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EVENT, 18-20 February 2021: European Regional Pre-Assembly for WCC 11th Assembly (Conference of European Churches and World Council of Churches)
EVENT, 7-9 September 2020: Sixth ICLARS Conference Human Dignity, Law, and Religious Diversity: Designing the Future of Inter-Cultural Societies (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
EVENT, 5-7 March 2020: International Moot Court Competition in Law and Religion in Rome (European Academy of Religion)
CONFERENCE, 3-5 March 2020: Artificial Intelligence and Religion – AIR2020 (International Conference, 3-5 March 2020, Centre for Religious Studies Centre for Information and Communication Technology Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), Trento)
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Greece can’t force parents to reveal beliefs for religious exemption (Molly Quell, Courthouse News Service)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – October (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Mandatory religious instruction again: Papageorgiou (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Putin concerned about Christians' mass exodus from Middle East (Interfax-Religion)
Russian president uses Middle Eastern churches to extend influence (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
The ex-gangster in Berlin who hid his Jewish identity (Elizabeth Grenier, Deutsche Welle)
Patriarchs press for preservation of Christian presence in Middle East (Catholic News Service)
Church communities in Belarus motivate people to ride bicycles (European Christian Environmenal Network)
More answers to readers’ queries and comments – September/October (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Crimea: Four months in Russian prison punishment cell (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Putin plans to meet with heads of Mideast Christian Churches in Budapest (Interfax-Religion)
UK, Argentine military bishops exchange icons as part of Falklands War reconciliation (Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Muslim headscarf debate divides France, in climate of hate (Elaine Ganley, Associated Press)
Gibraltar: Referendum on abortion set for March 19, Parliament to consider lowering age of eligibility to vote (Gibraltar Chronicle)
UK: Mothers reveal huge pressure to abort babies with Down’s syndrome (The Christian Institute)
Synagogue attack prompts German crackdown on right-wing hate crime (Joseph Nasr, Reuters)
Germany ups fight against anti-Semitism, far-right extremism (Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Where Europe stands on gay marriage and civil unions (Michael Lipka and David Masci, Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Veil back in the spotlight in France as politicians debate new law (Euronews with AFP)
Macron condemns those who use secularism to 'sow hatred and division' (Lauren Chadwick with AFP, Euronews)
French president inaugurates Jewish center in Paris (Associated Press)
French Senate debates Muslim headscarf bill (Associated Press)
Scots face ‘baffling’ list of 21 sexualities to choose from in 2021 census including gynephilic and skoliosexual (Chris Musson | Ben Archibald, The Scottish Sun)
UK: Parents call for right to withdraw their children from LGBT teaching (The Christian Institute)
UK High Court to hear challenge to ‘unfair’ doctors assisted suicide poll (The Christian Institute)
Italian city signs agreement with church to help migrants get documents (Paulina Guzik, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Italian evangelicals denounce lack of religious freedom (Evangelical Focus)
Liberty without morality and religious freedom is but ‘window dressing’ (Boyd Matheson, Deseret News)
Opposite sex civil partnerships – a further update … (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Northern Ireland, same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnership: update (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Russian Church suggests making the Bases of Family principal school subject from 1st to 11th grade (Interfax-Religion)
Another Khabarovsk Jehovah's Witness goes on trial (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Two Jehovah's Witnesses placed on international wanted list (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Turkey resurrects deadly Article 301 against dissent (Orhan Kemal Cengiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Irish light shone in dark times (Jim Fair, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Norway's capital bans goods made in Israeli settlement territories (Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Northern Ireland, same-sex marriage and opposite-sex civil partnership: update (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Opposite sex civil partnerships – a further update … (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Populism and human rights in sharp focus at CEC conference (Press Release, Conference of European Churches)
'Antisemitic' Belgian carnival continues to rouse Jewish anger (JTA Staff, The Jerusalem Post)
Exhumation and reburial of Captain Matthew Flinders (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Two Jehovah's Witnesses arrested in Bryansk Region - police (Interfax-Religion)
Georgian Metropolitan dismissed following statement on country's administration's wish to displace patriarch (Interfax-Religion)
Judge reconsiders treatment of Jehovah's Witness (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Belgium’s first female prime minister is Jewish (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Advocate: Turkish forces doing ‘soft’ ethnic cleansing in northeast Syria (Dale Gavlak, Catholic News Service)
Law and religion round-up – 27th October (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Elder Cook Addresses Benefits of Religious Liberty at University of Oxford (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
The House of Lords on marriages and sharia law (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday musings: in praise of Henry Cockburn (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
“Women are equal to everything” says ex-barmaid, current President of the Supreme Court (Alice Irving, UK Human Rights Blog)
Brexit: when psychology and politics clash (Bruce Hood, OUPblog)
Malta: One in four would be ‘uncomfortable’ with a PM of another religion (Times Malta)
Chinese refugees: Seeking asylum in Italy (Bitter Winter)
Angela Merkel's party mulls legalizing cannabis in Germany (Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)
