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Events Headlines
EVENT, 18 April 2024 (1PM - 6PM PDT): Finding Common Ground: Protecting Freedom of Religion and Human Dignity (Las Vegas, NV, USA)
(Las Vegas Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)
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)
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, 14 March 2024 (18:30 GMT+1): Self-Censored Live Premiere (film in English, discussion in German) (Vienna, Austria)
(Ralph Schöllhammer, P. Simon De Keukelaere, Pamela Chavez-Reder, Markus Bauer, Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
WEBINAR, 14 March 2024 (17:30 CET): Being a Christian in politics and society
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
International Headlines
International Women’s Day: A plea to end conflict-related sexual and gender-based violence
(Anna Lee Stangle and Khataza Gondwe, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Serious action needed to tackle Islamophobia - G20 Interfaith Forum's president
(Humay Aghajanova, Trend News Agency)
Volume 22, Issue 1 (2024)
(various, The Review of Faith & International Affairs)
Singapore: International outcry grows as Singapore's incarceration of conscientious objector unveils human rights breach
(Court Magazine)
Singapore: Rapper Subhas Nair jailed 6 weeks for promoting ill will among racial, religious groups
(Nisha Rahim, Yahoo News)
Religious freedom deserves a right of its own
(Daniel Philpott, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Canada: Quebec judge won't exempt church-supported palliative care home from MAID law
(The Canadian Press)
Uganda: Religious leaders to account for offertory under new policy
(Bill Oketch, Monitor)
India steps up ‘anti-Christian’ laws in some states to prevent ‘magic healings’ and evangelism
(Open Doors)
The tribulations of indigenous religious communities
(Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Japan: Anti-Muslim sentiment in Japan on rise after Israel's attacks on Gaza
(Ömer Faruk Madanoğlu, Anadolu Agency)
Nigeria's Boko Haram crisis: Dozens of women feared abducted in Gamboru Ngala
(Mansur Abubakar, BBC News)
Vietnam: Government declares two exiled human rights groups as terrorist organisations
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
China: Xinjiang authorities are retroactively applying laws to prosecute religious leaders as criminals
(China File)
Iraq: Christians in Iraq still fear insecurity
(Jean Charles Putzolu and Lisa Zengarini, Vatican News)
Iran: Unprecedented and inhumane: More than 30 Baha’i new graves razed by Iranian authorities
(Bahá’í International Community)
Israel and Palestine are now in a religious war
(Caroline de Gruyter, Foreign Policy)
Jerusalem Palestinians prepare for Ramadan amid holy month’s uneasy politics
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)
Europe Headlines
Importance of March 8, International Women's Day, for religious Muslim women
(Berrin Sönmez, Duvar English)
The Oxford Handbook of Religion in Modern Ireland
(Edited by Gladys Ganiel and Andrew R. Holmes, Oxford University Press)
9 Jehovah’s Witnesses convicted of extremism for practicing faith in Russia
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Putin’s crackdown casts a wide net, ensnaring the LGBTQ+ community, lawyers and many others
(Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press)
Jehovah’s Witnesses in Norway: Why the Oslo District Court decision is wrong
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Justice minister set to ban headscarf for council wardens by law
(Dutch News)
Zelensky and Greek PM visited Odesa Cathedral hit by Russian missile
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Use of cremation ashes for jewellery (again)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UN experts urge Britain to repatriate former ‘Daesh bride’ Shamima Begum
(Arab News)
English bishops support countering ‘devastating consequences’ of jailing child caregivers
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Charity law in England & Wales: updated guidance
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
“All the world’s a stage” – or perhaps not: Omooba
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
KAICIID hosts pivotal 2024 spring leadership meeting in Lisbon: Shaping the future of sustainable development through interreligious dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is at it again. On the non-ratification of the credentials of Azerbaijan’s parliamentary delegation
(Anca Ailincai, Strasbourg Observers)
Church tax – should Swiss companies be forced to pay?
(Le News)
United States Headlines
Freedom of religion or belief and women’s rights
(U.S. Department of State)
Rubio to Biden: Protect U.S. Catholic churches
(Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate)
What is Christian nationalism? The complete guide
(Freedom Forum)
Legal Spirits 057: Historian Richard Brookhiser on religious freedom in America
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Pepperdine University announces launch of Ken Starr Institute for Faith, Law, and Public Service at the Caruso School of Law
(Pepperdine University)
On religion: Evangelicals and Catholics share concerns about the migrant crisis
(Terry Mattingly, Religion Unplugged)
RLUIPA cases prove costly for governments, favorable to religious groups
(Steve Lieberman, LoHud)
Why hospitals in many states with legal abortion may refuse to perform them
(Rachana Pradhan and McKenzie Beard, The Washington Post)
Florida public schools could make use of chaplains under bill going to DeSantis
(Brendan Farrington, Associated Press)
Baltimore to pay $275k in legal fees after trying to block far-right Catholic group’s 2021 rally
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Human rights claims and the Orthodox in America
(A. G. Roeber, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Census: Seattle the least-religious big city, Atlanta the most observant
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Advancing religious literacy in governance: The religious freedom around the world subcommittee hearing
(Harvard Divinity School)
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