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WRITING COMPETITION (for law school students), deadline 12 April 2024: 2024 Church, State & Society Writing Competition
(Program on Church, State & Society, University of Notre Dame Law School)
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, deadline 12 April 2024: Invitation for submissions that address a topic of high current interest in the field of international, regional, comparative or national human rights law
(The University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal)
ESSAY CONTEST (for high school juniors and seniors), deadline 29 March 2024: Witnesses to Freedom
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
EVENT, 26 March 2024 (1:30PM ET): Women in FoRB: Making a Difference
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
HYBRID EVENT, 14 March 2024 (13.30 GMT+1): Rethinking Human Rights Treaty Withdrawals (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
(Başak Çalı and Laurence R. Helfer, Maastricht Centre for Human Rights)
EVENT, 8 March 2024 (11AM GMT +1): Empowering Responses to Religious Hatred (Geneva, Switzerland)
(ADF International)
EVENT, 4 March 2024 (3PM CET): Inspire Inclusion: Empowering women's freedom of religion or belief, European Parliament (Brussels, Belgium)
(Ms. Anga Haga MEP (EPP, Netherlands), European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
WEBINAR, 27 February 2024 (4PM CET): Strengthening Families: A Cornerstone of Sustainable Societies. Episode 1: Families: The foundation of economic prosperity
(Michał A. Michalski, Bradford Wilcox, Vincenzo Bassi, and Aimee Winder Newton, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
HYBRID EVENT, 27 February 2024 (6:30PM ET): "Faith Under Fire", a panel and discussion on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela (Miami, Florida, USA)
(Outreach Aid to the Americas)
International Headlines
Cuba reiterates respect for religious freedom
(Beatriz Montes de Oca, Radio Havana Cuba)
Nigeria: Islamist Nigerian militants press attacks against Christians to foment religious war
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)
God, Religious Extremism and Violence
(Matthew Rowley, Cambridge University Press)
The Taliban want a piece of Pakistan
(Lynne O’Donnell, Foreign Policy)
China: Pray.com addresses Apple App Store in China restricting access to content, impacting National Day of Prayer livestream
(PR Newswire)
Algeria inaugurates Africa’s largest mosque after years of political delays and cost overruns
(Associated Press)
Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between 2 warring drug cartels
(Fabiola Sánchez, Associated Press)
Articles of interest - 26 February 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pakistan Supreme Court defends free exercise rights of Ahmadis; protests follow
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Sisters at Work: A Special Global Cohort
(Luisa Banchoff and Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Mozambique bishop warns jihadist anti-Christian violence being ignored
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Israel court hears challenges to religious draft waiver amid Gaza war
(Reuters)
'An explosion is coming': Hamas warns against Ramadan restrictions on Temple Mount
(Sam Halpern, The Jerusalem Post)
South Africa: Why do some Jews feel forgotten?
(David Ehl and Katharina Peetz both in Johannesburg, Deutsche Welle)
It is time to articulate a Muslim approach to justice and liberation
(Shaykh M A Kholwadia, Al Jazeera)
India: Hamas to halal: How anti-Muslim hate speech is spreading in India
(Yashraj Sharma, Al Jazeera)
India: West Bengal: Indian zoo asked to change lions’ 'blasphemous' names
(BBC News)
Law and religion: Legal victories and tools for IRF
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Two weeks in review, 12– 25 February 2024
(Tal Gross, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Iran: Majority of Iranians want secular government, leaked study shows
(The Jerusalem Post)
Burkina Faso: At least 15 Catholic worshippers were killed in an attack during a service in northern Burkina Faso
(Chinedu Asadu, Associated Press)
Brazil: Walk with faith? It is necessary to discuss and strengthen our daily religious freedom (Portuguese)
(GZH)
Brazil: Financing religious monuments does not harm the secularity of the State, decides Mendonça (Portuguese)
(Rafa Santos, Conjur)
Europe Headlines
FoRB Podcast: Qur’an-Burning Cases in Europe
(Dmytro Vovk, Merilin Kiviorg and Ed Brown, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
IRFBA Chair’s statement on the somber anniversary of two years since the Russian aggression against Ukraine accompanied by severe violations and abuses, killing of priests and destruction of places of worship
(International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA), U.S. Department of State)
Catholic bishops call for No vote in both March referendums
(Patsy McGarry, The Irish Times)
Church Reporter, Vol. 9, 15 February 2024 - Newsletter for the English speaking members and friends of the Church Law Society (PDF)
(Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)
Don't let hate win: Sadiq Khan and Susan Hall make unity plea amid Lee Anderson 'Islamophobia' storm
(Nicholas Cecil and Ross Lydall, The Standard)
Daesh bride loses appeal in UK court to restore her citizenship
(TRT World)
Lee Anderson: MP suspended from Tory party over 'Islamists' comments
(Thomas Mackintosh, BBC News)
Anti-Muslim cases surge in UK since Hamas attacks, charity finds
(Sara Monetta, BBC News)
Law and religion roundup – 25th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Berlin coalition to discuss constitutional protections against Islamophobia
(Exberliner)
War in Ukraine: Mgr. Crociata: “We must hope that the diplomatic initiative unfolds in all directions and with the full breadth it can muster”
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Elchin Amirbayov: We are proud of our religious diversity, which does not depend on any political conjuncture
(AZERTAC)
Ex-Catholics in Rome reconnect with roots, spirituality in paganism
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
United States Headlines
Catholics rally around Annunciation House after lawsuit
(Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)
Trump tells religious broadcasters he’ll defend Christianity against perceived threats from the left
(Will Weissert, Associated Press)
Hinduism has no rules against marrying outside the faith. But couples say it has its bumps.
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)
Catholic immigrant shelter battles Texas AG, who wants to shut it down
(Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News)
Around the web - 26 February 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Civil conspiracy claims against religious organization survive 1st Amendment defenses
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anti-immigrant pastors may be drawing attention – but faith leaders, including some evangelicals, are central to the movement to protect migrant rights
(Brad Christerson, Alexia Salvatierra, and Robert Chao Romero, The Conversation)
Faith leaders renew push for ‘accurate’ Black history education in Florida
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
What the 2024 US Presidential candidates say about faith
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
A future for ecumenism?
(Riley B. Case, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Christian broadcasters ask Supreme Court to hear their religious freedom case
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
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