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Wednesday, 2 February 2022

Congregation facing eviction from nation’s oldest synagogue
(Steve Leblanc, Associated Press)

Man charged with hate crimes for Chicago synagogue graffiti
(Associated Press)

Faith in the metaverse: A VR quest for community, fellowship
(Luis Andres Henao, Religion News Service)

Saudi Arabia moves to redefine Islam-bearing green flag
(Aya Batrawy, Associated Press)

High schooler sues over suspension for religiously motivated anti-gay remarks
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church challenges city's limits on its offering meals to homeless
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court rejects religious and other challenges to takeover of abandoned homes
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ashram loses RLUIPA "equal terms" challenge
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Wellpath to pay $75,000 to settle EEOC religious discrimination case
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Russia: Putin notes Buddhists' contribution in strengthening moral foundations in Lunar New Year greetings
(Interfax-Religion)

Orthodox Christians facing persecution in African countries look to Russia with hope - Metropolitan Hilarion
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief : Special bimonthly FORB (16-31.01.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Kazakhstan: 127 administrative prosecutions in 2021
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Saving urban churches: Associated Press feature dances around several important trends
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Reporting on white Christian nationalists? Try talking with some of these Americans in person
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

UK: “Net zero” and the faculty jurisdiction
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK: COVID-19: Church in Wales guidance updates
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK, US: Caring for aging, dying, and dead prisoners: A summary of prison chaplains on the beat in US and UK prisons
(George Walters-Sleyon, PhD., Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

UK: Street preachers keep being arrested. I have a plan to stop this from happening
(Paul Diamond, Premier Christianity)

Bipartisan support grows for nonprofit security grant funding hike after Texas synagogue siege
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

School sued over social media ban on religion, restriction on religious expression at school
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Nigerian archbishop urges govt to improve security in schools, universities
(La Croix International)

Lebanon: Papal aide’s Lebanon visit will have political, pastoral tone
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pakistan Catholic leaders condemn murder of Anglican clergyman
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

What Justice Breyer’s retirement could mean for religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Whoopi Goldberg apologizes for Holocaust race comment — but doubles down in saying Jews are not a race
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Dutch publisher stops printing copies of book alleging a Jew betrayed Anne Frank
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Are Jews a race?
(Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic)

The religion of protest
(Nyle Fort, The Cut)

Perspective: The politics of peace
(Tim Schultz, Deseret News)

Uganda: These Ugandan clergy are marrying multiple women
(John Semakula, Religion Unplugged)

States of disbelief: Non-believers wrestle with life after religion
(Elijah Hurwitz, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Australia: Christian lobby groups attack Morrison for vowing students won’t be expelled due to their sexuality or gender
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Australia: Majority of voters reject Coalition’s proposal to allow discriminatory religious statements, poll suggests
(Paul Karp, The Guardian)

Australia: Religious school tells parents it will apply its religious beliefs
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

China: Fast facts about views of China ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympics
(Aidan Connaughton, Pew Research Center)

China promotes new book on atheism targeting religions
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

China: On Lunar New Year, Chinese pray outside shut temples
(Sam McNeil, Religion News Service)

China: On Lunar New Year, Chinese offer prayers at temples
(Sam McNeil, Associated Press)

Hong Kong's religious freedom now firmly in Beijing's sights
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Hong Kong: Christian leaders issue Chinese New Year plea for Hong Kong to release former newspaper owner Jimmy Lai
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Is China committing genocide against the Uyghurs?
(Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian Magazine)

For top athletes, is standing up for human rights — in Beijing, Saudi Arabia, Qatar — worth the risk?
(Ira Rifkin, Religion Unplugged)

IGE Global Horizons: January 2022
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Burma: USCIRF calls for accountability of Tatmadaw at one year anniversary of coup in Burma
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

German bishops back the LGBT campaign
(FSSPX.news)

How Congress can respond to the Supreme Court’s attack on abortion rights
(Jessica Mason Pieklo, Rewire News Group)

What it's like to be a Black chef running a halal soul food restaurant
(Anna Rahmanan, The Huffington Post)

Monday, 31 January 2022

Canada: Statement by the Prime Minister on the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia
(Prime Minister of Canada)

Canada: National Day of Remembrance and Action Against Islamophobia
(UFCW Canada)

Canada: Quebec mosque attack ‘hero’ recalls life-changing moments
(Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, Al Jazeera)

