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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)
ZOOM EVENT, 4 August 2020 (12PM EDT): Faith & Belief ERGs Zoom Call with DELL Technologies
(Dell Technologies, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 4 August 2020 (12PM ET): ADL’s Annual Supreme Court Review
(ADL)
International Headlines
Killing of Tahir Naseem in Pakistan
(Press Statement, U.S. Department of State)
USCIRF expresses outrage at the killing of U.S. citizen over blasphemy charges in Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Pakistan’s bloodthirsty blasphemy law needs to be repealed
(Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, The Diplomat)
Thousands rally in Pakistan in support of killer of American
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Lawyer: Yemeni rebels free 6 Baha’i prisoners held for years
(Ahmed Al-Haj, Associated Press)
USCIRF commends release of religious prisoner of conscience Hamid Bin Haydara and 5 other Baha’is in Yemen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Six Baha’is imprisoned by the Houthis freed in Yemen
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Religion Photos of the Week - 31 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
World Day Against Human Trafficking: A fight that concerns all countries
(Larissa I. López, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Podcast: Pasha 74: From girl to adult: the impact of early marriages in Ghana
(Ozayr Patel and Elizabeth Anokyewaa Sarfo Fordjour, The Conversation)
How the Hagia Sophia decision impacts Turkey, minorities and now, Syria
(Claire Sadar, Religion Unplugged)
Hagia Sophia’s status change threatens cultural rights (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hagia Sophia: turning this Turkish treasure into a mosque is at odds with its UNESCO status
(Senija Causevic, The Conversation)
Kashmir: new domicile rules spark fresh anger a year after India removed region’s special status
(Leoni Connah, The Conversation)
Why is Eid celebrated twice a year and how has coronavirus changed the festival?
(The Conversation)
Tahafuz-e-Bunyad-e-Islam Bill against constitution: Nasir Abbas Jaffri
(Mansoor Ali, The Nation)
Livestock prices stress Muslims in Africa ahead of Eid
(Babacar Dione and Krista Larson, Associated Press)
Rights group urges Indonesia to end caning under Islamic law
(Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)
Pilgrims pray on peak day of hajj in shadow of coronavirus
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)
Canadian court says Catholic archdiocese is vicariously liable for sexual abuse at orphanage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appeal court holds Catholic church liable for abuse suffered at Mount Cashel
(CBC News)
Over 145 Brazilian bishops condemn Bolsonaro’s handling of pandemic
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
12 dead as Philippine troops battle militants in south
(Associated Press)
Reflection on race by Bishop João Noé Rodrigues of South Africa
(Paul Tatu, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Why are peaceful human rights activists still behind bars in Vietnam?
(Kasit Piromya, The Diplomat)
Mexico Supreme Court rejects state's bid to decriminalise abortion
(BBC News)
Pastor in Nepal jailed for more than three months released on bail
(Morning Star News)
COVID-19: Scapegoating Shincheonji in South Korea. A Second White Paper
(Massimo Introvigne, Willy Fautré, Rosita Šorytė, Alessandro Amicarelli, Marco Respinti, CESNUR – Center for Studies on New Religions)
Russian Orthodox Symphonia in the Time of Coronavirus
(Mikhail Antonov, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
COVID-19: Interfaith group sensitises Bodija traders
(Saheed Salawu, Nigerian Tribune)
Nigeria cannot be defeated by evil forces, inter-faith clerics declare at ongoing prayers
(Vanguard Nigeria)
Annual Report 2019/2020: Eradication of modern slavery: Catholic action in Australia
(Australian Catholic Anti-Slavery Network)
CCP offers high monetary awards to those who report on banned religious groups
(Ye Jiajia, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
IGE participates in 25th anniversary celebration of diplomatic relations between the United States and Vietnam
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Indonesia ranks among most religious countries in Pew study
(Made Anthony Iswara, The Jakarta Post)
USAID helps promote religious freedom in the Middle East
(VOA)
COVID hajj restrictions leave streets of Mecca empty, pilgrimage businesses in trouble
(Rabiya Jaffery, Religion News Service)
USCIRF applauds Global Magnitsky sanctions against Xinjiang entity
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
U.S. Ambassador Brownback on China’s high-tech persecution of Uighurs
(Joe Carter, The Gospel Coalition)
Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Bishop James Su Zhimin
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. House of Representatives)
