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Monday, 26 April 2021

For the first time, Jewish communities from Gulf countries to hold joint Lag B’Omer/Iftar celebration
(Yossi Lempkowicz, European Jewish Express)

Ashrafi says Islamic content exclusion from curriculum unacceptable
(The Nation)

Sri Lankan religious leaders condemn extremism two years after Easter bombing
(Catholic News Agency)

Report: some countries used pandemic to target religious minorities
(Catholic News Agency)

Egyptian architects win UNESCO award for reconstruction of Mosul mosque destroyed by IS
(Hagar Hosny, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Tensions spiral in Jerusalem, Israel’s southern front
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Jerusalem seethes with clashes between Jews, Arabs
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Pope may visit Lebanon once new government is formed
(Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Hamas considers creating Christian media center
(Ahmad Abu Amer, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

US government watchdog calls out Syria for religious freedom abuses
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Erdogan furious as his Islamic ambitions stumble in Turkish Cyprus
(Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Turkey vows response to Biden's decision to recognize Armenian genocide
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Indonesian priest builds faith by examining atheism
(Katharina R Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Muslim leaders call for religious tolerance in Malaysia
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Drowning Migrants in the Mediterranean and the ICCPR, Again
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Oscar nominee ‘Minari’ spotlights Korean American faith and the role of the church
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

Cairo’s historic Ramadan cannon fires again
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)

JRS launches border program to address migrants' psychological needs
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)

Leaked recording of Iran's top diplomat offers blunt talk
(Jon G, Associated Press)

USCIRF condemns additional prison sentence for Iranian religious prisoner of conscience
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Baha'i faithful in Michigan focus attention to persecution in Iran
(Stephanie Preweda, Oakland Press)

Fargo-Moorhead residents rally to clean up vandalized mosque
(Associated Press)

Pope: Migrants begged for help at sea, shamefully ignored
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)

South Sudan’s new bishop shot two months after appointment
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Iraqi prelate says secular state is lone survival strategy for Middle East Christians
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

In protest rallies, tens of thousands of Jews in France and beyond demand ‘justice for Sarah Halimi’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

I left Islam for liberal values. Now woke liberals are embracing a new religion
(Obaid Omer, Newsweek Opinion)

Court rebuffs prosecutor's request to imprison Jehovah's Witnesses for very long terms
(Maksim Zakharov, Smolnarod)

Baptist preacher punished for allegedly violating anti-evangelism law
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

FSB busts the Siberian Hizb ut-Tahrir cell that recruited Muslims
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian archaeologists to examine about a dozen ancient Christian churches in Syria
(Interfax-Religion)

Stunning AP photos of mass cremations in India: But what about religious traditions?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

The death of secularism in India: ‘Homecoming’ in the name of the Hindu rashtra
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Mozambique bishop says life in Cabo Delgado is 'horrific' due to terror from ISIS-linked group
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Anthony Albanese objects to idea God is ‘on any political side’ in response to Morrison’s evangelical speech
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

ABC casts light on Bahá’í community-building efforts in Sydney neighborhood
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Religious news from around the web April 26, 2021
(World Religion News)

Saturday, 24 April 2021

President Biden makes history recognizing the Armenian Genocide at last
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Hong Kong Baptist leader who backed protesters quits before abruptly leaving for UK
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Freedom of religion and judicial independence in northern Cyprus
(Alper Ali Riza, Cyprus Mail)

Friday, 23 April 2021

The coming refugee crisis: how COVID-19 exacerbates forced displacement
(Alexannder Betts, OUPblog)

A House bill on Israel is flawed, but our Jewish civil war is worse
(Yehuda Kurtzer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Religions for Peace adopts governance guidelines on fundamental values and principles
(Religions for Peace)

India prepares for Kumbh Mela, world's largest religious gathering, amid COVID-19 fears
(Tulasi Srinivas, Religion Unplugged)

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

USCIRF reiterates call to release the Panchen Lama
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Russia: A case of violation of the right to freely practice one’s faith in community pending in Strasbourg
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Religious Freedom in the World Report 2021
(Aid to the Church in Need)

Aid to the Church in Need 2021 Report on Religious Freedom in the World
(Marcela Szymanski, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Algerian professor gets 3-year jail term for offending Islam
(Associated Press)

