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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)
EVENT, 13-14 June 2022: 7th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day (Washington, DC)
(US Council of Muslim Organizations)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 13-15 June 2022: ECEN Assembly 2022: Challenges we are living in
(European Christian Environmental Network)
EVENT, 9-10 June 2022 (in-person and live stream): J. Reuben Clark Law Society Annual Conference and Thomas L. Kane Award Ceremony, Salt Lake City, UT
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)
PRESS CONFERENCE, 9 June 2022 (7PM in Vienna): New Report on Self-Censorship
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe (OIDAC), Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America (OLIRE), International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF))
VIRTUAL EVENT, 7 June 2022 (5:30PM): Diversity Dialogue: Dr. Javeed Sukhera on Healing from Islamophobia
(Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, deadline 3 June 2022: The Value(s) of the European Convention on Human Rights
(University of Oslo)
EVENT, 31 May - 2 June 2022: 2nd Catholic Youth Convention on the Future of Europe
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
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)
International Headlines
Vol. 13 No. 1/2 (2020): Responding to secularism
(The International Journal for Religious Freedom)
Why freedom of thought matters - The Louder Than Words Podcast
(University of Essex)
Baha’i community in Qatar
(UK Parliament)
Australia: Religious leaders support constitutional referendum on Indigenous voice to parliament
(Paige Cockburn, ABC News Australia)
Australia: Citipointe Christian College referred to human rights commission over anti-LGBTIQ+ contracts
(SBS News)
Egypt hosts major church conference – but its own Coptic community still faces persecution
(All Arab News)
Sudan: Evangelical church properties threatened with demolition
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Of Montaigne and liberal tolerance
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Photos of the week: Uvalde shooting; Dalai Lama
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Afghanistan: Blast in Kabul mosque, IS bombs in north Afghanistan kill 14
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Afghanistan: UN official expresses concern on rights in Afghanistan
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
India: Gyanvapi mosque row; another attempt to push Muslims to the wall – OpEd
(Shahid Farooq Abbasi, Eurasia Review)
The Hinduization of India is nearly complete
(Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic)
India: Law on places of worship in India comes under scrutiny
(Nirmala Ganapathy and Debarshi Dasgupta, The Straits Times)
India: Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
(Sheikh Saaliq And Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)
South American bishops say countries must work together to face migrant crisis
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
In Israel, a Hasidic dynasty’s rivalry erupts into violence
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Council of Religious Leaders in Israel: “We are all one family”
(The European Times)
Israeli court upholds non-Muslim prayer ban at Al-Aqsa
(Al Jazeera)
Christians must be able to remain in Jerusalem, say bishops who visited
(Judith Sudilovsky, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Uzbekistan: Two more prisoners of conscience jailed, one for 7 years
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Kazakhstan: Multiple long-term punishments for exercising freedom of religion or belief
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Joe Biden ignores Asia's fading religious freedom
(Ben Joseph, Union of Catholic Asian News)
MoU signed between Religions for Peace and the Islamic Fiqh Academy
(Twitter, Religions for Peace)
The children are the future – or not? Exploring the complexities of the relationship between the rights of children and future generations
(Aoife Nolan, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Indonesian Catholics mourn popular Islamic cleric
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)
China: Punishment for selling Christian books devastates Chinese couple
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Chinese Christians denied passports amid pandemic
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Sri Lankan religious leaders want curbs on presidential powers
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Establishment of Union of Islamic countries possible: official
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Act on food crisis now, urges WHO special envoy at WCC-led meeting
(World Council of Churches)
Kenya: Biden Administration to work with global faith actors to protect vulnerable children
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Eritrea: 20 years without religious freedom
(Evangelical Focus)
Pakistan blasphemy law ‘costing lives’
(Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)
Canada: Quebec mosque gunman may seek parole in 25 years, top court rules
(Al Jazeera)
Canada: Albertans launch Dignity Forum in response to increase in racism, hatred
(Calgary Herald)
