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Saturday, 12 June 2021

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)

Russia: More jailed after "extremist organisation" trials - list
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Friday, 11 June 2021

Aussies join global effort to get more religious women on Wikipedia
(Rebbecca Abbott, Eternity News)

Wednesday, 9 June 2021

Trudeau denounces truck attack that targeted Muslim family
(Rob Gillies, Associated Press)

A man ran over a Muslim family with his truck because of their religion, police say
(NPR)

United Church of Canada hires anti-racism and equity officer
(Glynis Ratcliffe, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Yamina, Yisrael Beytenu want to make changes to religion and state in Israel
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)

Ireland: Organized religion has role to play in international diplomacy
(Carmel Heaney, The Irish Times)

Uyghurs are being deported from Muslim countries, raising concerns about China's growing reach
(Jomana Karadsheh and Gul Tuysuz, CNN)

Algeria: Prison sentence suspended; Three churches ordered closed
(Middle East Concern)

Tearing down Cuba’s ‘wall of fear’
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Family law in Africa: Customary law and Islamic law
(Maren Cline and Danielle Mattsson, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Sexuality, health, and child labor in Africa
(Maren Cline, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Indigenous African culture: Its influence on family, religion, and health laws
(Maren Cline, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Rio de Janeiro’s Christ statue: ‘Thou shalt not bribe’
(Diane Jeantet, Associated Press)

Nicaraguan bishops call on Ortega regime to stop ‘excluding’ the opposition
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

New stem cell research guidelines a ‘shifting goalpost’ for embryo safeguards, ethicist says
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religion Watch, Volume 36 No. 7
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Monday, 7 June 2021

Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes
(Catholic News Service)

Egypt's Coptic Church exercises soft power in Jerusalem
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Tensions high again in east Jerusalem
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

What makes a conflict "religious"?
(The University of Chicago Divinity School)

Thai temples struggle without tourist income
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

By studying Azerbaijan's experience in religion, new doctrine aimed at world peace will emerge
(AzerNews)

Faith groups press Biden to evacuate US-affiliated Afghans alongside troops
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Canadian police say family run down targeted as Muslims
(Arab News)

Indian State's amended Freedom of Religion Act to come into force from June 15
(The Indian Express)

Indian Court: certain platforms can't be used to propagate a religion
(The Times of India)

Christian persecution peaks amid impunity in pandemic-era India
(John Dayal, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Situation of humanrights in Eritrea. Benchmark 3: extended efforts to guarantee freedoms of religion, association, expression and the press, and extended efforts to end religious and ethnic discrimination (PDF)
(United Nations General Assembly)

State Department’s 2020 International Religious Freedom Report and the Need for IGE
(Insitute for Global Engagement)

Finding common ground on U.S. international religious freedom policy
(Peter Mandaville, Ph.D.; Knox Thames; Emily Scolaro, United States Institute of Peace)

News about the persecution of Baha’is in Iran in May
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Articles of interest - 7 June 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pastor of church ordered to close in Algeria sentenced to prison
(Morning Star News)

Egyptian authorities confiscate land belonging to monastery
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

A resilient Baha'i community fosters hope in the Central African Republic
(Baha'i World News Service)

Photos of the Week: Dancing devils; Tulsa massacre anniversary
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Jewish leader of Russia concerned of increasing glorification of the Nazis in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Oldest Jehovah's Witness – and first woman - jailed
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

UN experts call on Canada, Vatican to probe mass grave at indigenous school
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Islamic institutions in Arab States: Mapping the dynamics of control, co-option, and contention
(Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

Israel’s first religious Prime Minister
(Oren Kessler, Foreign Policy)

‘Right-wing backlash’: Church group to make religious freedom an election issue
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Can employees be ordered to support controversial views in email signatures?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

What can save science from COVID disinformation? Let’s try religion.
(James Rupert, United States Institute of Peace)

Friday, 4 June 2021

Pakistan acquits Christian couple facing death for blasphemy
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)

