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ONLINE EVENT, 15-17 June 2021: Religious Freedom Annual Review
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, BYU Law)
CALL FOR ARTICLES, due 31 May 2021: Special Issue, "Religion and International Relations: What do we know and how do we know it?"
(Jeffrey Haynes, Guest Editor, Religions)
WEBINAR, 26 April 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Amazon River Missionaries, Deforestation, and COVID-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
International Headlines
Colombian social media star challenges censorship ruling
(ADF International)
Indonesian Muslims bay for Christian YouTuber's arrest
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Violence and micro-sized religious minorities (Indonesia): A conversation with Jessica Soedirgo
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
UN rights office concerned at Indian illegal acts in IIOJ&K
(The News International)
Articles of interest - 19 April 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vietnamese missionary's labor of love
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Hong Kong's freedom fighters pay the price of bravery
(Gianni Criveller, Union of Catholic Asian News)
After Vatican said ‘God cannot bless sin,’ some LGBTQ people leave Catholic identity behind
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Same-sex adoption, religious freedoms, and child-abuse petitions before NZ Parliament
(Daniela Maoate-Cox, Radio New Zealand)
Does Daniel Andrews have new bars on free speech coming?
(David Limbrick, Spectator Australia)
Sudan repeals Israel boycott law amid normalization efforts
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Israel criticized for silencing call to prayer from Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Daoud Kuttab, Religion News Service)
Religious, political parties misused Islam to damage Pakistan: Imran
(Hamza Ameer, Punjab News Express)
Radical Islamist party frees 11 Pakistani police hostages
(Munir Ahmed and Babar Dogar, Associated Press)
Egypt: 3 militants involved in Christian’s slaying killed
(Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Bangladesh court allows police to question Islamist leader
(Julhas Alam, Associated Press)
Delights of Ramadan disappear for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
(Mariam Fam and Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press)
Priest insists insurgency in Mozambique is based on economics, not religion
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mozambique’s bishops speak out against violence in Cabo Delgado
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Police in Haiti fire tear gas at Catholic mass protesting abduction of priests, others
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Brazil’s new Jesus statue will surpass height of Rio’s iconic Christ the Redeemer
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)
Lebanon, a haven for Christianity, on the brink of collapse if world fails to act, experts warn
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)
Muslims urged to embrace environmental side of Islam
(Beatrice Ekoko, Canada's National Observer)
Ponder this news question: What happens to Afghan religious minorities post-USA?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Ancient synagogue in Libya being turned into Islamic center, Jewish group says
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
China denies tearing down mosques, claims it's 'reconstructing' them for Muslims' safety
(Jon Jackson, Newsweek)
China: Special bimonthly newsletter freedom of religion (01.04 -15.04.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Group urges UN to probe China for crimes against humanity
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)
Residents of Xinjiang refrain from fasting during Ramadan despite ‘easing of restrictions’
(Shohret Hoshur and Joshua Lipes, Radio Free Asia)
Europe Headlines
Demirtas v. Turkey: an exploration of the dissenting opinions and the Court’s oversights
(Hakan Kaplankaya, Strasbourg Observers)
The Weekly Round-Up: are immigrants and asylum seekers getting their day in court?