Religious Freedom in China: The Case of Bishop James Su Zhimin (video)
(Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, YouTube Video)
Europe Headlines
Corporate human rights due diligence in times of COVID-19
(Julianne Hughes Jennett, Laila Hamzi and Ram Mashru, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Iran: Wave of support in the EU for persecuted Baha’is
(Bahá’í International Community, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Does re-converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque violate secularism in Turkey? (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Umut Azak, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
After over four months, public Masses can resume Aug. 3 in Leicester, England
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Vatican official voices support for German abbess who sheltered refugees
(Sarah MacDonald, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Ukrainian president shows ecumenical spirit: New religious state holidays to appear in Ukraine
(Union of Orthodox Journalists, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Largest raid on Jehovah's Witnesses leads to police brutality
(Viktoria Ponomareva, The Insider, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Ukraine-Russia church conflict echoes Russia-Ukraine hybrid war
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
French evangelicals denounce the risks of surrogacy in a report to the UN
(Evangelical Focus Europe)
Montenegro's power games between church and state may be about to create a Balkan explosion
(Gawain Towler, The Telegraph)
Face-coverings in places of worship: update
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Article 9 challenge to lack of provision for humanist weddings in England & Wales dismissed
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Coronavirus COVID:19 – NW England restrictions
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Ecclesiastical court judgments – July 2020
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
‘I don’t care about Hitler’: Wiley and the rise of antisemitism
(The Conversation)
Islam and Muslims on UK University Campuses: perceptions and challenges (PDF)
(Mathew Guest, Alison Scott-Baumann, Sariya Cheruvallil-Contractor, Shuruq Naguib, Aisha Phoenix, Yenn Lee and Tarek Al-Baghal, Arts and Humanities Research Council)
Alienation and Establishment
(Simon Thompson, MDPI Journal)
United States Headlines
Desecration of Catholic churches across U.S. leaves congregations shaken
(Francis X. Rocca, The Wall Street Journal)
New podcast: What did those Big Tech hearings have to do with religious life in America?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Big tech hearing: Amazon slammed for "empowering" hate towards Catholics, Jews
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)
Ministerial Exception doctrine leads to dismissal of music director's discrimination suit
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The Supreme Court’s religious crusaders take on the pandemic response
(Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times Opinion)
Why religious freedom is special
(Emilie Kao, The Hill Opinion)
Death of the Lemon Test? The future of religious freedom jurisprudence
(Roger Byron, Real Clear Religion)
Voices: Donald Trump is protecting religious freedom in a perilous age
(Ramiro Peña, Baptist Standard)
Supreme Court religious school ruling offers opportunities for low-income families (Guest viewpoint)
(Charles Chieppo and Jamie Gass, Mass Live)
AG Paxton leads 21 states in amicus brief defending religious liberty
(EIN Presswire)
Freedom beats aid for religious schools
(Avi Schick, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)
Rob Boston: Trump adviser unleashes error-filled attack on separation of church and state
(Rob Boston, YubaNet)
Analysis: Do religious voters like Trump or Biden best?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Coalition letter rejects report issued by State Department’s Commission on Unalienable Rights
(Human Rights First)
What comes next for religious liberty?
(Russell Shaw, Angelus News)
Obeying God rather than men? A constitutional scholar on what’s really a religious liberty issue
(Ed Stetzer, The Exchange)
SBA program violated church-state separation
(Tom Waddell, Central Maine Opinion Column)
High-stakes court case over church abuse draws legal arguments
(Peter Smith, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Supreme Court wrap up: How did religious liberty do this term?
(Maureen Collins, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Press Release: Wright introduces religious liberty amendment in appropriations package
(Congressman Ron Wright)
11th Circuit: Shame to Muslim family from assault allegations allows woman to proceed as Jane Doe
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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