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Tuesday, 7 July 2020

Interfaith Council proposes four-phase reopening of places of worship
(Japheth Ogila, The Standard)

How the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster became 'world's fastest growing religion'
(Kevin Polowy, Yahoo Entertainment)

Turkistani exiles ask International Criminal Court to investigate genocide against Uyghurs
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Uighur exiles push for court case accusing China of genocide
(Marlise Simons, The New York Times)

Russian court fines coronavirus-denying rebel monk
(Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)

Six Muslims detained in Crimea on suspicion of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir
(Interfax-Religion)

Santa Muerte—a folk saint for both sides in the drug wars
(Religion Watch - Baylor Institute for Religious Freedom)

Export of Afro-Brazilian religions producing different syntheses for different audiences
(Religion Watch - Baylor Institute for Religious Freedom)

Russian Orthodox Church sees the Internet as a crucial tool for outreach
(Religion Watch - Baylor Institute for Religious Freedom)

Hindu deities drafted as ‘celestial epidemiologists’ in war against COVID-19
(Religion Watch - Baylor Institute for Religious Freedom)

Pakistan: Protect religious freedom for Hindus
(Amnesty International)

United by religion: BJP's Mangal Prabhat Lodha, SP's Abu Azmi want relaxation on religious ceremonies amid pandemic in Mumbai
(Dhaval Kulkarni, The Free Press Journal)

Guidelines to be followed when churches are reopened
(Vincent Kejitan, The Standard)

‘Life after ISIS’: Christians are leaving Iraq due to ongoing security concerns
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Monday, 6 July 2020

Religion Photos of the Week - 2 July 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

G20 Interfaith Forum Regional Meeting, Arab Region
(G20 IF, KAICIID, UNAOC, NCIRD, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)

Getting the anti- racism agenda right
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

G20 Interfaith Forum Gathers Regional European Leaders for Consultation on COVID 19, Equality, Environment and Innovation
(G20 IF, KAICIID, UNAOC, NCIRD, G20 Interfaith Forum Association)

COVID is no excuse to close immigration
(Matthew Lau, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Recent Articles of Interest, 6 July 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

DAILY HIGHLIGHT #110: Hindu Perspective on the COVID-19 Emergency
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Covid-19 in Africa: How Youth are Stepping Up
(Alcinda Honwana and Nyeleti Honwana, From Poverty to Power)

Expert blasts Chinese ‘hypocrisy’ on easing birth limits, except for Uyghurs
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Debating racism in the Arab world
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)

Russian protestants seek removal of legal impediment to their activity
(Sergei Chugunov, Religiia i Pravo, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Activist of protestant Initsiativniki, who refuse to cooperate with state, punished
(Kommersant, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Putin comments on LGBT flag flying over U.S. embassy building in Moscow
(Interfax-Religion)

Russian Foreign Ministry hopes global significance of Hagia Sophia will be taken into account when determining its status
(Interfax-Religion)

Highly politicized COVID-19 divides nations and faiths
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Relentless debate on forced conversions
(Ghulam Nabi Abbasi, Modern Diplomacy)

Trump agencies move to limit LGBT rights as courts expand them
(Erin Mulvaney, Lydia Wheeler, Paige Smith, Andrew Kreighbaum, Bloomberg Law)

Genocide and religious freedom
(Obadiah Mailafia, Vanguard Nigeria)

Turkey orders deportation of pastor’s wife and mother-of-three in string of expulsions
(World Watch Monitor)

'Where's God?': The role of faith in psychosocial support
(Teresa Welsh, Devex)

World watches as fights continue to see who controls iconic Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)

Sunday, 5 July 2020

Covid-19 is here to stay. People will have to adapt
(The Economist)

DAILY HIGHLIGHT #109: Focusing on the Ultra Poor in the Philippines
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Sounding out Quebec’s Clash of Symbols
(Andrew Bennett, Beryl Wajsman, Maxime Huot Couture, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Challenges ahead for Quebec's ban on religious symbols
(Andrew Bennett and Robert Leckey, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)

Moreland and Pojanowski, "The Moral of Torts"
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice: A blog dedicated to the development of Catholic legal theory)

Pope Francis commends UN Security Council for global ceasefire resolution
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

Fighting antisemitism on all fronts in a changing world
(Alan Rosenbaum, The Jerusalem Post)

Saturday, 4 July 2020

COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series - RECORDINGS of all Episodes

Friday, 3 July 2020

DAILY HIGHLIGHT #108: Refugee Perceptions Through the Lens of Religious Beliefs: Rohingya Camps
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Vatican appeals for debt relief for developing countries at United Nations
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

In search of Uighur cuisine and a lost community: Nikkei's China bureau chief offers snapshots of politics amid the pandemic
(Tetsushi Takahashi, Nikkei Asian Review)

