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International Headlines
Will the Yazidis survive in the Middle East?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Racism is a disease of the heart and other epiphanies in a journey towards anti-racism
(Hena Zuberi, Muslim Matters)
Can human love make a comeback?
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Riots are violence
(David Harsanyi, National Review)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #77: COVID-19 in Africa: Puzzles, Positive News, Religious Roles
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Who Is My COVID-19 Neighbor?
(Andy Olsen with Susan Mettes, Christianity Today Magazine)
Trump signs order on international religious freedom after JPII shrine visit
(Catholic News Agency)
Afghan official: Kabul mosque bombed, 2 dead, 2 wounded
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Desperate Christians trading faith for food in corona crisis - human rights lawyer
(Christian Today)
New Zealand churches reopen as coronavirus restrictions ease
(Tracey Bridcutt, Adventist News Network)
Arrests in Ivory Coast after girl dies following an 'exorcism'
(Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)
Supreme Court says Druze immigrant can appeal factual findings under Convention Against Torture
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court rules immigrants who fear torture can appeal deportations in court
(Harper Neidig, The Hill)
Why U.S. leadership matters for the global defense, protection and promotion of human rights
(Harold Hongju Koh, The Foreign Service Journal)
Indonesia cancels hajj pilgrimage due to coronavirus
(Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)
After recovering from COVID-19, African cardinal calls for debt relief for continent
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Buhari relaxes restrictions on churches, mosques, banks, hotels
(This Day)
Historical and religious connections between Pakistan and Afghanistan – OpEd
(Awais Ahmed, Eurasia Review)
Adhere to government protocols on covid-19—religious leader to Ghanaians
(Beyonce Diamond Kpogli, Modern Ghana)
Shincheonji and coronavirus in South Korea: Sorting fact from fiction: A White Paper
(Massimo Introvigne, Willy Fautré, Rosita Šorytė, Alessandro Amicarelli, Marco Respinti, Human Rights Without Frontiers International, Center for Studies on New Religions)
There are few gatherings more appropriate to Pentecost than protest
(Tara Isabella Burton, RNS Column: Religion Remixed)
Articles of interest- 1 June 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Seventh-day Adventists in Brazil promote religious liberty amid pandemic conditions
(Fernando Torres, Adventist News Network)
48 state-run churches shut down in one county in two weeks
(Tang Zhe, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
The new normal: back to church in Papua New Guinea
(Willie Kunsei, Adventist News Network)
Amid mounting protests in the US, Pope Francis calls for unity in diversity
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Guidance released on NSW COVID-19 laws and churches
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
The US report on religious freedom in India calls for reflection
(Faizan Mustafa, The Indian Express)
Taiwan court strikes down law criminalizing adultery
(Amy Qin, The New York Times)
Religious responses to domestic abuse during the covid-19 pandemic
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs | World Faiths Development Dialogue)
Missionary says ‘one nation, two systems’ sets up Hong Kong for a fall
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Latin America’s pandemic highlights best and worst of church-state relations
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Old religious quarrels return as covid-19 lockdowns ease
(The Economist)
Post-Soviet immigration strengthens Kazakhstan’s Jewish community
(Khaya Himmelman, Eurasianet)
Web series producer booked for hurting religious sentiments on BJP spokesperson's complaint
(Sahaya Novinston Lobo, The New Indian Express)
Berkley Center May 2020 Newsletter
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christian Association of Nigeria demands release of kidnapped Bishop Joseph Masin
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Pope Francis prays for pandemic-hit Amazon region at Regina Coeli
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis calls for 'a more just, equitable and Christian society' after coronavirus crisis
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis urges Christians to be united as 'witnesses to mercy'
(Catholic News Agency)
Venezuelan bishops: Country’s situation is ‘unacceptable’
(Catholic News Agency)
COVID-19: Akufo-Addo lifts ban on religious activities in Ghana
(Andreas Kamasah, Pulse.gh)
Orthodox Jews will challenge Doug Ford’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious liberty
(Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, LifeSiteNews)
UN and US trade criticism over abortion during coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Everything you need to know about Pentecost
(Catholic News Agency)
Europe Headlines
MP suspended after using antisemitic language on social media readmitted to SNP
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)
Early medical abortion and COVID-19: R (Christian Concern)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Catholics in Belgium still in liturgical lockdown
(Christophe Henning, La Croix International)
