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Wednesday, 22 December 2021

Uyghurs call out slow US response to genocide in China
(Rose Wagner, Courthouse News Service)

Should your taxes fund religious schools? Why SCOTUS might say yes
(History News Network)

Pakistan article 7 of 7: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan - “I Am Not Charlie” (with links to articles 1 through 6)
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Karnataka's Anti- Conversion Bill: Freedom of religion tested like never before
(Ratika Rana, The Logical Indian)

Anti-conversion Bill leaves wide scope for legal action
(The Hindu)

How Ohio’s Indigenous sacred sites became a religious flashpoint
(Diana Kruzman, Religion News Service)

Christians, religiously unaffiliated differ on whether most things in society can be divided into good, evil
(Jacob Ausubel, Pew Research Center)

White evangelicals more likely than other Christians to say people should prioritize marriage, procreation
(Stephanie Kramer, Pew Research Center)

A billionaire and the tech industry are trying to shape LGBTQ rights in deeply Mormon Utah
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)

She escaped child marriage twice. Now she’s trying to save other girls from pandemic suitors.
(Danielle Paquette, The Washington Post)

Series: Women's evolving influence in male-led faiths
(Religion News Service)

As-Salt, Jordan: The Middle East's city of tolerance and generosity
(Marta Vidal, BBC)

USCIRF concerned by Russian prosecution of International Memorial Society
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Top 3 RFBF stories from 2021 for Christmas
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Italy: Nativiy scene vandalised In Fiumicino
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Spain: Baby Jesus from Nativity scene decapitated and broken
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Québec’s Bill 21: Secularism or religious freedom? – OpEd
(Bruce Mabley, Eurasia Review)

Canada: Letter published in Canadian medical journal leads to apologies and calls for a retraction
(Michael Lee, CTV News)

Canada: Don’t use an instrument of oppression as a symbol of diversity and inclusion
(Sherif Emil, Canadian Medical Association Journal)

Joy to the suffering world
(Knox Thames, Baptist News Global)

Hungary’s PM denounced in Bosnia for anti-Muslim rhetoric
(Amer Cohadzic, Associated Press)

United Methodists to join in plan for Boy Scouts bankruptcy
(Associated Press)

Ex-doctor accused of terrorist threat against Mormon church
(Associated Press)

Abuse victim's claim against the Vatican dismissed under FSIA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

7th Circuit now says Wisconsin wrongly denied school bus aid to Catholic school students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judgment Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group and Others v. Georgia - unprecedented violence against LGBT demonstrators
(European Court of Human Rights)

EU making efforts to amend Bosnian genocide denial law implemented by Austrian diplomat
(Arab News)

Biden is paving the way for a dangerous ideology
(Dalia Al-Aqidi, Arab News)

Haiti's Catholic bishops launch cry of alarm before Christmas
(Céline Hoyeau, La Croix International)

Plans move forward for 2022 pope, Russian patriarch meeting
(Nicole Winfield and Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)

We could use a little more Hinduism in our approach to climate change
(Gopal D. Patel and Murali Balaji, Religion News Service)

Let’s treat religious liberty like conscientious objection
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)

CAR: Cardinal warns against Russia’s growing influence in Central African Republic
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jerusalem churches unite to preserve one of the world’s oldest Christian communities
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)

An American Muslim leader said Zionist Jews can’t be trusted allies. Jews and Muslims who work together know better.
(Yehuda Kurtzer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The wounds politics cannot heal: Politics is a false god, and a weak god as well.
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)

Keeping the Faith column: Islamophobia has forced American Muslim community to evolve
(Horsed Noah, The Columbus Dispatch)

Muslims celebrating Christmas: Why the “petty” is powerful
(Shaykha Shazia Ahmed, Muslim Matters)

Public division over Covid-19 no less dangerous than virus itself - Russian Orthodox Church
(Interfax-Religion)

Donbas: Luhansk: Christmas saved for parishes not allowed a priest
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Religion's impact on global migrant crisis: RNS concludes that it's Gordian Knot complicated
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)

Stand strong now, with the God-given weapon of Truth
(Thomas Farr, Legatus)

Russia, the Church of Scientology and the ECtHR – again
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

All needed at table, including groups like KKK to tackle racism and save planet, says world churches' leader
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Singapore welcomes first Jewish Museum
(Jewish News)

Black Gen Zers trust organized religion more than other ethnic groups of same age
(Paul Bond, Newsweek)

Indian Christians fear attacks or jail over conversions
(BBC News)

Court orders FIR to be lodged against Salman Khurshid for comments in his book on Hindu religion
(Tribune India)