Norway’s Barnevernet and the future of parental rights (Robert Clarke, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
French president says Muslim hijab ‘not my business’ (The Connexion)
Copy of Hebrew Bible created in Spain by Jews returns there after centuries (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Russia: 32 people on trial after nationwide ban (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Russian high court rules in favor of Baptist evangelism (Mikhail Telekhov, RAPSI, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Belgian parade’s Jewish float was anti-Semitic but not intentionally racist, government says (Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Senior rabbi warns about rise of anti-Semitism in Europe (Colleen Barry, Associated Press)
EVENT, 25 October 2019: Catholic Social Thought and Democratic Civil Society in Ukraine (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
EVENT, 25 October 2019: The Orthodox Church of Ukraine: Ecclesiological, Ecumenical, and Geopolitical Dimensions (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
British bishop rebukes Sydney Anglican leader's call for gay marriage supporters to leave church (Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
There is a wide divergence across Europe in attitudes toward Muslims (Richard Wike, Jacob Poushter, Laura Silver, Kat Devlin, Jnaell Fetterolf, Alexandra Castillo, and Christine Huang, Pew Research Center Global Attitudes & Trends)
Abortion, same-sex marriage are legalized in northern Ireland (Will Maule, Christian Headlines)
France debates whether to ban religious political parties (Evangelical Focus)
Donbas: Luhansk: Worship bans, clergy bans, punishments (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Uzbek Islamist fines in Crimea for making calls for extremism (Interfax-Religion)
Jehovah's Witnesses report members' arrest in Kursk (Interfax-Religion)
Criminal case opened against organizer of Jehovah's Witnesses group in Norilsk (Interfax-Religion)
Detained Jehovah's Witnesses are model persons (Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
British government notes ‘deterioration’ of religious liberty in several countries (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Abortion and same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Russia's historical mission is to keep Europe from breaking away from the Christian tradition - Foreign Intelligence Service chief (Interfax-Religion)
Yes, Russian interests in Syria are political, but there are centuries of religious ties as well (Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
EJIL: Live! (List of podcasts in video and audio, The official podcast of the European Journal of International Law)
Turkey, aggression, and the right to life under the ECHR (Adil Ahmad Haque, EJIL: Talk!)
Turkey, aggression, and the right to life under the ECHR: A reaction to Professor Haque’s post (Pavle Kilibarda, EJIL: Talk!)
Shamima Begum: Stripping citizenship put her at risk of hanging, court hears (BBC News)
Isis Bride Shamima Begum to beg to get UK citizenship back (Jen Mills, Metro)
How Germany is rethinking security for its Jewish community following the Yom Kippur synagogue attack (Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Grant offered for creation of artificial wombs to help premature babies (Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency)
Abortion legalized in N Ireland, after deadlock in devolved legislature (Catholic News Agency)
Abortion law – Northern Ireland (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
NI politicians receive ‘highest-level of correspondence’ on a single issue ever from constituents demanding extreme abortion regime is rejected (Right to Life)
ODIHR releases freedom of religion policy guide (New Europe)
Emerging from Isis genocide, Yazidis in Armenia open religion’s biggest ever temple (Independent)
French veil debate uncovers schism on religious symbols (Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, Financial Times)
IICSA final hearing – Roman Catholic Church (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Chick-fil-A culture war goes international: What's the real story in plans to close British location? (Bobby Ross Jr., Get Religion)
Longer jail time asked for Jehovah's Witness in Siberia (Taiga.info, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Nineteen Jehovah's Witnesses' homes penetrated (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Rights activist points to plan to destroy Jehovah's Witnesses (Svetlana Kravchenko, Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Northern Ireland prepares for momentous abortion, same-sex marriage changes (Reuters, Amanda Ferguson, National Post)
Calls grow for Northern Ireland politicians to lay aside differences, stop abortion law (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Law and religion round-up – 20th October (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Religious freedom and security as mutually reinforcing objectives: Reflections on the new OSCE/ODIHR policy guidance (Dmytro Vovk, Jeroen Temperman, Mine Yildirim, Asma Uddin, Peter Weiderub, Talk About: Law and Religion (blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies))
Swiss doctor sentenced for helping healthy woman to die (swissinfo.ch)
LGBT teaching row: School exclusion zone decision put off (BBC News)
Scottish clergy warn against proposed changes to UK surrogacy laws (Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)
Another hijab furor hits France, over a mother on a school trip (Aurelien Breeden, The New York Times)
Exhumation without church or MoJ approval… but still perfectly legal (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Leader of Russian nationalist forum rejects western democratic values (Interfax-Religion)
UK judge orders woman with mental disability to abort her child against her will (Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
School administrator suspended for questioning why school introduced LGBT agenda (Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Poland's ruling party accused of trying to ban sex education (Catholic News Agency)
Ireland wrestles with cruel legacy of church-run children’s homes (Cain Burdeau, Courthouse News Service)
Irish bishop makes last minute appeal for N. Ireland pols to stop abortion law (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
N Ireland sees effort to recall Assembly ahead of abortion changes (Catholic News Agency)
Could international jaw stop a no-deal Brexit? (Hannah Woolaver, EJIL: Talk!)
