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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)
COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series - RECORDINGS of all Episodes
Religion Photos of the Week - 26 June 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
UN experts urge India to release protest leaders
(United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #102: COVID-19 Implications on Faith and Preparing for Disaster
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Column: Signs of the Times, by Massimo Faggioli
(La Croix International)
Podcasts. Becoming less racist: Lighting the path to anti-racism
(Anthea Butler, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Robert P. Jones, Kelly J. Baker, Jacqui Lewis, with Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service)
Jagannath Rath Yatra 2020: Lata Mangeshkar, Nandana Sen, Aamrapali Dubey extend greetings
(Zee News)
India allows religious festival to go ahead in 'limited' capacity as coronavirus cases surge
(Jessie Yeung and Swati Gupta, CNN)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #100: Tracking Faith Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency: Where to Next?
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #101: The Hajj 2020 and COVID-19
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
The Internationalisation of Black Lives Matter at the Human Rights Council
(Sejal Parmar, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Somalia: Prof. Mahmoud Ahmed-Hamdi, a humanist, is safe outside the country
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Human Rights Begin With Religious Rights – OpEd
(Bill Donohue, Eurasia Review)
Dr Brendan McNamara: No respite for Iran’s largest religious minority in time of coronavirus
(Iran Press Watch)
Religious persecution focus shifts to Africa
(Michael Swain, The Catholic Register)
UAE sends aid to Peru as part of Catholic-Muslim cooperation
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Zoroastrianism rises in North America
(Amy DePaul, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)
'Status quo on religious issues is a cornerstone of our ability to live in Israel'
(Gideon Allon, Israel Hayom)
Atheists and humanists facing discrimination across the world, report finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
USCIRF expresses concern about national security legislation’s threat to religious freedom in Hong Kong
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
New Hong Kong laws will have 'no effect' on religious freedom says cardinal
(Catholic San Francisco)
Do Catholics care about persecuted Christians?
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Arab League: Israeli annexation could ignite a religious war
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
As underage pregnancies rise, Kenyan bishops warn against sex ed and abortion
(Nick Benson, The Catholic Universe)
Bishop calls for investigation into deaths of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Peace treaty is essential next step for the Korean Peninsula say churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
COVID-19 Resources and Information
COVID-19 Resources and Information
Religion, Law and COVID-19 Emergency (DiReSoM)
Religions for Peace’s Multi-religious COVID-19 Hub
Europe Headlines
Church Law Society Newsletter Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro, No. 6/2020
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., English Version)
Germany: Catholic Church sees record drop in membership
(Timothy Jones, Deutsche Welle)
Kremlin hopes rainbow flag on U.S. embassy in Moscow drew attention of Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
Why can’t Britain’s foreign aid be used to help Christians too?
(Michael Nazir-Ali, The Spectator)
Turkey: Attacks on churches spike as some blame Christians for COVID-19
(Religion News Service)
Religious scholar laments: Turkish Christians 'a welcome scapegoat'
(Catholic News Agency)
The jury is still out on Europe’s religious future
(Thomas Albert Howard, Christianity Today)
EU FoRB Day – A call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief outside of the European Union
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Jews, Muslims and Christians are all persecuted in Europe. It must stop now
(Rev. Johnnie Moore and Nury Turkel, Newsweek Opinion)
Secularist group in Spain urges anti-Catholic language be added to child protection law
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Persecuted Siberian shaman gets international support
(Website of Memorial Human Rights Center, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jews will never forget heroism of the Soviet Army that stopped Holocaust - FJCR president
(Interfax-Religion)
Delayed marriages in England and Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Sadiq Khan urges community: Don’t suffer in silence – report antisemitism
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)
Why the UK government should not be allowed to define Islamophobia
(Rebecca Ruth Gould, Middle East Eye)
United States Headlines
Headlines concerning Bostock v. Clayton County (LGBT employment rights case)
New cert petitions in Title VII religious-accommodation cases
(Thomas Berg, Mirror of Justice: A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory)
Sifting through COVID-19, racism, and other controversies ... without losing your mind
(Alan Yoshioka, The B.C. Catholic)
Strange Nashville media storm: What to do when a 'prophet' advertises in your newspaper
(Mark Kellner, GetReligion)
COVID-19 limits, rulings seen as latest challenges to religious liberty
(Kurt Jensen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Advocates call order advancing religious freedom globally a needed action
(Catholic News Service)
