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Monday, 3 May 2021

Stampede in Israel claims dozens of lives, injures hundreds of Jewish pilgrims
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Vaccinated faithful throng Jerusalem church for Holy Fire
(Religion News Service)

Chinese authorities slap Catholic with hefty fine for providing chapel for 'illegal' mass
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)

Sri Lanka's government proposes burqa ban
(Catholic News Agency)

Pope Francis to open event on Italy’s demographic decline
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Israeli watchdog to investigate deadly festival stampede
(Aljazeera)

Israel in shock after 45 Jews crushed to death at festival
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)

Philippines: Palace calls for virtual interfaith prayer meet
(Business Mirror)

Religious leaders, govt reject EU resolution: No case of blasphemy laws misuse reported, says Ashrafi
(Sher Ali Khalti, The News International)

No compromise on blasphemy laws: Ashrafi
(The News International)

European Parliament: Pakistan blasphemy law incompatible with trade benefits
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Around 30 killed in attack on village in eastern Burkina Faso, security sources say
(Reuters)

Articles of interest - 3 May 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

"Almighty God" in the Constitution's Preamble (Guest: Dr. Alex Deagon) Podcast
(Jeremy Patrick, Law and Religion Down Under)

Post-liberal religious liberty (Guest: Author Joel Harrison) Podcast
(Jeremy Patrick, Law and Religion Down Under)

School chaplaincy in the High Court (Guest: Plaintiff Ron Williams) Podcast
(Jeremy Patrick, Law and Religion Down Under)

AP photos: Muslim miners in Bosnia break fast underground
(Associated Press)

Head of Ukrainian church blames Patriarch Kirill for Russian aggression
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

UOC head urges participants in the Donbass conflict to cease fire on Easter days
(Interfax-Religion)

Australian Jurists and Christianity
(Geoff Lindsay and Wayne Hudson, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

As COVID-19 swamps India, decision to allow Kumbh Mela’s crowds is scrutinized
(Bhavya Dore, Religion News Service)

Beyond the coup in Myanmar: Don’t ignore the religious dimensions
(Susan Hayward, Just Security)

China’s new oversight body fuels fears about religious freedom
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

ChinaAid releases 2020 Annual Persecution Report
(ChinaAid Association)

A quarter of refugees in Japan in 2020 from China
(NHK World - Japan)

China: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Xinjiang genocide deniers: hyper-cautious scholars or useful idiots? Those who argue that the G-word is not appropriate and the hired guns for Beijing play different games.
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Friday, 30 April 2021

Remembering 500 years of Christianity in the Philippines
(Franz Jan Santos, The Diplomat)

How To Perform Umrah This Ramadan – Interview
(Mohammed Al-Sulami, Eurasia Review Opinion)

China: New Decree Tells Religious Leaders To ‘Support The Communist Party’
(Yang Ming, Eurasia Review)

Violence-Legitimizing Verses In Religious Scriptures Increase Support For Lethal Violence
(Eurasia Review)

Russia, China, Myanmar recommended for State Department list of religious freedom violators
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

‘Beautiful’ Ramadan returns for Israeli Muslims as restrictions lift
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

UK public sector equality duty
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)

Baha'i youth initiative in Cambodia reduces soil erosion during floods
(Baha'i World News Service)

Faith-based and secular anti-trafficking organizations have more in common than you might think
(John Frame, Christianity Today)

Manitoba, Canada: Mistrust, religion, fear of side-effects feed COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
(Nicholas Frew, CBC News)

Canadian descendants want Turkey to call historic event a genocide
(Susan Korah, Convivium)

The role of religion and faith-based communities in COVID-19 vaccination efforts in Africa
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Netherlands: Eddie Cortez-Altes recognized as a Peace Hero by the Mayor of the Hague
(Azza Karam, Religions for Peace)

China brutalizes religious groups with repressive policies
(UCA News)

Not everything is luxury in Andorra: evangelicals engage in social action as tourism collapses
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus Europe)

Dozens ‘crushed to death’ in Israel pilgrimage stampede
(Aljazeera)

Photos of the Week: Orthodox Holy Week; Israeli festival stampede
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

'Full-blown assault' on free expression: Inside the comprehensive Liberal bill to regulate the internet
(Tristin Hopper, National Post)

Turkey needs to change its policy and rhetoric toward religious minorities
(Aykan Erdemir and Nadine Maenza, Newsweek Opinion)

Egypt toughens penalties for FGM; activists remain sceptical
(Menna A. Farouk, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Mali's failure to ban FGM challenged in West Africa's top court
(Nita Bhalla, Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Uzbekistan: Shia Muslim fined for having Shia material
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