Pakistan court overturns blasphemy conviction of Christian couple
(Reuters)

Pakistani Christian couple acquitted of blasphemy after 7 years on death row
(Julia Bicknell, World Watch Monitor)

China, Pakistan partner in Afghanistan against foe U.S. denies exists
(Tom O'Connor, Newsweek)

Pakistan court sends Christian minor girl with her abductor
(Nasir Sayeed, Supporting Persecuted Christians in Pakistan)

Reforming the Vatican Curia: Never easy, and never over
(Thomas Reese, Religion News)

For Washington and the Palestinians, old policy is no substitute for sound policy
(Omar H. Rahman, The Brookings Doha Center)

Open Doors: U.S. should be demanding religious freedom in Iran
(Charlie Butts, One News Now)

Why Ethiopia's Orthodox Synod called media, US sanctions on Tigray conflict ‘indirect colonialism’
(Desta Heliso, Religion Unplugged Opinion)

Joint inter-faith statement on the crisis in Myanmar
(Relief Web)

Germany’s apology to a former colony
(Christian Science Monitor)

Vietnam bans all religious events after Protestant church service triggers COVID cluster
(Maggie Gile, Newsweek)

Civilizational values in the Sirah of the Prophet: Towards a vision for the future
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Parliament celebrates Pride Month with public release of LGBTQ interfaith webinars
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Trudeau wants Vatican apology for church-run school abuses
(Rob Gillies, Associated Press)

Thousands join Pride parade in conservative Jerusalem
(Associated Press)

Catholic bishops oppose Chilean president’s move to legalize gay marriage
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Donbas: Luhansk: "The last Mass was in April 2020"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Pope Francis questions the purpose of official Vatican media: Does he have a point?
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

Muslims near India’s Hindu temple allege pressure to vacate homes
(Bilal Kuchay and Manoj Singh, Al Jazeera)

Gujarat govt to implement bill against forcible religious conversion from June 15
(News India 18)

12 Australian media companies fined for breaking Pell order
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

Russia imprisons 6 Jehovah’s Witnesses for ‘extremism’
(The Moscow Times)

Number of Jehovah's Witnesses on trial in Lipetsk grows
(Alexander Prytkov, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Wednesday, 2 June 2021

Dignitatis Humanae 2.0: Religious freedom for the good of all
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

The place of religion in the public sphere: speaking the unspeakable
(Andrea Pin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Contemporary challenges of religious freedom: State neutrality and the role of religion in public life
(Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Böckenförde, religious freedom and the open neutrality of the state
(Mirjam Künkler and Tine Stein, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Religious freedom and ecclesial illiberalism
(Mikhail Antonov, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Neutrality and 'religious freedom for the good of all'
(Jeremy Patrick, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

An interview with a Cuban on religious freedom in Cuba
(Freedom of Religion or Belief in Full)

Arrests, torture, violence and oppression, and yet there is still hope for Myanmar/Burma
(Freedom of Religion or Belief in Full)

In major rewrite of church law, Pope Francis aims for clearer penalties for sex abuse offenders
(Chico Harlan, The Washington Post)

Breaking new ground – again? The CERD committee’s decision on admissibility in Palestine v. Israel
(Jan Eiken, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

An economic solution to human trafficking
(Rachel Rose Nelson, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Political class using religion to divide Nigeria – Anglican Bishop
(Seun Opejobi, Daily Post)

Pope Francis promulgates revised canon law criminal code
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Vatican law criminalizes abuse of adults by priests, laity
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Algeria: Appeal verdict postponed again
(Middle East Concern)

30,000+ call on Inter-American Court to affirm religious freedom and parental rights
(ADF International)

A diplomat's defense of religious freedom
(Andrew Bennett, Cardus)

'A welcome necessity': Canon law society praises revisions to Church penal sanctions
(Catholic News Agency)

Geo-political systems crossing religion in Africa
(Abigail George, Modern Diplomacy)

World Health Organization grants Holy See permanent observer status
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

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