CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due by 6 January 2023: Global Semiotics and Everyday Legal Claims - Intercultural Use of Law, Interreligious Dialogue and Translation Ethics (Pontificia Università Antonianum)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 9 August 2022 (6:30PM ET): Speaking of Humanism | Humanizing Religious Freedom For All (American Humanist Association)

VIRTUAL EVENT: 6 August 2022: Nuclear Prayer Day 2022 (Parliament of the World's Religions)

WEBINAR, 5 August 2022 (12PM ET): Religious Freedom Webinar (AAR members only) (American Academy of Religion)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 4 August 2022 (12PM ET): Human Library: Bringing my faith and beliefs to my workplace (Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Iran: “Senseless cruelty”: Fresh wave of arrests and raids across Iran as Bahá’ís absurdly accused of “colonialism” (Bahá’í World News Service)

Iran: Baha’is accused of “colonialism” and “infiltrating kindergartens” as 52 fresh acts of persecution add to more than 100 in recent weeks (Bahá’í International Community)

Iran: Shocking demolition of homes and land grabs signals intensifying persecution of Iran’s Baháʼís (Bahá’í World News Service)

Iran: Lawyer who helped overturn pastor’s death sentence now in prison with him (Article 18)

Iran: Islamic Human Rights Award kicks off (Mehr News Agency)

Sri Lankan Church concerned over crackdown on dissent (Union of Catholic Asian News)

China: ‘I fear they will normalise this’ – Restrictions combine to make life even more difficult for religion and belief groups in China (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Nicaragua’s government shutters 6 church radio stations (Gabriela Selser, Associated Press)

Iraq: Followers of cleric told to withdraw from Iraq’s parliament (Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

Eight years into genocide, Yazidi community threatened by political inaction (Yazda)

India: Hyderabad: Masjid-e-Khaja bulldozed late at night in Shamshabad (Shaista Khan, Siasat Daily)

India: How religious worship is boosting conservation in India (Kavitha Yarlagadda, BBC News)

Religion, health, and public life: A conversation with Becky Yang Hsu (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Somalia names former al-Shabab spokesperson as religion minister (Al Jazeera)

Somalia appoints former al-Shabab militant as new religious affairs minister (Deutsche Welle)

Deborah Lipstadt, back from Saudi Arabia, says progress underway on combatting antisemitism in Gulf states (Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom is hosting an interfaith basketball clinic in Jerusalem (Jacob Gurvis, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Colombian bishops offer president-elect support in tackling narco criminal gangs (La Croix International)

Pope Francis to visit Kazakhstan for interfaith conference (Al Jazeera)

Religions for Peace-South Africa hosts interfaith youth climate program (Facebook, Religions for Peace)

‘Biased’, ‘selective’, ‘antisemitic’: Accusations against the UN commission of inquiry on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Rosa Freedman, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Pakistani politician calls for expulsion of Ahmadis (Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Faith groups praised for response during Covid pandemic (Paul Jeffrey, Union of Catholic Asian News)

South Korea: Prayers, songs in South Korea express hopes for reconciliation and the WCC 11th Assembly (World Council of Churches)

Amos C. Brown Fellowship to Ghana begins (Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Religious freedom rolled back in Sudan (Barnabas Fund)

El Salvador: The faith-based politics of El Salvador’s millennial president (Amy Fallas, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

In Japan, ties between politics and religion run deep (Will Fee, Japan Times)

The impact of religion and religious organizations (Elizabeth Clark, SSRN)

Archie Battersbee: Mum says life support could end on Wednesday (BBC News)

Welsh bishops demand cancellation of debts for poorer countries (Anglican Ink)

Christians urged to stand with believers who “pay the ultimate price” (SAT-7 UK)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – July (II) (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

"While standing up to the enemy, Ukraine thinks about feeding the world’s hungry,"- Head of the UGCC (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

An interfaith prayer for Ukraine held in Bucha (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Churches criticize Ukraine’s OK of Council of Europe women’s convention (Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russia: Government pressure on religious leaders to support Ukraine war (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Putin’s war in Ukraine politicizing Muslims in Russia – OpEd (Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief: Special bimonthly digest (16-31.07.2022) (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Albania: Some messages from Department of Youth and Women in Albania Interreligious Council (YouTube Video, Këshilli Ndërfetar i Shqipërisë)

Turkey: Former President Gül implies ruling AKP should keep religion out of politics (Turkish Minute)

The Turkish school preserving culture of young Uighurs in exile (Jaclynn Ashly, Al Jazeera)

Clerics sue over Florida abortion law, saying it violates religious freedom (Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

Dobbs is not a religion case (Bruce Ledewitz, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

How the Green Bay Packers helped Justice Samuel Alito explain religious liberty law (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Alito’s anxiety (Brian Kaylor and Beau Underwood, Word & Way)

Faith-based groups sue to overturn Florida's 15-week abortion ban (Matt Dixon, Politico)

Wisconsin violated Archdiocese rights in excluding clergy as COVID precaution after other outsiders were allowed in (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Impact of Kennedy v. Bremerton already apparent as courts are forced to reconsider Establishment Clause cases (Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Disability theology: How religious beliefs can help or hinder accessibility (Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Sikh Americans honor 10th anniversary of Oak Creek shooting (Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

The simple Sikh teaching that can inspire us to resist hating those who hate us (Simran Jeet Singh, RNS Column: Articles of Faith)

Democrats call on IRS to review Family Research Council’s ‘church’ status (Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

News-media theater? Seattle Pacific University sues state attorney general in LGBTQ fracas (Julia Duin, GetReligion)

Celebrating the Scholarship of Michael J. Perry (John Witte, Jr., Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

CAIR-WA files ‘flying while Muslim’ lawsuit against Alaska Airlines (Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Religion is a feature, not a flaw (Josh Holdenried, First Things)

Religious persecution overseas threatens U.S. national security, retired general says (Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

FFRF critiques Justice Alito’s disturbing remarks against nonreligious (Freedom From Religion Foundation)

FFRF gets teacher’s evangelizing halted in Alabama (Freedom From Religion Foundation)

Against public atheism (Timon Cline, The American Conservative)

Religious freedom conflicts ahead after Michigan supreme court redefines sex (Kevin J. Jones, Catholic News Agency)

Victory for religious practice at Job Corps site – student Bible study allowed (Geoffrey Surtees, American Center for Law and Justice)

Christian flag to be raised at Boston City Hall Plaza Wednesday after Supreme Court First Amendment case (Heather Morrison, Mass Live)