Canada: Latter-day Saints join World Interfaith Harmony Week celebrations
(Stephanie Schindler, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Canada: Charter challenge by 2 Ontario churches opposed to public health restrictions gets underway Monday
(Kate Dubinski, CBC News)

Canada: Rabbis decry Canadian church proposals on BDS, Israel 'apartheid'
(Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post)

Lebanon: The toll of sectarian politics
(Zeead Yaghi, Commonweal)

Lebanon: Maronite patriarch reprimands Lebanese government for new taxes
(La Croix International)

Human rights concerns persist as Winter Olympics begin
(Ellen Teague, The Tablet)

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

Positive influence of faith for gender equality (podcast)
(Zia Khan, John McArthur, Jean Duff, and Blessing Omakwu, Brookings)

Pakistani police widen manhunt, day after killing of priest
(Riaz Khan, Associated Press)

Feds: Kansas woman led all-female Islamic State battalion
(Matthew Barakat, Associated Press)

Historic city churches find new life as neighborhood centers
(Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press)

Attorney: Waffle House shooter believed God commanded him
(Travis Loller, Associated Press)

Bill would expand hate crimes law for gender ID, disability
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)

Religious services for all soldiers at Army fort in Arizona
(Lyda Longa, Associated Press)

Vietnam: Funeral held in Vietnam for influential monk Thich Nhat Hanh
(Hau Dinh, Associated Press)

Court refuses to enjoin medical campus' vaccination mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 31 January 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Part of Texas anti-BDS law held unconstitutional
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Legal Spirits Episode 040: Raising the Christian Flag at City Hall
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

E-Course Business and Human Rights: Regional approaches and developments
(Faculdade de Direito da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

Hong Kong: Religious groups call for amnesty for Hong Kongers charged under national security law
(James Pomfret, Reuters)

We cannot look away from the global refugee crisis
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Philippines: ‘Still a lot to do,’ rights groups say after Philippines bans child marriage
(Ellie Aben, Arab News)

Nigeria: Expert urges attention to persecuted Christians as bishops decry Islamist violence in Nigeria
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

Pope on taxes: A sign of equality, justice and legality
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Pope Francis calls access to accurate information on coronavirus vaccines ‘a human right’
(Maria Luisa Paul and Adela Suliman, The Washington Post)

Peter’s Pence donations fell by around 15% in 2021, says Vatican
(Catholic News Agency)

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer formally announces retirement
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Egypt's religious authorities weigh in on Nile dam crisis
(Abdulla Kadry, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Israeli ultra-Orthodox learn about Holocaust over phone
(Israel Hershkovitz, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Israel: ‘Infuriating and upsetting’: Liberal Jewish movements condemn Israeli PM’s decision not to implement Western Wall agreement
(Shira Hanau, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

US Jewish movements ‘outraged’ by Israeli PM’s decision to quash Western Wall deal
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

What to do about young evangelicals’ waning support for Israel
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

Turkey: Erdogan tightens grip on media with circular on family values
(Nazlan Ertan, Al-Monitor: Turkey Press)

Vatican projects budget deficit for 2022 as pandemic continues
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Kenya: One of Kenya’s most wanted terrorists who killed Christians arrested in DRC
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

‘Stand up,’ ‘speak often’: Christian leaders share ways to combat rising anti-Semitism
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Pro-life, pro-abortion groups react to Breyer's retirement: 'The stakes have never been higher'
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

UK: Response to reports of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party
(Equality and Human Rights Commission)

UK: The most important Jewish woman of medieval England recognized with new statue
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

UK: Chief Rabbi marks Holocaust Memorial Day with AJR tree-planting in Hyde Park
(Sabrina Miller, Jewish News)

UK: Islamophobia more common among upper and middle class voters
(Patrick Hudson, The Tablet)

UK: Law and religion round-up – 30th January
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

UK: Ecclesiastical court judgments – January (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Swiss Evangelicals reject conversion therapy but don’t believe in ban
(Christian Network Europe)

U.S. Senator, Congressmen say India’s Constitution under threat from Hindu nationalist ideology, persecution under Modi government
(Indian American Muslim Council)

Irish archbishop: Bloody Sunday families denied truth ‘for too long’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholic bishops lament death penalty as executions resume in 2022
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Spain’s government vows to investigate Catholic Church abuse
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

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