Click a headline title to view the related article
See www.iclrs.org for additional articles and an archive of past headlines.
Events Headlines
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP and PUBLISHING PROJECT: 12-13 February 2021: Religion, State, and Society in Post-Communist Countries: Thirty Years after the End of the Cold War
(Elizabeth Clark, Merilin Kivirog, Dmytro Vovk, BYU Law ICLRS, University of Tartu School of Law, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University’s Center for Rule of Law and Religion Studies)
Conference to address COVID-19's religious freedom implications
(Anna Bryner, Daily Herald)
WEBINAR, 11 June 2020 (3 pm CEST, GMT+2, EDT 9 am): COVID-19, Religion and Belief Ep. 10 || Covid-19, Freedom of religion or belief, and gender
(Kishan Manocha, Ahmed Shaheed, Mariam Gavtadze, Mine Yildirim)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS (due 10 June 2020): KAICIID Fellows Programme
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
ONLINE EVENT, 10 June 2020 (2pm EDT): Religious Responsibilities in Confronting Police Brutality
(Please RRSVP by 12:00 p.m. on June 10 to receive the Zoom link to this webinar, Georgetown University’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and the University of Southern California’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture.)
WEB EVENT, 10 June 2020 (10:30 am EDT): USCIRF virtual hearing on safeguarding religious freedom in Northeast Syria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 10 June 2020 (03:00 PM in Qatar, GMT+3, 8 am EDT): China’s Role in the MENA Region Post-COVID-19
(Adel Abdel Ghafar, Degang Sun, Emilie Tran, Yahia H. Zoubir, Zeno Leoni,, The Brookings Doha Center)
ONLINE EVENT, 9 June 2020 (5 pm EDT) : China at a Crossroads: Standing up for Human Rights During the Pandemic
(Organizer, Montreal Institute For Genocide and Human Rights Studies & Raoul Wallenberg Centre For Human Rights)
ZOOM WEBINAR: 9 June 2020 (1 pm EDT): Religious Studies and the 2020 Election: Tips for Sharing Scholarship with the Public
(David Campell, Iva E. Carruthers, Robert P. Jones, Terrence Johnson, Vincent Lloyd, Melissa Rogers, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
International Headlines
LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
Religion Photos of the Week - 6 June 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Will COVID-19 increase religious hostilities and discrimination?
(Marie Juul Petersen & Claire Thomas & Sajjad Hassan, OpenGlobalRights)
Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak
(BBC News)
George Floyd: Black Lives Matter protests go global
(BBC News)
Articles of interest - 8 June 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
A welcome development – the National Commission on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Sudan
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
China: Believers forced to choose between faith or survival
(Tang Zhe, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
A culture of impunity: religious discrimination in Mexico
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Jihadism, a growing reality in Mozambique
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus Europe)
Bishop: New anti-terrorism bill in Philippines is ‘inhuman, unjust and unlawful’
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican agreement with China likely to be renewed, archbishop says
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Lebanon deescalates sectarian clashes after tense night
(Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)
Ivory Coast: Parish sells masks to help retired bishops, priests, imams
(Catholic News Service)
Take care in letting your guard down against COVID-19, Pope Francis advises
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Decision to bar distribution of ''prasad'' at religious places was taken by Centre: Punjab CM
(Outlook India)
China, Russia and Iran chide U.S. over racism while persecuting minorities in their own countries
(Shane Croucher, Newsweek)
Renewing religious discourse: Fundamental dialectics
(Hasan Ismaik, Egypt Indepedent Opinion)
Remarks of SRSG Patten at the virtual Launch Event for the Handbook for United Nations Field Missions on Preventing and Responding to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
(Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Logo Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, United Nations)
Bedouins say Israeli police ignoring violence in their communities
(Afif Abu Much, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Syria’s Kurdish-led alliance sweeps Deir ez-Zor for Islamic State sleeper cells
(Jared Szuba, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)
Jordan Valley Palestinians watch as Israel imposes authority ahead of looming annexation
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Palestinian Lives Matter: Huge Jewish-Arab rally in Tel Aviv decries Netanyahu's plan to annex 1/3 of West Bank
(Juan Cole, Common Dreams)
Is Islamic State making a comeback in Sinai?