Conscientious objection to military service: Mammadov (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Rights court exempts Jehovah’s Witnesses in Azerbaijan from military service (Molly Quell, Courthouse News Service)
Lack of civilian service as an alternative to military service precluded recognition of conscientious objection, in breach of the Convention (Press Release, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg Consortium)
Anti-Semitic hate crimes nearly doubled in England in 2018 (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Where the most generous people live? (novinite.com)
Ukraine's chief rabbi demands that perpetrators, organizers of anti-Semitic provocation in Kiev be brought to justice (Interfax-Religion)
Russia welcomes back Old Believers (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Danger at the synagogue: The story of a shooting tragedy that could have been much worse (Gillian Friedman, Deseret News)
Defiant head vows to keep unregistered school open (Zoe Conway, BBC News)
A mosque in the land of midnight sun (Fortunato Salazar, BBC Travel (Norway))
Macron warning on stigmatising Muslims amid France veil row (BBC News)
'It's not secularism, it's racism': Muslim mum at centre of French hijab row to sue politicians (AFP)
Nearly half of immigrants’ descendants in Denmark say criticizing religion should be illegal (RT.com)
Brexit: agreed revised texts on UK withdrawal from the EU (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Another arrest of Jehovah's Witnesses for evangelism (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
EVENT, 17-19 October 2019: Alternative to Populism from a Human Rights Perspective (Spanish Evangelical Church, Conference of European Churches (Ecumenical Center Los Rubios in Malaga, Spain))
New row erupts over the wearing of the Islamic hijab in public in France (Jacques Demarthon, AFP)
Where Americans and Europeans agree – and differ – in the values they see as important (Pew Research Center Fact Tank)
Electronic Communications Code and the CofE (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Donbas: Luhansk: Community work, fines, property seizure (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Meeting of Russian presidential advisors concerning religion (SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
ECtHR engages in dangerous “triple pirouette” to find criminal prosecution for media coverage of PKK statements did not violate Article 10 (Ronan Ó Fathaigh and Dirk Voorhoof, Strasbourg Observers)
The OSCE produces guidance on freedom of religion or belief and security (Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Albania gets religion: Resurgence of faith in the formerly communist country is raising fears of foreign influence. (Krithika Varagur, Politico)
Restrictions on cremation ashes for jewellery – II (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
RFI president speaks about freedom of conscience at Newman canonization event in Rome (Religious Freedom Institute)
Why are cathedrals in England hosting helter-skelters and golf courses? (Duncan Leatherdale, BBC News)
Deja vu all over again: BBC does another fun cathedrals story that skips somber facts (again) (Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Traditional moral values, democracy can coexist - Patriarch Kirill (Interfax-Religion)
Putin's advisors point out flaws in treatment of religion (Natalia Bashlykova, Izvestiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Czech top court dismisses taxation of church restitution (Associated Press)
German security services want more powers to fight extremism (Frank Jordans, Associated Press)
Bishops join Extinction Rebellion protesters in London (Joe Ware, The Guardian)
Dean Hall calls for state-funded Muslim schools (Hattie Williams, The Church Times)
UK court authorizes forced abortion for disabled woman in new case (Catholic News Agency)
Rise in same-sex couples adopting as charity says they are more willing to care for 'harder to place' children (Gabriella Swerling, The Telegraph)
Inventing transgender children and young people (Heather Brunskell Evans ISocial Theorist and Philosopher), Blog)
UK: Study claiming ‘religious children are mean’ is retracted (The Christian Institute)
Tens of thousands march in Paris for children’s right to a father (The Christian Institute)
Law and religion round-up – 13th October (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
A terrorist attack on Yom Kippur in Halle, Germany (Elisabeth Zerofsky, The New Yorker)
Charter Values are not Charter Rights by another name: McKitty (Canada) (Guest Post by Barry Bussey, Law & Religion UK)
Disqualifying a church pastor from charity trusteeship: Phelps (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New Syrian constitution must guarantee interests of all ethnic, religious groups - Putin (Interfax-Religion)
Alma-Ata (Russia) police conduct searches at Jehovah's Witnesses office (Interfax-Religion)
Prince praises Newman; others promote him as ‘doctor of the Church’ (Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)
Thousands in Berlin protest against anti-Semitism (Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Conservatives dominate Polish vote, capitalize on spending (Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Majority in Northern Ireland oppose extreme new abortion laws (Right to Life)
Christian charity launches campaign to ‘end euthanasia’ (Tola Mbakwe, Premier)
A ban on access to a place of worship constructed in a public space in breach of urban planning regulations was justified (European Court of Human Rights)
Unauthorised church buildings, title and planning permission: Pantelidou (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Today's methods for countering anti-Semitism insufficient - The Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (FJCR) (Interfax-Religion)
Germany probes synagogue suspect, pledges better security (Geir Moulson and Pietro de Cristofaro, Associated Press)
New book: Religious Beliefs and Conscientious Exemptions in a Liberal State (Edited by John Adenitire, Independent Publishers Group)
USCIRF statement on anniversary of Pastor Andrew Brunson’s release by Turkish authorities (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Judgment Pastörs v. Germany - Holocaust denial is not protected by the European Convention on Human Rights (Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
The German synagogue shooter was a far-right extremist. Here’s why that’s rare in Europe (Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Security measures and the gender dimension of freedom of religion or belief (Mine Yildirim, Talk About: Law and Religion)
Transdniester: Conscientious objectors banned from leaving (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Inner House delays ruling in Vince v Advocate General (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Channel Islands Commission – Recommendations (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Russia: Lawyers argue case about religious use of housing (RAPSI, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Italy’s new odd couple: Can a new coalition government stave off Matteo Salvini? (Massimo Faggioli, Commonweal)
