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Events Headlines
EVENT, 14-18 August 2023: 2023 Parliament of the World's Religions: A Call to Conscience: Defending Freedom & Human Rights (Chicago, USA)
(A Call to Conscience: Defending Freedom & Human Rights, Parliament of the World's Religions)
EVENT, 16 June 2022: Religious Freedom Annual Review: Living Peaceably: Religious Freedom as a Foundation for Civic Harmony (Provo, Utah)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, deadline 3 June 2022: The Value(s) of the European Convention on Human Rights
(University of Oslo)
WEBINAR, 29 April 2022 (9AM EDT): Listening to the Stories of Local Faith Actors on COVID-19 Responses: A Canvas of Experiences from Around the World
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
International Headlines
LATEST ISSUE of the Journal of Law and Religion (free access through November 30)
(various, Cambridge University Press)
Egypt’s government frees 41 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
(Associated Press)
Egyptian Christians alarmed by murder of Alexandria priest
(Al-Monitor)
Egypt: Securing peace for Egypt’s Christians at Coptic Eastertide
(Miles P.J. Windsor, Religion Unplugged)
Temple Mount closes to Jews after weeks of Jewish visits and police clashes
(Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The wisdom of millenniums gave us the Status Quo Agreement in Jerusalem
(Daoud Kuttab, Religion News Service)
Are relations between young US and Israeli Jews fraying? A new poll suggests no.
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Youth movement to send first Arab-Israeli group on March of the Living
(Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post)
Canada: Muslim community calls on Ontario leaders to commit to Our London Family Act after election
(Sawyer Bogdan, Global News)
Afghanistan: US commission: Cite Afghanistan for religious persecution
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
List Afghanistan as religious liberty violator, report urges State Department
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Afghanistan: At least 16 dead as Islamic State-claimed blasts rock Afghan cities
(AFP, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Afghanistan: US watchdog says Afghanistan belongs on religious freedom blacklist
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor)
Lantos Foundation to honor three remarkable Afghan women with the 2021 Lantos Human Rights Prize
(Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice)
In India a new pattern emerges: Bulldozing Muslim properties
(Hanan Zaffar and Danish Pandit, Religion Unplugged)
India: Religious freedom in India ‘significantly worsened’: US panel
(Al Jazeera)
India: Minister says poor being forced into religious conversions
(The Hindu)
India: 400th Gurpurb: 9th Sikh Guru stood for religious freedom: CM
(The Tribune)
India: In the first months of 2022, 127 episodes of violence against Christians in India
(Agenzia Fides)
China: House church members raided after Easter baptism
(International Christian Concern)
On the occasion of the Panchen Lama’s 33rd birthday
(Ned Price, U.S. Department of State)
Uyghur internment camp survivors rally outside UN office in Geneva
(Ekrem Hezim, Radio Free Asia)
Chile: Top human rights court of the Americas fails to uphold parental rights
(ADF International)
Mexico: Pastor-led shelters bring schooling options to migrant kids
(Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 25 April 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Timor Leste archbishop asks president-elect to abide by the Constitution
(La Croix International)
Bahrain Interior Minister receives US delegation of Evangelicals
(Eurasia Review)
Love and respect the Earth: Multi-religious collaboration to address the climate crisis
(Religions for Peace)
Two weeks in review, 11 – 24 April 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Philippines: Robredo holds biggest rally in Philippine campaign
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Yemen urges Muslim countries to seek punishment for those desecrating Quran in Sweden
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Islamic State announces 'revenge' attacks during Ramadan
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor)
Iraq: Church holds service for first time after ISIS desecrated it 8 years ago
(The Christian Post)
Europe Headlines
UK: FoRB video from Parliament
(Twitter, All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 24th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: London court acquits preacher of hate speech charges over sermon on biblical marriage
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Finland: Prosecutor says quoting Bible is “hate speech,” wants pro-life MP in prison for six years
(Steven Ertelt, Life News)
Spanish Council of the Judiciary warns ‘trans law’ violates rights of parents, women and children
(Evangelical Focus)
Germany: Father Joseph Ratzinger's sobering 1969 vision of the future and the new German reality
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
France: Crucial need for Macron to focus on rights
(Human Rights Watch)
France: 72-year-old nun praised for intervening in stabbing of Polish priest in France
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter with prayers for those trapped
(Cara Anna and Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press)
Parsing pacifism: Ukraine’s Mennonite heritage shapes Evangelical responses to Russia
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Russian Christian nationalism
(John Alonso Dick, La Croix International)
The Orthodox world has seen that Easter means nothing to Russia - the President of Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Patriarch Kirill urges Russians to stand up to protect national independence
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia sentences Crimean Tatar to 17 years for solidarity with political prisoners
(Halya Coynash, Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)
United States Headlines
Oral argument - audio: Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch. Dist.
