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LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series - RECORDINGS of all Episodes
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #108: Refugee Perceptions Through the Lens of Religious Beliefs: Rohingya Camps
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Halting the Hajj: Exploring the social, political, economic, and religious fallout of this year’s (all but) canceled pilgrimage
(David J. Wasserstein, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Business Leaders Advancing Interfaith Understanding and Peace
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
‘Uncertain and unsettling’: China approves controversial Hong Kong security law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Asia’s top cardinal says Hong Kong security law puts religious liberty at risk
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New mass grave unearthed in Iraq’s north from brutal IS rule
(Farid Abdulwahed and Samya Kullab, Associated Press)
Church leaders targeted by conservative president’s supporters in Brazil
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican’s top diplomat meets about Mideast with U.S., Israeli ambassadors
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Erdogan should not erase Turkey's Christian past
(Richard V. Reeves and Mustafa Akyol, Foreign Policy Argument)
South Africa: New Bill prohibits marriage officers from turning down same-sex couples
(Jason Felix, News24)
Pompeo warns Turkey against reverting Hagia Sophia to mosque
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Tajikistan: Impunity for torturers continues
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Calls for UN probe of China forced birth control on Uighurs
(Associated Press)
China's own documents show potentially genocidal sterilization plans in Xinjiang
(Adrian Zenz, Foreign Policy)
Mozambique's insurgency is a regional problem
(Tonderayi Mukeredzi, Foreign Policy)
Nigeria could be next Rwanda or Darfur if world doesn't act, advocates warn
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Erdogan vows to tighten social media controls after insults on family
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Syrian refugees hopeful as Egypt eases coronavirus restrictions
(Amr Emam, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Knesset says no to surrogacy for gay men, but minister vows it will happen
(Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel)
One year of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: 400 have registered, despite obstacles
(Paul Komesaroff, Cameron Stewart, Camille La Brooy, and Jennifer Philip, The Conversation)
USCIRF warns that forced sterilization of Uyghur Muslims is evidence of genocide
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Uyghurs subject to mass sterilization: a new CCP crime against humanity
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Iran issues arrest warrant for President Trump
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)
Israel to postpone West Bank annexation plan
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)
Messianic church in Israel wins restraining order in case against anti-evangelism group
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
‘This is the Christian message’: Cardinal urges Catholics to join struggle for racial justice
(Catholic News Agency)
Catholic archdiocese in Guam stopping monthly payments to former archbishop
(Catholic News Agency)
Canadian Catholic diocese aims to repair defaced Stations of the Cross
(Catholic News Agency)
Churches and COVID-19 in NSW- PHO No 4 released
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
USCIRF releases Yemen country update highlighting Houthi religious freedom violations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
From Saudi Arabia, a welcome call for tolerance and moderation
(Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe)
Ordination amid coronavirus - A call for humility and courage
(Cardinal Michael Czerny, Catholic News Agency)
Qatar to further ease coronavirus restrictions
(Al-Monitor)
Oman weighs costs of bailout from Gulf neighbors
(Sebastian Castelier, Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)
Europe Headlines
Birth registration and religion in Greece: Stavropoulos and Papanikolaou
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The Grand Chamber Judgment in S.M. v Croatia: Human Trafficking, Prostitution and the Definitional Scope of Article 4 ECHR
(Vladislava Stoyanova, Strasbourg Observers)
Birth certificate mentioning when a child was named by a civil act breached a family’s right not to have to manifest their beliefs (Stavropoulos))
(Press Release, The European Court of Human RIghts (via Strasbourg Consortium))
Woman given life for plot to blow up St. Paul’s Cathedral in London
(Associated Press)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #106: Deep Prejudices Surface During the COVID-19 Crisis
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #107: Poverty, COVID-19, and Charity in Italy
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
MP Tynkkynen's hate speech sentence upheld, plans appeal to European Court of Human Rights
(YLE)
EU ignores calls to renew mandate of Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief
(Evangelical Focus Europe)
USCIRF troubled by Russia’s ongoing imprisonment of Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Prosecutor tries to block Christensen's release
(Ivan Zhuravkov, 7x7 Kursk oblast, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Authorities interfere with release of Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Website of Za prava cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Duma's Tolstoy sees demonstration of LGBT flags on embassy buildings in Moscow as attempt to influence voting on constitutional amendments
(Interfax-Religion)
Court considers status of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia
(Associated Press)
Humanist marriages go to court
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
German pastor charged with incitement for anti-gay comment
(Associated Press)
Proposed new law could make JK Rowling a criminal
(Agenda, The Herald (Scotland))
Vote on key changes to Belgium’s abortion rights law blocked for the third time
(Gabriela Galindo, The Brussels Times)
UK Pro-life leaders warn against ‘hijack’ of Domestic Abuse Bill to liberalize abortion law
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Montenegro becomes first country in Balkans to legalise same-sex civil partnerships
(Euronews)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #105: Collaboration Between Government Officials and Muslim Leaders on Mosque Reopening
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Italy towards its first law on hate crimes against LGBT people
(Irene Dominioni, Forbes)
Museum or mosque? Turkey debates iconic Hagia Sofia’s status
(Suzan Fraser and Ayse Wieting, Associated Press)
2020 has hammered home the message: FoRB is not a dispensable right
(European Platform against Religious Intolerance and Discrimination)
God and man in Moscow
(Cameron Hilditch, National Review)
NATO, Britain must stand with Montenegro's Christians
(Tim Farron MP and Steve Baker MP, Newsweek Opinion)
Black Jesus painting to be displayed at St. Albans Cathedral in the UK
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
UK churches to reopen with 30-person limit, social distancing guidelines
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
6,666 abortions performed in Ireland last year after repeal of pro-life law
(Catholic News Agency)
Italy grants bishops permission to ditch gloves for Communion
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
France’s ‘hip’ female rabbi draws Muslims, Christians and Jews in a time of crisis
(Julia Lieblich and Luc Vachez, Religion News Service)
United States Headlines
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