USCIRF statement on Turkish offensive in northeast Syria (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Gunman kills two in attack on German synagogue, kebab shop (Ron Kampeas and Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Yom Kippur attack in German synagogue condemned by World Council of Churches (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
USCIRF responds to Yom Kippur attack in Germany (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Patriarch Kirill congratulates Western Europe's 'Russian exarchate' on rejoining Russian Orthodox Church (Interfax Religion)
Tens of thousands protest France IVF bill (Catholic News Agency)
UK company apologizes for pro-life billboard aimed at local MP (Catholic News Agency)
Property disputes and Orthodoxy: Orlović and Metropolitan Church of Bessarabia (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Georgian patriarch hopes for German president to facilitate settlement of Transcaucasia's crises (Interfax-Religion)
Why did Putin's comments not help Jehovah's Witnesses? (Viktor Vladimirov, GolosAmeriki, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Five new Jehovah's Witnesses criminal cases in Moscow suburb (Vrossii.onlain, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Judge shows a little mercy for Jehovah's Witnesses (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Two Jehovah's Witnesses released from custody, placed under house arrest in Russia's Primorye (Interfax-Religion)
Two more arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Law and religion round-up – 6th October (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
State schools and religion: ‘We’re changing in the same way as society is’ (Carl O'Brien, The Irish Times)
Batei Din and arbitration awards: Sterling (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Bishops call on European citizens to wake up, rejoice (Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
French conservatives protest bill allowing IVF for lesbians (Chris Den Hond and Angela Charlton, Associated Press)
UN racism rapporteur criticizes Dutch burqa ban (Mike Corder, Associated Press)
Healthcare-workers and transgender clients: Mackereth (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
British Employment Tribunal rules against doctor who objects to policy on pronouns for transgender patients (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Court says conviction for holocaust denial does not violate free speech rights (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Fired for using the wrong pronouns (UK and USA) (Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Family, faith, flag: the religious right and the battle for Poland’s soul (Julian Coman, The Guardian)
Russia: Jailings "equate peaceful believers with dangerous criminals" (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Ukrainian Catholics seek communication with U.S.A. (RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian Consitutional Court to rule on troublesome issue for small religious groups (Mikhail Telekhov, RAPSI, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
A Swedish political party says it will fight to ban circumcision (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Paris prosecutors: Police attack suspect adhered to 'radical vision of Islam' (Deutsche Welle)
Northern Ireland abortion law ruled to breach human rights (Rory Carroll, The Guardian)
Northern Ireland's abortion restrictions violate European Human Rights Convention (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Restrictions on cremation ashes for jewellery – I (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Religion in schools in Wales (Guest Post by Russell Sandberg, Law & Religion UK)
Hong Kong mask ban has precedent in France – but not Europe as a whole (Suart Lau, South China Morning Post)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – September (II) (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
'New church in town' causes quite a stir in French archdiocese (Guillemette de Préval, La Croix International)
KAICIID expands integration tools to new communities in Austria (KAIICID Dialogue Centre)
New CofE guidance on partial burial of remains &c (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
CJEU declares pre-checked boxes for cookie consent illegal: Planet49 (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) in a request for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Bundesgerichtshof (InfoCuria, Case-law of the Court of Justide of the European Union)
Chasids leave Uman, Russia: Chasidic pilgrims, who celebrated the Jewish New Year in Uman are leaving the town in organized manner (Interfax-Religion)
Russian court finally agrees with Jehovah's Witnesses' claims (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian government claims American interference in Ukrainian church dispute (Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
In Belgium, Jewish leaders worry that anti-Semitism has become kosher (Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Pope’s right-hand man works bureaucratic miracle for refugees (Paulina Guzik, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
European Court orders Bosnia to remove Orthodox church (Associated Press)
Bosnia and Herzegovina must enforce decisions ordering removal of church built on Srebrenica genocide survivors’ land (Court Press Release, European Court of Human Rights)
Spain’s window for Sephardic Jews to seek nationality closes (Associated Press)
The dueling US foreign policy approaches to Ukraine pose a risk for Kyiv (Steven Pifer, Brookings)
Law and religion round-up – 29th September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – September (I) (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
“Mother” defined in common law (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Italy's bishops: Society loses 'light of reason' with legalization of euthanasia (Catholic News Agency)
'Whoever disrespects a country's laws is not a true Muslim' / International Conference for Peace and Solidarity in Paris (Anne-Bénédicte Hoffner, La Croix International)
Persecution of Christians is being ignored, says Hungarian official (Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service)
Conservative Party (UK) warned that debate over religion must be respectful to all (Jamie Prentis, The National)
CURA hosts conference on Muslim communities in Europe and North America (The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University)
Is Europe Christian? by Olivier Roy (Ben Hall, Financial Times)
IICSA inquiry – Residential music schools (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Putin greets Russian Jews on Rosh Hashanah (Interfax-Religion)
