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Wednesday, 16 September 2020

Korean bishops concerned about anti-discrimination law
(UCA News)

India's top lawyer rejects same-sex marriage petition
(Bijay Kumar Minj, UCA News)

Ukraine, Belarus trade accusations over Jewish pilgrims
(Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press)

The Red Cross is aiding hundreds of Jewish pilgrims who have amassed at Ukraine’s closed borders
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Catholicism, faith and soccer: Asking some questions about a Messi religion situation
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

Religious bodies gang up against proposed abortion law
(Mike Kalumbi, Malawi 24)

Peace with Muslim countries will be the norm rather than an exception (Opinion)
(Sharon Bar-Li, Jewish News)

Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue will be closed for the High Holidays for the first time
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Clarification of NSW COVID rules for churches- separate buildings
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Australian Catholics say religious ed plan defies doctrine, while diocese defends curriculum
(Catholic News Agency)

Christianity’s global marriage problem
(Mark Regnerus, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Ethical perspectives on Guantánamo Bay and the war on terror
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Brazil’s president vetoes controversial tax forgiveness for churches
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Congolese bishops back protection for doctor who works with rape victims
(Fredrick Nzwili, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canadian bishops to discuss pandemic’s future impact on Church
(Brian Dryden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Anti-racism: A reflection on the Islamic tradition
(Bharath Syal, Traversing Tradition)

Uzbekistan’s new religion law promises limited change
(Eurasianet)

Bishops and President Kiir Meet in South Sudan
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Why Fortune 500 companies are becoming faith-friendly
(Brian J. Grim, G20 Interfaith Forum)

Disney’s Mulan Misstep: Literacy on religious freedom needed
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

China: Special Weekly FoRB Newsletter (08-14.09.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

On Taiwan, moral courage from the Czech Republic | Opinion
(Aaron Rhodes and Jianli Yang, Newsweek)

China’s system of oppression in Xinjiang: How it developed and how to curb it
(James Millward and Dahlia Peterson, Brookings - Global China: Assessing China's Growing Role in the World)

China’s expanding influence at the United Nations — and how the United States should react
(Jeffrey Feltman, Brookings)

USCIRF welcomes import ban against Xinjiang firms
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

US Commission: Vatican-China deal should focus on religious freedom
(Catholic News Agency)

Catholic mission sees covid-19 as latest challenge in an uphill vocation
(Claire Giangravé, The Washington Post)

Federation of Protestant Churches in Italy opens collection for Beirut
(Federazione delle Chiese Evangeliche in Italia)

Keep religion out of Turkey dispute, Germany says
(Andrew Rettman, EU Observer)

Attorneys mobilize to defend rights of religious groups in Russia
(Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: Special bimonthly FORB Digest (02-15.09.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Danish Jehovah's Witness returned to punishment cell
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Monday, 14 September 2020

Voices from Cuba: Alain Toledano Valiente
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Waiting for action: An interview with a victim of forced displacement in Mexico
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Pope Francis comforts relatives of loved ones killed in nightclub stampede
(Catholic News Agency)

Maiden Interfaith Studies and Engagement in Africa inaugurated
(Ghana News Agency)

Businessmen to contribute to peace-making, safety
(Shah Irfan Ahmed, The News International)

Why Uganda has suspended hundreds of refugee aid agencies
(Cristiano D'Orsi, The Conversation)

Report contends UAE-Bahrain-Israel deal could change status quo on Temple Mount
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Israel normalisation may partition Al-Aqsa Mosque: Analysts
(Mersiha Gadzo, Al Jazeera)

Articles of interest - 14 September 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A new book on belonging
(Mark Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Kinship, Law and Politics: An Anatomy of Belonging (new book)
(Joseph E. David, Cambridge University Press)

An institutional history of religious freedom in Canada
(Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)

Has Taiwanese public opinion on same-sex marriage changed?
(Timothy S. Rich and Isabel Eliassen, The Diplomat)

The IHRA definition of anti-Semitism: Eleven examples, eleven stories
(Jerusalem Post)

With Vatican FM in Belarus, pope urges respect for protests
(Associated Press)

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric backs early parliamentary elections
(Associated Press)

Pro-reform Iranian religious leader dies aged 83
(Associated Press)

Vatican urges return to in-person Mass as soon as possible
(Associated Press)

What you can no longer say in Hong Kong
(Jin Wu and Elaine Yu, The New York Times)

New York Times considers free speech wars in Hong Kong, while ignoring religious issues
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Judge denies civil marriage to two women alleging his Christian beliefs (Spanish)
(El Tiempo)

