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Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Human rights center publicizes case of Jehovah's Witness believer
(Memorial, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Israel aware of importance of Alexander Metochion issue to Russia, hopes court proceedings will be over soon - diplomat
(Interfax-Religion)

Ukraine set to make Pesach, Chanukah and Rosh Hashanah official holidays
(Jewish News)

Crimea: Mosque closed as "There is no community there"?
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Christians as target during India's lockdown
(Ziya Us Salam, Frontline: India's National Magazine)

BJP leader seeks reform of India's divorce laws
(Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Monday, 17 August 2020

Articles and books of interest - 17 August 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope urges Nile states to continue talks over disputed dam
(Samy Magdy and Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)

I grew up with anti-Semitism in the UAE. Peace with Israel is a dream come true.
(Mujahed Kobbe, Forward)

Why the State must promote religious tolerance (India)
(Mark Tully, Hindustan Times)

Parsis in Hong Kong: what’s the secret behind their growing population?
(Rhea Mogul, South China Morning Post)

Indonesia religious freedom landscape report
(Timothy S. Shah, Religious Freedom Institute)

Sudan’s political change gives hope for young women and girls. Here’s why
(Tamsin Bradley, The Conversation)

Barsa: Religious organizations banding together to help rebuild Beirut
(Christopher Vondracek, The Washington Times)

Turkey’s long tradition of church desecration
(Uzay Bulut, The American Conservative)

South Korea pastor tests positive amid virus spike at church
(Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press)

Nicaraguan government defies Church on celebration of religious festival
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers supports the decision to restrict foreign visits to Uman for Rosh Hashanah period
(Interfax-Religion)

Asylum: may a bogus Christian “convert” be returned to Iran?: MR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The problem with calling Buddhism a science
(Michael Sheehy, Lion's Roar)

American Jewry is falling away from Zionism, making adversaries of US Jews
(Ardie Geldman, The Jerusalem Post)

'It's not religion': In her book 'The Runaways,' Bhutto examines the lure of extremism
(Steve Inskeep, Simone Popperl, Milton Guevara, National Public Radio)

Russia: Special bimonthly FORB digest (01-15.08.2020)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

The motivations of missionary martyrs
(Natalie Morrill, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Zimbabwe's Catholic bishops denounce State crackdown, drawing sharp counter attack
(Anli Serfontein, Ecumenical News)

Zimbabwe’s Catholic bishops accuse government of abuses
(Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press)

18 Jehovah’s Witnesses sentenced to years in jail in Xinjiang
(Chang Xin, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Several state-run Protestant churches demolished in June
(Lu An, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Friday, 14 August 2020

AP photos: Across faiths, pandemic alters worship, rites
(Elizabeth Dalziel, Associated Press)

Religion Photos of the Week - 14 August 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

The end of the secular republic (commentary regarding India and Turkey)
(Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic)

3 killed in southern India in clashes over Facebook post
(Associated Press)

Three killed in Bangalore clashes over Prophet Muhammad post
(BBC News Asia)

Every idea in India should be open to critique, even religion: Singer Sona Mohapatra
(Navneet Vyasan, Hindustan Times)

Thousands of Haitian evangelicals march against the renewal of the Penal Code
(Evangelical Focus)

Outrage as Somali parliament drafts law permitting child, forced marriages
(Nita Bhalla, Mohammed Omer, Reuters)

Conflicting tan lines: The burkini raises debate in Egypt
(Hend Kortam, Associated Press)

Egyptian lawyer: Senior Brotherhood leader dies in prison
(Associated Press)

Opposition calls Venezuelan bishops letter on Dec. elections ‘regrettable’
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church in the Philippines condemns efforts to resurrect capital punishment
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Mauritius cardinal praises outpouring of solidarity after oil spill
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukrainian patriarch seeks change in American practice
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Tel Aviv City Hall lit up with UAE flag to celebrate peace accord
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)

Queensland becomes first Australian state to outlaw gay conversion therapy
(Seb Starcevic, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)

Who decides on the How and Why of a funeral?: an Australian argument
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Turkey's Religious Affairs Ministry, authority over Hagia Sophia Mosque and 2,000 mosques around the world, Part III – Statements and actions on religious minorities, secularism, homosexuality, and alcohol
(The Middle East Media Research Institute)

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Viewpoints: An introduction to the G20 Interfaith Forum Blog
(Marianna Richardson, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

