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Thursday, 20 February 2020

Famine looms as Exodus like plague of locusts wreaks havoc across East Africa
(Will Maule, Christian Headlines)

“Yes, torture is used in China”: A Church of Almighty God refugee in Spain speaks out
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

It’s time for media to make religious persecution in China a campaign issue
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)

Chinese churches 'must support' Communist leaders and gov't, new law says
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

USCIRF releases new factsheet on China’s regulation of religious groups
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

11th Circuit: Pensacola cross may stay
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Parents sue school district over its transgender policy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian parents sue their school district to force it to out trans kids
(Molly Sprayregen, LGBTQ Nation)

Harrisburg Catholic Diocese files for bankruptcy reorganization
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Will Jewish left-wing voters support the Joint List in March?
(Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Jewish school sues town for religious discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Jewish academy files $10 million discrimination lawsuit against Clarkstown, CUPON
(Robert Brum, Lower Hudson News)

Portuguese parliament debates assisted death
(Joao Duarte Ferreira, Euro News)

Amid protests, Portugal lawmakers vote to allow euthanasia
(Barry Hatton, Associated Press)

Indonesia bill on family targets surrogacy, 'sexual deviations'
(Reuters)

Same-sex marriage: New law has no opt out for Northern Irish florists, photographers and hotels
(Adam Kula, News Letter)

Air Force revises grooming rules to accommodate religious beards, head coverings
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Philippine bishops release additional guidelines to fight coronavirus
(Ryan Harms, Catholic News Service)

Worship in a time of coronavirus: Chinese churches in U.S. fight fears
(Rebecca Tan, The Washington Post)

Three religious extremists detained in Kazan
(Interfax-Religion)

Putin calls to halt any religious discord
(Interfax-Religion)

Execution for a Facebook post? Why blasphemy is a capital offense in some Muslim countries
(Ahmet T. Kuru, The Washington Post)

Facing trial, Netanyahu left with three options
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Montenegro soldiers who join church protests face expulsion
(Samir Kajosevic, Balkan Insight)

Emergency order in the Montenegrin Army: "It is clear, those who attend liturgies..."
(Source: Vecernje Novosti, b92)

Djukanovic: Montenegro must have its own church to resist interference from Serbia
(Source: Beta, b92)

Kate Forbes should not be attacked for her religious beliefs
(TheNational.Scot)

Wednesday, 19 February 2020

Articles of interest - 17 February 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion Photos of the Week - February 16, 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

The winner of the 37th Niwano Peace Prize is a Korean Zen master
(Asia News)

UK Court: Sharia marriages not valid under English Law
(Soeren Kern, Gatestone Institute)

The Chained Wife Problem: Religious and Secular Perspectives
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))

Press Release: Akhter v Khan
(Southhall Black Sisters)

HM Attorney General -v- Akhter and Khan
(In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) On appeal from the Family Court Williams J [2018] EWFC 54, Court and Tribunals Judiciary)

Sharia, the Cairo Declaration and the European Convention on Human Rights
(Parlilamentary Assembly Resolution 2253 (2019), Council of Europe)

Council of Europe calls for Muslim couples in UK to legally have to register marriage before or during Islamic ceremony
(Maya Openheim, Independent)

The Aguna Problem – Recent Developments
(Haim Shapira, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))

Divorce and the Chained Wife: The Interplay of Civil Law and Religious Law
(Mark Hill QC, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))

Employment tribunal claim – Christ Church, Oxford
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Human Rights Watch submission to the European Union for the EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue
(Human Rights Watch)

Raqqa seeks to repair what IS ruined
(Rana al-Ahmde, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Iran’s most powerful hardline clerics to reunite in Assembly of Experts election
(Rohollah Faghihi, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Report: Yemen’s Houthis now sporting deadlier drones
(Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Yemen war: A look at a 'serious humanitarian crisis'
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

How Houthi forces won key Yemeni district
(Ammar al-Ashwal, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Is the time ripe for ultimate eclipse of al-Qaeda in Yemen?
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

After years of conflict, shoots of peace emerging in Yemen
(Julie Lenarz, The Jerusalem Post)

Aging Shiite cleric a powerhouse in Iraq. What comes after?
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Mariam Fam, Associated Press)

Has Sadr lost the Iraqi street?
(Omar Sattar, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

In our opinion: Corporate America is learning the value of faith in the workplace
(The Editorial Board, Deseret News Opinion)

