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Events Headlines
CALL FOR PAPERS, Deadline 1 July 2021: Twelfth Annual Religious Liberty Student Writing Competition
(Washington DC/Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society and the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
EVENT, 17-19 June 2021: Foundations of religious liberty seminar: Common moral commitments in an age of individual autonomy
(Religious Freedom Institute)
WEBINAR, 10 June 2021 (9AM MDT/11AM EDT): Responses to Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
WEBINAR, 9 June 2021, (9AM New York/3PM Brussels): G20 as a Driver to Reduce Poverty and Reignite Growth
(EU & International Affairs office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the G20 Interfaith Forum, Ahead of the 2021 Italy G20 Summit Webinar Series)
WEBINAR, 9 June 2021 (10:30AM ET): Religious Freedom in Nigeria: Extremism and Government Inaction
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
WEBINAR, 9 June 2021, (7PM EDT): Decoding Battles on Race & Gender among White Evangelicals | Kristin Du Mez and Robert P. Jones
(PRRI)
WEBINAR, 8 June 2021: The Influence, Legacy and Future of the European Court of Human Rights in the International Legal Order
(European Society of International Law)
International Headlines
LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
Third Catholic church in eastern Myanmar hit by military strikes
(Catholic News Service)
Egypt's Coptic Church exercises soft power in Jerusalem
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Tensions high again in east Jerusalem
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
What makes a conflict "religious"?
(The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Thai temples struggle without tourist income
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Faith groups press Biden to evacuate US-affiliated Afghans alongside troops
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Canadian police say family run down targeted as Muslims
(Arab News)
Indian State's amended Freedom of Religion Act to come into force from June 15
(The Indian Express)
Indian Court: certain platforms can't be used to propagate a religion
(The Times of India)
Christian persecution peaks amid impunity in pandemic-era India
(John Dayal, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Situation of humanrights in Eritrea. Benchmark 3: extended efforts to guarantee freedoms of religion, association, expression and the press, and extended efforts to end religious and ethnic discrimination (PDF)
(United Nations General Assembly)
State Department’s 2020 International Religious Freedom Report and the Need for IGE
(Insitute for Global Engagement)
Finding common ground on U.S. international religious freedom policy
(Peter Mandaville, Ph.D.; Knox Thames; Emily Scolaro, United States Institute of Peace)
News about the persecution of Baha’is in Iran in May
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Articles of interest - 7 June 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pastor of church ordered to close in Algeria sentenced to prison
(Morning Star News)
Egyptian authorities confiscate land belonging to monastery
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
A resilient Baha'i community fosters hope in the Central African Republic
(Baha'i World News Service)
Photos of the Week: Dancing devils; Tulsa massacre anniversary
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
UN experts call on Canada, Vatican to probe mass grave at indigenous school
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Islamic institutions in Arab States: Mapping the dynamics of control, co-option, and contention
(Frederic Wehrey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
Israel’s first religious Prime Minister
(Oren Kessler, Foreign Policy)
‘Right-wing backlash’: Church group to make religious freedom an election issue
(Michael Koziol, The Sydney Morning Herald)
Can employees be ordered to support controversial views in email signatures?
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
What can save science from COVID disinformation? Let’s try religion.
(James Rupert, United States Institute of Peace)
Europe Headlines
By studying Azerbaijan's experience in religion, new doctrine aimed at world peace will emerge
(AzerNews)
Pilgrims return to Spain’s ‘El Camino’ paths after pandemic
(Iain Sullivan and Joseph Wilson, Religion News Service)
Austria's Muslim youth file lawsuit against 'Islam map'
(Deutsche Welle)
German police launch hunt for synagogue arsonist
(Deutsche Welle)
How the Irish, and many others, lost their religious freedom to COVID restrictions
(Lois McLatchie, National Review)
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK - 7 June 2021
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
Italian police dismantle antisemitic, racist online group
(Associated Press)
Jewish leader of Russia concerned of increasing glorification of the Nazis in Ukraine
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Oldest Jehovah's Witness – and first woman - jailed
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Friends of Friendless Churches: Trying to save sacred pieces of past in England and Wales
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Law and religion round-up – 6th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
France: Government dissolves embattled advisory organisation on secularism
(Chloé Benoist, Middle East Eye)
United States Headlines
Supreme Court agrees to hear case on Robert Mueller-led FBI’s post-9/11 secret surveillance of Muslims
(Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime)
Supreme Court agrees to hear 2nd ‘state secrets’ case
(Associated Press)
Justices grant state secrets case, won’t tackle male-only draft
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Communion ban for pro-choice politicians is an old story, but the stakes have grown
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Report: Number of mosques in US grows overall, but African American mosques in decline
(Jospeh Hammond, Religion News Service)
Court refuses to allow Chabad to file amended RLUIPA complaint
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church's suit on COVID limits dismissed as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
FFRF wins right to display "Bill of Rights nativity ccene"
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Migrants seeking asylum at U.S. border get help from Latter-day Saint Charities, others
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Pastor seeks revival of suit challenging virus restrictions
(Kevin McGill, Associated Press)
The bookshelf: Essential reading on religious freedom
(Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
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