Moscow patriarchate disputes American view of religious liberty (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Northern Ireland Christian leaders: People weren’t consulted on abortion (Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
Catholic bioethics center: Proposed changes to UK surrogacy law would ‘demean pregnancy’ (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
HIAS opens Brussels office to bring Jews and non-Jewish asylum seekers together (Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Uniting faith and reason in the Czech Republic (The Lutheran World Federation)
Survey: Nearly half of Austrians want Muslims' rights restricted (novinite.com)
Bishops’ Brexit bulletin (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Russian Muslim leaders encourage polygamy ‘to help women’ (Tom Parfitt, The Times)
Initiative for multiple marriages in Russia publicly discussed (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Viceroy of southern region of Russia alarmed by Jehovah's Witnesses (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Attacks on LGBT+ people increase in Germany (John Silk, Elliot Douglas, Deutsche Welle)
Azerbaijan: Large fine amid continuing religious censorship (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Israel, US urge EU to take action against boycott movement (Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press)
Italian Catholic bishops oppose assisted suicide ruling (Associated Press)
Ukraine will not tolerate crimes based on anti-Semitism, xenophobia, intolerance - Zelensky (Interfax-Religion)
Hit by terror and a sluggish economy, Nice’s once-vibrant Jewish community faces uncertain future (Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
USCIRF urges U.S. policymakers to remain engaged on religious freedom in Turkey (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Harry and Meghan visit South Africa’s oldest mosque on tour (Associated Press)
President Trump tells businesses to protect religious freedom (Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Belgium under fire over policy towards Israel (Martin Banks, EU Today)
Nuns hope to be disciples of hope in changing landscape of human trafficking (Claire Giangravè, Religion News Service)
Security Council debates closer links between multilateral organizations in Europe and Asia (UN news)
French education minister reignites row over Muslim headscarf (Angelique Chrisafis, The Guardian)
Two more months of prison for Jehovah's Witnesses in Dagestan (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witnesses Bible leads to charges (Social Media News, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Poland's ruling party puts an extraordinary museum of Polish-Jewish history into limbo (Masha Gessen, The New Yorker)
Tens of thousands march for ban on abortions in Slovakia (Reuters)
Supreme Court rules unanimously that the prorogation of Parliament was unlawful (Jonathan Metzer, UK Human Rights Blog)
Does the European Court of Human Rights Have to Decide on Sovereignty over Crimea? Part I: Jurisdiction in Article 1 ECHR (Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk!)
Does the European Court of Human Rights Have to Decide on Sovereignty over Crimea? Part II: Issues Lurking on the Merits (Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk!)
Breaking news: Supreme Court rules prorogation of Parliament unlawful (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Parliament update on Supreme Court judgment (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
EVENT, 24-26 September 2019: First Meeting of Ecumenical Officers and Secretaries for Theology (Orthodox Church of England, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, Conference of European Churches (Kaunisniemi, Finland))
Turkey serves deportation order after German’s 20 years of tourism work (Barbara G. Baker, World Watch Monitor)
In U.N. remarks, Trump calls for more activism on behalf of persecuted people of faith (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News InDepth)
After Cardinal Marx visits Vatican, Germany's 'synodal way' up for bishops' vote (Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
N Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party reiterates its prolife stance (Catholic News Agency)
French bishops oppose medically assisted procreation for single moms, lesbians (Catholic News Service)
Law and religion round-up – 22nd September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Opinion: Good relations between church and state in Belarus (Belarusian Telegraphic Agency)
Is vegetarianism a “protected characteristic”? Conisbee (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Peter Edge: Vegetarianism as a protected characteristic: another view on Conisbee (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Head of Council of Muftis gives number of Muslims who live in Moscow (Interfax-Religion)
American government speaks out for Russian Jehovah's Witnesses (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Head of new Ukrainian church receives German diplomat (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Germany's Catholic Church struggles with women and power (Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Human chain rings German cathedral to demand gender equality (Associated Press)
ODIHR provides new guidance on freedom of religion or belief and security (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Iceland may establish separation of church and state in 15 years (Reykjavik Grapevine)
Previous SYRIZA government’s reforms to religious education ruled unconstitutional (Nick Kampouris, Greek Reporter)
Why we need religion more than ever in the pursuit of peace (Blerim Mustafa, Inter Press Service News Agency)
The court in Ukraine returns citizenship to the deported rector of the Desyatinny Monastery (Interfax-Religion)
British news reports Russian mistreatment of Jehovah's Witnesses (BBC Russian Service, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Six Jehovah's Witnesses convicted in same trial (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Diyanet: The Turkish religious authority that makes millions (Aram Ekin Duran, Daniel Bellut, Deutsche Welle)
During Brexit storm, UK’s efforts to protect religious freedom fly under the radar (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Just how secular is Britain? (Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
The U.K. is using religion to discriminate against LGBTQ+ refugees (Shannon Power, Out)
Urals Economics University not to expel student over contacts with LGBT (Interfax-Religion)
Kadyrov ready for dialogue with PACE rep on rights of LGBT persons in Chechnya, although finds problem far-fetched (Interfax-Religion)
Russia looks for more severe punishment of Jehovah's Witnesses (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian judge gives proper legal assessment of bias against Jehovah's Witnesses (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Bishop Caussé gives keynote address at UN Conference in Geneva (Newsroom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