Kashmir's oldest church built in 1896 to reopen for Christmas
(Syed Shahriyar, Religion Unplugged)

Qatar: Soccer's World Cup triggers religious conflicts in Qatar over alcohol consumption, LGBTQ rights
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

Part-time preaching: Few churches can fully support their ministers today
(Bobby Ross Jr., Religion Unplugged)

Zemmour: French Jews slam far-right Jewish presidential hopeful
(Alexander Durie, Al Jazeera)

It’s time for the West to engage with the Taliban
(Michael E. O’Hanlon, Rory Stewart, and Obaid Younossi, Brookings)

Monday, 20 December 2021

Across US, houses of worship struggle to rebuild attendance
(David Crary, Associated Press)

How do we break the cycle of religious violence in South Asia?
(Sunita Viswanath, Religion Dispatches)

Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable
(Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press)

Lebanese religious leaders stress unity after meeting with U.N. chief
(Doreen Abi Raad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Talitha Kum's call to action to heal the wounds of human trafficking
(Sister Gabriella Bottani, Viewpoints: A blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum)

Reassignment of popular teacher for wearing a hijab in classroom stirs outrage over Quebec law
(Amanda Coletta, The Washington Post)

TAU, German university to open joint interfaith studies center
(Jerusalem Post)

Christmas Eve in the dark: The Mexican government’s reluctance to proactively defend FoRB has established a culture of abuses and impunity that is deeply rooted within Mexican indigenous communities.
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

U.N. to establish a monitoring mechanism for Ethiopia
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Ordination of married gay man at Alabama cathedral renews conflict with diocese
(Egan Millard, Episcopal News Service)

Youth Engagement with Religion and Faith in the 21st Century
(Religions for Peace)

US appoints new Tibet coordinator amid tensions with China
(Al Jazeera)

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

Syria camps: Islamic State killed six people in al-Hol this month, says activist group
(Middle East Eye)

Sacred order in social order
(Bruce Riley Ashford, First Things)

Hanging offensive? Emory U., frat spar over student-placed Christmas wreath and garland
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

Hungary helping embattled Christian communities in Mid-East, Africa
(John J. Metzler, World Tribune)

Egypt’s leading activist gets 5 years; 2 others get 4 years
(Associated Press)

United Arab Emirates to end censorship of cinematic releases
(Associated Press)

India: Religious conversion is silent invasion, shouldn't be allowed: Karnataka CM Bommai
(Deccan Herald)

Indian man beaten to death inside historic Sikh temple
(Associated Press)

Nonbelievers across Africa risk freedom and family support
(Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 20 December 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Christian organizations ask Supreme Court to stay OSHA private-employer vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Justices field emergency requests on federal vaccine policies for workplaces, health care facilities
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

ADF asks Supreme Court to halt enforcement of unlawful vaccine mandate
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Shaping the AI transformation: The agency of religious and belief actors
(Center for Religious Studies, Fondazione Bruno Kessler)

Editor’s picks 2021
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Chilean bishops assure president-elect of Church's mission to nation building
(La Croix International)

Spain: Newspaper forces reluctant Spanish bishops to face sex abuse crisis
(Valérie Demon, La Croix International)

Malawi: Listen to the cry of the people, bishops in Malawi tell government
(La Croix International)

How can education unite us rather than fragment us?
(Margarita Mooney Suarez, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Maintaining faith amid modern malaise: A conversation with Public Discourse contributing editor Devorah Goldman
(Devorah Goldman and Elayne Allen, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Judge forces Dutch lawmaker to remove tweets likening Holocaust to COVID-19 measures
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The trend against religious affiliation is a grave threat to the GOP. But don’t count on it to save democracy.
(Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post)

Christian finance expert Dave Ramsey sued for religious discrimination
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Ukrainian evangelical preacher rebuffed in Russia
(Kubanskie Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: "Foreign agents", "undesirable organisations", and freedom of religion or belief
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

It’s easier to wear the hijab in Moscow than in St. Petersburg or Kazan, Muslim residents say
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)

In England and Wales number of Christians falls to half the population, while in US similar pattern shows
(The European Times)

Christmas: a subversive legal history
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

UK: Victory as £16,000 fine for car park church ministry thrown out
(Christian Concern)

UK: Harry Miller’s win for free speech
(ADF UK)

"2022 will be a year of increased action."
(Fiona Bruce, Twitter)

Jewish National Fund UK chair: ‘Jews have no future in England’
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

UK: Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment: Fixsler
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Consultation: outdoor weddings and civil partnerships
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

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