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Wednesday, 10 June 2020

Jemar Tisby and Tyler Burns: Black Christians ‘cannot do this alone’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Remembering the Christianity of Jesus, not empire
(Amy Butler, Religion News Service Opinion)

The moderator’s dilemma: Donald Trump has reignited a debate about regulating speech online
(The Economist)

After St. John’s, thinking differently about a president, a Bible and race
(Nick Hall, Religion News Service Opinion)

Stop asking what the Bible means to the President
(Seth Perry, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Bahrain releases human rights activist Nabeel Rajab from prison
(Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Top Saudi cleric: Jews, Muslims need to join forces to fight antisemitism
(The Jerusalem Post)

Iran says it's ready for more prisoner swaps with the US
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Can a clinical negligence trial be heard remotely?
(Caroline Cross, UK Human Rights Blog)

Minneapolis faces not just a rebuilding but a reckoning
(Justin Ellis, The Atlantic)

Iranian-American freed in prisoner swap with U.S. arrives in Iran
(Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Peter Graff, Reuters)

Majid Taheri: US releases Iranian doctor in prisoner swap
(BBC News)

The double standard of the American riot
(Kellie Carter Jackson, The Atlantic)

Religious liberty attorneys suing New Jersey governor respond to lifting of stay-home orders
(InsiderNJ)

Critics object to religious liberty gains
(Eurasia Review Opinion)

Supreme Court should protect faith-based agencies and free exercise
(Edwin Meese III, Newsweek Opinion)

Paycheck protection, churches and the Constitution - It’s complicated
(Peter J. Reily, Forbes)

Despite win in Wisconsin, religious discrimination remains during lockdown
(Zack Smith, The Daily Signal - Commentary)

ERLC panel encourages habits of rest
(Liz Tablazon, Biblical Recorder)

Justice Roberts swings away from unfettered religious liberty on church openings
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Critics object to religious liberty gains
(Catholic League)

Religious liberty attorneys, ” Our lawsuit seeks to be the catalyst that will end New Jersey’s experiment in absolute monarchy.”
(The Ridgewood Blog)

Southern Baptist President J.D. Greear says ‘black lives matter’
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Donor privacy under attack
(Steve West, World News Group)

'Gospel Above All' drives diversity, unity, missions, abuse prevention
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

Canada’s religious leaders should stop tolerating unjustified lockdown
(John Carpay, The Epoch Times)

Josh Hawley requests investigation of religious liberty violations by state officials
(Jon Guze, the Locker Room)

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (due 10 June 2020): KAICIID Fellows Programme
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

ONLINE EVENT, 10 June 2020 (2pm EDT): Religious Responsibilities in Confronting Police Brutality
(Please RRSVP by 12:00 p.m. on June 10 to receive the Zoom link to this webinar, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the University of Southern California’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture.)

WEB EVENT, 10 June 2020 (10:30 am EDT): USCIRF virtual hearing on safeguarding religious freedom in Northeast Syria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

WEBINAR, 10 June 2020 (03:00 PM in Qatar, GMT+3, 8 am EDT): China’s Role in the MENA Region Post-COVID-19
(Adel Abdel Ghafar, Degang Sun, Emilie Tran, Yahia H. Zoubir, Zeno Leoni,, The Brookings Doha Center)

Outside-The-Box Ministry
(Sandra Blackmer, Adventist News Network)

EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement but 14 Protestants still in prison
(The 88 Project, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

ADRA Peru volunteers deliver vouchers, food kits to vulnerable families
(Rosemary Sanchez, Adventist News Network)

Programs on miscarriage, racial injustice recognized with awards
(Ellen Hostetler, Adventist News Network)

White Christians, it’s time for us to repent
(Tyler James Russell, Red Letter Christians)

United Methodist bishops affirm protests, call members to pray twice daily for 8 minutes, 46 seconds
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Trump faith advisers say the president did the right thing by visiting church
(Jace Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Litigation trends in the post COVID-19 world
(Dani Alexis Ryskamp, J.D., Expert Institute)

DC Catholic priests invited to 'prayerful protest' at White House
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Muslim World League head becomes first recipient of award uniting faiths
(Jewish News Syndicate)

Judicial restraint in the time of COVID-19?
(Karla Chaffee, RLUIPA-Defense)

COVID-19 arrests for religious gatherings in Chile
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Nepalese police arrest pastor for preaching about COVID-19
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Ban on sex offender attending church services is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

TV pastor Jim Bakker hopes attorney general halts probe
(Associated Press)

Catholic stations in Brazil offer positive coverage for government money, report claims
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukrainian president again asks pope to help with citizens’ release
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Swiss Guards receive formation in security, faith, chaplain says
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

France: Covid-19 – Scapegoating an Evangelical church in Mulhouse
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

German Foreign Minister’s humiliating supplication to Beijing endangers pro-democracy activist
(Aaron Rhodes, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Church participation has been declining for decades. Will the pandemic make it worse?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)