UK military bishop to return statue to Argentina, 37 years after Falklands War (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Safeguarding chief says English Church needs ‘clear leadership’ to fight abuse (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
How Turkish is Islam in Lithuania? (Egdūnas Račius, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Documentary follows Pastafarians as they strain for recognition (Jon Henley, The Guardian)
Russian Orthodox Church initiates probe into possible infringement of rights of people prosecuted after Moscow summer riots (Interfax-Religion)
Priests' letter in support of protesters is political declaration - Russian Orthodox Church (Interfax-Religion)
News media repeat propaganda against Jehovah's Witnesses (Alexander Ashurov, Vsia Pravda, Russia Religion News)
House of Bishops opens fall meeting with discussions of same-sex spouse exclusion from Lambeth 2020 (David Paulsen, Episcopal News Service)
Acquittal of Dutch doctor leaves euthanasia law unclear in dementia cases (Sanne Gerrits, Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Greece: Education Ministry moves to end practice of recording pupils' religion, nationality (ekatheimerini-com)
European Court of Human Rights reviews eight cases involving parental rights (ADF International)
In Russia, a Hindu guru alleges smear campaign by Orthodox Christian activist (Aleesha Matharu, The Wire)
Cyprus: Elam tables bill seeking ban on Muslim headgear in public spaces (Lizzy Ioannidou, Cyprus Mail)
Law and religion round-up – 15th September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Interfaith leaders step up to protect the world’s ‘sacred’ rainforests (Justin Catanoso, Mongabay)
Seventeen clandestine ISIL cells uncovered in Russia in 2019 (Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Mosque demolished, church to follow? (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Russia to retaliate against U.S. defense of Jehovah's Witnesses (Znak, Russia Religion News)
Greek schools to stop recording pupils’ faith, nationality (Associated Press)
Norway police: Suspected mosque gunman’s sister shot 4 times (Associated Press)
“It is not the Church that turns into the State…on the contrary, the State turns into the Church” (Russian history) (Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Cardinal Marx says German 'synod' will proceed despite Vatican objections (Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
They left to join ISIS. Now Europe is leaving their citizens to die in Iraq (Pilar Cebrian, Foreign Policy)
Public designation due to involvement in gross violations of human rights of Vladimir Yermolayev and Stepan Tkach, officials of the Investigative Committee in the Russian Federation (U.S. Department of State)
Bulgaria and Indonesia expand bilateral exchanges (novinite.com)
Israel condemns defacing of monument to Holocaust victims in Ukraine's Nikolaev Region, demands perpetrators be punished (Interfax-Religion)
Three Jehovah's Witnesses on trial in Sverdlovsk oblast (Yaromir Romanov, Znak)
UK appoints new PM Envoy for Freedom of Religion & Belief (Foreign & Commonwealth Office)
Britain has new Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
European Court says marriage annulment by Greek court violates couple's rights (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
EVENT, 15 September 2019: Name day of Archbishop Nikitas - Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom (Sta. Sophia), London (Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, Romfea News)
Israel's French community: Right-wing, religious and insular (Marie Niggli, Middle East Eye)
Russia: Protestants face public opposition to building (Valentin Bulavko, chita.ru)
Brazilian Pentecostal church unwelcome in Berlin (Clarissa Neher, Deutsche Welle)
More answers to readers’ queries and comments – August/September (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Mike Pence once said being gay was a "choice," argued laws protecting LGBT people unlike those based on race (H. Alan Scott, Newsweek)
Swiss Catholic Diocese OK with marriage equality, sort of (Trudy Ring, Advocate)
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation urges EU to designate Pakistan as religious freedom violator (The New Indian Express)
‘Protecting the European way of life’ from migrants is a gift to the far right (Daniel Trilling, The Guardian)
New envoy for Freedom of Religion & Belief (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Rehman Chishti is new Prime Minister's Envoy for Freedom of Religion & Belief (Christian Today)
Bulgaria’s capital Sofia hosting Festival of Religions on September 19 (Sofia Globe)
Imam Velitov, convicted for justification of terrorism, leaves colony in Astrakhan (Interfax-Religion)
Prince Charles to attend Cardinal Newman canonization (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Hell is fighting Bexit for all eternity (Helen Dale, Law & Liberty)
Render unto God: Why so many non-religious Europeans pay church taxes (The Economist)
Belarus: New possible fines for unapproved worship (Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Common moral, ethical values of all religions in Russia ensure state stability of country - Putin (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian court freezes "Kiev Patriarchate" liquidation (Interfax-Religion)
Russian president praises supportive Muslims (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Russia forces religious organizations to provide security (Rossiiskia Gazeta, Russia Religion News)
Ravidass– Once part of the Sikh community – Now a new religion. Who they are and what they believe. (Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Germany's Protestant Church to send rescue ship to Mediterranean (Michaela Cavanagh, Deutsche Welle)
40 years since the foundation of Orthodox Youth of Benelux (Romfea News)
Love and charity must be the basic principles of our actions (Metropolitan Emmanuel of France, Romfea News)
Conference in Paris explores theme of peace from diverse perspectives (Conference of European Churches)
Asia Bibi thanks EU’s Figel in her first live message from exile (Marco Gombacci, The European Post)
The Catholic Church hasn’t gone away you know (Ivana Bacik, The Irish Times)
For the Vatican, grasping the universal often rests on the (Italian) local (John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
State Department supports Jehovah's Witnesses in torture claim (TASS, Russia Religion News)
Web of prosecutions of Jehovah's Witnesses expands in Russian northwest (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Guilt of men charged with attempted murder of Imam Chumakov unproven - Ingushetia jury (Interfax-Religion)
Brexit: Court of Session declares advice to prorogue Parliament unlawful (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
