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CALL FOR INPUTS, deadline 11 July 2022: Indigenous Peoples and the right to freedom of religion or belief – GA report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
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)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 14 June 2022 (12PM ET): Crisis on the Temple Mount: Religious Freedom & International Law (PDF)
(Featuring Professors Brett Scharffs and Eugene Kontorovich, Center for the Middle East and International Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason 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)
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)
International Headlines
Nigeria: Over 50 feared dead in Nigeria church attack, officials say
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Nigerian forces hunt for gunmen who killed 50 at church
(Chinedu Asadu and Lekan Oyekanmi, Associated Press)
Nigeria: Bishops lament that Nigerians are not safe anywhere after church attack
(Peter Ajayi Dada, Catholic News Service)
Religion Watch, Volume 37 No. 7
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
2021 Report on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Department of State)
Timor-Leste: US report questions Timor-Leste's funding of non-Catholics
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
HK hits back at US criticism of 'shrinking space' in religious freedom report
(The Standard)
Police patrol Hong Kong park to enforce Tiananmen vigil ban
(Zen Soo, Associated Press)
US report marks out India, Pakistan for restricting religious freedom
(Anwar Iqbal, Dawn)
The good, the bad and the ugly in the State Department’s new religious freedom report
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
State Department officials report religious freedom woes, wins across the globe
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
US report faults Nicaragua for severe violations of religious freedom
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kenyan bishops urge free, fair and peaceful elections Aug. 9
(Francis Njuguna, Catholic News Service)
Kashmir: Religious radicalization in Kashmir: ‘Death’ of a society – OpEd
(Nilesh Kunwar, Eurasia Review)
Saudi Arabia receives 1st foreign Hajj pilgrims since COVID began
(Al Jazeera)
Armenian diplomat at UN: Azerbaijan is yet to abide by its obligations under international humanitarian law
(Panorama)
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Cultural Heritage Protection: Synergistic not Competitive
(Knox Thames and Emily Scolaro, Taylor & Francis Online)
The (downplayed) story of female scholars, teachers and leaders in Islam
(Mohamad Jebara, New Lines)
As Iranians show disgust with their rulers, many are finding a new way in Christ
(Steve Little, CBN News)
Israeli nationalists wage battle against Palestinian flag
(Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press)
Iran: Monthly FORB News Digest about Baha’is and Christians in May 2022
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Uganda: Bishops to discuss controversial EACOP project in June Plenary
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Pakistan court grants bail to mentally ill Christian in blasphemy case
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Asian Church leaders call for 'ecological conversion'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Two weeks in review, 23 May – 5 June 2022
(Gail Lythgoe, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Colombia: Bishops in Colombia urge voters to choose wisely in polls for new president
(La Croix International)
Pope: Interreligious dialogue is built on respect, sharing
(Cindy Wooden, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel: In a first, Israeli government to pay Orthodox women to advise on Jewish law
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
War: what is it that religions really say about peace?
(Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)
Human rights, the China challenge, and American foreign policy: A conversation with Peter Berkowitz
(Peter Berkowitz and Daniel E. Burns, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
India faces diplomatic backlash in Muslim countries for remarks about Islam
(Anjana Pasricha, Voice of America)
India: Muslim nations slam India over insulting remarks about Islam
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)
Iran summons Indian Ambassador over insult to Prophet Muhammad
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Saudi Arabia, other Gulf states and Muslim institutions denounce Indian official’s insults against Prophet Muhammad
(Arab News)
India: Diplomatic storm over BJP staff insult of Prophet Muhammad
(Al Jazeera)
Qatar, other Muslim nations condemn India over anti-Islam remarks
(Al Jazeera)
India: 30 Christians jailed in India as persecution in the country escalates
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
India: At least 22 dead after Indian pilgrim bus falls into gorge
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Canada Indigenous leaders want pope to visit more locations
(Rob Gillies, Associated Press)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
We must dare to overcome incivility
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
The evangelical church faces a ‘state of emergency’ over the pandemic and politics, Andy Stanley says
(John Blake, CNN)
LGBTQ people urge Democrats to forcefully reject GOP attacks
(Jeff McMillan, Associated Press)
Pro-abortion protesters mob Catholic pro-life procession
(Arjun Singh, National Review)
Blinken calls respect for religious freedom ‘vital foreign policy priority’
(Catholic News Service)
Legal Docket on Dobbs
(Mark Movsesian, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Around the web - 6 June 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
New book: Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses
(Vincent Phillip Muñoz, The University of Chicago Press)
Religious freedom at the Founding
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
‘Theocratic’ US abortion bans will violate religious liberty, faith leaders say
(Melody Schreiber, The Guardian)
Vaccine case roundup: Mandates across country largely upheld in recent court decisions
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Tampa Bay Rays players cite faith to explain concerns about ‘Pride Night’
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
New book: Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the United States
(Gene Zubovich, University of Pennsylvania Press)
Interview: Before the Religious Right: Liberal Protestants, Human Rights, and the Polarization of the U.S.
(YouTube Video, The Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Abuse survivors call for more action than proposed by Southern Baptists’ task force
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Faith leaders, labor advocates push for White House meeting on poverty
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Religion and the American constitutional experiment
(John Witte, Jr., Joel A. Nichols, and Richard W. Garnett, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
What comes after the Religious Right?
(Nate Hochman, The New York Times)
The ‘dangerous inversion’
(Kevin D. Williamson, National Review)
Tel Aviv study claims antisemitism in Black Lives Matter movement being ignored
(Lazar Berman, The Times of Israel)
Thinking about that 'Define evangelical' thing, with Andrew Walker, Ryan Burge (and Mark Noll)
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
US Catholic churches suffer rash of thefts and vandalism, but cause remains a mystery
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
EEOC sues Del Frisco’s of Georgia for firing employee because of her religion
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)
Why Trump’s MAGA resonates with White Christian nationalism
(Eric C. Miller, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Schneider selected to direct Religion and Public Life Program
(Amy McCaig, Rice University’s Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP))
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