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Events Headlines
CALL FOR PAPERS, New deadline 1 March 2021: Theme Issue on Conversion, Proselytization, Secularization
(Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, Journal of Law, Religion and State)
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, 6 August 2020 (12:30PM EDT): Islam and Western Secular Modernity: A Conversation with Nilüfer Göle
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
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
Articles of interest - 3 August 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religion Watch, Volume 34 No. 12
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Algeria's opportunity for freedom
(Claire Evans, Religious Freedom Institute)
Algeria's government must respect freedom of religion or belief
(Scott Weiner, Religious Freedom Institute)
Uzbekistan lifts 'ban' on minors attending prayers in mosques
(Al Jazeera)
Iran Health Ministry says COVID-19 deaths are higher than reported
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
The significance of the Char Dham board verdict (on state regulation of temples in India)
(Faizan Mustafa, The Hindu)
New York Times offers update on India's gay prince: Yes, there are big religion ghosts
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Uyghurs, CCP fake news exposed by new UHRP report
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
On Yazidi genocide anniversary, failure to support survivors decried
(Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post)
Israel needs to prepare for the Biden era - opinion
(Ori Wertman, The Jerusalem Post - Opinion)
Vatican calls for arson investigation at Nicaragua cathedral
(Associated Press)
South Korea church leader arrested over coronavirus outbreak
(Deutsche Welle)
75 years after A-bombings in Japan, world worries about new arms race
(Hisashi Yukimoto and Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Pilgrims wear masks, socially distance during Hajj
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
AP photos: Muslims worldwide mark Eid festival amid pandemic
(Associated Press)
Europe Headlines
Law and religion round-up – 2nd August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance: to 8 August
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
English Catholic bishops: Church backs vaccination to protect the most vulnerable
(Catholic News Agency)
Jehovah's Witness granted reduced punishment
(Ivan Zhuravkov, 7x7 Kursk oblast, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witnesses repeatedly tried for same offenses
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
The conversion of Hagia Sophia: Desire, spectacle, and a historical re-enactment (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Ömür Harmanşah, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A nation in fight with itself: The Hagia Sophia between ideas and elites (Responding to: Hagia Sophia: From museum to mosque)
(Sinem Adar, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Burqa ban, face mask laws frustrate Dutch Muslims
(Ingrid Gercama, Sanne Derks, Deutsche Welle)
Ukrainian politician points to European political thrust (regarding religious holidays)
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Ukrainian Bureau of Investigation avoids interference in church dispute
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
United States Headlines
Heroes of Western civilization: 76 years after the Warsaw Uprising
(The White House)
Trump, at risk of losing White Evangelicals, attacks Biden on God
(Jacob Jarvis, Newsweek)
The problem with the ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’
(James Loeffler, The Atlantic)
Live Mic: Sen. Mike Lee weighs in after Supreme Court rules against Nevada church
(Curt Gresseth, KSL)
USAID official fired after anti-LGBTQ social media posts
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
Review of the year's religious court cases
(Oregon Faith Report)
Vandalism and destruction of churches and religious symbols continue across America
(Jorge Gomez and Mia Gradick, First Liberty)
Satanic Temple has promissory estoppel claim after its permit to erect memorial was voided
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Limits on street preacher at farmers market are upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Would God support vaccines?
(Megan Bailey, Beliefnet)
Work resumes on church destroyed on 9/11
(Karen Matthews, Associated Press)
Should Protestants reject natural law? Responding to common objections
(David VanDrunen, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Plug-In: To kneel or not to kneel? That isn't a new controversy linking sports and faith
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
To unite the country, we need honesty and courage
(Robert P. George and Cornel West, Boston Globe)
Thinking with Ryan Burge and Damon Linker: Blessed be the ties that used to bind America?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
LGBTQ employees can sue for termination – what other employment policies do you now need to review?
(John L Litchfield and John S. Lord Jr., The National Law Review)
Why are Arkansas, South Carolina, Wyoming holding back on adopting hate crime laws?
(Dov Wilker, The Hill Opinion)
Republicans and Democrats agree on need to cancel ‘cancel culture’
(Angela Sailor, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
The 'cancel culture' debate gets the fight for free speech entirely wrong
(Eve Fairbanks, The Washington Post)
‘Cancel culture’ is as old as religion, and it’s only a thing because of who’s doing the cancelling
(Shaul Magid, Religion Dispatches)
Cancel culture comes for Pentagon. Latest ‘woke’ proposal would hurt national security.
(James Carafano, The Daily Signal)
Attack on Connecticut COVID-19 orders rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
San Francisco’s Archbishop Cordileone urges Friday fasting for an end to COVID
(Catholic News Agency)
What literature can tell us about people’s struggle with their faith during a pandemic
(Agnes Mueller, The Conversation)
Religious liberty advocates see rough road ahead due to pandemic, but mostly optimistic about future wins
(Mark Tapscott, The Epoch Times)
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