A conversation with U.N. Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed: COVID-19 and freedom of belief
(Just Security)
June 20: Parliament Joins Global Convergence to Declare World UNITY Week
(The Parliament of the World's Religions)
Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2020
(The Vatican)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #95: “To Know in Order to Understand”: Faith and World Refugee Day 2020
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Atrocity Alert No. 208: Children and Armed Conflict, Nigeria and Libya
(Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect)
In Memoriam: Norberto Padilla
(Gary Doxey, International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs - Latest Articles
In Togo, a Catholic nun fights COVID-19 for the sake of her AIDS patients
(Clement Girardot, Religion News Service)
Indonesia’s Islamic charities: Plugging gaps In economic relief – Analysis
(Eurasia Review Analysis)
COVID-19 pandemic cannot distract us from the urgent need to eliminate sexual violence
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
The Value of Life
(Christof Heyns, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Racism in Australia is not just a thing of the past
(The Economist)
Black Lives Matter and International Law
(Gail Lythgoe and Mary Guest, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Iran's economy in desperate need of solutions
(Ali Dadpay, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Egypt's lucrative blood plasma black market
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egypt to develop citadel as new hub of Historic Cairo
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Rome’s Irish College will not receive Irish seminarians next academic year
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
Why are Christians leaving Palestinian territories?
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Tibet, Tibetan refugees and the way ahead
(Tsewang Gyalpo Arya, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Religious liberty commission recommends binding agreement with Pakistan to halt abuses
(National Catholic Register)
Eritrea: Orthodox Christians in prison
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Hopes for teaching Christianity in schools in Sudan wilt
(Evangelical Focus Europe)
Advancing religious freedom for all requires a multi-faceted, global effort
(Jeremy P. Barker, Real Clear Religion)
Free exercise of religion - coronavirus in the Philippines
(Tony La Viña, Manila Standard)
Taking a direct stand against antisemitism – our report to UN Special Rapporteur
(Shaheryar Gill, American Center for Law and Justice)
Hopes wilt for teaching Christianity in schools in Sudan
(Christian Headlines)
What is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart? A CNA Explainer
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
US protests inspire activists across Middle East
(Al-Monitor)
Israeli security chiefs warn that annexation could ignite the West Bank
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Can Trump secure release of all US hostages in Iran?
(Mark Fitzpatrick, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Saudi Arabia to reopen Mecca mosques as cases surpass 150,000
(Al-Monitor)
WEBINAR RECORDING, 18 June 2020: COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series || EPISODE 11: Africa and the Middle East Perspectives
(Rosalind I. J. Hackett, Fayyad Alqudah, Khalid Hajji, Ahmed Salisu Garba, Luka David Mosoma)
Canada Supreme Court to hear church case
(Barry W. Bussey, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Intersection)
Missionaries around the world are responding to COVID-19
(Bethany Johnson, Religion Unplugged)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #93 Googling “Prayer” During the COVID-19 Crisis
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
COVID-19 is intensifying religiosity globally
(Jeanet Bentzen, Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches calls on the Committee of the Verkhovna Rada to reject draft laws on gender
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Costa Rica’s bishops defend Catholic Church’s role as state religion
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Renewed threats of military action on Korean Peninsula alarms World Council of Churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Religious persecution is engulfing the world
(Arielle Del Turco, The Christian Post)
If the Church had stood up against slavery, ‘we may not be here,’ SBC pastor says
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Catholic priest and doctor: Coronavirus crisis a ‘window of opportunity’ for the homeless
(Catholic News Agency)
Vatican defrocks priest named 'pope' of African sect
(Juste Hlannon, La Croix International)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #92: Capturing Wisdom of Religious Leaders: “Coronaspection”
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
South Africa’s failure to legislate on religious marriages leaves women vulnerable
(Waheeda Amien, The Conversation)
Time to end the silence on the persecution of Christians in Nigeria
(Mervyn Thomas, Christian Today)
Villagers in India kill Christian teenage convert after accusing him of ‘witchcraft’
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ban on churches in Malaysia using 'Allah' for God arises again
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Will Covid-19 put an end to hookah culture in Egypt?
(Ahmed Elleithy, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Will Cairo succeed in stopping Ethiopian control over Nile waters?
(Ayah Aman, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Saudi Arabia approves dexamethasone as coronavirus treatment
(Al-Monitor)
Iranian official criticizes Instagram for 'immorality'
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
What do we do with critical theory?: Racism, white privilege, and Christianity
(Shane Morris & John Stonestreet, Christian Headlines)
Can Catholics support 'Black Lives Matter'?
