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Wednesday, 25 December 2024

EVENT SERIES, February - December 2024: Faith, Democracy, and Our Common Future: Shaping A Path Forward
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

EVENT, 19 June 2024 (10AM GMT+1): The effectiveness of human rights in a multilevel legal order under threat? (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
(Jasper Krommendijk, Radboud University)

Thursday, 25 April 2024

EVENT, 23-25 April 2024: Oceania Perspectives on Human Dignity (Laie, Hawaii, USA)
(Brigham Young University – Hawaii, The Human Dignity Initiative)

Thursday, 18 April 2024

EVENT, 18 April 2024 (1PM - 6PM PDT): Finding Common Ground: Protecting Freedom of Religion and Human Dignity (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
(Las Vegas Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)

EVENT, 18 April 2024 (6PM EDT): 3rd Annual Freedom of Religion Roundtable (Kennesaw, GA, USA)
(Paul Murray, Hannah Clayson Smith, Barry Loudermilk, David Wilkerson, Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, Kemal Korucu, John H. Vaughn)

Friday, 12 April 2024

EVENT SERIES, Spring 2024: Free Exercise Speaker Series
(Yale Law School)

WRITING COMPETITION (for law school students), deadline 12 April 2024: 2024 Church, State & Society Writing Competition
(Program on Church, State & Society, University of Notre Dame Law School)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, deadline 12 April 2024: Invitation for submissions that address a topic of high current interest in the field of international, regional, comparative or national human rights law
(The University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal)

EVENT, 12 April 2024 (9AM MT): 2024 Religion, Culture & Diversity Symposium (Orem, Utah, USA)
(Anthea Butler, Lauren Horn Griffin, Julie Ingersoll, Benjamin Park, Utah Valley University)

Sunday, 7 April 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 7 April 2024: Double Standards and International Law
(KFG International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?)

Thursday, 4 April 2024

EVENT, 4 April 2024 (11AM ET): The 26th Annual Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace (Notre Dame, IN, USA)
(Traci C. West, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies)

Monday, 1 April 2024

EVENT for university students, April - July 2024: Statesmanship and religious freedom seminars (Iraq, UK, USA)
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Sunday, 31 March 2024

CALLS FOR PAPERS, proposals due 31 March 2024: From Protection to Coercion: the Limits of Positive Obligations in Human Rights Law
(Faculty of Law, Lund University)

Friday, 29 March 2024

ESSAY CONTEST (for high school juniors and seniors), deadline 29 March 2024: Witnesses to Freedom
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Wednesday, 27 March 2024

EVENT, 27 March 2024 (6PM EDT): Tanenbaum Film Screening: Long Line of Ladies (New York, NY, USA)
(Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding)

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

EVENT, 26 March 2024 (1:30PM ET): Women in FoRB: Making a Difference
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 26 March 2024 (3PM CET / 8AM MDT): Education, Health, and Human Flourishing: The Family's Crucial Role
(European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Thursday, 21 March 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 21 March 2024 (10:30AM ET): The Roles of Law, Religion and Housing Through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
(Yolanda van der Vyver, M. Christian Green, Terri Montague, Heleen du Toit, Carin Smuts, Marianne de Klerk, Alexander Ehlers, Brendan Hart, Yasmin Mayat, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

EVENT, 21 March 2024 (3PM CT): Religion and Politics after January 6 (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
(Tracy Fessenden, Abram Van Engen, Mark Valeri, Washington University in St. Louis)

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

The 2023 Gender Report
(Open Doors)

The West must call out attacks on religious freedom in Ukraine
(Robert Amsterdam, Comment Central)

Militant secular worldviews as state religions
(Thomas Paul Schirrmacher, International Institute for Religious Freedom)

Egypt criticised for amnesty given to Daesh militants, while political prisoners languish in jail
(Middle East Monitor)

Canada: You can co-exist as Indigenous, Christian speakers share
(Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register)

Canada: Minority communities in Canada’s Quebec slam ‘discriminatory’ secularism law: ‘I feel alienated’
(Sonia Sarkar, South China Morning Post)

Chaplain confidentiality: “Go tell it to the chaplain”
(Paul Stamps, U.S. Army)

Bangladesh: Proposal for blasphemy law raises eyebrows in Bangladesh
(Emran Hossain, Union of Catholic Asian News)

China: Wangfenggang Christian church in Huainan receives notice of cross removal
(China Aid)

Global Interfaith Monitor No. 21
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

March/April 2024 Issue
(various, Liberty Magazine)

Exploring religion and economic development
(Iona C. Hine, Cambridge Interfaith Programme)

Vatican cardinal hints at possible rethink on two-state solution in Middle East
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canadian Jewish agencies sue over government rules they say have curbed kosher meat production
(Jackie Hajdenberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Pakistan: Islamabad forum stresses Muslim world unity to confront Islamophobia
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest March 01 -15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Conversion therapy ban of religious activities looms in the British Isles
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)

Can religious employees challenge mandated DEI trainings?
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)

The growing cost of standing up for human rights in Nicaragua and Cuba
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

‘A few, but very necessary, minutes to devote to interim measures’: further transparency as a resilience strategy?
(Ezgi Özlü, Strasbourg Observers)

Religious accommodation in the workplace
(Bloomberg Law)

Pakistan: Marital rape and Islamic principles: a delicate balance
(Muhammad Majid Bashir, The Express Tribune)

