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Events Headlines
WEBINAR, 6 March 2024 (12:30PM EST): Catholic Sisters Working To Eradicate Human Trafficking
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
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)
EVENT, 4 March 2024 (18:00 GMT): Weaponisation of Faith Against Uyghur Women (London, UK)
(Rachel Harris, Rahima Mahmut, Ewelina U. Ochab, René Cassin)
WEBINAR, 29 February 2024 (9AM EST): Global Histories of Coexistence
(Pankaj Mishra in Conversation with Mohsin Hamid, Ranjit Hoskote, and Ece Temelkuran, Georgetown Global Dialogues)
International Headlines
Hamas raises stakes in Gaza truce talks by calling for Ramadan march
(Nidal Al-Mughrabi, Jana Choukeir and Maayan Lubell, Reuters)
Palestine’s Vatican envoy urges Gaza ceasefire for Ramadan, Easter
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
India’s Assam state repeals British-era Muslim marriage law
(Al Jazeera)
India: Anti-Muslim hate speech soars in India, research group says
(Kanishka Singh, Reuters)
Pakistan woman in Arabic script dress saved from mob claiming blasphemy
(Caroline Davies, BBC News)
Cambodia: Tep Vong, the leader of Cambodia’s Buddhist community, dies at 93
(Associated Press)
Malawi: Bishops blast government of Malawi, saying oversight ‘rendered useless’
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Thailand persecutes the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. Why?
(Willy Fautré and Alexandra Foreman, The European Times)
Indonesia: Is there a new strongman leading the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation?
(Paul Marshall, Religion Unplugged)
Australia: Muslim peak bodies in NSW and Victoria reject invitations to premiers’ iftar dinners
(The Guardian)
Iran: Religious persecution and issues – Monthly Digest February
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Tibet: Mass detention of Tibetans trying to save monasteries
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Japan: The Unification Church Case in Japan: A politician speaks up. 2. Spies and fake news
(Toshikazu Masubuchi, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)
Japan: Religious believers should not acquiesce to religious freedom violations
(Haruhisa Nakagawa, Japan Institute for National Fundamentals)
African Philosophy of Religion and Western Monotheism
(Kirk Lougheed , Motsamai Molefe and Thaddeus Metz, Cambridge University Press)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
West Virginia House passes bill to allow religious exemptions for student vaccines
(John Raby, Associated Press)
Alabama justice's ties with far-right Christian movement raise concern
(Odette Yousef, NPR)
The Alabama ruling on embryos claimed to be Christian. Christians aren’t so sure.
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
How Hakeem Jeffries’ Black Baptist upbringing and deep-rooted faith shapes his House leadership
(Darren Sands, Associated Press)
Florida Senate unanimously passes bill to define antisemitism
(Brendan Farrington, Associated Press)
Tennessee legislature passes healthcare sharing ministries exemption
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Court upholds Maine's law barring LGBTQ discrimination by Christian school receiving state funds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Man to plead guilty in ‘killing spree’ of eagles and other birds for feathers prized by tribes
(Matthew Brown, Religion News Service)
New survey finds pockets of support for Christian nationalism across the country
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Hulu reverses course, accepts Texas church's ad after demand letter
(Kristine Parks, Fox News)
Kentucky debates increasing religious freedom protections
(World)
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