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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)
WEBINAR SERIES, 25 November 2020 (4 PM CEST): The Android and the Fax: AI and Buddhism in Contemporary Japan
(Erica Baffelli (University of Manchester), Center for Religious Studies, Foundazione Bruno Kessler, Trento)
SUMMER SCHOOL & INTERRELIGIOUS TRAINING SEMINAR, 2-13 August 2020: Religion in Times of Crisis. Live from Jerusalem
(Elijah Interfaith Institute)
VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLES ON ASIAN LAW, 6 August 2020 (4PM SGT - 8AM GMT): Freedom of Religion or Belief: Asia and Comparative Perspective
(Arif Jamal, Nazila Ghanea, Jaclyn Neo, Benjamin Schonthal, Mark Hill QC, Center or Asian Legal Studies, National University of Singapore School of Law)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 August 2020 (10:30am): USCIRF Update with USAID: The President’s Executive Order on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
International Headlines
LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
G20 INTERFAITH FORUM 2020: Bringing Faith and Policy Together
(Website, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)
Erdogan joins thousands to pray for first time at Istanbul's Hagia Sophia
(Ali Kucukgocmen, Daren Butler, Reuters)
Erdogan fulfills cherished goal, opening Hagia Sophia to prayers
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Turkey's Hagia Sophia holds first Friday prayers since conversion back to mosque
(Isil Sariyuce, Arwa Damon and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN International)
Why Hagia Sophia remains a potent symbol of spiritual and political authority
(Anna Bigelow, Religion News Service)
As Hagia Sophia opens as mosque, Orthodox observe day of mourning
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why is Hagia Sophia's (re)conversion into a mosque bad for Muslims? (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Ramazan Kilinc, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Why I do not intend to pray in the Hagia Sophia 'mosque' | Opinion
(Mohammed Alsherebi, Newsweek)
Restored as mosque, Hagia Sophia opens up to Islamic prayers
(David Gauthier-Villars, The Wall Street Journal)
Hagia Sophia and places of religious freedom
(Massimo Faggioli, La Croix International)
Lessons from Jerusalem: The Hagia Sophia in Turkey is too disputed to turn back into a mosque
(Theophilos III, Opinion contributor, USA Today Opinion)
Turkey names 3 imams, including professor, for Hagia Sophia
(Associated Press)
Putin, Greek PM discuss situation surrounding Hagia Sofia Cathedral in Istanbul
(Interfax-Religion)
Problematic women: What is known about China's forced sterilization of Uighur women
(Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal)
What’s faith got to do with COVID-19?
(Katherine Marshall and Olivia Wilkinson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Kidnapped Nigerian priest set free and in ‘good health’
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican foreign minister: Religious freedom must be protected
(Simon Caldwell, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The next pope and Vatican diplomacy
(George Weigel, First Things)
Uzbekistan: Agents provocateurs, arrests, torture, criminal cases
(Mushfig Bayram, Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
South African priest highlights religious freedom in Cuba
(Prensa Latina)
With Trump’s failure to protect religious minorities, Afghan Hindus and Sikhs face an uncertain future in India
(Tejpaul Singh Bainiwal, Religion Dispatches)
Standing in solidarity for what matters: IGE at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
(Institute for Global Engagement)
IGE shares religious freedom work with Kazakhstan government officials
(Institute for Global Engagement)
The attempted shutdown of China’s Christians
(Nina Shea, National Review)
In Haiti, more LGBT-friendly penal code prompts outcry from pulpit
(Sandra Lemaire, Renan Toussaint, Yves Manuel, Matiado Vilme, Voice of America)
Mexican Supreme Court case could open door to legalized abortion throughout Mexico
(Nancy Flanders, Live Action)
Taliban say ready for talks with Kabul after Eid holiday
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Catholic peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the COVID-19 emergency
(Coby Vail, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Israel’s government coalition teeters after vote to ban gay conversion therapy
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Europe Headlines
Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia opens as a mosque for Muslim prayers
(Mehmet Guzel and Suzan Fraser, Associated Press)
Hagia Sophia: Former Istanbul museum welcomes Muslim worshippers
(BBC News)
Turkey: From today on, the Byzantine Church of Hagia Sophia will be a mosque
(Rosa Die Alcolea, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
German abbess faces possible landmark trial on church asylum
(Catholic News Service)
Yom Kippur synagogue attacker goes on trial in Germany
(Kirsten Grieshaber and Volkmar Kienoel, Associated Press)
Former SS Nazi guard convicted in Germany's 'last' Holocaust trial
(Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle)
Representative body of German Jews celebrates 70th anniversary
(Jewish News)
Russia's first trial on FGM restarts after coronavirus lockdown
(Emily Sherwin, Deutsche Welle)
FSB detains over 20 Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan terrorists in Moscow, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk Territory
(Interfax-Religion)
European Recovery Fund: Congratulations of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union
(Rosa Die Alcolea, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Protests decry Polish gov’t plan to leave anti-violence deal
(Associated Press)
Ukraine proposes to introduce fine for promoting homosexuality
(Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill calls on Armenia, Azerbaijan to have dialogue
(Interfax-Religion)
France: The long shadow of the Saint-Michel terrorist attacks
(Andreas Noll, Deutsche Welle)
Families of French IS members in Syria battle to bring them back
(Lisa Louis, Deutsche Welle)
For anti-Semites in France, police are seen as ‘dirty Jews’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What a shift in the U.K.’s foreign policy means for the U.S.
(Thomas Wright, The Atlantic)
Regulations on face covering: Advice from Church of England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Online Christian pilgrimage: How a virtual tour to Lourdes follows a tradition of innovation
(Samuel L. Boyd, The Conversation)
United States Headlines
Religious Freedom in Focus, Volume 87 – July/2020
(U.S. Department of Justice)
House OKs repeal of Trump travel ban decried as anti-Muslim
(Elana Schor and Mariam Fam, Associated Press)
BJC applauds passage of the NO BAN Act in U.S. House
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
HHS acts to preserve religious freedom at hospitals during pandemic
(Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal)
A normalized sense of hopelessness
(Cynthia G. Lindner, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
Suit challenges South Carolina grants to private school students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge temporarily blocks McMaster’s $32M spending plan for private school vouchers
(Maayan Schechter, The Island Packet)
Man accused of running over Sikh man charged with hate crime
(Colleen Slevin, Associated Press)
Bishops, immigrant advocates oppose Trump’s new census memo
(Carol Zimmermann, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
The Bible teaches that all humans are flawed. What does that mean for today’s statue debates?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Mark Hemingway: Campus free-speech fights almost always include religion landmines
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
More insights and information about future conflicts between religious and LGBTQ rights
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Poll: Americans don’t want government telling Christian schools who they can hire
(Caleb Lyman, The Federalist)
Religious education employers see two significant jurisdictional decisions in Summer 2020
(Amber K. Dodds, Amy Karff Halevy, James H. Kizziar Jr., The National Law Review)
Insight: conservative religious law rejects the death penalty
(Joshua Holo, Joel Thal Simonds, Bloomberg Law)
Wedding services company challenges public accommodation non-discrimination ordinance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ohio minister challenges law forcing her to officiate, write for same-sex weddings
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
New suit charges former Cardinal McCarrick with sexual abuse and dioceses with negligence
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New accuser of Theodore McCarrick alleges the ex-cardinal orchestrated abuse involving other clerics
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Christian abortion critics urge Dems to change platform
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Judge not: the problem with Georgia’s charge about religious objection to jury service
(Matthew P. Cavedon, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
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