(Supreme Court of the United States)
Are school prayer rules about to change?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Prayer shouldn’t be a firing offense
(Joe Kennedy, The Wall Street Journal)
BJC: Students have the right to be free from government-sponsored prayer in public schools
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Explainer: What you should know about religious liberty and the Coach Kennedy case
(Chelsea Patterson Sobolik, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
The religious right had a great day in the Supreme Court
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)
Supreme Court tackles case about praying football coach
(Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
In the case of the praying football coach, both sides invoke religious freedom
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court debates if football coach's on-field prayer is religious exercise or 'coercion'
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
SCOTUS's conservative wing is set to make a mockery of the separation of church and state
(Jessica Levinson, MSNBC)
The Supreme Court ponders the right to pray on the 50-yard line
(Nina Totenberg, National Public Radio)
To the antisemites who sit next to me at school
(Tal Fortgang, Common Sense)
USCIRF releases 2022 Annual Report with recommendations for U.S. policy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Around the web - 25 April 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Struggling Marymount California University to close
(Associated Press)
Orrin hatch, GOP senator who cosponsored Religious Freedom Restoration Act, dies at 88
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
First Presidency, other world leaders release statements on Orrin Hatch passing
(Sarah Gambles, Deseret News)
Long-serving US Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah dies at age 88
(Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press)
Denial of permission to build Buddhist meditation center did not violate RLUIPA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Plaintiff in abuse case may discover psychological report in priest's personnel file
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Appellate ruling rejects Albany diocese's efforts to keep pedophile priests' records secret
(Brendan J. Lyons, Albany Times-Union)
How Muslim Americans observe zakat, the charitable giving at the heart of Islam
(Shariq Siddiqui, Rafeel Wasif, Micah A. Hughes, Religion News Service)
The slow-moving rift in evangelical Christian higher education
(Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service)
Hate crimes and antisemitism are rising in NYC. The governor’s plan will make things worse
(Alana Sivin, Forward)
The debate we should be having about Catholicism and the Constitution
(National Review)
Plug-In: Déjà Vu all over again, as religion plays big role in fight over Disney and sex ed
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
How inflation and rising gas prices are impacting churches
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
Many Americans say God inspired the Constitution ... except that part about guns
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Muslim advocacy group says Islamophobic incidents hit 27-year high in 2021
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Satanists sue Pennsylvania school district for not allowing ‘Satan Club’
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Fraud prosecution for specific false statements about meat claimed to be halal allowed,
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Academic Freedom Alliance letter to St. Olaf College
(Keith E. Whittington, The Volokh Conspiracy)
New book: The Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion: Volume 2 (Curations and Durations)
(Edited by Terry Shoemaker, Rachel C. Schneider and Xochitl Alvizo, Wipf and Stock Publishers)
Is ‘woke’ to be the only religion allowed in US public schools?
(Betsy McCaughey, The New York Post)
How an unknown high school football coach landed in the center of a Supreme Court religious liberty case
(Michael A. Fletcher, ESPN)
Religion in the public square (podcast)
(Mark Bauerlein, First Things)
Baptists historically stand for religious liberty
(Baptist Standard)
Bishops back administration’s ‘Uniting for Ukraine’ refugee initiative
(Catholic News Service)
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