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Events Headlines
Sixth ICLARS Conference, 19-21 September 2022: Human Dignity, Law, and Religious Diversity: Designing the Future of Inter-Cultural Societies
(Córdoba, Spain, International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)
EVENT, 25 to 27 February 2022: European Regional Pre-Assembly for WCC 11th Assembly
(Conference of European Churches and World Council of Churches, Warsaw, Poland)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 22-24 August 2021: Dare to Overcome: Global Business Convention & Peace Awards (four-year global business, technology procurement, sustainable development and peace initiative)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
EVENT, 28 May - 2 June 2021: ‘Reconciled with creation: a call for urgent action on climate and biodiversity’
(13th Assembly of the European Christian Environmental Network, Bad Herrenalb, Germany)
LIVESTREAM EVENT, 20 November 2020: The ECHR Turns 70 – Taking Stock, Thinking Forward
(Human Rights Centre, Ghent University, Belgium)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (due 10 June 2020): KAICIID Fellows Programme
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
GAiN Europe Series Launches May 30, 2020
(Victor Hulbert/Corrado Cozzi, Adventist News Network)
GOOGLE MEET EVENT, 22 March 2020 (11:30 CEST): Old identities, new times: Does the common legal identity withstand modernity?
(Sharon Shakargy, Roberto Toniatti, Nausica Palazzo, Marco Ventura, FBK-Centro Per Le Scienze Religiose and Università Di Trento-Facoltà Di Giurisprudenza)
ONLINE ZOOM WEBINAR, 21 May 2020: The COVID-19 Crisis: Faith Engagement Between Peace and Conflict in Asia
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
ZOOM WEBINAR, 20 May 2020 (3 pm EDT): Faith, Freedom in Action in Troubled Times (Indiana Quakers and Rev. John Misao Yamazaki)
(Tom Meenan on Rev. Cotton Mather; Jackie Fishman on Rabbi Samuel Thurman, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
WEBINAR, 19 May 2020 (12 noon EDT): How Ethics and Religion Shape Policy Responses to Refugees
(David Hollenbach, S.J., T. Alexander Aleinikoff, Elizabeth Ferris, Clemens Sedmak, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University and University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs Washington Office)
COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series Landing Page
(BYU Law ICLRS, LDS-Europe, CRS, DISPOC, FGV Direito RIo, FBK-ISR)
International Headlines
Freedom of Religion or Belief: Creating the Constitutional Space for Fundamental Freedoms
(Paul T. Babie, Neville G. Rochow QC, and Brett G. Scharffs, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing)
Religion Photos of the Week - 16 May 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Articles of interest - 18 May 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Law, Religion and Covid-19 Emergency – Ebook, Diresom Papers 1
(Edited by Pierluigi Consorti, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
Ambassador Brownback warns about the COVID-19 related burdens faced by religious minorities
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Briefing with Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback on COVID-19 impact on religious minorities
(United States Department of State)
Indian dioceses pray with pope, as well as Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims (videos)
(Nirmala Carvalho, Asia News)
Pope joins interfaith prayer for end to pandemic
(Cindy Wooden, The Tablet UK)
Coronavirus puts 4 million girls at risk of child marriage
(Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Do we need an International Commission of Inquiry for COVID-19? Part II
(Michael A Becker, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Do we need an International Commission of Inquiry for COVID-19? Part I
(Michael A Becker, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
The hidden victims off Covid19: Human trafficking and modern day slavery
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Yet another girl in Pakistan abducted, forcibly converted and forcibly ‘married’ to her abductor
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
The International Criminal Court is moving forward with investigations into the situation in Afghanistan
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Daily Highlight #62: COVID-19 and Religious Freedom in Latin America
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Pastor in Nepal re-arrested on new series of charges to keep him in jail, sources say
(Morning Star News)
LGBTQI+ advocates in Taiwan call for full recognition of same-sex marriage involving foreigners
(SBS News)
Jewish extremist convicted in arson that killed Arab toddler
(Aron Heller, Associated Press)
‘GOD TV’ spat exposes tensions between Israel, evangelicals
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
As mosques reopen in West Africa, COVID-19 fears grow
(Krista Larson, Associated Press)
Tibetans demand China disclose fate of boy taken away in ’95
(Associated Press)
AP PHOTOS: Shrine in Japan offers solace to those at home
(Associated Press)
Brazilian Church ‘on the vanguard’ of fight against COVID-19 in São Paulo
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Global religious groups say COVID-19 presents 'prophetic moment' for governments on healthcare
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pope St. John Paul II and religious freedom: An interview with George Weigel
(Religious Freedom Institute)
A coalition that will escalate Jewish disunity
(Uri Rege, The Jerusalem Post)
Sri Lankan officials stoke Covid-19 communal hate: 11 years after civil war’s end, no reconciliation efforts
(Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch)
Repatriated Muslims say diet at Joburg quarantine site is anti-religion
(Tebogo Monama, IOL News)
Daily Highlight #60: Advocating for People Forced to Move: The Vatican’s Voice
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
COVID-19 and common humanity
(Brian Bird, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Futility in the face of pandemic
(Daniel Gilman, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
Shadow and light in the post-COVID Church
(Peter Stockland and Peter Menzies, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
After recent violence, is Afghanistan’s peace process dead?
(Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)
North Korea 'church' doesn't look like any other but it exists: watchdog
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
Iran’s clerics have bungled their coronavirus response, stoking doubts about their rule
(Erin Cunningham, The Washington Post)
China’s pandemic of religious persecution
(David Curry, The Christian Post)
Daily Highlight #59: Imams Who Oppose Pakistan's Coronavirus Orders
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
COVID-19 Resources and Information
COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimension [Subscription Link]: Daily Highlight from the Berkley Center at Georgetown University
Europe Headlines
New Publication: Spiritual Care in Public Institutions in Europe
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag)
Portugal’s ruling party wants to limit Jewish law of return policy
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Access to healthcare and social distance during COVID pandemic cannot stop at the prison gate
(Maïté De Rue, Strasbourg Observers)
Iran sentences French academic Fariba Adelkhah to five years in prison
(AFP, France 24)
Church Law Society Newsletter Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro, No. 4/2020
(P. Jiří Rajmund Tretera OP, Záboj Horák, et al., English Version)
British government task force to develop rules for reopening of houses of worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New taskforce developing plan to reopen places of worship in the UK
(Stephen Greenhalgh and Robert Jenrick, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government)
Albanian psychologists ban so-called conversion therapy
(Associated Press)
‘Primary schools not required to teach LGBT issues’, UK's Ofsted reminded
(The Christian Institute)
Italy opens churches as virus rules dictate how to eat, pray
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Catholic groups convey hopes, concerns about U.S.-British trade talks
(Nick Mayrand, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Montenegro: Coronavirus ban feeds clash between state and Serbian Orthodox Church
(Zoran Arbutina, Deutsche Welle)
Eight Jehovah's Witnesses are subjects of criminal case in Siberian city
(Sibir.Realii, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Putin recommends Russian Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr at home
(Interfax-Religion)
LGBT activists in Georgia hold annual rally online due to pandemic
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: On trial despite age, sickness
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Law and religion round-up – 17th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Atheism to orthodoxy: Russia’s convoluted relationship with God
(Julietta Bisharyan, The California Aggie)
French government ordered to lift ban on religious meetings
(Agence France-Presse)
Serb church priests freed from detention in Montenegro
(Associated Press)
Bulgaria: new law poses threat to parental rights
(ADF International)
UK taskforce on reopening places of worship
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ukraine’s Catholic prelates condemn surrogacy as a ‘moral evil’
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Patriarchate agrees to remove Stalin from church building
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Hungary contributes money to restore churches destroyed by illegal immigrants on Greek island
(Paul Antonopoulos, Greek City Times)
How will antisemitism and Zionism look after the coronavirus?
(Shlomo Fischer, The Jerusalem Post)
Understanding radicalisation and building resilience to counteract polarisation
(European Commission CORDIS)
European court says Muslim inmate's religious rights were infringed in Russian prison
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
COVID-19 much more fatal for men, especially taking age into account
(Richard V. Reeves and Tiffany Ford, Brookings)
Law, Religion and Covid-19 Emergency – Ebook, Diresom Papers 1
(Edited by Pierluigi Consorti, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
United States Headlines
Evangelical leaders urge Congress to protect churches from coronavirus lawsuits
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
The Black Church and LGBTQ people: Lessons learned from #dems2020
(Lerone Jonathan Wilder and Myriam Renaud, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Me and We: Individual rights, common good and coronavirus
(Ted Anthony, Associated Press, Real Clear Politics)
Court is critical of church's litigation tactics in challenge to covid-19 order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Louisiana limits on church services upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court strikes down North Carolina limits on worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal judge blocks NC governor’s restrictions on religious services
(Virginia Bridges, The News & Observer)
Sacred spaces: A visit to Wisconsin’s Man Mound
(Jacob Riyeff, Commonweal)
Judge nixes Oregon governor’s coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Book review: Religious liberty, natural law, and liberalism
(Steven Grosby, Law & Liberty)
An Army chaplain's reflections on Armed Forces Day
(Graham B. Glover, Religious Freedom Institute)
The Prophecies of Q: American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase
(Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic)
Playing the ostrich; or, How not to think about QAnon
(Richard A. Rosengarten, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Women’s work boosts middle-class incomes but creates a family time squeeze that needs to be eased
(Isabel V. Sawhill and Katherine Guyot, The Brookings Gender Equality Series)
Charges dropped against Florida pastor over stay-home order
(Associated Press)
Churches sue over North Carolina COVID-19 order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lawsuit filed to block Gov. Cooper’s order on churches
(Ken Lemon, WSOC TV)
New emergency aid bill aims to cut most benefits to Catholic schools
(Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service)
More women than men are dying of coronavirus in Massachussetts. Why is that?
(Rebecca Ostriker, The Boston Globe)
Daily Highlight #54 Digital Divides, Knowledge, and Empowerment: The COVID-19 Crisis and Black Churches
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
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