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Events Headlines
CONFERENCE, 24 November 2021: The ECHR turns 70: Taking Stock, Thinking Forward
(Human Rights Centre Ghent University, Strasbourg Observers)
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)
ZOOM WEBINAR, 1 July 2020 ( 3 pm EDT): Listening to Black Clergy
(Sean Casey, Leah Daughtry, Cheryl Sanders, Adam R. Taylor, Travis B. Winckler, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
International Headlines
LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
WEBINAR RECORDING: Young Women of Faith and Transformative Leadership in COVID-19 Response
(Katherine Marshall, Ruth Gopin. Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, et al., Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs)
Religion Photos of the Week - 22 June 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #98: How Stigma Links to COVID-19 in Indonesia
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
WHO welcomes Saudi Arabia’s decision to limit Hajj 2020
(Arab News)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #99: Guidelines Part II: Reopening after Shutdowns
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Dignitatis humanae: the Council affirms the right to religious liberty
(Andrea Tornielli, Vatican News)
US Bishops: Religious freedom under stress around the world
(Vatican News)
Rights groups go to court over US challenge to human rights
(Ryan Thoreson, Human Rights Watch)
Arab countries welcome Saudi Arabia’s decision on Hajj 2020
(Arab News)
The right to enter his or her own country
(Rutsel Martha and Stephen Bailey, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Religion and Innovation
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Saudis say Yemen’s government, separatists agree to truce
(Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press)
Can Jewish schools meet the challenge of Black Lives Matter?
(Tayla Zax, Forward)
Should we repent of our grandparents’ racism? Scripture on Intergenerational Sin
(Dr.Michael Rhodes, Center for Hebraic Thought)
African bishop stirs controversy by suspending priest-theologian for syncretism
(Jean François Channon Denwo, La Croix International)
USAID response to religious freedom challenges
(VOA)
USCIRF urges Thailand and Malaysia to protect Rohingya Muslim refugees stranded at sea
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Nicaragua and El Salvador bishops push back against government-backed critics
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
South Africa bishops warn against ‘second pandemic’ of gender-based violence
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
With assault on Iraq, Turkey and Iran cement a partnership in crime
(Arab News)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #97: Adapting Practice: African Traditional Religions and COVID-19
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Tocqueville from Lagos: Why a Nigerian leader loves the DMV In America
(Paul Glader, Religion Unplugged)
Do you know someone of a different religion or belief than yours?
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
World Vision Coronavirus Resources
Europe Headlines
Publication: Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: a comprehensive analysis of technology tools
(Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Nearly 1,500 Muslims in Italy cancel Hajj plan
(Arab News)
House of Bishops Statement on Government COVID-19 guidance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #96: HOVID in Reality: Hunger Linked to COVID-19 Emergency and Faith-led Food Banks
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Reopening of places of worship in England on 4 July: a clarification
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Women majority of deacons ordained last year, new report shows
(The Church of England)
England: Church issues statement on reopening of buildings for public worship
(Episcopal News Service)
Imprisoned Jehovah’s Witness gets early release in Russia
(Associated Press)
Jehovah's Witness Dennis Christensen to be released from prison camp
(r, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
USCIRF applauds Russian Court’s parole of Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Police officer wins landmark employment case after being fired for his faith
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
In dealing with China, the ‘European way’ should be one of courage and integrity
(Jianli Yang and Aaron Rhodes, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Seven years of freedom of religion or belief at the EU, but what future?
(Peter van Dalen, New Europe)
Church leaders in Turkey call government to lift “entry ban” on serving pastors from overseas
(Barnabas Fund)
London more religious than rest of Britain, report finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
United States Headlines
Headlines concerning Bostock v. Clayton County (LGBT employment rights case)
Religious Freedom Week 2020: For the Good of All
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
U.S. Bishops’ religious liberty chairman announces religious freedom week from June 22-29, 2020
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
‘God’s servant first’ - on Religious Freedom Week
(Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, The Arlington Catholic Herald)
Journalists should not forget police chaplains amid ongoing race debate
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
It's crucial for all preachers — black and white — to fight racism In 2020
(Terry Mattingly, Religion Unplugged and Newsweek)
Survey: Most Americans aren’t comfortable going back to religious services
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Bostock and the murky future of workplace speech
(John Hirschauer, National Review)
‘Biology is not bigotry’ – Supreme Court decision threatens ‘religious freedom, privacy, safety’
(Tom Strode, The Pathway)
LGBT rights ruling isn’t the beginning of the end for religious liberty
(Daniel Bennett, Christianity Today)
The landmark ruling of the US Supreme Court in Bostock v Clayton County: Tracing the law through logic and textualism
(Ravi Shankar Pandey, Bar and Bench (India))
What faith-base employers need to know after the 'Bostock' decision
(Stanley Carlson-Thies, Religion Unplugged)
Bostock, the ministerial exception, and your next hire
(John Litzler, Front Porch News)
Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQ discrimination points to faith leaders' divide over gay rights
(Wenei Philimon, USA Today)
Five years on, LGBT+ couples fear for future of gay marriage
(Oscar Lopez, Reuters)
Ohio protects students’ religious freedom while at school
(The Christian Institute)
Twilight for academic freedom?
(Steve West, World News Group)
How Jesus became white — and why it’s time to cancel that
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
How to pray, talk and act across faiths without betraying your own
(Omar Suleiman, Religion News Service)
After arrest, teenage Muslim protester and volunteer medic made to remove hijab for booking photo
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court still has these major rulings coming on abortion and religious rights
(Paul Strand, CBN News)
Religious news from around the web June 22, 2020
(Wayne Edward Hanson, World Religion News)
How millennials make meaning from shopping, decorating and self-pampering
(Tara Isabella Burton, Religion News Service)
In our opinion: The right to worship should never be cast aside in a pandemic
(Deseret News)
Report spotlights Christians in need
(The Catholic Weekly)
Judicial activism: Figment or fact?
(Julianne Appling, VCY America)
Delaware town that banned Nativity scene from annual Christmas display sued by Knights of Columbus
(First Liberty)
Free exercise clinic files amicus brief defending prisoners’ religious liberty
(Yale Law School)
St. John’s Church in Washington vandalized again
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Mississippi bishop joins calls for removal of Confederate flag from state’s flag
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Bad faith restrictions on public worship
(Mark Movsesian, First Things)
Suit challenges roll-back of health care protections for transgender individuals
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
LGBTQ advocates sue Trump administration over rollback of nondiscrimination protections
(Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill)
South Carolina Episcopal parishes all win title to their property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge rules in favor of churches that left Episcopal Church, defies SC supreme court
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Baptists and Walmart criticize rebel-themed Mississippi flag
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)
Black Lives Matter: African Americans, migrants, and refugees (Catholic perspective)
(Donald M. Kerwin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Archbishop Wenski named acting chair of bishops’ religious freedom efforts
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Thinking with Ryan Burge: God 'anointing' presidents – a Trump thing or an American thing?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Jewish businesses in Los Angeles ransacked in riots, but only Israeli and Jewish media care
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Unjust rules for religious believers
(Charles J. Chaput and Michael P. Farris, First Things)
The coming “religion recession”
(David Gibson, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Atlanta's Jacob Rothschild helped lay path for today’s activist rabbis
(Dave Schechter, Religion Unplugged)
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