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International Headlines
Conversation: Digitalization of religion in times of COVID-19
(Marco Ventura, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Prisoners of an image secularization as an epidemic
(Paolo Costa, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Digitalizing the Church? Different contexts, similar theological challenges in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
(Regina Elsner, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Pagan communities in the time of pandemic
(Stanislav Panin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Global church and home church in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(Jennifer C. Lane, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Religion Photos of the Week - 7 August 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Modi’s textbook manipulations: Under cover of the pandemic, the administration has removed chapters on democracy, secularism, and citizenship from schoolbooks.
(Tish Sanghera, Foreign Policy Argument)
India marks another day of erasure and insult against its Muslim citizens
(Rana Ayyub, The Washington Post - Opinions)
In Modi’s quest to transform India, a grand Hindu temple rises
(Joanna Slater and Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
UN discusses Kashmir for 3rd time since India ends statehood
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
The last of the Zoroastrians: A funeral, a family, and a journey into a disappearing religion
(Shaun Walker, The Guardian)
Asian religious leaders map agenda for G20 interfaith meeting in Riyadh
(Arab News)
Constitution guarantees equal rights to minorities, says Qadri
(Associated Press of Pakistan)
Religious freedom is a concern for evangelicals in Sri Lanka
(Evangelical Focus Europe)
'Sheep without a shepherd': Hong Kong churches torn by politics
(Yanni Chow, Reuters)
Chile: COVID-19 arrests of pastors ruled unconstitutional
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Canadian pastor guilty of defying Myanmar’s coronavirus law
(Pyae Sone Win, Associated Press)
Nicaragua archbishop rejects that chapel fire was accidental
(Associated Press)
Church leaders offer condolences after Beirut, Lebanon explosion
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
US must take action to stop the undeniable genocide of Nigerian Christians
(Stephen S. Enada, Real Clear Religion)
Ideologues of destructive religious movements become active in Kazakhstan during quarantine
(Interfax-Religion)
A generation's big global issue: Can centrists win Islam's ideological civil war?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
New research shows religious discrimination is on the rise around the world, including in Australia
(Nicholas Aroney, phys.org)
In our opinion: Remembrance and restraint keep the world safe from the bomb
(The Editorial Board, Deseret News Opinion)
The future of world Christianity is African
(Philip Jenkins, The Gospel Coalition)
Don’t harass religious leaders, Matiang'i warns police officers
(Patrick Vidija and Benson Nyagesiba, The Star Kenya)
When Muslims leave the faith: Open apostasy can be dangerous, but those who risk it have an impressive reach.
(Daniel Pipes, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)
America must focus on religious persecution against Iranian Christian converts
(Shay Khatiri, Providence Mag)
Uzbekistan: Synagogue demolition threat now removed?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
The world needs clarity on human rights
(Paul Marshall, Providence Mag)
Pakistan’s minorities denied housing in Muslim areas
(John Newton and Maria Lozano, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Four Israeli women who’ve broken new political ground
(Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
First lesbian woman to be appointed to Tel Aviv's religious council
(Celia Jean, The Jerusalem Post)
Europe Headlines
Austria will allow descendants of Holocaust victims to receive citizenship
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
University hijab ban sparks protest in Belgium
(Isla Glen, Brig Newspaper)
Catholic politician in the Netherlands seeks leadership of left-wing party
(Sjoukje Dijkstra - Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Trump’s Germany ambassador pick under fire from Jewish groups for statements on immigrants and Nazi history
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Zelensky confirms the right of the UOC to use the Kiev Lavra of the Caves
(Interfax-Religion)
Polish LGBT people leaving as post-vote mood grows hostile
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)
Poland LGBT protests: Three charged with hanging rainbow flags off statues
(BBC News)
Six Jehovah's Witnesses face trial in Sverdlovsk region
(Znak.com, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jehovah's Witnesses win appeal in Sverdlovsk region
(Vikinovosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Protestant preacher punished for violating anti-evangelism law
(Invictory.com, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia is purging Ukrainian Orthodox presence in Crimea
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Man who attacked priests with knife in Moscow church gets 1.5 years in penal colony
(Interfax-Religion)
Transgender row teacher 'sacked' from second school
(Michael Race, BBC News)
Twitter apologises to Chief Rabbi for ‘slow’ response to hate posts
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)
Vatican-funded projects in Latin America to focus on coronavirus
(Hannag Brockhaus)
Legacy of anti-fascism for the common Pan-European future
(Manfred Nowak, Eurasia Review Opinion)
United States Headlines
Symposium: The unfolding revolution in the jurisprudence of the religion clauses
(SCOTUSblog)
Symposium: Religious freedom and the Roberts court’s doctrinal clean-up
(Richard Garnett, SCOTUSblog)
The Trump Administration says it champions religious liberty. Our research complicates that story
(Matthew Soerens, The Christian Post)
An attack on faith-based exemptions is an attack on the founders’ vision
(Mark David Hall, Christianity Today)
Ideas for churches studying the need for reparations
(Andrew Gardner, Baptist News Global)
Religious liberty and foster care
(Russell Shaw, The Arlington Catholic Herald)
Congressman urges AG Barr to protect religious freedom following reports of church vandalism
(Janita Kan, The Epoch Times)
Mike Pompeo claims the Judeo-Christian tradition for his agenda — a tradition in itself
(Mark Silk, Religion News Service)
Muslim leaders call for hate crime investigation into deadly Denver house fire
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Petitions of the week: Religious employees, religious developers and more
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)
Christian in NBA suffers horrible, funny injury: Was cruel ESPN tweet a news story or not?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Catholic group threatens litigation over BLM attempts to remove references to famous California priest
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
California city threatened with lawsuit for wanting to ax saint’s image from county seal, police badges
(Life Site News)
2nd Circuit enjoins pending appeal Vermont's exclusion of Catholic high school students from dual enrollment program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
2nd Circuit halts Vermont’s discrimination against children attending religious high schools
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Herman Cain is mourned, celebrated at his funeral in Atlanta
(Associated Press)
Playing electoral defense, Trump claims Biden opposes God
(Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press)
How churches can be advocates, not partisans, during election season
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The growing threat to religious freedom in health-care provision
(Wesley J. Smith, National Review)
DeVos: Give religious groups equal consideration for education grants
(Evie Blad, Education Week)
“Have we gone too far by tearing down religious monuments?”
(Adrienne Phillips, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Christ and Caesar: A response to John MacArthur (and California's church restrictions)
(Brad Littlejohn, The Davenant Institute)
John MacArthur believes the Bible trumps COVID-19 public health orders. Legal scholars say no
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Pence to CBN News: 'You don't give up your constitutional liberties, even in a pandemic'
(CBN News)
Trump campaign circumvents Nevada church limits by holding Evangelical rally at casino
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Campaign holds 'Evangelicals for Trump' event at Vegas casino, swipes at Nevada church restrictions
(Tyler Olson, Fox News)
County sues pastor, Newbury Park church for court order to stop large indoor services
(Kathleen Wilson, Ventura County Star)
County sues church for violation of COVID orders
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Estimating COVID-19 exposure for religious subgroups in the United States
(PRRI)
How families are finding God, grace and faith outside a house of worship
(Christina Caron, The New York Times)
Americans oppose religious exemptions from coronavirus-related restrictions
(Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life)
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