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CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due by 30 May 2022: Freedom of religion or belief in times of migration
(Observatory on Religious Freedom in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR)
ONLINE SERIES, 13 April, 5 May, 25 May: Why Christians should speak up for all faiths
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 25 May 2022 (10AM CEST): The Local Changemakers Course
(Religions for Peace)
EVENT, 23-25 May 2021: Dare to Overcome: Promoting mutual respect and allyship among diverse communities
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
EVENT, 23-25 May 2022: Oslo Freedom Forum
(Human Rights Foundation)
ELECTION, 17 May 2021 (16:30 Nairobi): 2022 Notice of Candidates
(African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies (ACLARS))
EVENT, 16 May 2022 (6PM ET): How Catholics Became American: 2022 Annual Penn Club Reception
(Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture)
EVENT, 15-18 May 2022: 9th Conference on Law and Religion in Africa: Law, Religion, Health, and Healing in Africa
(ACLARS)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, due 15 May 2022: KAICIID Fellows Programme 2023
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
EVENT, 13 May 2022 (12PM ET): Putin vs. Zelensky: Religion, Holy War, and Just War in the Current Crisis
(Eric Patterson, Faith & Law)
WEBINAR, 10 May 2022 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Freedom of Religion or Belief in Syria
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
International Headlines
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security
(Dmytro Vovk, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Muslim and Jewish groups express concern over Musk takeover of Twitter
(Jack Jenkins, The Washington Post)
Elon Musk is wrong: research shows content rules on Twitter help preserve free speech from bots and other manipulation
(Filippo Menczer, The Conversation)
Pakistan: Bishop's suicide helped fight blasphemy law in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Pakistanis need to speak up against growing religious intolerance: Moot
(The Nation)
Photos of the week: SCOTUS leak, Eid al-Fitr
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Thailand: Police in Thailand arrest leader of corpse-worshipping cult
(Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press)
Afghanistan: Taliban divisions deepen as Afghan women defy veil edict
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)
Anglicans take on global ‘plastic pandemic’ at the UN
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Iran: 10-year sentence for Iranian-Armenian for ‘disturbing’ Christian teaching
(Article 18)
French Guyana: Evangelical pastor killed in French Guyana
(Evangelical Focus)
WCC, United Nations Environment Programme, Muslim Council of Elders, NY Board of Rabbis sign joint appeal for climate-responsible finance as a moral imperative towards children
(World Council of Churches)
Indonesia: Police in Indonesia’s West Java charge man with blasphemy for desecrating Quran
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Indonesia deports Russians for naked photo shoot
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Iraq: Sinjar becomes latest flashpoint for Iran-Turkey tensions in Iraq
(Al-Monitor)
Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi deepens intra-Shia dispute
(Shawn Yuan, Al Jazeera)
Ethiopia: UN rights chief denounces Christian-Muslim violence in Ethiopia
(Al Jazeera)
Cambodia: Justice key to ensuring peace in Cambodia, says Catholic nun
(La Croix International)
Cambodia: Church helps Cambodian workers to tackle harassment
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
What's God got to do with it? How religion fuels the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(Dahlia Scheindlin, Haaretz)
Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 1. Is There Religion in China?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 2. In Search of Confucius
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 3. For Heaven’s Sake
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Confucianism: “Atheism” or Religion? 4. The “Official Religion of Imperial China”?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
India: Govt to reconsider minority tag for Hindus in some states
(Hindustan Times)
India: Protests in New Delhi halt demolition in Muslim neighborhood
(Associated Press)
India: Demolition in Shaheen Bagh halted after residents protest
(Al Jazeera)
Liberia: Lusinee Kamara launches nat'l Muslim council membership drive
(All Africa)
Jehovah’s Witnesses and Shunning. 5. Is Shunning “Illegal”?
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
America/Colombia - Bishops meet presidential candidates: continue to work for the common good, integral development and work
(Agenzia Fides)
Chilean government contemplating investigation into clerical abuse
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
GBV in Bangladesh: What roles can faith-inspired and secular actors play?
(Sarah Thompson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Articles of interest - 9 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Taiwan: The Tai Men Case comes from Taiwan to Brussels-EU
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Egypt: Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian troops in Sinai
(Reuters)
King of Morocco expresses condolences to family of Simon Levy
(The Jerusalem Post)
What’s the future of Catholic-Russian Orthodox relations?
