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Dubai parts with curtain covers for restaurants in Ramadan
(Associated Press)
Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan
(Mariam Fam, Kathy Gannon and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)
When clean energy is powered by dirty labor: Most solar panels come from China, and using them to fuel a clean energy transition risks reliance on Uyghur slave labor in Xinjiang.
(Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Policy)
Letter from the Secretary General, Prof. Azza Karam, on faith-inspired changemaking masterclass
(Azza Karam, Religions for Peace)
Holocaust Remembrance Day is a time for silence, and for speaking up
(Yael Eckstein, Real Clear Religion)
Taiwan: Transitional justice and the case of Tai Ji Men, an unsolved issue
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Articles of interest - 12 April 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Five things we’ve learned after a year of pandemic
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
In Indonesia, KAICIID fellow leads efforts to optimize Confucian-Muslim Relations
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
In Jordan, KAICIID fellows create spaces for women's empowerment and inclusion
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Pakistan’s iconic human rights defender I.A. Rehman dies
(Associated Press)
Two Christian nurses in Pakistan falsely accused of blasphemy by Muslim coworker
(International Christian Concern)
Religious party seeks gains in Peru's legislative elections
(Franklin Briceño, Associated Press)
Mozambique Islamist insurgency causing ‘truly indescribable’ horror
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Biden administration says it has UNRWA’s commitment to ‘zero tolerance’ for anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Right-wing groups stop film shoot in Kerala over interfaith love plot
(Vivek Rajagopal, India Today)
Huge gatherings at India’s Hindu festival as virus surges
(Neha Mehrotra and Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Covering a life-and-death issue: Muslims driving changes in India's rapacious dowry custom
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
What is behind the anti-Muslim measures in Sri Lanka?
(Farzana Haniffa, Al Jazeera)
Taliban not ready to meet Afghan govt in Turkey as US wants
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Kabul wants allegedly stolen prayer book from Museum of the Bible
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
SCOTUS grants injunction in Tandon v. Newsom
(Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy)
How SCOTUS is selectively ‘restoring’ religious liberty
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Divided court blocks California’s COVID-related restrictions on in-home religious gatherings
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court enjoins, pending appeals, California limits on in-home worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court rules California must allow in-home religious gatherings
(Tommy Beer, Forbes)
High court halts Calif. virus rules limiting home worship
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
With the start of Ramadan, Portland Muslim community leaders call for unity against Islamophobia and all forms of hate
(Laural Porter, KGW8)
Nightly prayers at the mosque? Big iftars? Vaccines? Ramadan 2021 brings decisions for Muslims.
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
This land is sacred to the Apache, and they are fighting to save it: Native Americans want to protect Oak Flat, a sacred site 60 miles east of Phoenix, from a mining operation
(Dana Hedgpeth, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court punted on protections for religion in workplace. Justice Gorsuch wasn't having it.
(Sarah Parshall Perry, The Daily Signal)
Episcopal priest goes viral for wearing the same dress for 100 days as a fashion sustainability challenge
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)
Black churches focus on hope amid COVID-19, violence, and George Floyd trial
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
6th Circuit grants initial hearing en banc in Tennessee abortion case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sixth Circuit grants Tennessee’s request for en banc hearing on abortion law
(Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service)
The long, withdrawing roar: ‘Secular surge’
(Bernard G. Prusak, Commonweal)
The Great Awokening: Identity politics versus Christianity
(Mike Sabo, Real Clear Religion)
'Nothing in particular' is the growing American religion niche few are studying
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
The legal oppression of nonbelievers will escalate the more religion declines
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
The rise of domestic extremism in America: Data shows a surge in homegrown incidents not seen in a quarter-century
(Robert O'Harrow Jr., Andrew Ba Tran, and Derek Hawkins, The Washington Post)
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