CEC Peace Conference begins, learning from the past, envisioning future (Press Release, Conference of European Churches)
Documents from 2019 CEC Peace Conference (Dr Johnston McMaster and Rev. Christian Krieger, Conference of European Churches)
Émigré Russian Orthodox inch toward a return to Moscow Patriarchate (Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)
Gallery and video: Large crowds take part in annual Ashura parade in Bradford (Yusef Alam, Asian Image)
EU launches initiative on inter-religious engagement (New Europe)
European Union launches interreligious initiative (Céline Schoen, La Croix International)
Conference Towards Global Exchange on Religion in Society (Conference of European Churches)
Russian Orthodox churches in Europe on path to rejoining Moscow (Augustine Passilly, La Croix International)
[Exclusif] Quand la Ligue islamique mondiale tente de manipuler Emmanuel Macron (Barbara Lefebvre, Valeurs Actuelles)
A dark cloud hovers over religious freedom in Europe (Isaac Herzog, Times of Israel)
Churchwardens, pine cones and a cheeky squirrel (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
US State Dept. announces sanctions against 2 high-ranking Surgut investigators over Jehovah's Witnesses case (Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox and Muslims both face public opposition to building (Federal Press, Russia Religion News)
Welby calls for respect for religious freedom during visit to India (Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Rome half-marathon an exercise in religious tolerance (Elise Harris, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope to UK: Obey UN resolution to hand over Chagos Islands (Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
‘Disgraceful injustice’: Thousands protest law to force abortion on N Ireland (Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Animal slaughter ruling in Belgium stirs religious freedom debate (Veronica Zaragovia, Al Jazeera)
Church representatives discuss Finnish EU Presidency with Prime Minister Antti Rinne (Conference of European Churches)
Putin can’t save Erdogan from Idlib quagmire (Week in Review, Al Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Law and religion round-up – 8th September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Traditional religious funeral dying out in Scotland (Jane Bradley, Scotsman)
‘Religious freedom must not be a hostage of Cyprus talks’ (Cyprus News Agency)
Cyprus’ top lawyer: Bishop’s remarks on gays broke no law (Associated Press)
Hospital breaching girl's religious rights in life-support row, court told (Haroon Siddique, The Guardian)
US defense chief Esper cautions Europe to be wary of China (Robert Burns, Associated Press)
Russian Jews to unveil monument to Roma victims of Nazism (Interfax-Religion)
Turbulent priests: Taking sides in the Orthodox Church’s battles over Russia and Ukraine (The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Russia: Losing places of worship (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Ukrainian Orthodox leader expresses anti-Russian themes (RISU, Russia Religion News)
With Russia’s ban on missionary work, it’s up to members to keep Mormonism alive (Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
What the LDS Church, other Western faiths are up against in Russia: a dominant Orthodox Church and a wary government (Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune)
Poland’s ruling party opens campaign pledging new benefits (Associated Press)
EU launches religion in society scheme (EU Observer)
Humanist marriages: the Government’s latest position (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Marriage registration changes: CofE information (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Irish archbishop warns against ‘dangerous’ uncertainty posed by Brexit (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Brexit as a spiritual crisis: remain, leave, and an incarnational Church (Massimo Faggioli, La Croix International)
No-deal Brexit and the right to life (Jim Duffy, UK Human Rights Blog)
Brexit challenge in the Court of Session: petition refused (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Polish Jehovah's Witness leaves prison after nearly one year (Idel.Realiia, Russia Religion News)
English bishop gives support to arms fair protests (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Paris prosecutor steps up effort to investigate clergy abuse (Associated Press)
Marrying a non-deceased wife’s sister? Theodorou and Tsotsorou (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Data protection authority: Religion on school degrees unconstitutional (ekathimerini.com)
Jehovah’s Witnesses and planning: JWs of Kryvyi Rih (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Opposite sex civil partnerships – updated (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Another outbreak of violence among Ukrainian Orthodox parishioners (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Priest encourages Catholics to join Northern Ireland police force (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
On the relevance of the ‘Catholic vote’ in a politically gaseous time (John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
German Muslims say AfD surge promotes 'right-wing extremists' (Daily Sabah)
Some 40,000 Hasidic pilgrims expected to attend Rosh Hashanah celebration in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Prosecutor sues to acquire Jehovah's Witnesses' property (Anastasia Eremina, Kommersant)
Two Jehovah's Witnesses indicted in Kamchatka (Investigative Committee of Russia for Kamchatka territory, Russia Religion News)
How Prince Charles wants to ‘set new ground’ on becoming head of church (Camille Heimbrod, International Business Times)
Jewish leaders react ‘with great sadness’ to religious slaughter ban in Belgium (Jewish News)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – August (Part 2) (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – August (Part 1) (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Islamic school in Genk does not receive provisional recognition (The Brussels Times)
The battle for Germany's identity (Ines Pohl, The Wire)
Malayalis in Germany protest after Hindu groups object to serving of beef at Indian food fest (India Today)
When religious ideology drives abortion policy, poor women suffer the consequences (Gretchen E. Ely, The Conversation, Phys.org)
Australia: Legal reflections on the Religious Discrimination Bill (Neil Foster, The Gospel Coalition)
Hungarian Government: State task to support church building (Hungary Today)
Khabarovsk Jehovah's Witness avoids further jail time (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Ukraine plans Christian indoctrination in public schools (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian parliament reorganizes state oversight of religious affairs (RISU, Russia Religion News)