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Europe Headlines
EuropeDay 2022 | EU Bishops: “peace and stronger citizens’ participation”
(Alessandro Di Maio, The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Two weeks in review, 26 April – 7 May 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Germany: Center-right CDU wins big in state election in Germany
(Emily Schultheis, Associated Press)
Turkish FM Cavusoglu to visit Israel this month
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Turkey: Islamic preacher critical of Turkey’s AKP gov’t detained by police
(Stockholm Center for Freedom (SCF))
France: A Turkish mosque in France shelled with Molotov cocktails
(Gaston de Persigny, The European Times)
NI election 2022: DUP blocks new NI government in Brexit protest
(Chris Andrews, BBC News)
UK: Chief Rabbi says ‘we are on a journey’ as Church apologises for anti-Jewish laws
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Liverpool mayor says Franklin Graham is a 'hate preacher;' Christian Today writer says 'not so'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
UK: Time-limited burial plot reservation
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 8 May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK Newsletter - May 2022
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
The Head of the UGCC on Day 73 of the War: Feeding the hungry has become one of this war’s greatest humanitarian challenges
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Explainer: Religious liberty in Ukraine in the 20th and 21st centuries
(Jordan Wootten, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Romania: From Bucharest to Transylvania, Romanian churches serve Ukraine
(Erik Tryggestad, Religion Unplugged)
Government: Hungary against sanctioning religious leaders
(Daily News Hungary)
Call it genocide? The debate over labeling Ukraine atrocities
(Marco Poggio, Law360)
Patriarch Kirill describes Russia as self-sufficient country which doesn't want to harm anyone
(Interfax-Religion)
Russians damaged at least 92 religious buildings in Ukraine, - Lyudmila Denisova
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russian rockets strike Jewish cemetery in Ukraine, culture minister says
(Michael Daventry, Jewish News)
United States Headlines
U.S. Senate to vote Wednesday on abortion rights bill, Schumer says
(Reuters)
Ordinary protests at doxxed SCOTUS homes, Masses and a generic firebomb, as well
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Costumed protesters disrupt Mother's Day Mass in Los Angeles
(Joe Bukuras, Catholic News Agency)
There is no “middle way” in Dobbs
(Robert P. George, First Things)
Where Americans stand on abortion, in 5 charts
(Jean Yi and Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, FiveThirtyEight)
After leak, religious rift over legal abortion on display
(Deepa Bharath and Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)
Mike Pence urges Biden to speak out against disruption at churches, potential violence against justices
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Thomas More Society sends warning letter to abortion extremists who call for Mother’s Day church disruptions
(Thomas More Society)
Abortion and the Free Exercise clause
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
ERLC opposes the pro-abortion Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
At Sunday services, D.C.-area churches tackle Supreme Court draft leak
(Marissa J. Lang and Antonio Olivo, The Washington Post)
No way around it: Bombshell Roe v. Wade leak was the religion story of the week
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)
When timing is paramount: If Roe is reversed, the bishops must speak
(Peter Steinfels, Commonweal)
What would it mean to codify Roe into law – and is there any chance of that happening?What would it mean to codify Roe into law – and is there any chance of that happening?
(Linda C. McClain, The Conversation)
Jewish World War II veterans get new headstones with Stars of David
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey, The Washington Post)
Secular elected officials and more at June’s virtual AHACON22
(Nicole Carr, The Humanist)
The "Black Legend" (of American constitutional law) returns
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)
Man dressed in suit and tie killed by police after shooting up Washington church
(Leonardo Blair, The Christian Post)
Texas pastor sues Kanye West for sampling part of his sermon on recent album
(Jeannie Ortega Law, The Christian Post)
A church is sold; may the cremated remains buried in churchyard be moved?
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Virginia attorney general decries vandalism at Manassas pro-life clinic, to monitor probe
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
The sorry situation of Catholic schools
(Mark Bauerlein, First Things)
CAIR condemns vandalism targeting Colorado Catholic Church
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
‘Under The Banner Of Heaven’ adds nothing to the conversation on religious extremism
(Joseph Holmes, Religion Unplugged)
Uncivil discourse: A conversation about civility with Teresa Bejan
(Teresa M. Bejan and Jamie Boulding, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Religious leaders urge banks to stop financing drivers of climate change
(Jake Spring, Reuters)
Religious conservatives can’t stop winning at the Supreme Court
(Adam M. Carrington, National Review)
New exhibit/book offers an illustrated history of religion and science in the U.S.
(Susan Barreto, Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology)
Was Jesus a socialist? Concerning the 'rich young ruler' and modern economics
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Should courts assess the sincerity of religious beliefs?
(Linda Greenhouse, The Atlantic)
Grove City faculty say college is facing a ‘fight for the soul’
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
New book: Christianity and Constitutionalism
(Edited by Nicholas Aroney and Ian Leigh, Oxford University Press)
After years of debate, conservatives split from United Methodist Church
(Emily McFarlan Miller, The Washington Post)
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