Round Up 17.02.20 – Detentions, quarantines, deportations and reshuffles….
(Thomas Hayes, UK Human Rights Blog)

Pakistan-India crossing is a ‘Corridor of Hope’, UN chief says, wraps up visit with call for interfaith dialogue
(United Nations, The European Sting)

14-year-old Pakistani Christian kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam is reunited with her family
(Lori Arnold, Christian Headlines)

Religious freedom under attack in Pakistan according to Christian Solidarity Worldwide
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

FoRB Prisoners Database (since 2013)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

A look inside the new General Handbook for Church Leaders and Members
(Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Lattery Saints)

General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (English)
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Solidarity with “Fridays for Future” - Statement of the European Christian Environmental Network

Christian delegation discusses migration and asylum with Ylva Johansson
(Conference of European Churches)

CEC congratulates Archbishop Anastasios of Albania on receiving Klaus Hemmerle 2020
(Conference of European Churches)

Kashmir: why Trump’s offer of international mediation is a good idea
(Saloni Kapur, The Conversation)

Brexit is not a time for the UK to step back from the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Pensacola's Bayview Park cross can stay, does not violate Constitution, appeals court rules
(Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal)

Iowa Senate Republicans advance new 72-hour abortion waiting period after previous version struck down in court
(Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register)

‘I will euthanise myself before I go into aged care’: how aged care is failing LGBTI+ people
(Andreq Waling and Anthony Lyons, The Conversation)

Failure to protect women from domestic violence is a breach of Article 3 of the Convention
(Elliot Gold, Guest Post, UK Human Rights Blog)

France to end imam, teacher deals to counter extremism
(Sylvie Corbet and Jean-Francois Badias, Associated Press)

Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams in France to combat ‘separatism’
(France 24)

France and Muslims: What will Macron's declaration change?
(Mark Owen, France 24)

Turkish minority slams Greek president over denial of their identity
(Daily Sabah)

Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy to survive a deluge of sex-abuse claims
(Mike Baker, The New York Times)

Boy Scouts bankruptcy bid prompts other sex abuse victims to step forward
(Corky Siemaszko, NBC News)

Boy Scouts of America, hobbled by multiple sex-abuse lawsuits, files for bankruptcy protection
(Corky Siemaszko, NBC News)

Australia's disability inquiry told of mistreatment of people with Down syndrome
(Catholic News Agency)

Australian religious discrimination bill backfires on Christians
(Luke Beck, The Sydney Morning Herald)

First Victorian euthanasia figures released
(Rachel Baxendale, The Australian)

Finnish Evangelical pastor, MP under investigation over anti-LGBTQ booklet
(Aaron Reich, The Jerusalem Post)

Follow Tasmania's lead on religious freedom laws says Labor's Ella Haddad
(Emily Jarvie, The Advocate)

EU urged to press Vietnam for rights changes
(UCA News)

USCIRF releases new factsheet on India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Mormon-owned BYU eases rules on ‘homosexual behavior’
(Brady McCombs, Associated Press)

Indiana official ‘sorry’ for Islamophobic posts won’t resign
(Associated Press)

Christian sues US Postal Service over Sunday work shifts
(Associated Press)

Bari trip gives Pope a chance to help save Christianity in the Middle East
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

JRS calls on UK to give refugees more time to land on their feet
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic bishops from around the world urge peace talks to solve Cameroon crisis
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The long arm of the dragon: Chinese harassment of refugees fleeing religious persecution
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Crimea: 35 "anti-missionary" prosecutions in 2019
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Record number of anti-Semitic incidents documented in the Netherlands
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Russia blacklists hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Sam Field, World Religion News)

Utah men accused of attacking missionary face enhanced charges due to hate crime law
(Jeremy Harris, 2KUTV)

Mention ‘Jain’ as religion in census, monks tell followers
(Vijaysinh Parmar, Times of India)

Indian tribals rally for recognition of their religion
(UCA News)

How California's abortion mandate trampled on Catholic nuns
(Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Diocese of Harrisburg files for bankruptcy amid new sex abuse lawsuits
(Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency)

LGBTQ+ law clinic at Gonzaga Law raises 'serious concerns' for Spokane bishop
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

London to Malta via Rome: Following the money in Vatican financial scandals
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)

UK health service clarifies policy to deny care to 'homophobic' patients
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Eastern Catholic bishops in US have particular pastoral concern for immigrants
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

14 parents sue school district over policy allowing children to change name, gender identity at school without parental consent
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

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