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Wednesday, 19 May 2021

Hundreds of Muslim clerics have been detained in China's Xinjiang region
(Catholic News Agency)

The impact on religious education after Rwanda’s violent conflict
(iAfrica)

Turkey’s Jewish minority takes the heat amid Israeli-Palestinian violence
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

The perfect storm for Israelis and Palestinians
(Natan Sachs, Brookings)

Islamic Jihad leader expected ‘costly’ battle
(Associated Press)

East Jerusalem neighborhood key to halting Palestinian-Israeli fighting
(Ahmad Melhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

43% of millennials 'don’t know, don’t care, don’t believe' God exists: study
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)

COVID-19 isolation led to massive spike mental health struggles; churches must be on ‘frontlines’: Rock Recovery director
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)

More than 120 priests die in 2 weeks amid COVID-19 outbreak in India
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)

Army urged to protect religious freedom of chaplain punished for supporting transgender military ban
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)

Muslim mob attacks Christian villagers in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Keep the faith: Pope's message of hope for devastated Myanmar
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

'Hate crime' attacks on crucifix, statue shock US Catholics
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pandemic kills four Catholic priests daily in India
(Saji Thomas, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Indonesian police arrest 53 over cathedral bombing
(Katharina R Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)

100 years later, Black church leaders seek reparations for Tulsa massacre
(Adelle M Banks, Religion News Service)

Calls to deny Communion to Biden for abortion views prompt Catholic soul-searching
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

We can’t rebuild the US until we support families: Opinion
(Jim Wallis, Religion News Service Opinion)

Weekly highlight #156: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Eid al-Fitr; creative fundraising; vaccination challenges
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Supreme Court dismisses cert. grants on Title X rule as HHS considers repeal
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Suspended priest's age discrimination claim dismissed under ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

County's current COVID restrictions upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Interfaith diversity includes religious people as well as non-theists and humanists
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation, Vimeo)

Turkish church attacked, desecrated in village where priest’s parents were kidnapped
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

Religious freedom and knives in school
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

European churches – churches in Europe
(European Christian Convention, YouTube Video)

Jesus and Hamas in the Holy Land
(Robert Nicholson, Providence Mag)

Cyprus’ devout want no part of Eurovision entry ‘El Diablo’
(Menelaos Hadjicostis, Associated Press)

Sam Brownback’s two steps for tackling religious persecution
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

German lawmakers decry antisemitism during Mideast debate
(Wesley Dockery, Deutsche Welle)

Antisemitism in Germany: 'As Muslims, we must tackle this'
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)

Israeli flags burned outside 2 German synagogues, ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on another in Spain
(Cnaan Liphshiz and Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Mustafa Akyol argues for Islamic reform from within
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)

New book: Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance
(Mustafa Akyol, Macmillan Publishers)

Another Jehovah's Witness added to Rostov's total of convicts
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russian customs seizes Jehovah's Witnesses literature
(Khibini.com Murmansk, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russian Orthodox Church proposes setting up system to filter Russophobic content online
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Freedom of religion: Special bimonthly FORB (01-15.05.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

What's going on with faith trends in American Judaism, nationally and in your locale?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Yes, there's a religion story behind those statistics about China's shrinking population
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

China ‘in a category by itself’ of religious rights violators
(Bonnie Girard, The Diplomat)

Israel accuses Chinese state TV of ‘blatant antisemitism’
(Arab News)

COVID-19 Update: Cytûn – Churches together in Wales
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

COVID-19: Step 3 guidance – Church of England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

COVID-19 legislation and guidance: update to 22 May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

COVID-19: Step 3 guidance – Roman Catholic Church EW
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 16th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Anti-Semitism on rise worldwide, in US, Europe; anti-Muslim hatred widespread: US report
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Who gets to wear a headscarf? The complicated history behind France's latest hijab controversy
(Cady Lang, Time Magazine)

France's strange war against the Jehovah's Witnesses
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

France to mark 150th anniversary of anti-religious Paris Commune
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Malerkotla, Punjab’s newest district, has no room for religious bigotry
(Vivek Gupta, The Wire)

Bangladesh cracks down on hardline Islamist group
(Asif Muztaba Hassan, The Diplomat)

Why corporate religious exemptions are not corporate social responsibility
(Elizabeth Sepper and James D. Nelson, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Legal Journal Number 7 (16): May 2021 (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

Hong Kong’s new bishop wants differing views respected
(Associated Press)

