre-trial detention "excessive"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

COVID-19: marriage and civil partnerships in Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Russia consecrates massive armed forces cathedral
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Justice Department files lawsuit against Stafford County, Virginia, over blocking of Islamic cemetery
(U.S. Department of Justice)

We can find common ground on gay rights and religious liberty
(Jonathan Rauch and Peter Wehner, The New York Times Opinion)

Religion and universal human rights (India)
(Ali A. Firdausi, Siasat Daily)

Hard-line Hindu relative threaten to kill Christian's children in Uttar Pradesh, India
(Christian Headlines)

Montenegro police grill Serbian clerics over church rallies
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)

‘Racialized policing’ program takes faith leaders from grief to action
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis accuses priests who defied pandemic safety measures of acting like ‘adolescents’
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Catholics urged to pray, reflect, act to safeguard religious freedom
(Leslie Miller, The Record Newspaper)

Black Catholics: Words not enough as church decries racism
(David Crary, Religion News Service)

Miami archbishop to lead US Catholic bishops on religious liberty
(Catholic News Agency)

Iraq's plans to cut salaries face strong backlash
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Tunisia unemployment protests escalate with activist’s arrest
(Al-Monitor)

How Libya’s war is poisoning Tunisia’s politics
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor)

France repatriates children from Islamic State camp in northeast Syria
(Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Turkish air raids displace Iraqi Christians again
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

Is Turkey’s wealth fund becoming a crisis shelter?
(Mustafa Sonmez, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Turkey resumes discrimination against Protestants
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)

US religious freedom commission condemns Turkish airstrikes
(Catholic News Agency)

Trump DOJ backs Idaho law limiting girls' sports to biological girls
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

At rally, Trump warns that Biden will 'subsidize later-term abortion,' appoint 'radical' judges
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

California mission aims to preserve St. Junipero Serra statue
(Catholic News Agency)

President Trump talks statues, Archbishop Viganò in EWTN News interview
(Catholic News Agency)

Toppling statues of Junipero Serra ‘fails test’ of history, California Catholic bishops say
(Catholic News Agency)

'None more vulnerable than the unborn' - Tenn. Gov. will sign heartbeat abortion ban
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

White Christianity and Disney Princess Theology
(James F. McGrath, Patheos Blog Religion Prof)

Amazon bans ads for book on how transgender ideology harms girls, young women
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Is racism a gospel issue?
(Grayson Gilbert, Patheos Blog: The Chorus in the Chaos)

Tennessee passes heartbeat abortion ban; ACLU, Planned Parenthood filing lawsuit
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Longtime Catholic schools leader to head Seattle archdiocese task force
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Pittsburgh diocese to open personal parish to serve black Catholics
(Catholic News Agency)

Clergy, marital difficulties and wrongful dismissal: Gould again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Dozens of Christian college faculty eliminated in spring budget cuts
(Liam Adams, Christianity Today)

Waiting for a judicial 'Utah Compromise' on battles between religious liberty and gay rights?
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)

Sunday, 21 June 2020

Juneteenth: A Worldwide Celebration
(Juneteenth.com)

June 20: Parliament Joins Global Convergence to Declare World UNITY Week
(The Parliament of the World's Religions)

Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2020
(The Vatican)

DAILY HIGHLIGHT #95: “To Know in Order to Understand”: Faith and World Refugee Day 2020
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Atrocity Alert No. 208: Children and Armed Conflict, Nigeria and Libya
(Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect)

Black religious leaders are up front and central in US protests – as they have been for the last 200 years
(Lawrence Burnley, The Conversation)

Virtual conference promotes fatherhood as boon to society
(Perry West, Catholic News Agency)

Saturday, 20 June 2020

In Memoriam: Norberto Padilla
(Gary Doxey, International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs - Latest Articles

Juneteenth 2020: Everything you need to know about Juneteenth
(People)

Here's what Juneteenth looks like in 2020 (photos)
(Carlie Porterfield, Forbes)

Faith leaders around the country prepare for historic Juneteenth celebrations
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Juneteenth: 4 interesting facts about the celebration marking end of slavery
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Juneteenth 2020: Peaceful protesters rally in U.S. cities to mark the end of American Slavery
(Bloomberg QuickTake News, YouTube Video)

More people are recognizing Juneteenth in 2020
(FiveThirtyEight)

Presidential Message on Juneteenth, 2020
(Donald J. Trump, The White House)

Chicago celebrates Juneteenth with interfaith march through iconic Grant Park
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

‘VeggieTales’ creator Phil Vischer releases viral video on race in America
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Rethinking white privilege and how we are really blessed
(Alan Cross, Religion News Service Opinion)

St. Junipero Serra statue torn down in San Francisco Park
(Catholic News Agency)

A Kairos moment: “a propitious moment for decision or action"
(Jim Wallis, Religion News Service Opinion)

Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia (consolidated with Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda)
(Case Page, SCOTUSblog)

Opinion analysis: Federal employment discrimination law protects gay and transgender employees (Updated)
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Are we all textualists now?: Amy Howe and Kevin Russell discuss oral arguments in LGBT employment discrimination cases
(SCOTUStalk, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: LGBT rights and religious freedom—finding a better way
(Alexander Dushku and R. Shawn Gunnarson, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The simplistic logic of Justice Neil Gorsuch’s account of sex discrimination
(Ryan Anderson, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The moral arc bends toward justice: Toward an intersectional legal analysis of LGBTQ rights
(Nicole Berner and Monica Jin Joo Wilk, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The triumph of textualism: “Only the written word is the law”
(Jonathan Skrmetti, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: Progressive textualism and LGBTQ rights
(Katie Eyer, SCOTUSblog)

Symposium: The strength of the written word fulfills Title VII’s promise
(Sarah Rice, SCOTUSblog)

Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court
(Mark Sherman, Associated Press)

Religious implications of Supreme Court's LGBT decision
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Measuring the religious significance of the Supreme Court's LGBT decision
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service Opinion)

Religious liberty questions remain after court's ruling
(Tom Strode, Baptist News Global)

LGBTQ Rights v. Religious Liberties
(Elizabeth Redden, Inside Higher Ed)

The rainbow and the cross at the Supreme Court
(R.S. Ghio, Public Square Magazine)

Bostock is as sad as you think
(Andrew Walker, Christianity Today Opinion)

Do job protections for gay people imperil religious freedom? Not really
(Michael McGough, Los Angeles Times Opinion)

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