Algerian journalist sentenced to prison for Facebook posts offensive to Islam
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Algeria: Islamic scholar sentenced to three-year prison term for “offending Islam"
(Amnesty International)

UK parliament declares genocide in China’s Xinjiang; Beijing condemns move
(Reuters)

Human Rights: Xinjiang
(UK Parliament)

Police in China's Chengdu detain children in Early Rain Church raid
(Radio Free Asia)

‘Tomorrow is not yours’: Extreme violence meets radical faith in Nigeria
(Mike Thom, CHVN Radio)

Religious hatred driven by weaponisation of technology
(Ruth Gledhill, The Tablet)

Turkish-backed extremists in Syria pose threat to religious freedom
(Seth J. Frantzman, The Jerusalem Post)

No one should turn a blind eye to the plight Christians are experiencing today
(ADF International)

Photos of the Week: Racial reckonings, Sikh sorrow
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Israeli police arrest dozens in night of chaos in Jerusalem
(Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)

Alberta: Charting educational justice
(Brett Fawcett, Convivium)

In 2020, religious freedom faced a new foe: COVID-19
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Ukrainian churches at odds over military situation
(Religiina Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

New Chinese decree tells religious leaders to ‘support the Communist Party’
(Yang Ming, Voice of America)

Muslim leaders in Malaysia call for religious harmony
(International Christian Concern)

Sri Lanka arrests top Muslim leader over 2019 Easter attacks
(Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press)

Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt
(CBC News)

Quebec’s ban on public religious symbols largely upheld
(Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times)

Canadian trial court upholds most applications of Quebec's ban on officials wearing religious symbols
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious symbols law is cruel, but notwithstanding clause makes it legal: court
(Paul Cherry, Montreal Gazette)

Quebec to appeal court ruling on disputed religious symbols law
(Allison Lampert, Reuters)

Conceptualizing religious persecution as a crime against humanity
(Werner Nicolaas Nel and Michelle Coleman, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

The applicability of “grievous religious persecution” in international criminal law: Response to Werner Nicolaas Nel
(Michelle Coleman, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Japan’s Suga makes offering at war shrine but doesn’t visit
(Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press)

How Japanese women saved Shinto
(Cristian Martini Grimaldi, The Diplomat)

S. Korean, Japanese activists, religious leaders urge US to change its N. Korea strategy
(Cho Yeon-hyun, Hankyoreh)

Weekly highlight #152: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: COVID-19 and Ramadan; more on faith support for COVID-19 vaccinations
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Corruption and COVID-19: Old problems, new challenges?
(Eduardo António da Silva Figueiredo, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

The Syrian uprising: A decade on
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Nigeria's 'atheist with a cause' still in jail after a year
(The Straits Times)

Religious freedom groups lament rising Nigerian persecution
(Diana Chandler, Baptist Press)

Asia Bibi appeals for the repeal of Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Criminalised, killed and cursed: The plight of Pakistan’s Ahmadiyya community
(Ellis Heasley, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

States of emergency: The pandemic, protests, and the persistent assault on global free expression
(Pen America's Freedom to Write Index)

ISIS executes a Coptic Christian in North Sinai: he had financed the construction of a church
(Asia News)

Sri Lankan archbishop asks Muslims to reject extremism
(Krishan Francis, Associated Press)

Church leaders seek Home Depot boycott on Georgia voting law
(Jeff Amy, Associated Press)

Catholic officials halt activity in Haiti for 9 kidnapped
(Evens Sanon, Associated Press)

China rejects accusations of abuses in Xinjiang
(Associated Press)

Chinese Church: ’knowing, thanking, listening, following the Party’
(Asia News)

USCIRF releases 2021 Annual Report with recommendations for U.S. policy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Love and the core values of religious freedom
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Filipino church celebrates milestone while standing at a crossroads - 500 years
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Majority of world’s population live in countries that violate religious freedom, report says
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope renews call for debt forgiveness to poor countries
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukrainian church suspects Moscow church will betray Ukraine
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Absurd misapplication of anti-evangelism law corrected
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Azerbaijan: State to have veto on religious leader appointments?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

ISIS executes another Coptic Christian: Once again, this appears to be 'conservative' news
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

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