British appeals court upholds order for payments until a "get" is granted (Moher v. Moher) (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Moher v Moher [2019] EWCA Civ 1482 (Appeal by a husband to the Court of Appeal against the decision made at the final hearing in a financial remedies case) (Family Law Week)
Law and religion round-up – 1st September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Church of England ministry statistics – 2018 (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Brexit challenge in the Court of Session: interim interdict refused (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Recent interest in law and religion in the UK (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
2019 Report Pursuing Rights and Equality: Monitoring Report on the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief in Turkey (Freedom of Belief Initiative)
Funerals of the future? Sweden sees sharp rise in burials without ceremony (Anne-Christine Hornborg, The Conversation)
Italy’s great schism (Italian Catholics are deeply divided between traditionalists and supporters of Pope Francis’s liberal vision.) (Mattia Ferraresi, Foreign Policy)
Jehovah's Witness' trial wraps up in Far East (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Moldova’s Jews feel an anti-Semitic backlash after a corrupt Jewish politician flees to Israel (Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Big winner in Italy’s meltdown may be center-left devotee of Padre Pio (John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The Islamic State in Britain (by Michael Kenney) (Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum)
Globally, many evangelicals lean left: What that means for America’s future (David C. Kirkpatrick, The Washington Post)
Catholic conference between Europe and China on artificial intelligence and faith (Asia News)
Five Jehovah's Witnesses in Perm in law's clutches (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Public resistance to Orthodox church construction in Belarus (Credo.Press, Russia Religion News)
World Union of Old Believers set up in Moscow (Interfax-Religion)
Kosher and halal slaughter is being vilified in Europe. Here’s what concerned investors can do about it. (Jacob Siegel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Latest: English bishops concerned about no-deal Brexit (Associated Press)
Archbishop of Canterbury mourns victims of Sri Lanka attacks (Krishan Francis, Associated Press)
Zhdanov and others v. Russia: on missed opportunities and an offensive applicant (Lauren Lavrysen, Strasbourg Observers)
Brexit challenge in the Court of Session: latest (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Scottish judge to consider proroguing challenge overnight (BBCNews Scotland)
Sweden: Islamophobic politician expelled from her party (Atila Altuntas, Anadolu Agency)
Churches and mosques are dragged into racism (Hazem Saghieh, Asharq Al-Awsat)
Could Israel’s religious parties surge in next round of elections? (Dov Lipman, Jewish News Syndicate)
Sofia municipality takes new measures against graffiti (novinite.com)
Bishops’ open letter on Brexit (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pisky Primus probes prorogation (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Holocaust victims monument vandalized in southern Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
National attention to Jehovah's Witnesses' complaints of torture (Znak, Russia Religion News)
English bishop finds concrete ways to encourage eco-friendly practices (Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)
Egyptian woman chosen as Religions for Peace president (Fady Francis, Egypt Independent)
World Alliance of Religions for Peace elects KAICIID chief as honorary president (The Rahnuma Daily)
In the News: no-deal rumblings and abortion buffer zones (Alethea Redfern, UK Human Rights Blog)
Attack on religious building in NI almost every second day (Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)
Islam cannot be reduced to political goals, says Muslim World League chief (Arab News)
What debate over modern education tells us about a divided Turkey (Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor)
Mitsotakis to meet Archbishop at Maximos Mansion (ekathimerini.com)
How Germany’s Far-Right is gaslighting architectural history: The case of Potsdam’s Garrison Church (Philipp Oswalt, Frieze)
Law and religion round-up – 25th August (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
PM underlines UK commitment to freedom of religion or belief (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
PM outlines UK support for freedom of religion or belief as Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon announces new support for work to help victims of hostility. (Press Release, Gov.UK)
Archbishop may chair Citizens’ Forum on Brexit (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Belarus: "Unaffordable" police fees stop Greek Catholic pilgrimage (Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
German town welcomes hundreds from different faiths for food, worship and unity (Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Interfaith group pledges to use religion’s influence to address climate change, poverty (Eric J. Lyman, Religion News Service)
Religion and free speech: Blasphemy laws are quietly vanishing in liberal democracies (The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Dutch doctor faces trial in landmark euthanasia case (BBC News)
Ukraine church steps out of Moscow’s shadow, angering Putin and allies (James Marson, Market Watch)
Poroshenko warns of ongoing attacks on Ukrainian army, language, faith (Interfax-Religion)
Judge overrules lower court's decision for Jehovah's Witness (Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News)
Patriarch beckons exiled Greek Orthodox Christians to return (Amina Lahmar, La Croix International)
Insights ... the high price successful working women pay (Torsten Bell, The Guardian)
UK: This crucial battle over pharmacists’ freedom of conscience (Philippa Taylor, The Conservative Woman)
EU and UN pay tribute to victims of violence based on religion (Evangelical Focus)
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (Facebook video) (International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Is a new centrist coalition possible? Don’t underestimate the Vatican’s power In Italian politics (Clemente Lisi, Get Religion)
Ukraine accuses Russia of religious discrimination (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Summary judgment in the consistory courts (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Edinburgh city council delays decision on voting rights for school board religious reps (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Italian populist mixes religious symbols with his politics (Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Religions for Peace participant emphasizes role of women (Deutsche Welle)
Religions for Peace: Women push for gender equality (Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)