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Saturday, 20 June 2020

Religious exemptions not clear in SCOTUS civil rights ruling, legal experts say
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)

'But Gorsuch...' crashes at Supreme Court: Now watch for 'Utah' references in news reports
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Are we headed toward a federal version of the Utah Compromise on LGBTQ rights?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

Poll: Most Americans think government should stay out of religious organizations’ hiring decisions
(Elle Reynolds, The Federalist)

LGBT claimant in Supreme Court win not fired because he was gay, former employer says
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Legislating religious liberty
(Harvest Prude, World News Group)

In protecting LGBTQ workers, America must not overlook religious rights
(Hal Boydand Robert Snyder, Deseret News Opinion)

What the Supreme Court LGBT decision could mean for Catholic employers
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

After landmark LGBT rights ruling, unresolved questions await Supreme Court
(Marcia Coyle, law.com)

Certainly uncertain times (the Supreme Court's employment law decision)
(Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek Opinion)

Religious liberty, uplifting stories (June 20)
(Montse Alvarado of Becket, National Catholic Register)

Amazon bans Family Research Council from AmazonSmile program
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

COVID-19 pandemic cannot distract us from the urgent need to eliminate sexual violence
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

In Togo, a Catholic nun fights COVID-19 for the sake of her AIDS patients
(Clement Girardot, Religion News Service)

Indonesia’s Islamic charities: Plugging gaps In economic relief – Analysis
(Eurasia Review Analysis)

Justice Department sues Virginia county for blocking Muslim cemetery
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Tennessee bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected
(Cassandra Maas, Jurist: Legal News & Research)

The Value of Life
(Christof Heyns, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Carmella on "Progressive Religion and Free Exercise Exemptions"
(Thomas Berg, Mirror of Justice Blog)

Britain has the wrong government for the covid crisis
(The Economist)

Racism in Australia is not just a thing of the past
(The Economist)

Learning from US Streets / A moment of reckoning
(Agnes Callamard, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

At a German train station, a unique memorial is dedicated to Jews deported to their death
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

US bishops may want to look to Burundi as they ponder 2020 race
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

German church covers anti-Semitic sculpture it was forced to keep
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Why talk about bad actors versus good people misses the problem of systemic racism
(Linda McCain, OUPblog)

The future of the church may belong to the fecund, but not the nuclear family
(Holly Stallcup, Religion News Service Opinion)

Liturgy-hungry young Christians trade altar calls for Communion rails
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Black Lives Matter and International Law
(Gail Lythgoe and Mary Guest, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Implementation of the ECtHR’s judgments – A Call for Greater Transparency
(Ewa Garbarz, Guest Post, ECHR Blog)

Stafford sued over Muslim cemetery
(News Radio WRVA)

U.S. pushes rollback of health care protections for transgender people
(Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette)

Ben Shapiro: 'There's no way' Civil Rights Act was meant to encompass gender identity
(Dan Andros, CBN News)

Complete coverage of the George Floyd protests on Religion News Service

Friday, 19 June 2020

Religion and Religious Freedom in the COVID-19 Era: Finding Community and Hope (report of the conference)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Role of religion, bipartisanship discussed at BYU Religious Freedom Annual Review
(Darnell Dickson, Daily Herald)

BYU conference touts religious freedom as soothing balm during COVID-19
(Jason Swensen, Deseret News Faith)

Mike Leavitt urges individual preventative action to combat COVID-19
(Jared Lloyd, Daily Herald)

Latter-day Saint apostle says pandemic is a ‘wake-up call’ about the fragility of religious freedom
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)

Why Sens. Mike Lee and Kyrsten Sinema believe religion can help heal racial divides
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Never again can we let religion — or any first freedom — become ‘nonessential’
(Boyd Matheson, Deseret News Opinion)

Iran's economy in desperate need of solutions
(Ali Dadpay, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Court rejects churches’ lawsuit against Ill. worship restrictions
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Notre Dame Law School establishes Religious Liberty Clinic
(Dennis Brown, Notre Dame News)

Notre Dame launches religious liberty clinic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Egypt's lucrative blood plasma black market
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt to develop citadel as new hub of Historic Cairo
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Rome’s Irish College will not receive Irish seminarians next academic year
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Why are Christians leaving Palestinian territories?
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