Religious freedom, cultural norms, and women's Islamic attire: An open letter to the Muslim community in Monfalcone, Italy
(Piermauro Catarinella, Suhardi Kram, Aziz Bin Hashim, Omar Colombo, Journal of Islamic Philanthropy & Social Finance)

Settlement affirms VA religious groups free to operate according to beliefs
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Ohio religious leaders must denounce political violence, help secure fair elections
(Alex Braver, Amariah McIntosh and Horsed Noah, The Columbus Dispath)

Colombia: District Religious Liberty Committee elected its new board of directors (Spanish)
(Secretaria del Gobierno)

Monday, 18 March 2024

Poland to audit state funding for religious groups – “in particular Catholic church” – under former government
(Notes from Poland)

UN experts warn Islamophobia rising to “alarming levels”
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

USCIRF calls attention to prevalence of anti-Muslim hate around the world
(United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Somalia's Syl hotel attacked by al-Shabab fighters in Mogadishu
(George Wright and Ian Wafula, BBC News)

Hong Kong: Sixteen international experts express “profound and grave concerns” about looming threat to religious freedom and Sacrament of Penance in Hong Kong
(Freedom House)

Chora Church, a famed Christian icon, to be reopened as a Mosque
(Engy Magdy, The Tablet)

Sweden won't help citizens held in Daesh camps return: FM
(Middle East Monitor)

8 in 10 Americans say religion is losing influence in public life
(Michael Rotolo, Gregory A. Smith, and Johnathan Evans, Pew Research Center)

Joint statement on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the Syrian uprising
(U.S. Department of State)

5 facts about religion and Americans’ views of Donald Trump
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)

Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during Ramadan
(Corey Williams, Giovanna Dell’Orto, Mariam Fam and Darren Sands, Associated Press)

Custody order barring father from taking child to his church upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Justice Department secures agreement with Connecticut Department of Correction to protect religious rights in prison
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Multi-country statement on the 55th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
(U.S. Department of State)

Around the web - 18 March 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Australia: NSW Conversion Practices Bill- risks to religious freedom
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Australia: Religious schools can be sued for acting in good faith, in Albo Government’s proposed reforms
(Michaelia Cash, The West Australian)

Defending freedom of religion or belief for all and combating intolerance against all is a UK priority: explanation of vote at the UN General Assembly
(GOV.UK)

UK Parliament APPG FoRB Readout
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

NSS slams government for backtracking on non-stun slaughter labels
(National Secular Society)

Law and religion roundup – 17th March
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Photos of the week: Ramadan begins; Bulgarian patriarch dies
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Religion Watch, Volume 39 No. 4
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Air pollution did not violate city residents' free exercise rights
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

7th Circuit: Zoning denial for Catholic school athletic field lights did not violate RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 18 March 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Denial of temporary religious worker visa upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Thousands of churches will likely close down. What happens to all that real estate?
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Gambia moves toward overturning landmark ban on female genital cutting
(Ruth Maclean, The New York Times)

Iraq: Abbas Raad — Photographing moments of religious worship in Iraq
(Dalia Al-Dujaili, We Present)

Iraq: Report reveals ‘deep animosity’ towards Jews and Judaism in Iraqi curriculum
(Jewish News)

Iraq: USCIRF calls for U.S. government to support Iraq’s religious communities on anniversary of genocide determination
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Ireland tries and fails to erase mothers
(John Duggan, First Things)

Russia: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest March 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Brazil: Father baptizes son without mother's knowledge and is convicted of moral damage (Portuguese)
(Eduardo Velozo Fuccia, Conjur)

Religious freedom and animal well-being (Spanish)
(Pedro Moreno Brenes, Diario Sur)

Friday, 15 March 2024

New definition of extremism (2024)
(GOV.UK)

The British government wants to define extremism. Critics say it risks creating more division
(Jill Lawless and Sylvia Hui, Associated Press)

The UK Government’s new definition of “extremism”
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

No apology for spreading the gospel around the world
(The Church of England)

The Legal History of the Church of England: From the Reformation to the Present
(Edited by Norman Doe and Stephen Coleman, Bloomsbury Publishing)

Canadian bill would not criminalize all religious expression
(Gwen Roley, AFP Fact Check)

Canada: Father asks court to stop 27-year-old daughter's MAID death, review doctors' sign-off
(Meghan Grant, CBC News)

CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 15 March 2024: Islamophobia, antisemitism and philosemitism after October 7
(Cambridge Interfaith Programme)

A Wisconsin ruling on Catholic Charities raises the bar for religious tax exemptions
(Todd Richmond, Associated Press)

Afghan refugee stands trial in first of 3 killings that shocked Albuquerque’s Muslim community
(Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press)

India's Citizenship Amendment Act: Why is it controversial?
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)

India's new citizenship law for religious minorities leaves Muslims out
(Sheena Goodyear, CBC Radio)

Nicaragua: “The Ortega regime has 100 evangelical pastors in prison”
(Pedro Tarquis, Evangelical Focus)

As threats to Black cemeteries persist, a movement to preserve their sacred heritage gains strength
(Giovanna Dell'Orto and Darren Sands, Associated Press)

Zimbabwe police rescue 251 children used as labor and find graves in religious sect compound raid
(Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press)

50 experts on religious minorities explore in Navarra the significant legislative discrimination in Spain
(The European Times)

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