Click a headline title to view the related article
See www.iclrs.org for additional articles and an archive of past headlines.
Events Headlines
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, 8 July 2022: Liberalism’s Limits: Religious Exemptions and Hate Speech (Rome)
(The Department of Law, Economics and Languages (GEPLI) at LUMSA University (Rome) and the Center for Law and Religion at St. John's University (New York))
EVENT, 5-6 July 2022: International Ministerial Conference 2022
(UK FoRB Forum)
EVENT, 5 July 2022 (11:30AM in London): Freedom to Worship for All Algerians
(Jubilee Campaign)
EVENT, 3-6 July 2022: 2022 International Ministerial Fringe Conferences on Preventing Violence, Promoting Freedom of Belief
SEMINAR, 1-4 July 2022: Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar: United Kingdom
(RFI's Center for Religious Freedom Education, Cumberland Lodge, and the Religious Liberty Initiative of Notre Dame University Law School)
EVENT, 28-30 June 2022: IRF Summit 2022 (Washington, DC)
(IRF Summit)
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)
WEBINAR, 29 June 2022 (2:30PM ET): The Impact of War on Religious Freedom
(Bruderhof)
EVENT, 27 June 2022 (1PM ET): An Unflinching Voice: USCIRF's Impact on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
International Headlines
Weekly Highlight #210: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Government support for and restrictions on religious practice; COVID-19, mental health, and gender-based violence
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Pakistan: Afghan Christians find new hope in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Iraq parliament swears in new members after walkout of 73
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)
Pope orders online release of WWII-era Pius XII Jewish files
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
India: Evangelicals warns about the violation of minorities’ rights in India
(Evangelical Focus)
Kashmir Hindus in mourning after wave of killings
(Channi Anand, Associated Press)
Brazil: World Rainforest Day (PDF)
(Religions for Peace)
Brazilian rabbi goes viral for paying Jewish tribute to journalist and expert killed in the Amazon
(Marcus M. Gilban, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
US envoy to combat anti-Semitism to visit Saudi Arabia, Israel
(Al Jazeera)
US antisemitism envoy to visit Saudi Arabia in first trip abroad
(Middle East Eye)
Saudi Islamic university achieves second world record with 170 nationalities on campus
(Zaid Khashogji, Arab News)
Kazakhstan: Religious freedom survey, June 2022
(Felix Corley and John Kinahan, Forum 18 News Service)
Nigeria: Court challenge tests authority of Islamic religious law in Nigeria
(Hamza Ibrahim, Reuters)
Nigeria must not allow religious war –Bishop Hammawa
(Sun News)
Nigeria: Christian massacres in Nigeria a top topic at global religious freedom summit
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
What's news? Attacks on Christians in Nigeria provide an important case study
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Nothing was usual about that Pentecost massacre in Nigeria
(Terry Mattingly, Religion Unplugged)
New book: Human Dignity and Political Criticism
(Colin Bird, Cambridge University Press)
Book review: A vulnerable account of human dignity
(James Dominic Rooney, Law & Liberty)
Religious communities in the Holy Land remain united beyond the pandemic
(Nicolas Rouger, La Croix International)
Palestinian Arabs may face eviction from historic inns in Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)
Is our God too small?
(James Christie, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Iran: Int’l conference to discuss ‘Religions and Playing Role in 3rd Millennium’
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Regarding false media reporting on Israel and Dr Pillay
(World Council of Churches)
“Statelessness is about expulsion from the human community”
(World Council of Churches)
Eastern African religious leaders urge Democratic Republic of Congo to embrace dialogue as means to resolve grievances
(World Council of Churches)
Tunisia: TV interview explores constructive role of religion in society
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
Opinion: Carson v. Makin (PDF)
(Supreme Court of the United States)
A bad day at the Supreme Court – and a vow to keep fighting
(Rob Boston, Americans United for Separation of Church and State)
The death of separationism and the life of school choice
(John O. McGinnis, Law & Liberty)
Supreme Court's religious school ruling signals 'dangerous road' for LGBTQ rights, advocates say
(Zachary Schermele, NBC News)
A pro-religion Court: What the 6-3 conservative Supreme Court majority’s latest ruling means
(Ian Prasad Philbrick, The New York Times)
Is SCOTUS decision in Carson another crack in the ‘wall’?
(Adeline Von Drehle, Real Clear Politics)
A good week for religious freedom
(Richard W. Garnett, The Wall Street Journal)
Video clip of Eric Rassbach on the Supreme Court's ruling on aid to religious schools
(C-SPAN)
SCOTUS puts government back in the business of funding religious education
(Khyati Y. Joshi, RNS Column: Living Religion)
Restoring the Founders’ vision of religion
(Frank DeVito, The American Conservative)
Native American leaders push for boarding school commission
(Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press)
Report from the Capital - Summer 2022 Issue
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
After $2 million Brooklyn church robbery, houses of worship evaluate theft risk
(Riley Farrell, Religion News Service)
What Fulton did for religious freedom
(Mark Rienzi, First Things)
Divorced couple dispute over pre-embryos: one wants them destroyed, the other wants them implanted
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)
BIC New York: Recasting humanity’s relationship with natural world
(Bahá’í World News Service)
First Liberty files brief supporting religious minority persecuted by Chinese Communist Party
(First Liberty)
Interfaith leaders kick off a movement for reparations in Philadelphia
(Valerie Russ, Philadelphia Inquirer)
Faith story of Wegmans Food Markets
(John H. Garvey, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
The opinions expressed or biases reflected in the headlines in this digest do not necessarily represent opinions or attitudes of those who maintain this headline news service. We strive for balance in presenting issues of potential interest to our readers.
This service is provided by the International Center for Law and Religion Studies.
|