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ZOOM SEMINAR, 24 June 2021 (5:30-7:30pm BST): 'Cult' Rhetoric in 21st Century
(Hosted by Edward Graham-Hyde and Aled Thomas, Inform Seminar)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 23 June 2021 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Conversation on Ten Years after the Arab Spring: How has Religious Freedom Changed Across the Middle East?
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 17 June 2021: The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on religious exercises in the context of the United States (PDF)
(Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Messina)
WEBINAR, 16 June 2021 (1PM ET): Local Faith Communities Respond to Venezuelan Displacement in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 15 June 2021 (10AM EDT): Faith-Based Health Justice in Times of Global Trauma and Transformation
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
LECTURE SERIES, 14 June 2021, (6:30PM GMT+2): COVID-19 and the exercise of religious freedom
(Adelaide Madera, Universität Trier)
International Headlines
The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Volume 19, Issue 1 (2021)
(Institute for Global Engagement)
Nigeria's census will not consider religion, ethnicity
(Punch)
Bangladesh: Hindus, Buddhists and Christians say no to Islam as state religion
(Sumon Corraya, AsiaNews.it)
Mixed city of Arabs and Jews remains on edge after violence
(lan Ben Zion, David Goldman, Religion News Service)
The situation of religious minorities in Tunisia is not good now
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)
Atrocities in Xinjiang: Where do we go from here?
(Foreign Relations Committee, United States Senate)
Weekly highlight #159: COVID-19 ravages the religious sub-continent; Evangelicals in the United States
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
USCIRF releases factsheet highlighting nonbelievers in Africa
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Arab Christians in the Holy Land
(Commonweal)
U.S. sanctions for Cameroon Anglophone crisis are ‘cosmetic’, bishop says
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Colombia Church says govt, strike committee dialogue will continue, despite pause
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Many pieces in this news puzzle: New Israeli coalition reflects land's complex religiosity
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
South African Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng files appeal over Israel remarks
(enca)
Former Israeli ambassadors to South Africa say Israel took inspiration from apartheid regime
(Ilan Baruch and Alon Lie, The Daily Maverick)
Enduring patience for lasting peace in Israel/Palestine
(Susan Korah, Convivium)
Will the ferocious haredi assault on Bennett hasten religious reform?
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Evangelical supporters of Israel express concerns with their champion Netanyahu being ousted from power
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Aussies join global effort to get more religious women on Wikipedia
(Rebbecca Abbott, Eternity News)
Europe Headlines
Why religious identity matters in French elections
(Elizabet Pineau, Business Day)
London Muslim murders wound us all
(Andrew Bennett, Convivium)
Ratko Mladić, ‘butcher of Bosnia’, loses appeal against genocide conviction
(Daniel Boffey, Julian Borger, The Guardian)
European Court says Lithuania should have recognized pagan group
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Case of Ancient Baltic Religious Association Romuva v. Lithuania
(European Court of Human Rights)
Upholding the right to freedom of religion or belief
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)
Belief that sex is immutable can be a protected belief
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Cardinal warns the rise of nationalist parties shows Europe is ‘fragile’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
UK bishops call on G7 leaders to create ‘sustainable future’ for planet
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
A rabbi from Hungary will be the German army’s first rabbi chaplain since the Holocaust
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Russia: More jailed after "extremist organisation" trials - list
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
“Net zero”, church heating, and the consistory courts – II
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
COVID-19 legislation and guidance: update to 12 June
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The EAT decision in Forstater v CGD Europe & Ors
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
United States Headlines
With Pope Francis’ blessing, Catholics pressed Biden White House to waive vaccine patents
(Claire Giangravé, Jack Jenkins Share Tweet, Religion News Service)
Handling abuse and micro-aggressions (sometimes religoius) at work
(Karla L. Miller, The Washington Post)
White House science adviser sworn in on 500-year-old Jewish text
(Jack Jenkins, The Washington Post)
Justice Department says it can defend religious schools’ exemption from anti-LGBTQ discrimination laws
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
What's the connection between religion and health?
(Emily Yeap, KSMU - Ozark's Public Radio)
Facing enrollment declines, some Catholic dioceses are betting on online schools
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Department of Justice waters down promise to ‘vigorously’ defend religious schools’ LGBTQ exemptions
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Rutgers grants religoius exemption to vaccine mandate
(Bob Kellogg, One News Now)
Race theory, religion become hot issues for education
(Gordon Weil, The Portland Press Herald)
JBS Swift to pay up to $5.5 Million to settle EEOC race and religious discrimination claim at Greeley plant
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
The Senate has just confirmed the first Muslim American federal judge in U.S. history
(Saeed Ahmed, National Public Radio)
Ohio Senate passes bill to protect right of student athletes to wear religious clothing after student disqualified for racing with hijab
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
What you shouldn’t forget when following battles between religious freedom and gay rights
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
The Biden-Becerra budget: Equity is in, religious freedom is out
(Roger Severino, National Review)
Public health, public trust, and faith communities
(Michael J. DeBoer, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Stop accusing religious conservatives of ‘using’ religion
(Raphael A. Friedman, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
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