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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)
EVENT for university students, April - July 2024: Statesmanship and religious freedom seminars (Iraq, UK, USA)
(Religious Freedom Institute)
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)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 15 March 2024: Islamophobia, antisemitism and philosemitism after October 7
(Cambridge Interfaith Programme)
EVENT, 8 March 2024 (11AM GMT +1): Empowering Responses to Religious Hatred (Geneva, Switzerland)
(ADF International)
International Headlines
Globally, government restrictions on religion reached peak levels in 2021, while social hostilities went down
(Samirah Majumdar and Sarah Crawford, Pew Research Center)
Indonesia officially adopts Indonesian term for ‘Jesus Christ’
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)
In Guatemala, public schools turn to Bible study to boost reading and resist gang culture
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)
Abdelsalam: Religions must work together for brighter future
(Vatican News)
Nine years after Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’, Muslims launch a counterpart
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
Mozambique jihadist attacks: Fears for 70 missing children
(Jose Tembe and Gloria Aradi, BBC News)
Costa Rica: Catholic activists denounce growing migrant crisis in Costa Rica
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pakistan: Karachi's dwindling Goan Christian community
(Mohammad Salman, Deutsche Welle)
Philippine Church seeks justice, peace on massacre anniversary
(Ronald O. Reyes, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Israel to allow same numbers into Al-Aqsa during start of Ramadan as in previous years
(Reuters)
Churches' challenges in health and healing work highlighted by global panel
(World Council of Churches)
Nicaragua: Female prisoners punished for praying out loud
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Brazil: Prison Pastoral highlights restrictions on religious assistance to prisoners (Portuguese)
(Evandro Éboli, Correio Braziliense)
Chile: Representatives of religious organizations and faith communities in chile call for participation in the 2024 census (Spanish)
(RadioPolar)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
Divided Ninth Circuit rejects Apache religious challenge to mine development on sacred land at Oak Flat
(Arienne Calingo, University of Notre Dame Law School)
Law professor sheds light on ongoing Native American religious discrimination case
(Aynslee Dellacca, The Observer)
African American religions and the voodoo label
(Danielle N. Boaz, Oxford University Press)
Faith in God, themselves, and the people: Black religious activist-educators
(Almeda M. Wright, Oxford University Press)
Christian organization challenges grant rule barring religious favoritism in hiring
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Christian employers protected from requirement to provide insurance for gender transition procedures
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Certiorari denied in ministerial exception case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Chaplains, faith groups, and civil rights organizations oppose public-school chaplain programs
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
A misuse of religious freedom at the border
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)
The anti-family right
(Matthew Schmitz, First Things)
Alabama rules that embryos are children
(Emma Waters, First Things)
Sub Deo Ep. 2: In which we discuss the Alabama Supreme Court IVF ruling with a colleague
(Marc DeGirolami, Mirror of Justice Blog)
Religious Freedom Restoration Act sees revival of state support
(Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission)
3 unsettled questions regarding the constitutionality of public funding of religious schools
(Bruno V. Manno, Reason)
Faithful Catholics ask court for freedom to adopt children in need
(Becket)
Could churches help solve Arizona's housing crisis? What to know about 'Yes in God's Backyard' bill
(Ray Stern, Arizona Republic)
March 2024 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
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