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International Headlines
Mosque razed in BJP-ruled Indian state, Muslim body to move court
(Aljazeera)
Buddhist monks in Myanmar split over coup
(The Japan Times)
Ghana businessman argues religious values are impeding Ghana's economic growth
(Ghana MMA)
Call for repeal of legal decrees that drive religious freedom violations in Cuba
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Rumors about South African government considering polyandry policy are only rumors
(Andisiwe Makinana, TimesLIVE)
Pope Francis calls for global prayer for peace in the Holy Land
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Charity is fundamental to politics, Pope Francis tells youth
(Catholic News Agency)
Hong Kong bishop-designate: Dialogue good, religious freedom important
(Catholic News Service)
Religions for Peace convenes global inter-religious webinar on strengthening inter-religious education
(Pietro Bartoli, Religions for Peace)
Toronto school launches Charter challenge arguing public health order to close schools breaches freedom of religion
(Mariah Sorrouh, Sachem.ca)
The gift of our world: Faith and environmental stewardship
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
2021 ACLARS conference plenaries: Law, religion, and the family in Kenya
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Franciscan leaders urge ‘boldness’ by U.S. to end violence in Holy Land
(Catholic News Service)
Why Muslim governments are giving China a free pass on its abuses against Uyghurs
(Annelle Sheline and Giorgio Cafiero, Business Insider)
Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record
(Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service)
Argentine lawyers take legal action against restrictions on Mass attendance
(Giselle Vargas, Angelus)
'Running out of time': Tibetan president-elect warns of cultural genocide
(Sanjeev Miglani, Cate Cadell, Reuters)
Palestinians, Israeli police clash at Jerusalem's Aqsa hours after Gaza truce
(Reuters)
Fighting in Gaza marks the start of a more violent era
(Khalil Shikaki, Foreign Affairs)
Indonesia Muslims protest at US Embassy over Israel strikes
(Niniek Karmini and Fadlan Syam, Associated Press)
Europe Headlines
In Europe's 'secular capital,’ some Berliners are finding solace in religion
(Giulia Brabetz and Ken Chitwood, Religion Unplugged)
Sweden's largest denomination, in an open letter, proclaims itself 'transgender'
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Christians in Northern Ireland concerned about push for vague 'conversion therapy' ban
(Catholic News Agency)
First woman to become Spanish Protestant representative before the State
(Evangelical Focus)
Refusal to register a religious community: Bulgarian Orthodox Old Calendar Church
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
COVID-19: unexpected choral clampdown
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
European churches come together virtually to pray for Christian Unity
(Conference of European Churches)
Report on Shiism in modern Russia
(Religion Today)
Four Jehovah's Witnesses in Cheliabinsk face trial
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Three courts side with Jehovah's Witness' defense
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Another Muslim activist arrested
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
A book review of "A Short History of Russia: From the Pagans to Putin"
(Maria Lipman, Foreign Affairs)
'Master of Islamic Studies' to be administered at Russian Orthodox institution
(Religion Today)
United States Headlines
Alabama will now allow yoga in its public schools (but students can't say 'namaste')
(Bill Chappell, National Public Radio)
Alabama ends 28-year ban on yoga in schools
(Arden Dier, Newser)
Alabama overturns ban of yoga in schools that cited Hinduism connection
(Jon Jackson, Newsweek)
Perspective: Tide may be turning toward religious exemptions from vaccine mandates
(Richard Foltin, Freedom Forum Institute)
9th Circuit: Denial of invocation spot to Satanic Temple was OK
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
6th Circuit rejects Free Exercise challenge to corporal punishment limitations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
ISIS supporter pleads guilty to planning Ohio synagogue attack
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ohio man pleads guilty to providing material support to ISIS and attempting to commit an attack at a Toledo-area synagogue
(Northern District of Ohio, U.S. Department of Justice)
Virginia Muslim politician sues over lynching threat
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Muslim advocates, Qasim Rashid sue over Twitter lynching threats
(Muslim Advocates)
Baylor University recognizes first-ever LGBTQ student group
(John Paluska, Christian Headlines)
Christian college to Biden administration: Don't force us to violate our religious beliefs
(Catholic News Agency)
US seeing wave of 'textbook anti-Semitism' amid Israel-Gaza tensions
(Yael Halon, Fox News)
Los Angeles police investigating brawl as antisemitic hate crime
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Our first look at how Pompeo and Blinken see religious freedom differently
(Judd Birdsall, Christianity Today)
Suit on misrepresentations in settling clergy sex abuse claims is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court denies injunction against HUD's Fair Housing Act interpretation of sex discrimination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How an upcoming Supreme Court decision on ‘religious freedom’ could undermine religious freedom
(Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons and David Key, Baptist News Global)
Supreme Court’s next abortion case could be a pro-life turning point
(David Crary and Jill Colvin, Christianity Today)
Religious liberty vs. LGBTQ rights: Supreme Court will soon rule in case affecting both
(Asma T. Uddin and Andrew Lewis, USA Today)
Panel says faith community must lead slavery reparations
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)
California ends litigation with agreement to lift all COVID restrictions on houses of worship
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Episode 18: Did the Church Just Celebrate the Defeat of Communism by Embracing Socialism? (podcast)
(National Review)
Xavier Becerra spearheads unscientific, anti-religious policy at Biden’s HHS
(Matt Bowman, National Review)
Rescinding the Muslim ban is not enough
(Safaa Aly, The Regulatory Review)
Catholic News Agency looks at GetReligion (including why Catholics still care about news)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Mainstream press shrugs at Biden's Notre Dame snub for upcoming graduation rite
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Separation of church and state looks different through the eyes of minorities, BJC speaker says
(Jeff Brumley, Baptist News Global)
Texas judge’s courtroom invocations unconstitutional, court says
(Sylvia Carignan, Bloomberg Law)
IFYC and Religion News Service launch Religion Journalism Fellowship
(Religion News Service)
Secular corporations, religious subjects
(Isaac A. Weiner, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
The Bishops, President Biden, and American Catholic politicians: An uneasy relationship
(Charles J. Russo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Defamation action by bishop in Russian Orthodox Church survives motion to dismiss
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
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