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Events Headlines
EVENT, 11-13 June 2021: Religious Freedom Weekend Australia
(Freedom for Faith)
WEBINAR, 3 June 2021 (1PM ET): Role of Faith ERGs and Faith Communities in Advancing Health
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 28 May 2021 (4PM in Rome): The Crisis of Religious Freedom in the Age of COVID-19 Pandemic
(Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Messina)
ONLINE EVENT, 26 May 2021 (15.00-17.00 h (CET)): CCME Online Event: “Black Lives Matter – what have European churches done and learnt?”
(Conference of European Churches)
WEBINAR, 19 May 2021, (9AM New York/3PM Brussels): The Gift of Our World: Faith and Environmental Stewardship
(Ahead of the 2021 Italy G20 Summit Webinar Series (multiple sponsors))
WEBINAR, 13 May 2021 (12:30PM EDT): Public Religions in the COVID-19 World: A Conversation with José Casanova
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
International Headlines
State Department releases its 2020 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)
2020 Report on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Department of State)
USCIRF welcomes amnesty of Jehovah’s Witness prisoners in Turkmenistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
16 Jehovah’s Witnesses released from prison in Turkmenistan during Ramadan
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
The collision of religion and the Vietnamese State
(Aerolyne Reed, The Vietnamese)
New film explores life of key figure in Catholic-Jewish relations
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Church autonomy and parental rights challenged at top human rights court of the Americas
(ADF International)
In India, Hindus fast in Ramadan for growth and solidarity with Muslim friends
(Bhavya Dore, Religion News Service)
In India’s Gujarat state, new anti-conversion law threatens Christians, Muslims
(Jose Kavi and Saji Thomas, Aid to the Church in Need)
UN experts: Islamic State committed genocide against Yazidis
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Catholic leaders condemn deadly raid in Rio de Janeiro
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Central African republic must capitalize on lull in violence, cardinal says
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saudi Arabia still treats Shiites as second-class citizens
(Antonella Caruso, Foreign Policy)
Religion's role in climate conversations
(Mohammad Bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Newsweek)
Boko Haram: Religious based violence and portrayal of radical Islam
(Aiza Tanveer, Modern Diplomacy)
USCIRF Commissioner Nury Turkel adopts Uyghur religious prisoner of conscience
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Weekly highlight #155: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Raging pandemics; patent debates; cross-sector cooperation (and lack thereof)
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
New essays in The Bahá’í World highlight uniqueness of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s message in the West; survey agricultural achievements in Africa
(Baha'i World News Service)
Religious, civil, and economic freedoms: what’s the chicken and what’s the egg?
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Ahead of the G20: (Re-)building a post-covid society pursuing the sustainable development goals
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Voices of religious freedom: IGE 2020 Annual Report
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Missing Uyghur steals the show at embassy event on China’s ‘genocide’
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
China warns US, Germany and UK not to attend UN meeting on Uighur Oppression
(International Business Times)
Global Islamophobia: China, India, and beyond
(Mohamed Elshekh, International Policy Digest)
US hits China and others for repressing religious freedom
(Matthew Lee, Associated Press)
Religion plays a role in the renewed conflict in Israel, but it may not be what you think
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Freedoms, religion, family, and public policy: A global perspective
(Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
About the persecution of Buddhists in Vietnam
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Europe Headlines
Church Reporter, Vol. 6, 10 May 2021 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro)
FoRB Romania welcomes the appointment of the EU Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion of Belief
(Romania Journal)
French minister: Muslims are the main victims of radical Islam
(Lila Schoepf, Arab News)
Macron’s party pulls support from woman in Muslim headscarf
(Associated Press)
A French inquisition: France’s crackdown on Muslim life in the name of public order
(Kirsten Wesselhoeft, The Revealer)
UK bishops urge government to show more compassion to refugees
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic congregations rejoice at renegade blessing of same sex couples
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
Church of England guidance on “contested heritage”
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Christian Finnish lawmaker who opposes same-sex marriage faces potential 6-year jail term
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
President Aliyev: Promotion of freedom of conscience and religion among Azerbaijan’s priorities
(AzerNews)
Churches-EU Dialogue: Ecumenical delegation meets with Portuguese EU Presidency
(Conference of European Churches)
Germany's two biggest churches shift closer together in adversity
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)
German government makes hate-motivated insults a crime
(Associated Press)
German authorities impose ban on the activities of an Islamic humanitarian organization
(Religion News)
Bosnia police arrest woman for financing Islamic fighters
(Associated Press)
Worshippers banned from attending Eid al-Fitr prayers at mosques in Moscow due to Covid-19
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: How will re-training of foreign-trained clergy be implemented?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Church of England: National Register of Clergy
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
United States Headlines
USCIRF welcomes the release of State Department’s 2020 International Religious Freedom Report
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Jewish Americans in 2020
(Pew Research Center: Religion & Public Life)
Five takeaways from Pew’s massive study of American Jews
(Brad Hirschfield, Religion News Service Opinion)
New survey of US Jews reveals worries, strengths, divisions
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Study: Young Jews are moving to polar ends — secularism and Orthodoxy
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
America's Jewish communities are under attack — Here are 3 things Congress can do
(Nathan J. Diament, The Hill - Opinion)
The equality equation: The fight for religious freedom must include defending the rights of all people
(Jacqueline Cooke-Rivers, Deseret News Faith)
Faith-based prisons and their teachings about gender
(Brad Stoddard, The Revealer)
Church sues over Massachusetts COVID regulations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Massachusetts church asks court to toss governor’s discriminatory restrictions on religious exercise
(First Liberty)
HHS says Affordable Care Act bars LGBTQ discrimination in health care
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
HHS announces prohibition on sex discrimination includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
(U.S. Department of Health & Human Services)
Biden’s National Day of Prayer achieved some unity
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
Joe Biden leaves God out of the National Day of Prayer
(Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review)
Bishops’ move to excommunicate Biden reflects power struggle in split Catholic church
(Steven P. Millies , Religion Unplugged)
Suit: Workers lured from India paid $1.20 per hour for years
(David Porter and Mallika Sen, Associated Press)
Bishops urge Catholics to sign petition against Hyde Amendment’s repeal
(Catholic News Service)
Why George W. Bush is calling for a ‘religious awakening’ on immigration reform
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Religious liberty and economic freedom
(Christos A. Makridis, City Journal)
21Wilberforce releases International Religious Freedom Congressional Scorecard
(Religion News Service)
Summary judgment denied to plaintiffs challenging refusal of high school tournament to accommodate Sabbath observance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Schmitt lawsuit challenges St. Louis Co. COVID restrictions
(Jim Salter, Associated Press)
Missouri AG sues county over COVID restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How we got to the Equality Act
(Matthew Lee Anderson, Christianity Today)
The U.S. Census story and its hooks for religion news (plus a personal note about Rachel Zoll)
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
South Carolina lawsuit challenges state’s Blaine Amendment bias against religious, private schools
(John Malcolm, The Heritage Foundation)
This lawsuit over religious education is really about race
(Hassan Kanu, Reuters)
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