Thursday, 2 July 2020

Halting the Hajj: Exploring the social, political, economic, and religious fallout of this year’s (all but) canceled pilgrimage
(David J. Wasserstein, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Business Leaders Advancing Interfaith Understanding and Peace
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

DAILY HIGHLIGHT #106: Deep Prejudices Surface During the COVID-19 Crisis
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

‘Uncertain and unsettling’: China approves controversial Hong Kong security law
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

MP Tynkkynen's hate speech sentence upheld, plans appeal to European Court of Human Rights
(YLE)

Asia’s top cardinal says Hong Kong security law puts religious liberty at risk
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

USCIRF troubled by Russia’s ongoing imprisonment of Jehovah’s Witness Dennis Christensen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Prosecutor tries to block Christensen's release
(Ivan Zhuravkov, 7x7 Kursk oblast, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

New mass grave unearthed in Iraq’s north from brutal IS rule
(Farid Abdulwahed and Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

Nicaragua bishops indirectly rebuke Ortega over handling of coronavirus
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Church leaders targeted by conservative president’s supporters in Brazil
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Vatican’s top diplomat meets about Mideast with U.S., Israeli ambassadors
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Authorities interfere with release of Danish Jehovah's Witness
(Website of Za prava cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Duma's Tolstoy sees demonstration of LGBT flags on embassy buildings in Moscow as attempt to influence voting on constitutional amendments
(Interfax-Religion)

Court considers status of Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia
(Associated Press)

Erdogan should not erase Turkey's Christian past
(Richard V. Reeves and Mustafa Akyol, Foreign Policy Argument)

South Africa: New Bill prohibits marriage officers from turning down same-sex couples
(Jason Felix, News24)

Vatican tells Israel, US that annexation could jeopardize peace process
(Catholic News Agency)

Wednesday, 1 July 2020

Museum or mosque? Turkey debates iconic Hagia Sofia’s status
(Suzan Fraser and Ayse Wieting, Associated Press)

Pompeo warns Turkey against reverting Hagia Sophia to mosque
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

God and man in Moscow
(Cameron Hilditch, National Review)

Tajikistan: Impunity for torturers continues
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Calls for UN probe of China forced birth control on Uighurs
(Associated Press)

China's own documents show potentially genocidal sterilization plans in Xinjiang
(Adrian Zenz, Foreign Policy)

Mozambique's insurgency is a regional problem
(Tonderayi Mukeredzi, Foreign Policy)

Nigeria could be next Rwanda or Darfur if world doesn't act, advocates warn
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

Erdogan vows to tighten social media controls after insults on family
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Syrian refugees hopeful as Egypt eases coronavirus restrictions
(Amr Emam, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Iran warns US of ‘firm response’ after Security Council meeting
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Knesset says no to surrogacy for gay men, but minister vows it will happen
(Stuart Winer, The Times of Israel)

Tuesday, 30 June 2020

Articles of interest - 29 June 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

One year of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: 400 have registered, despite obstacles
(Paul Komesaroff, Cameron Stewart, Camille La Brooy, and Jennifer Philip, The Conversation)

USCIRF warns that forced sterilization of Uyghur Muslims is evidence of genocide
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Uyghurs subject to mass sterilization: a new CCP crime against humanity
(Ruth Ingram, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Iran issues arrest warrant for President Trump
(Mikaela Mathews, Christian Headlines)

Israel to postpone West Bank annexation plan
(Kayla Koslosky, Christian Headlines)

Messianic church in Israel wins restraining order in case against anti-evangelism group
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)

‘This is the Christian message’: Cardinal urges Catholics to join struggle for racial justice
(Catholic News Agency)

Catholic archdiocese in Guam stopping monthly payments to former archbishop
(Catholic News Agency)

Canadian Catholic diocese aims to repair defaced Stations of the Cross
(Catholic News Agency)

Churches and COVID-19 in NSW- PHO No 4 released
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

USCIRF releases Yemen country update highlighting Houthi religious freedom violations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Pope urges US Catholic media to work to overcome racism
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

From Saudi Arabia, a welcome call for tolerance and moderation
(Jeff Jacoby, The Boston Globe)

Ordination amid coronavirus - A call for humility and courage
(Cardinal Michael Czerny, Catholic News Agency)

The false logic of a China-US choice in the Middle East
(Karen Young, Al-Monitor)

Monday, 29 June 2020

Religious news from around the web June 29, 2020
(World Religion News)

Bishop Kiganda gives govt 10 days to reopen Churches
(Aaron Sseruyigo, Uganda Christian News)

Catholic bishops of Uruguay oppose assisted suicide bill
(Catholic News Agency)

China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population
(Associated Press)

Israel orders US-based Christian TV channel off air
(Associated Press)

Balkan Affairs: Turkish and Saudi influence on Bulgarian Muslims
(Rositsa Atanasova, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Nigeria facing ‘systematic, planned, calculated’ genocide of Christians
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russian church leader promotes Putin's changes in constitution
(Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

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