UN condemns one year detention of Nigerian humanist Mubarak Bala
(Emmanuel Akinwotu, The Guardian)

Saudi Arabia: Do not forget FORB prisoners Raif Badawi, Ashraf Fayadh & Sheik al-Habib
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Campaign launched to discredit Christian groups in Nepal
(Morning Star News)

Santal Christians return to ancestral faith in Bangladesh
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan decries EU parliament’s move on blasphemy laws
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)

Burkina Faso fighters seek protection with spiritual rituals
(Sam Mednick, Associated Press)

AP Photos: A month of religious holidays, pyres and prayer
(Associated Press)

Crimean Pentecostals acknowledge breaking anti-evangelism law
(Article 28, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russian church spokesman cautiously upbeat about Ukrainian situation
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Director of RFI’s Middle East Action Team visits Najaf and Baghdad to promote religious freedom
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Iran continues its vicious campaign against its own citizens
(Miles P.J. Windsor, Religious Freedom Institute)

A US-led international conference on Lebanon?
(Kennedy Lee, Providence Mag)

Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Myanmar swimmer to forgo Tokyo Olympics in protest at junta violence
(Kyodo News)

A historical and critical analysis of Alberta’s prohibition on religious charter schools
(Brett Fawcett, Cardus)

Israel-Palestine peace efforts after the two-state solution
(Marwan Muasher, Foreign Affairs)

Religion considered in "making humanity greater again"
(Philip Allott, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Bangladesh cracks down on Islamist group after anti-Modi protests
(Aljazeera)

Turkey condemns Dutch lawmaker’s anti-Islam tweet
(Aljazeera)

How colonialism eroded Pakistan’s history of religious fluidity
(Haroon Khalid, Aljazeera)

The perils of being an African traditional religion practitioner
(Ado Aminu, yNaija)

Note on government and religion in Ireland
(Tomas Finn, The Irish Times)

First for US leader: Biden officially acknowledges Armenian genocide
(Lela Gilbert, Religion Unplugged)

Iranian authorities prohibiting Baha’is from a dignified burial
(Baha'i International Community)

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2021
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Indonesia arrests firebrand cleric’s lawyer over attacks
(Niniek Karmini, The Diplomat)

Japan's aging 'Hidden Christians' fear they may be their religion's last generation
(Linda Sieg, The Japan Times)

Many South Africans citing religion as their opposition to COVID vaccine
(iAfrica)

South Africa: Judicial Service Commission panel put 'offensive' questions to Jewish candidates
(Sowetan Live)

Weekly highlight #153: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: covid-19 surge in India; mis(information) from religious groups; changing faith practices
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Sri Lanka cabinet approves proposed ban on burqas in public
(Aljazeera)

Catholic nursing home in Havana harassed by government inspectors
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Governments don't get a pass on violating religious freedom in a pandemic
(Gayle Manchin and Tony Perkins, Newsweek Opinion)

Shenzhen, two Protestant pastors and 8 faithful arrested during a liturgical service
(Asia News)

Pakistan PM calls for West to criminalise blasphemy against Islam
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Fined for hosting underground bishop's mass. The Sino-Vatican Agreement betrayed
(Bernardo Cervellera, Asia News)

Helping our persecuted neighbors regardless of beliefs
(Knox Thames)

Why Biden should be careful about courting India's Modi government
(Knox Thames and Simran Jeet Singh, CNN)

Chad’s bishops call for dialogue after constitutional crisis sparked by leader’s death
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russian president uses Russian church to badger Ukraine
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Zelensky calls Vatican optimal venue for meeting with Putin
(Interfax-Religion)

Azerbaijan blocks ordination in Armenian monastery
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Haredi ‘rabbi’ accused of being a covert Messianic missionary
(Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

Scott Morrison is not the first prime minister with religious beliefs. What is different this time?
(Marion Maddox, The Guardian)

Raif Badawi is still in prison over a series of blog posts. The US has given Saudi Arabia a free pass for too long
(Gayle Manchin and Nadine Maenza, TIME)

Middle East peace won't happen without addressing religious issues
(Eric R. Mandel, The Hill - Opinion)

‘An honor and duty:’ Meet the female Saudi officers guarding the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah
(Deema Al-Khudair, Arab News)

Volunteers distribute 10,000 Iftar meals a day in Makkah
(Lama Alhamawi, Arab News)

Monday, 26 April 2021

Articles of interest - 26 April 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The ayes have it. UK Parliament says it's genocide.
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

USCIRF, China Aid release yearly reports on religious liberty
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

The U.S. sees a historical genocide. Turkey sees a political vendetta.
(Ishaan Tharoor, The Washington Post)

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