What Turkey did to its Christians: ‘The thirty-year genocide’
(Gabriel Said Reynolds, Commonweal)
Bosnian church official defends Mass for victims of communist massacre
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishop urges UK to act to protect Hong Kong democracy agreement
(Simon Caldwell, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
May a parish or town council grant-aid a place of worship? – yet further thoughts
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Dean of the Court of Arches appointed
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (Wales) Regulations 2020, as amended
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Two cases show that religious freedom is dwindling in Europe
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Catholic bishops urge MLAs to reject abortion legislation
(Gerry Moriarty, The Irish Times)
European Parliament condemns Algeria’s oppression of Christians
(Yahia Hatim, Morocco World News)
Law and religion round-up – 31st May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Vatican denounces rising anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe
(Thomas D. Williams, Breitbart News)
London archbishop says opening churches a matter of ‘basic equality’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Africans in Germany lose their church communities
(Daniel Pelz, Deutsche Welle)
Pandemic creates problems for Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
COVID-19: latest guidance from the Church of England – updated
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Captain Flinders navigates the law of burial
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
80% of Dutch cities involved in theft of Jewish property have no record of it
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Germany reports highest number of anti-Semitic crimes since 2001
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Widespread condemnation of mosque vandalism (Update 2)
(Evie Andreou, Cyprus Mail)
Cyber attacks and cyber (mis)information operations during a pandemic
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
English cardinal asks why car showrooms can open but not churches
(Catholic News Agency)
United States Headlines
The politics of religious freedom – Covid-19 edition
(Asma T. Uddin, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
George Floyd left a gospel legacy in Houston
(Christianity Today)
Faith at the barricades: A weekend of religious protest and prayer in photos
(Religion News Service)
Plug-in: As flames and fury rock America, George Floyd recalled as man of faith and peace
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
How national religious leaders reacted to this weekend’s protests over racial violence
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
My generation failed to deal with racism
(Thomas Reese SJ, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
President Trump calls for support for international religious freedom in new executive order
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Executive Order on Advancing International Religious Freedom
(Donald J. Trump, The White House, United States)
USCIRF applauds Executive Order to advance international religious freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Home, home on the rage: And seldom was heard an unpredictable word in Trump Bible wars
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
MinistryWatch.com is go-to resource for keeping up with evangelical controversies
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Religious freedom foes seek to leverage coronavirus controversies
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Nuns praying for looters after attack on Catholic bookstore
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
For most churchgoers, controversy between religious freedom and public health is not real
(Kraig Beyerlein, David Nirenberg, USA Today Opinion)
President Nelson Shares Social Post about Racism and Calls for Respect for Human Dignity
(Press Release, Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
When wedding vows conflict with the Catholic workplace
(Sarah Salvadore, National Catholic Reporter)
Christian persecution watchdog group concerned about China's increased control over Hong Kong
(lwhite, Christian News Today)
Pastor whose church was burned down vows to pray for soul of arsonist, continue worship
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
‘Arbitrary,’ ‘unconstitutional’ COVID-19 orders target of Texas Supreme Court petition
(Andy Hogue, The Hayride)
More Title IX turmoil: OCR athletics decision puts transgender rights in flux
(Jackie Gharapour Wernz, JD Supra)
Man gets 10-month sentence for threatening Muslim politician
(Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press)
Trump tries religious gestures to hike support amid protests
(Jill Colvin and Elana Schor, Associated Press)
DC Episcopal bishop: ‘I am outraged’ by Trump church visit
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Presidential message on Global Coptic Day, 2020
(Donald J. Trump, The White House)
Sasse slams clearing of protesters for Trump’s church photo opportunity
(John McCorrmack, National Review)
Veterans Affairs department to reverse course and replace tombstones that have swastikas
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
‘Not the same question’: de Blasio says businesses, churches to remain closed even as demonstrators flout lockdowns
(Zachary Evans, National Review)
Overcoming the dilemma of religious Lliberty