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Expanding Euthanasia during the Pandemic
(Brian Bird, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
COVID-19, the right to education and Bangladesh
(Psymhe Wadud, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #83: “Infodemics”: Bangladesh Illustrates Links Between COVID-19 and Discrimination
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Christian families in India banned from burying their dead
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Lebanon’s ‘pillar’ of Catholic education at risk of collapsing
(Doreen Abi Raad, National Catholic Register)
Vatican: No active coronavirus cases among employees
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
COVID-19 Topics from the Berkely Center
(Paul Elie, David Hollenbach, Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Europe Headlines
Round Up 8.6.2020 – George Floyd protests spread worldwide, Hong Kong concerns rise and the UK eases coronavirus lockdown…
(Thomas Hayes, UK Human Rights Blog)
Notre-Dame fire: Work starts to remove melted scaffolding
(BBC)
Law and religion round-up – 7th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
No-fault 'quickie' divorces to be voted through on Monday amid backlash from MPs
(Christopher Hope, The Telegraph)
Germany: Man arrested over threat to attack Muslims
(Associated Press)
Germany launches terrorism probe over planned attack on Muslims
(Deutsche Welle)
Four neo-Nazi ‘diehards’ to be sentenced over membership of banned terror group
(Jewish News)
Individual prayer in churches (Church of England)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Keir Starmer vows to ‘kick antisemites out’ of Labour during radio phone-in
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #82: Geneva Communities Mobilize to Support Those in Need
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Faith and Community Mobilization During COVID-19: Caravane de la Solidarité in Geneva, Switzerland
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Coronavirus: Lockdowns in Europe saved millions of lives
(BBC News)
A bill introducing "no-fault" divorces in England and Wales has been backed by MPs
(BBC News)
Moscow eases lockdown despite infection rate
(BBC News)
Turkey's Erdogan cancels weekend curfew despite spike in cases
(Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
French president demands Iran release anthropologist dual citizen
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #81: Turning Tragedy into Hope: Hasidic Jews Donate Lifesaving Plasma
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
United States Headlines
George Floyd death: Why US protests are so powerful this time
(BBC News)
Getting ready for July 4th: What enduring values unite Americans of all religious outlooks?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
A moment we must face: Confronting a perennial sign of inhumanity
(Ganoune Diop, Adventist Review Online)
Jewish American Heritage Month: annual celebration of Jewish American achievements and contributions to American culture
(Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)
Protest and the raging Messianic: How do our responses to pestilence and protest reflect the value of human life in our religious imagination?
(Foster J. Pinkney, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Vandals and the hands of Christ in the world: Exploring what Christian theology might have to say about the looting and vandalism that has accompanied many protests around the country
(John Sianghio, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
We need art to help us heal, now more than ever: An invitation to process pain and to heal through the viewing and contemplation of contemporary Black art
(Aneesah Ettress, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Protests, looting, and iconoclams: Considering how Christian acts of iconoclasm may illuminate the aims and effects of property damage and looting during protests
(Nathan Hardy, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Asking the right questions about riots: Contemplating the questions we should and shouldn't be asking about riots by looking to the example of Martin Luther King Jr.
(Russell P. Johnson, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Trump’s use of religion follows playbook of authoritarian-leaning leaders the world over
(Laura R. Olson, The Conversation)
Trump favorability slips among white Catholic and non-college Americans during national unrest
(PRRI)
Race, justice, and religious liberty in the world
(Ken Blackwell, The Patriot Post)
Bill would make small changes to Colorado’s immunization exemption program, but gets big push back
(Taylor Allen, Colorado Public Radio)
Court upholds most of NY's statute barring employer reproductive health discrimination; enjoins notice provision
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court rejects claim of retaliation because of foster parents' religious beliefs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court Rejects challenge to pandemic restriction on church services
(Joe Carter, Keep the Faith)
Court orders dismissal of Trump Muslim travel ban challenges
(Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
Journalism cancels its moral voice: What does this mean for Catholic news? For religion news?
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
American Christians worship amid damaged churches
(Stefan J. Bos, BosNewLife)
Bishop Budde: Trump’s visit to St. John’s Church outraged me
(Mariann Edgar Budde, The New York Times)
Plug-in: Seven pop-quiz questions about Donald Trump's photo op with a Bible
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Weekend thinking about this complex reality: More and more Americans hate each other
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The quiet demise of the separation of church and state
(Nelson Tebbe, Micah Schwartzman and Richard Schragger, The New York Times)
Bishop Donald J. Hying: Churches ready to safely welcome back worshipers
(Bishop Donald J. Hying, Madison.com)
Vince Hatt: Let's build a Statue of Responsibility
(Vince Hatt, La Crosse Tribune)
Parolee files appeal for being sent back to jail due to the refusal of attending religious service
(Keely Sugden, Fox 31 Denver)
Trump administration argues adoption orgs. allowed to refuse LGBT couples
(Aaron Reich, The Jerusalem Post)
Trump administration backs Catholic charity which refuses to work with same-sex couples
(Ryan J. Farrick, Legal Reader)
“It should call out to every Jew:” Crown Heights rallies for Black Lives Matter
(John Kunza, Forward)
Mike Pence meets with black faith leaders, says church is the right place to address George Floyd’s death
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
White evangelicals, racism, and George Floyd: Our hour of decision
(Ronald J. Sider, The Christian Post)
Catholic law school offers free help to arrested protesters
(Anna Wilgenbusch, Catholic News Agency)
In rejecting the Zoom Seder, what did Orthodox Jews affirm?
(Chaim Saiman, Mosaic)
The opinions expressed or biases reflected in the headlines in this digest do not necessarily represent opinions or attitudes of those who maintain this headline news service. We strive for balance in presenting issues of potential interest to our readers.
This service is provided by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
|