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Events Headlines
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 3 October 2022: 2023 Chicago Parliament
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
SUMMER SCHOOL COURSE, 11 - 15 July 2022: Global Conflict, Security and Human Rights: International Law Perspectives
(University of Groningen)
EVENT, 5-6 July 2022: International Ministerial Conference 2022
(UK FoRB Forum)
EVENT, 28-30 June 2022: IRF Summit 2022 (Washington, DC)
(IRF Summit)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 21 June 2022 (7PM BST): Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
(European Network on Religion and Belief)
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, 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)
International Headlines
Israel-Palestine news: Chaos as Israelis rally in East Jerusalem
(Virginia Pietromarchi and Farah Najjar, Al Jazeera)
Jerusalem: Gulf and Arab condemnation as extremists, Israeli Knesset member storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
(Arab News)
Jerusalem: 50% Jewish Israelis support Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount
(Tamar Hermann and Or Anabi, The Israel Democracy Institute)
Jerusalem: Yossi Klein Halevi on the convergence of politics and religion at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
(American Jewish Committee)
Middle East: Unholy politics and a Christian exodus
(Gerard Russell, The Critic)
AJC welcomes UN expert Dr. Ahmed Shaheed’s action plan on combating antisemitism
(American Jewish Committee)
Canada: Eradicating doctrinally orthodox chaplains in the Canadian military
(Eric Patterson, World)
Canada: CAI and NCCM call on NHL to implement a lifelong ban of racist fans in aftermath of attacks on Nazem Kadri
(Canadian Arab Institute)
A tale of two genocide cases: International justice in Ukraine and Myanmar
(Juliette McIntyre and Adam Simpson, East Asia Forum)
Nigeria: Don’t vote based on religion, ethnicity, group urges Nigerians
(Godwin Isenyo, Punch)
Nigeria: Prelate of Nigeria Methodist church abducted in southeast
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Children among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Egypt court sentences 2 aged Islamist leaders to 15 years
(Associated Press)
Tunisian court bans travel for Islamist party chief, others
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press)
China: UN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies
(Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press)
US slams China’s effort to ‘manipulate’ UN envoy’s Xinjiang visit
(Al Jazeera)
Pope, Anglican, Scottish church leaders to pray in Africa
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 30 May 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Mexico: Bishops in violence-wracked Mexico prioritize quest for peace
(La Croix International)
Mexico: Elder Gerrit W. Gong addresses an Inter-American interfaith forum in Mexico’s Senate Chambers
(Gustavo Ramos, Church News)
Nicaragua: The ways new donations from the Church will help health care in Nicaragua
(Mary Richards, Church News)
Rabbi James Rudin’s memoir recounts the interfaith movement’s hits and misses
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Russian Church calls the appointment of an LGBTQ+ representative as White House speaker a moral degradation
(Interfax-Religion)
Indian Muslim union ratifies several resolutions
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
India: When matters of faith are part of political agendas
(Kapil Sibal, The New Indian Express)
India: The truth behind Indian extremists’ anti-Muslim ‘great replacement theory’
(Charu Sudan Kasturi, The Guardian)
Facing a rise in religous repression in India and elsewhere in South Asia (Season 4 — Ep. 3)
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register)
New book: Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
(Jacob Mchangama, Basic Books)
In Lisbon, KAICIID’s latest fellows cohorts graduate, join growing alumni network
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Caritas Philippines condemns bid to call off local polls
(Joseph Peter Calleja, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Hong Kong: Masses axed as Tiananmen memorials erased in Hong Kong
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Kuyperianism for a New Age (with Shadi Hamid and Matthew Kaemingk)
(YouTube Video, The Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Malaysia: Religious Minister warns TikTokers to stop dressing up their stand fans in prayer clothes
(Yap Wan Xiang, Says)
Pakistan: Another merciless killing of Ahmadi
(Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe)
Vol. 13 No. 1/2 (2020): Responding to secularism
(The International Journal for Religious Freedom)
Europe Headlines
UK: Policing laws place Christian freedoms at greater risk, warns legal group
(Christian Today)
UK: Law and religion round-up – 29th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Ecclesiastical court judgments – May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK: Never again should British Jews feel conflict between religion and politics
(Shabina Asad Qayyum, Jewish News)
UK: Gove discusses housing and planning issues with Charedi leaders
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)
UK: Procurement Bill – procurement of goods made in states credibly accused of genocide and states using slave labour
(David Alton, Lord Alton of Liverpool)
German federal court mulls bid to remove antisemitic relic
(Associated Press)
Sweden: Religious freedom deficit in Sweden
(Xin Ping, China Daily)
Bulgaria: The Pope to Bulgaria’s PM: Corruption is a disease and you can eradicate it
(Sofia News Agency)
Experts put the world on notice: There is a risk of genocide in Ukraine
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Orthodox Church of Lithuania seeks greater independence from Moscow Patriarchate
(Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine's oldest Orthodox Church seeks independence, while the Lavra monastery is at risk
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Mass intervention?: The joint statement of 41 states on Ukraine v. Russia
(Brian McGarry, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Russia has immunity against any military adventurism - Patriarch Kirill
(Interfax-Religion)
Moscow church denies that Ukrainian church broke away from it
(RIA Novosti, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
United States Headlines
Eid-al-Fitr celebration at the State Department
(Twitter, Antony Blinken)
A Proclamation: Prayer for Peace, Memorial Day 2022
(The White House)
$2M relic stolen, angel statue beheaded at Brooklyn church
(Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press)
Christian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns
(Peter Smith and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
Virginia governor signs act broadly defining "religion" in civil rights laws
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
VA Gov. Youngkin signs bill enhancing religious freedom protections
(Gregory S. Baylor, Alliance Defending Freedom)
Washington's state employee vaccine mandate upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Does corporate America hold the keys to religious inclusion?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
The Nancy Pelosi communion conflict, explained
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Who’s winning the war for American public opinion: Israelis or Palestinians?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)
Modest warming in U.S. views on Israel and Palestinians
(Becka A. Alper, Pew Research Center)
Yes, Muslims are portrayed negatively in American media — 2 political scientists reviewed over 250,000 articles to find conclusive evidence
(Erik Bleich and A. Maurits van der Veen, Religion News Service)
Interfaith leaders join protest outside NRA meeting in Houston
(Katherine Keenan, Religion News Service)
Catholic-Jewish dialogue group visits Georgia, Alabama civil rights sites
(Samantha Smith, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
When your job fills in for your faith, that’s a problem
(Carolyn Chen, The New York Times)
Book review: Free Speech in a Divided Society
(Mark Movsesian, Law & Liberty)
Christianity is not merely another identity
(Ismail Royer, First Things)
Salt & Light in the Public Square: Summer, 2022. Volume 8, Issue 1.
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Asia and the making of modern American Evangelicalism: An interview with Helen Jin Kim
(Melissa Borja, Patheos)
Fighting White Christian nationalism at #AHACON22
(Nicole Carr, The Humanist)
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