(Calia Randall, UK Human Rights Blog)
Minister Roderic O’Gorman set to ban 'deceptive and harmful' conversion therapy
(Neil Fetherstonhaugh, Sunday World)
State of Baden-Württemberg loses in court against a Scientologist
(EU Today)
Pope calls on Russia and Ukraine to seek reconciliation
(Associated Press)
Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholics rally the faithful
(Religiia v Ukraine, 16 April 2021, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Special bimonthly on freedom of religion or belief (01-15.04.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
UK government asked about progress in supporting persecuted Christians around the world
(Cara Bentley, Premier Christian News)
Albanian man with knife wounds 5 at mosque in Tirana
(Llazar Semini, Associated Press)
Head of Irish bishops calls new law on Mass attendance ‘draconian’
(Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service)
Christian group comments on the proposed EU asylum and migration pact
(Conference of European Churches)
‘Fundamental betrayal’ of Christian beliefs: Over 1,000 clergy vow to oppose vaccine passport
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Prince Philip’s funeral in hallowed St. George’s Chapel was thoroughly Christian
(Dennis Lennox, The Christian Post)
It’s time for social conservatives to stop fawning over Hungary
(Lyman Stone, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Saving the history of Soviet Jewry before it disappears
(Justinian Jampol and Edward B. Robin, Jewish Journal)
Law and religion round-up – 18th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Scottish church, Billy Graham group sue charity over venue cancelations said due to same-sex marriage views
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
"The right to shun: Ghent’s misguided Jehovah’s Witness decision"
(Matthew P. Cavedon, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Christians in France worried as proposed French law designed to prevent Islamic extremism affects other faiths as well
(Ruth Aguantia, Christianity Daily)
Islamophobia, News media, identity: France’s need for critical lens
(Youssra El Badmoussi, Morocco World News)
Top French court upholds decision not to try suspect in Jewish woman’s murder
(France 24)
French top court says anti-Semitic murderer of Jewish woman is mentally unfit to stand trial
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Macron calls for change in law after killer of French Jewish woman avoids trial
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Forward)
Delivery man who refused to service French Jews deported back to his native Algeria
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dutch soccer fans chant ‘Hamas, Jews to the gas’ before match against Ajax
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Two weeks in review, 29 March – 11 April 2021
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
United States Headlines
Sikhs in America: A religious community long misunderstood is mourning deaths in Indianapolis mass shooting
(Simran Jeet Singh, The Conversation)
Conservative justices aren’t alone in supporting religion at the Supreme Court
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
The Supreme Court creates a new religious aristocracy
(Andrew Koppelman, The Hill - Opinion)
Biden administration reverses Trump restrictions on fetal tissue research
(Alice Miranda Ollstein, Politico)
Legal Spirits Episode 033: Augustine and Our Common Loves (podcast)
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Conservative legal experts take up Apache Oak Flat religious freedom case
(Brian Roewe, National Catholic Reporter)
Barring women as leaders in church may be bad for their health, new study finds
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Why set up faith-oriented employee resource groups?
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
First drag queen certified as a candidate for United Methodist ministry ‘speaking in a new way to new people’
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Lecrae, Bieber appear at prison events as ministries return to correctional facilities
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Maina Mwaura, and Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Study: Multiracial Methodist churches draw and keep more people than their white counterparts
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Black churchgoers more likely to identify as Democrat than overall black population: Barna
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
African Americans attend church, Bible study more than others, but Black ‘nones’ increasing
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
In Los Angeles, a pair of art exhibitions centers the Black worship experience
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Christian college takes Biden to court over trans mandate
(Graham Piro, Washington Free Beacon)
Faith leaders across US join in decrying voting restrictions
(David Crary, Jonathan J. Cooper and Emily Leshner, Associated Press)
Lev Tahor leaders charged with child exploitation offenses
(Southern District of New York, U.S. Department of Justice)
Progressive Christian leaders call for abolishing Senate filibuster blocking Biden's agenda
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Alabama Legislature passes bill banning boys from competing in girls’ K-12 sports
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)
GQ's religion-focused cover story is (clickbait) worth reading – even for non-Beliebers
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
Why do restrictions on religious attendance cause “irreparable harm”? A Catholic reflection on Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo
(Edward A. David, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The question that dictates how Christians approach culture and politics
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)
Joe Biden may unify the country. Don’t ask him to unify Catholics.
(Kenneth L. Woodward, Religion News Service)
Connecticut House debates a bill to eliminate religious exemption for required school vaccines; students with existing exemptions can remain unvaccinated
(Christopher Keating and Daniela Altimari, Hartford Courant)
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