Tuesday, 18 May 2021

ONLINE BOOK LAUNCH, 18 May 2021 (5.00 – 6.30 p.m. UTC+2): Islamic Religious Education in Europe
(The University Centre Saint-Ignatius Antwerp (UCSIA))

CEFTUS WEBINAR, 18 May 2021( 6PM London): Limits of Supranational Justice: The European Court of Human Rights and Turkey's Kurdish Conflict Limits of Supranational Justice: The European Court of Human Rights and Turkey's Kurdish Conflict
(Dr Dilek Kurban, Prof. Helen Duffy and Dr Derya Bayir, Center for Turkey Studies UK)

Monday, 17 May 2021

Court to weigh in on Mississippi abortion ban intended to challenge Roe v. Wade
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

The stakes of the Supreme Court’s new abortion case
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)

Christian pastor in Laos will avoid jail if he promises not to preach for a year
(Premier Christian News)

Church leaders tell Irish PM: never ban public worship again
(The Christian Institute)

4 out of 5 five people live in countries with high or severe restrictions on religious freedom
(ADF International)

Articles of interest - 17 May 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

‘A war of religion’: Iran accused of trying to convert young members of Baha’i minority to Islam
(Borzou Daragahi, The Independent)

‘Jew of no religion’? 3 American Jews talk about their other identities
(Gabe Friedman, The Jerusalem Post)

USCIRF concerned by Azerbaijan religion law amendments, condition of Ghazanchetsots Cathedral
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

What Christos Stylianides should know as he takes the post of the Special Envoy on Religion or Belief outside European Union?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Around 3,000 Moroccan migrants cross into Spanish territory
(Aritz Parra and Mosa'Ab Elshamy, Associated Press)

Afghan cease-fire ends amid calls for fresh peace talks
(Kathy Gannon and Tameem Akhgar, Associated Press)

Arrests in UK over claims antisemitic abuse hurled from cars
(Associated Press)

Swastika found scratched into Salt Lake City Jewish center
(Associated Press)

Nepal scales back Hindu chariot festival amid virus surge
(Binaj Gurubacharya, Associated Press)

Russia and China in the Middle East: The neglected religious dimension
(Jon Hoffman, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

China’s Arrest of 1,046 Imams Is a Misguided Assault on Religion
(Anders Corr, The Epoch Times)

Full-blown boycott pushed for Beijing Olympics
(Stephen Wade, Associated Press)

China: Freedom of religion: Special bimonthly newsletter (01-15.05.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Scottish First Minister condemns ‘vile’ anti-Catholicism of soccer fans
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pope urges peace, unity during special Mass for Myanmar
(Associated Press)

Pope taps fellow Jesuit to lead sensitive Hong Kong church
(Associated Press)

US climate envoy Kerry meets with pope on climate crisis
(Associated Press)

Pope speaks to Turkish President, Iranian FM about Gaza violence
(Associated Press)

Is the ‘DEFCON 3 culture war’ over religious freedom bills coming to an end?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

German police call for monitoring of antisemitic groups
(Deutsche Welle)

Antisemitism is a social problem
(Sabine Oelze, Deutsche Welle)

Intervening against tyranny, genocide and persecution to uphold democratic values
(Lamont Colucci, Washington Times)

Why the Al-Aqsa Mosque has often been a site of conflict
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)

Kazan school shooting caused by absence of religious education - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)

Russia: Widened ban on "extremists" exercising religious freedom
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Muslims work to improve understanding of their religion in Zimbabwe
(Cyril Zenda, Religion Unplugged)

Trends that influence news: Where in the world is Christianity still growing?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Religious leader engagement in Kosovo: Restored trust leads to renewed relations—Chaplain Michel de Peyret, French Army (Part 2)
(S.K. Moore, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Sikhs in Sydney defend students’ right to carry ceremonial daggers at school
(Jordan Baker and Laura Chung, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Biden White House officials hold first meeting with atheist, secular groups
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Religious news from around the web May 17, 2021
(World Religion News)

American Muslim groups boycott White House Eid celebration
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)

Saturday, 15 May 2021

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS (due date varies by region): KAICIID Fellows Programme
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

CALL FOR PAPERS, Abstracts due 15 May 2021: “Religion and the Rule of Law: Towards a Harmonious Relationship in the Era of Globalization”
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Friday, 14 May 2021

Religious freedom advocacy in 2021
(Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra, The Gospel Coalition)

On Eid, Xinjiang imams defend China against US criticism
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)

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