(Karen Taliaferro, Law & Liberty)
'Fake news' and the lure of conspiracy theories: Are evangelicals the only folks fooled?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
In Phyllis Schlafly biopic on FX, evangelicals got all the acid – but Schlafly was Catholic
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Quick thoughts on the California church-closure case
(Mark Movsesian, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Chief Justice strikes a blow for balanced religious liberty
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
The Power Worshippers: A look inside the American religious right
(Paul Rosenberg, Al Jazeera)
Christian leaders link the fires of protest and Pentecost in weekend messages
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Bringing Torah into the streets means fighting for justice
(Alexander Davis, Forward)
Why 4 justices on the Supreme Court voted to reopen churches in the pandemic
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)
The pastors already planning to rebel against future shutdowns
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
Emergency orders can't last forever
(Keith E. Wittington, Reason Foundation)
US Supreme Court, 5-4, refuses to enjoin California's limits on worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court declines to lift restrictions on crowds at church services
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
TRO denied in church's challenge to Delaware COVID-19 order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal judge denies request to more broadly open Delaware churches
(Esteban Parra and Isabel Hughes, Delaware News Journal)
Court refuses to order Vermont to extend dual enrollment program to Catholic school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church's RLUIPA zoning claim rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
U.S. Supreme Court upholds California’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious worship
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)
Minneapolis basilica damaged by fire In riots
(JD Flynn, Eurasia Review)
Pixar makes history with first LGBT protagonist in short movie Out
(Jake Coyle, Time)
Supreme Court decision could affect abortion debate in America
(Charles C. Camosy, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Missouri's only abortion clinic wins licensing battle against state health department
(Gabriella Borter, Reuters)
DOJ supports church suing to overturn Colorado governor’s executive order
(Tyler Gillett, Jurist)
Vice President Pence mourns loss of evangelist at service
(Jeff Martin, Associated Press)
Faith leaders in dual roles guiding congregations and police
(Giovanna Dell’Orto, Associated Press)
When covering riots and flames, it's wise to seek veteran voices from black churches
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
White evangelicals shown as a group with slipping trust in Trump's handling of COVID-19
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Freedom to worship must not be sacrificed to government restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic
(Miche P. Orsi, The Washington Times Opinion)
Pastors planned to ignore Governor’s rules on Sunday
(Valley News)
North American Division releases practical guide to digital discipleship and evangelism
(Big Data + Social Media, North American Division, Adventist Review Online)
Reopening states are still treating churches and businesses differently
(Nicole Russell, The Washington Examiner Opinion)
Federal finding on transgender athletes applauded
(Tom Strode, Biblical Recorder)
Amazon delivery driver who prayed God would protect sick child says 'God is good'
(Catholic News Agency)
Black activists to learn from on Blackout Tuesday
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
First Five: Should courts decide who is a religious minister?
(Benjamin Marcus, Salina Post)
U.S. Attorney's office files Statement of Interest in support of freedom of religion against the state of Colorado
(Patch)
Justice Department backs Colorado church suit against Polis
(The Hour)
California ends ban on in-person religious services as one church takes it to US Supreme Court
(Paul Strand, CBN News)
What is worship and is it really ‘essential’?
(Richard Kannwischer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion)
Divided Supreme Court rejects churches on covid restrictions
(Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Law)
Some say if retail stores are open, churches should be too. Here’s why it’s not so simple.
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huffington Post)
Minn. gov. issues 'full mobilization' of National Guard, says violent rioters are 'attacking civil society'
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Supreme Court rejects Calif. church’s request to lift limits on in-person services ahead of Pentecost Sunday
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Church settles lawsuit with nonreligious family over ‘forced’ baptism
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Ahead of Pentecost, Supreme Court backs California coronavirus limits on churches
(Catholic News Agency)
US Catholic bishops, Southern Baptists, grieve death of George Floyd, call for justice, condemn abuse of police power
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
US riots update: Trump says George Floyd’s memory is being dishonored
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
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