Put not your faith in judges
(Micheal Warsaw, National Catholic Register)
5 years ago, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. Here’s where faith groups now stand on LGBTQ rights
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Savor and strategize: The SCOTUS decision to protect DACA
(Jim Wallis and Sandy Ovalle, Religion News Service)
Vaccines, LGBTQ rights, redressing child abuse, and an inspiring secular commencement
(Patheos Blog)
Waco judge's lawsuit over same-sex wedding officiating moved to Travis County
(Tommy Witherspoon, Waco Tribune-Herald)
Ruling in favor of LGBTQ workers leaves 'religious liberty' unresolved | Terry Mattingly
(Terry Mattingly, knox news)
The fight for LGBTQ human rights and equality is far from over
(Erik Olvera, Southern Poverty Law Center)
Religious liberty must not be confused with domination
(Henry Karlson, Patheos Blog)
Trump’s order on foster care backs civic-religious partnerships
(Julie Asher, Catholic Philly)
Controversy and coronavirus keep church plants out of schools
(David Roach, Christianity Today)
Hawley blasts big tech for 'censoring' Christian worship leader
(Nick Givas, Fox News)
Rehoboth sued over placement of nativity scene
(Chris Flood, Cape Gazette)
Instagram brands Christian worship ‘harmful’
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
An inter-faith, multi-conference “Virtual Freedom Ride” champions prayer and activism
(Mylon Medley, Adventist News Network)
Sen. Hawley: House-passed bill ‘Would force people of faith, doctors, others to perform abortion’
(John Jabukish, CNS News)
On religion in the legal academy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Charter school may not exclude vendor that expresses religious views on its website
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenges rollback of health care anti-discrimination rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump, the Bible, and the far Right’s use of religion
(Julia Mourão Permoser, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Federal judge rules Cuomo, de Blasio exceeded authority by restricting religious services while condoning protests
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
New podcast: Yes, religion plays a major role in battles over the Mississippi flag
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County impacts the Muslim community
(Religious Freedom Institute)
COVID-19 crisis: A wake-up call for religious freedom
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Idaho State Journal)
COVID-19 could lead to a ‘baby bust.’ Here’s why you should care
(Lois M. Collins, Deseret News)
Federal court says New York Governor Cuomo is wrong to limit worship services
(Thomas More Society)
New York enjoined from enforcing stricter limits against worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge blocks 25% capacity rule for religious services in NY
(Karen Matthews, Associated Press)
Federal judge blocks COVID-19 restrictions on New York religious services
(Jon Campbell, USA Today: Democrat & Chronicle)
Rising inequality in a crisis: The view from Baltimore
(Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor)
From farm labor to food trucks, Sikhs adapt langar to serve the masses during a pandemic
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Cerabino: Religious exemption in PBC mask order adds to virus prey
(Frank Cerabino, The Palm Beach Post)
In a summer of pandemic, Vacation Bible School programs go online and outside
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
'I have to find the Mecca of my heart': Muslims grieve as hajj is drastically limited
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)
Rabbi Sandra Lawson on how not to treat Jews of color
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Religious conservatives have lost LGBTQ rights battle. It’s time to surrender.
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
The law protects religious liberty far more than many people think
(Ilya Somin, Reason Foundation)
Supreme Court 2020: Major rulings on abortion, Trump’s tax returns still to come
(David G. Savage, Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Feds slap Stafford County with lawsuit over Muslim cemetery
(Rick Horner, Potomac Local News)
Campus free speech orgs seek to intervene in lawsuit to defend new Title IX regulations
(PR Newswire)
Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling turns 5: Acceptance, advancement, but opposition remains
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
Nev. church fighting state limits on worship gatherings not imposed on casinos, gyms
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Human rights begin with religious rights
(Bill Donohue, Newsmax)
Opinion: Stability in the law and dignity for all
(John Bursch, Limaohio.com)
Faith-based mutual aid flourishes amid pandemic, protests
(Aysha Khan, Associated Press)
Iowa abortion waiting period challenged on state constitutional grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Planned Parenthood sues Iowa over abortion waiting period
(Rox Laird, Courthouse News Service)
Executive Order encourages state cooperation with faith-based child welfare agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Executive Order on strengthening the child welfare system for America’s children
(The White House)
Pandemic peacebuilding: A conversation with Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Bitter split in Baptist flock in Alabama: Was this about Donald Trump or ancient doctrines?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How is African-American press handling news about protests, COVID-19 and churches?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Complete coverage of the George Floyd protests on Religion News Service
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