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CALL FOR PAPERS, new deadline for abstracts is 30 June 2022. ONLINE WORKSHOP, new event dates are 28-29 September 2022: The Challenges of Law, Religion and State in Health Care and Mental Health
(The Journal of Law, Religion and State, Bar-Ilan University)
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)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 June 2022 (9:30AM ET): Gathering The Evidence of Persecution: The Importance of Documentation and Launch of the “International Protocol On Documenting Violations Of Religious Freedom”
(Open Doors International (ODI) and the Religious Freedom Institute (RFI))
International Headlines
America has the wrong approach to religious freedom in the Middle East
(Robert Nicholson, National Review)
India tightens security after militants threaten attacks over anti-Muslim remarks
(Saurabh Sharma and Rupam Jain, Reuters)
India’s insult of the Prophet Muhammad is a sign of deeper Islamophobia
(Omar Suleiman, Religion News Service)
India: Kanpur BJP leader arrested for derogatory tweets against Prophet
(Ranjai Singh, India Today)
India’s BJP asks members to be cautious after prophet remarks row
(Al Jazeera)
India comes closer to outlawing Christian conversions
(Tim Dustin, Open Doors)
China: Letters from lockdown: A Shanghai pastor on pandemics and persecutions
(Zhang San, The Gospel Coalition)
Taliban arrest Afghan fashion model, say he ‘insulted’ Islam
(Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)
Top German diplomat: Taliban to cause Afghanistan’s downfall
(Munir Ahmed, Associated Press)
Weekly Highlight #208: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Finance, exemptions, conspiracies, and future uncertainties
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
New global study shows journalists need more religious literacy
(Alessio Atria, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Vietnam: 15 Hmong religious believers sentenced to total 38 years in prison after police raid on funeral
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
US woman pleads guilty to leading Islamic State battalion
(Eric Tucker, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 7 June 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Guatemala: Faith groups call on US to pressure Guatemala on democracy, human rights
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Latest massacre of Nigerian Christians? It would help to know this was the Feast of Pentecost
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Macau Church struggles to protect life against secularist wave
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Europe Headlines
European Court issues landmark judgment against Russia for persecuting Jehovah’s Witnesses
(Jehovah’s Witnesses)
Russia: Strasbourg rules Russia’s ban on Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2017 is unlawful
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Russia ordered to pay $67 million to Jehovah’s Witnesses over illegal ban, human rights court says
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Russia: Draft bill stipulating fines up to 10 mln rubles for propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations submitted to State Duma
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church sends its second most powerful figure on lower-ranking overseas posting
(Guy Faulconbridge, Reuters)
Russian court gives four Jehovah's Witnesses real jail time, suspended sentences in Trans-Baikal Territory
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia pressured Moscow chief rabbi to publicly support Ukraine war — He refused - report
(Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
Monks have their own way of viewing conditions of war
(RISU, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russian army averted damage to Sviatogorsk Lavra's historical and Orthodox monuments
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: Recent cases of persecution of Muslims
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
What is Christian politics? Insights from Sergius Bulgakov
(YouTube Video, Volos Academy for Theological Studies)
The current state of ecumenism in Europe
(YouTube Video, Conference of European Churches)
Spain: First international congress on religious freedom in Catalonia
(Evangelical Focus)
Finland: Hate speech case re-opened against Christian MP in Finland
(Christian Today)
Belarus: "A Christian cannot say that what's going on in Ukraine is good"
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Anti-Muslim behavior rising in UK: Poll
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
UK: MPs debate violence in Nigeria following church massacre on Pentecost Sunday
(Kelly Valencia, Premier Christian News)
Should the Church of England be disestablished?
(Jonathan Chaplin, Law & Religion UK)
Minimum age for marriage – Faculty Office advice
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Declaration of the General Secretary of COMECE on the EP discussion on “Global threats to abortion rights”
(Alessandro Di Maio, The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Ankara rejects European Parliament’s ‘biased, unrealistic’ report on Turkey
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Surrey students bring in £2,000 to support inter-faith retreat in Ukraine
(Toby Porter, Jewish News)
Sheikh Murat Suleymanov appointed as acting Mufti of RAMU UMMA
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Metropolitan Epifaniy meets with the commander of Ukrainian Ground Forces
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
United States Headlines
SCOTUS religion cases: A new online database for scholars of law and religion
(Justin Latterell and Rachel Kennedy, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Cruz, Lee lead over 50 lawmakers urging Supreme Court to reaffirm religious liberty in artistic freedom case
(Kelly Laco, Fox News)
‘Life and Dignity for All’ is theme of USCCB’s Religious Freedom Week
(Catholic News Service)
Muslim prison guard fired for allegedly filing false report
(Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press)
NY school districts not required to provide bussing for religious schools on days public schools are closed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
New York court reaffirms its decision upholding required coverage for medically necessary abortions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court resolves details of last rites during inmate's execution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
10th Circuit: No interlocutory appeal of ministerial exception determination
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Universal Life Church prevails in Pennsylvania settlement over conducting marriages
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
BJC condemns congresswoman’s embrace of Christian nationalism
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
2/3 of US colleges and universities lack student groups for Muslims, Jews, Hindus or Buddhists
(Dhruba Das, Jonathan S. Coley, Gary John Adler Jr., Religion News Service)
The Catholic bishops support gun control. Why don’t we hear more about it?
(Thomas Reese, RNS Column: Signs of the Times)
Religious leaders in Los Angeles talk abortion rights with Vice President Kamala Harris
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Catholic leaders decry federal judge’s ruling on lethal injections
(Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service)
White Churches, it’s time to go pro-life on guns
(Charlie Dates, Christianity Today)
The New Yorker profiles a pro-life ob-gyn student and the Twitter mobs descend
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Explainer: State Department releases 2021 International Religious Freedom Report
(Daniel Hostetter, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
Is American conservatism de-Christianizing?
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Religion is not overpowering our politics
(Hugh Hewitt, The Washington Post)
June 2022 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
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