‘Thousands of Christians killed’ in Nigeria: UK lawmakers call for investigation into reports of 'genocide'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Planned Parenthood endorses Joe Biden, plans to triple spending for Democrats in 2020
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Rogue Russian priest seizes convent with Cossack brigade, sparks public showdown with Church – Analysis
(Matthew Luxmoore, Eurasia Review Analysis)

‘People Still Need Us’: A Report on a Survey of Faith Leaders on the Island of Ireland during the Covid-19 Pandemic
(Gladys Ganiel, Queen’s University Belfast, The Irish Council of Churches/Irish Inter-Church Meeting)

Tibet, Tibetan refugees and the way ahead
(Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Sharia Law in Europe?
(University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre)

Religious liberty commission recommends binding agreement with Pakistan to halt abuses
(National Catholic Register)

New podcast: What's next in terms of Sexual Revolution vs. religious liberty news?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Court: City can exclude churches while favoring theaters and entertainment
(Pacific Justice Institute)

What liberty meant to the pilgrims
(Nathaneal Blake, National Review)

Religious groups voice support for Lubbock diocese in defamation suit
(Gabriel Monte, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)

Institutional advantage: The pandemic reveals how power rests with the Church
(Massimo Fagioli, Commonweal)

Trump calls for ‘new justices’ on Supreme Court, as conservatives rage at Roberts
(Adam Shaw, Fox News)

UK's advocacy about Patriarch Antonios of the Eritrean Orthodox Church
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Eritrea: Orthodox Christians in prison
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

USCIRF welcomes Senator Charles Schumer’s appointment of Frederick A. Davie to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF condemns Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

CSW concerned by UK's merger of DfID and FCO
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Romanians protest against ban on gender identity studies
(Reuters)

Public masses to resume in Northern Ireland on June 29
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic aid agency urges Ireland to use UN Security Council seat to protect human rights
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Hopes for teaching Christianity in schools in Sudan wilt
(Evangelical Focus Europe)

Advancing religious freedom for all requires a multi-faceted, global effort
(Jeremy P. Barker, Real Clear Religion)

Former Ukrainian president threatened for church policy
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Ukrainian crime bureau denies interfering in church question
(Ukrainiskaia Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Labour has a ‘long way to go’ on antisemitism, Jewish leaders warn Starmer
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)

Free exercise of religion - coronavirus in the Philippines
(Tony La Viña, Manila Standard)

Taking a direct stand against antisemitism – our report to UN Special Rapporteur
(Shaheryar Gill, American Center for Law and Justice)

Affirm 'Black Lives Matter' but reject the organization, Mohler urges Christians
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Hopes wilt for teaching Christianity in schools in Sudan
(Christian Headlines)

San Diego churches, city leaders to gather for prayer event
(Scott Slayton, Christian Headlines)

Court rules California church can't meet in downtown building it owns
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

SBC's Ronnie Floyd: 'The Church of Jesus Christ must answer this moment in American history'
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

Turkish-backed militants persecuting Christians, Yazidis after US troop pullback: USCIRF
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Trump calls shooting of Rayshard Brooks ‘terrible situation but you can’t resist officer’
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

US bishops ask Catholics to pray for Brownsville diocese border wall fight
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Ahead of election, political advocacy group says it aims to encourage Catholic turnout
(Catholic News Agency)

What is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart? A CNA Explainer
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Pandemic forces Jews to be flexible on ritual circumcisions
(Menachem Wecker, Religion News Service)

US protests inspire activists across Middle East
(Al-Monitor)

Israeli security chiefs warn that annexation could ignite the West Bank
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Can Trump secure release of all US hostages in Iran?
(Mark Fitzpatrick, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Saudi Arabia to reopen Mecca mosques as cases surpass 150,000
(Al-Monitor)

Germany’s far-right a major loser from COVID-19, so far
(Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings: Order from Chaos)

DAILY HIGHLIGHT #104: Pope Francis on Mask Debates
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Thursday, 18 June 2020

USCIRF urges the Administration to immediately enforce the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF leaders discuss international religious freedom with U.S. Secretary of State
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Nury Turkel, Uyghur leader: My work at USCIRF
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Supreme Court issues historic ruling: Title VII prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ employees
(Eric Bachman, Forbes)

WEBINAR RECORDING, 18 June 2020: COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series || EPISODE 11: Africa and the Middle East Perspectives
(Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Fayyad Alqudah, Khalid Hajji, Ahmed Salisu Garba, Luka David Mosoma)

Canada Supreme Court to hear church case
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)

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