The chess game of the G20 Interfaith Forum global strategy
(Jonatas Machado, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Faith and debt: Challenging the G20
(Katherine Marshall, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Freedom of Religion (blogpost based on an Interview with Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt
(Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Respecting others as world citizens
(Sofia Caseiro, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Understanding the different perspectives of religious groups
(Mufti Nedzad Grabus, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Collective effort needed to fight sectarianism: Noor-ul-Haq Qadri
(Radio Pakistan)

Interfaith Council extends time for religious gatherings, relaxes age restrictions
(Tracy Mutinda, The Star Kenya)

USCIRF condemns death sentence for Yahaya Sharif-Aminu on blasphemy charges
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Conversation: Digitalization of religion in times of COVID-19
(Marco Ventura, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Prisoners of an image secularization as an epidemic
(Paolo Costa, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Digitalizing the Church? Different contexts, similar theological challenges in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
(Regina Elsner, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Pagan communities in the time of pandemic
(Stanislav Panin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Global church and home church in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(Jennifer C. Lane, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

The Second Oxford Statement on International Law Protections of the Healthcare Sector During COVID-19: Safeguarding Vaccine Research
(Dapo Akande, Antonio Coco, Talita de Souza Dias, Duncan Hollis, Harold Hongju Koh, James O'Brien and Tsvetelina van Benthem, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Nigerian bishops: ‘The killings must stop’
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jehovah's Witnesses indicted in extreme far east of Russia
(UssurBator, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

European Deputy asks action on crisis in far north of Mozambique.
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Giving up on God: The global decline of religion
(Ronald F. Inglehart, Foreign Affairs)

Iranian regime: Male gods and oppressed women
(Elchin Hatami, Modern Diplomacy)

HRW calls on Lao government to release dissidents
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Co-option of religion by Saudi’s MBS spells disaster
(Nasim Ahmed, Middle East Monitor)

Vatican’s China deal may protect Chinese Catholics, keep Pope Francis silent
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Church in Uganda razed overnight despite COVID-19 ban on evictions
(John Semakula, Religion Unplugged)

Islamic State's ‘Beatles’ could finally face justice for alleged role in beheading Americans
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Christian leaders debate Zimbabwe’s reparations for white farmers
(Tawanda Karombo, Religion Unplugged)

Hate speech as rersecution: Tackling the Gordian Knot
(Radhika Kapoor and Sharngan Aravindakshan, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Is Israel ready for a religious prime minister?
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Israeli women excluded from decision-making on coronavirus
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Religious news from around the web August 10, 2020
(World Religion News)

International leaders, institutions condemn arrest of Shincheonji church leaders
(The Nation)

USCIRF releases Iran factsheet highlighting senior sanctioned officials responsible for egregious religious freedom violations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Ganges River flows with history and prophecy for India (in photos)
(Altaf Qadri, Associated Press)

India’s Christians mark 70th anniversary of decree denying them rights
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Religious leaders endorse reconstruction plan for Cameroon’s English-speaking regions
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

First COVID-19 case among residents reported in Syrian IS camp
(Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

The Hagia Sophia—What’s law got to do with It?
(Mine Yildirim, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Stop Uyghur genocide: An appeal by religious leaders in support of the Uyghurs
(Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Two cardinals among 80 faith leaders demanding justice for Uyghurs and other persecuted groups in China
(Independent Catholic News)

The power competition between Liberals and Conservatives in Pakistan
(Ali Abbas, Modern Diplomacy)

Christian murdered for living in a Muslim suburb in Pakistan
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)

Bolivia’s bishops offer to mediate destabilizing political crisis as pandemic worsens
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Secularism as sexism (review of Joan Wallach Scott's 'Sex and Secularism')
(Grant Kaplan, First Things)

Monday, 10 August 2020

Articles of interest - 10 August 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Woman among 6 appointed to previous all male Vatican body welcomes move by Pope Francis
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Pope Francis: Even in times of darkness, God is there
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Turkmenistan: Two jailed brothers, two second convictions
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Turkmenistan: Two years in prison for two Jehovah’s Witnesses objecting to military service
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Church and state in Panama working together to fight Covid-19
(James Blears, Vatican News)

Voronezh troops using torture on Jehovah's Witnesses
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Voices from Cuba: Yoel Suárez
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Google closes YouTube accounts linked to Iranian government
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Gulf investment woes, COVID economic crisis converge in Egypt
(Karen Young, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Cairo denounces Hagia Sophia move, develops Egypt's Christian sites
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

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