Europe Headlines
Italy: New head of Italian bishops launches sex abuse query
(Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press)
Germany: 2 Jewish cemeteries vandalized in Germany amid reported rise in antisemitic crimes
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Moldova: Gagauzia's authorities ban propaganda of same-sex love, LGBT marches
(Interfax-Religion)
UK: How Liz Truss can champion religious freedom at U.K. ministerial conference
(Miles P. J. Windsor, Newsweek)
UK: Gove: ‘Religious freedom and ethos’ of Stamford Hill schools must be ‘respected’
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: NUS appoints discrimination specialist to probe antisemitism
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Christ Church Oxford safeguarding review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The president and the Patriarch: the significance of religion in the Ukrainian crisis
(Grace Davie, Oxford University Press)
War causing realignment of Orthodox affiliations
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Council declares full independence
(Interfax-Religion)
Prime Minister of Finland visits Bucha’s church with a mass grave of civilians tortured by invaders
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian Orthodox Church, loyal to Russia since 2019 schism, now cuts ties over war
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Russia expels Jehovah's Witness prisoner to home country
(Kasparov.ru, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia: Authorities double down on persecuting 'undesirables'
(Human Rights Watch)
Denmark: interest in Scientology increases at 54th anniversary
(The European Times)
United States Headlines
Perspective: Post-Roe predictions for religious freedom
(Asma Uddin, Freedom Forum Institute)
Episcopal diocese awards $175K in reparations fund grants
(Associated Press)
Southern Baptist leaders release secret accused abuser list
(Holly Meyer and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Native students exercise right to wear regalia at graduation
(Sam Metz and Rick Bowmer, Associated Press)
Certiorari denied in synagogue picketers case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenging Bible in schools program is settled
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
6th Circuit en banc dismisses mask mandate challenge as moot
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
3rd Circuit: Accommodation of Sabbath observer would create undue hardship for Postal Service
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian postal worker fighting for Sundays off loses appeal
(Emilee Larkin, Courthouse News Service)
CAIR-MI announces settlement on behalf of Muslim woman who had her hijab forcibly removed by Ferndale police in 2021
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Ecclesiastical abstention doctrine does not apply to dispute over church's form of governance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Which people of faith are the most likely to own guns?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
At National Press Club, Elder Bednar responds to questions about church finances, portrayal of church in media
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)
Why an abortion rights group is taking credit for vandalizing a Latter-day Saint chapel, other Washington churches
(Trent Toone, Deseret News)
An interfaith coalition erased medical debts for over 2,000 people in the Chicago area, inspired by an ancient Jewish custom
(Jackie Hajdenberg and Gabe Friedman, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt talks Buffalo shooting in first NY speech
(Jacob Henry, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
A commitment to kindness does not mean surrendering your convictions
(David French, Dispatch: The French Press)
Beards and Brady (i.e., religious freedom and criminal procedure)
(Andrew Hamm, SCOTUSblog)
Top U.S. evangelical seminaries, and seminaries in general, face critical financial issues
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
The role of lawyers in rabbinic arbitration
(Chaim Saiman, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
What is an establishment of religion?
(Vincent Phillip Muñoz, First Things)
No religious freedom problem with court approving one parent's choice of religious school, so long as the court makes the decision for secular reasons.
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
No religious exemption from paying taxes
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
Multiple levels in Common Good Constitutionalism
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice)
Steve Smith, "The Church in the Twilight"
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice)
Did the fundamentalists win?
(Mark Tooley, World)
Tennessee officials dodge claims from internet-ordained ministers
(Kevin Koeninger, Courthouse News Service)
We couldn’t find religious bias in news coverage of the Supreme Court
(Hailey Womer and Mark Brockway, The Washington Post)
W.Va. school system and parent settle FFRF case over egregious bible classes
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)
“The New Disestablishments”
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
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