Members of Colombian Congress rejects decision of a judge who denied marriage to two women in Cartagena (Spanish)
(Angel Ocampo Rodríguez, La FM)

Elders want Kikuyu, Kenya cultural centre set up to preserve traditions
(Alice Waithera, The Star)

The long shadow of Xinjiang: Anger grows in Muslim countries at China’s treatment of the Uighurs
(Nithin Coca, Foreign Affairs)

Pope Francis’ team joins up with star athletes like Ronaldo to say: ‘We all run together’
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Prayer inscriptions on Hui Muslims' homes banned
(Wang Yichi, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

China’s foreign ministry: Vatican deal has been ‘implemented successfully’
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Saturday, 12 September 2020

Religion Photos of the Week - 12 September 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

For Australia, child protection outweighs religious freedom, ambassador says
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Friday, 11 September 2020

Queensland passes law requiring priests to break confessional seal
(Catholic News Agency)

Belarus has ambivalent relations with Catholics
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Iran’s secular shift: new survey reveals huge changes in religious beliefs
(Pooyan Tamimi Arab and Ammar Maleki, The Conversation)

Researchers find Christians in Iran approaching 1 million
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)

Iran infuriated as Charlie Hebdo reprints 'sacrilegious' cartoons
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Pope Francis: Promote the common good to heal wounds of coronavirus crisis
(Catholic News Agency)

'China is an atheist country': Communist nation expands ban on Christian funerals
(Christian Headines)

Chinese officials offer citizens $70 for pictures of illegal underground churches
(Michael Foust, Christian Headines)

Christians in northern India forced to stop worship, pastor says
(Morning Star News)

In India, a Baul mystic is singing COVID-19 advice to rural communities
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion Unplugged)

Attacked Christians in India risk arrest if worship draws more assaults
(Morning Star News)

Armenian opposition MP to place into circulation bill to ban abortion
(News AM)

Tory MP Sloan sponsors e-petition calling for 'moratorium' on gender-affirming surgery for transgender minors
(Rachel Gilmore, CTV News)

Catholic Church in South Korea says 'no' to same-sex marriage
(Park Ji-won, The Korea Times)

Argentine archbishop laments ‘double standard’ as numbers allowed at Mass reduced
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Economic team in Brazil recommends vetoing tax forgiveness of churches, which owe more than R$ 1 billion
(Folha de São Paulo)

Marian feast becomes a political football in Cuba
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Rebels release missionary sisters captured in Mozambique
(Catholic News Service)

Global COVID-19 parables: What responsibility do faith groups have to the larger society?
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Character formation, ethical education, and the communication of values in late modern pluralistic societies
(Michael Welker and John Witte, Jr., Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

ACN interview with Ján Figel’, former EU Special Envoy for Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief Outside EU
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Norway: Interfaith advocacy for climate justice and peace
(The Lutheran World Federation)

Rabbi David Rosen explores the interfaith context of the Israel-UAE deal
(J-Wire)

Why pastors in Uganda are eyeing next year’s general election
(John Semakula, Religion Unplugged)

Spain imprisons ex-colonel for Jesuits slain in El Salvador
(Associated Press)

Suicide bomber kills 2, wounds 6 outside mosque in Somalia
(Abdi Guled, Associated Press)

Leave it to the laity: ‘Catholic Social Teaching’
(Bernard G. Prusak, Commonweal)

Venezuelan Church leaders condemn raid on NGO giving out medical supplies
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Don’t write off sharia’s forgiveness option just because of the Khashoggi case
(Matthew P. Cavedon, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Turkmenistan: 24th conscientious objector jailed since 2018
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Sudan government hesitates after declaration separating religion and state
(Mohammed Amin, Middle East Eye)

Government of Sudan agrees to separate church and state, establish national commission for religious freedom
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

New Zealand’s euthanasia bill called ‘dangerous and flawed’ ahead of vote
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Euthanasia referendum in NZ: Cruel to offer the option or deny the choice?
(Ellen O'Dwyer, Stuff.co.nz)

Asia Bibi appeals to Pakistani Prime Minister to help free Christian girls kidnapped for forced marriages
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pakistan: Journalist Bilal Farooqi arrested over posts criticizing army (and spreading religious hatred)
(Deutsche Welle)

Another Christian sentenced to death in Pakistan on weak blasphemy charges
(Morning Star News)

NGOs and faith leaders speak up about the situation of the Uighurs
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Indonesia: Investigate police raid on ‘gay party’
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

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