(Catholic News Agency)
ACLJ requests the immediate release of captive Christian teen Leah Sharibu at the U.N. Human Rights Council
(Paul Archuleta, American Center for Law and Justice)
Religious people in Hong Kong worried as territory awaits Beijing’s security law
(John Burger, Aleteia)
USCIRF releases new report about Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Want to make systemic change? Pope Francis has some ideas
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Britain has the wrong government for the covid crisis
(The Economist)
Learning from US Streets / A moment of reckoning
(Agnes Callamard, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
At a German train station, a unique memorial is dedicated to Jews deported to their death
(Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
German church covers anti-Semitic sculpture it was forced to keep
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Implementation of the ECtHR’s judgments – A Call for Greater Transparency
(Ewa Garbarz, Guest Post, ECHR Blog)
‘Thousands of Christians killed’ in Nigeria: UK lawmakers call for investigation into reports of 'genocide'
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Rogue Russian priest seizes convent with Cossack brigade, sparks public showdown with Church – Analysis
(Matthew Luxmoore, Eurasia Review Analysis)
‘People Still Need Us’: A Report on a Survey of Faith Leaders on the Island of Ireland during the Covid-19 Pandemic
(Gladys Ganiel, Queen’s University Belfast, The Irish Council of Churches/Irish Inter-Church Meeting)
Sharia Law in Europe?
(University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre)
UK's advocacy about Patriarch Antonios of the Eritrean Orthodox Church
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
USCIRF condemns Turkish military operations in Northern Iraq
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
CSW concerned by UK's merger of DfID and FCO
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Romanians protest against ban on gender identity studies
(Reuters)
Public masses to resume in Northern Ireland on June 29
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic aid agency urges Ireland to use UN Security Council seat to protect human rights
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Former Ukrainian president threatened for church policy
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Ukrainian crime bureau denies interfering in church question
(Ukrainiskaia Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Labour has a ‘long way to go’ on antisemitism, Jewish leaders warn Starmer
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)
Turkish-backed militants persecuting Christians, Yazidis after US troop pullback: USCIRF
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Germany’s far-right a major loser from COVID-19, so far
(Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings: Order from Chaos)
With new document, Vatican implements practical steps for environmental sustainability
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Amsterdam isn’t just Europe’s ‘sin city’: It’s the Eucharistic heart of The Netherlands
(Carmen Montón Lecumberri, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Azerbaijan: Will fired parliamentary staffer be reinstated?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Turkey gets comfortable in northern Syria
(Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
UAE condemns Turkish and Iranian military interventions in Iraq
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Counting Religion in Britain, May 2020
(Clive D. Field, British Religion in Numbers)
We need the Sabbath’s calm more than ever
(Geraldine Van Bueren, The Times)
Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred in North East England
(Peter Hopkins, John Clayton, and Tell Mama, UK Economic and Social Research Council, Northumbria University, Newcastle University, TellMAMA)
EU sends mixed messages on freedom of religion or belief
(ADF International)
Religious freedom “challenged” worldwide, but European Commission terminates FoRB Special Envoy mandate
(Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Abortion: House of Lords backs NI regulations
(BBC News)
Religious liberty publication fined by Russian court
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Level of public radicalization declining in Russia - FSB
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: 6.5 years' jail for building "world theocratic state" with 700 roubles
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Of graves, headstones and “offensive” inscriptions: Re St Margaret’s Rottingdean
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Diplomats laud Church, other religions for role in fight against pandemic (UK, Vatican)
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
France’s historic and modern church-state cooperation
(Josué Michels, The Trumpet)
U.S. Department of State: Odessa City Hall continues to discriminate against Greek and Roman Catholics
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
In final vote, UK Parliament approves N Ireland legal abortion rules
(Catholic News Agency)
The rule of law and the place of religion: Lessons from the pandemic
(Andrea Pin, Talk About: Law and Religion)
The recent ECtHR judgment Kövesi v. Romania. Reactions of Romanian authorities and implications regarding the rule of law
(Dragoș Călin, Strasbourg Observers)
Law Pod UK New Episode: IICSA Update and Abuse within Minority Religions
(Emma-Louise Fenelon, UK Human Rights Blog)
Amnesty blasts Bahrain, Kuwait for 'highly invasive' COVID-19 tracing apps
(Al-Monitor)
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