God and guns: American churchgoers are packing heat and opening a new era in Christendom
(Paul Glader and Michael Ray Smith, Religion Unplugged)

In Jewish tradition, racism is a sin
(Jason Rubenstein, Forward)

New level of severity of punishment of Jehovah's Witnesses reached
(Memorial, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Crimea: Third jailing as second Jehovah's Witness jailed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Dramatic funeral service for George Floyd: Was there Gospel in it, or only politics?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Hong Kong's religious freedom crisis takes backseat to basic journalistic norms in USA
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

China’s ‘repression against all religions continues to intensify’, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says as report devotes section to Xinjiang’s Uygurs
(Owen Churchill, South China Morning Post)

Ohio Senate unanimously passes student religious expression bill
(Laura Hancock, cleveland.com)

Indonesians remain sensitive to perceived blasphemy: YLBHI
(Budi Sutrisno, The Jakarta Post)

Race relations in light of Islamic teachings
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community of Michigan)

Italy’s homophobia law threatens pulpit
(Jules Gomes, Church Militant)

US watchdog group: Turkey’s actions in Syria endanger religious diversity
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Tuesday, 9 June 2020

Gay rights, religion, and what’s wrong with principles
(Andrew Koppelman, OUPblog - Religion)

DAILY HIGHLIGHT #75: The COVID-19 Vaccine Challenge: Faith Fears?
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

USCIRF commends Bahrain for release of prisoner of conscience Nabeel Rajab
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF releases new report about religious prisoners of conscience in Vietnam
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Religion Photos of the Week - 6 June 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Nigeria: Alleged Christian persecution: Presidency accuses IPOB of misleading US, UK
(Omololu Ogunmade, This Day)

Latest on the Lockdown Challenge in the UK courts
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Interview: Leading Sant’Egidio’s Prayer for Peaceful Coexistence in US, Cardinal Farrell prays for unity & against division
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Getting ready for July 4th: What enduring values unite Americans of all religious outlooks?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

A moment we must face: Confronting a perennial sign of inhumanity
(Ganoune Diop, Adventist Review Online)

Round Up 8.6.2020 – George Floyd protests spread worldwide, Hong Kong concerns rise and the UK eases coronavirus lockdown…
(Thomas Hayes, UK Human Rights Blog)

Jewish American Heritage Month: annual celebration of Jewish American achievements and contributions to American culture
(Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)

Will COVID-19 increase religious hostilities and discrimination?
(Marie Juul Petersen & Claire Thomas & Sajjad Hassan, OpenGlobalRights)

Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak
(BBC News)

Notre-Dame fire: Work starts to remove melted scaffolding
(BBC)

George Floyd: Black Lives Matter protests go global
(BBC News)

Minnesota Amish must install septic tanks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Minnesota Court of Appeals upholds ruling in Amish gray-water case
(Emily Cutts, Rochester Post Bulletin)

Catholic peace activist sentenced to time served for trespassing
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge sentences 80-year-old Catholic activist for breaking into nuclear submarine base
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

ONLINE EVENT, 9 June 2020 (5 pm EDT) : China at a Crossroads: Standing up for Human Rights During the Pandemic
(Organizer, Montreal Institute For Genocide and Human Rights Studies & Raoul Wallenberg Centre For Human Rights)

ZOOM WEBINAR: 9 June 2020 (1 pm EDT): Religious Studies and the 2020 Election: Tips for Sharing Scholarship with the Public
(David Campell, Iva E. Carruthers, Robert P. Jones, Terrence Johnson, Vincent Lloyd, Melissa Rogers, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

Minister for Human Rights chairs coronavirus roundtable with faith leaders
(Department for International Development, Gov.UK)

2 men say hospital switched them at birth 80 years ago, sue diocese
(Associated Press)

Controlling thought: Changes in usage and semantics, when imposed, are usually exercises in power.
(Theodore Dalrymple, Law & Liberty)

God has ‘removed’ coronavirus, Tanzania’s president claims
(Tom Odula, Associated Press)

Turkey seeks 191 soldiers for alleged tie to US-based cleric
(d, Associated Press)

Necessary bluntness: Archbishop Gregory’s stand for integrity
(John Gehring, Commonweal)

UK bishops urge changes to government’s immigration bill
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Spain begins trial for killings of 5 Jesuits in El Salvador
(Aritz Parra, Associated Press)

The U.S. must use the new Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act to sanction Chinese officials for religious persecution
(Nury Turkel, TIME)

Uzbekistan: When will draft religion law be made public?
(Mushfig Bayram, Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

When churches reopen, don’t sing or shake hands, do make sermons short, says new guide
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

With their annual meeting canceled, RNS (and others) try to assess Southern Baptist conflicts
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Funerals, Holy Communion and ordinations – further advice
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Outdoor weddings in Northern Ireland - "modified rapture"
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

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