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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, 18 April 2024 (6PM EDT): 3rd Annual Freedom of Religion Roundtable (Kennesaw, GA, USA)
(Paul Murray, Hannah Clayson Smith, Barry Loudermilk, David Wilkerson, Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, Kemal Korucu, John H. Vaughn)
EVENT, 12 April 2024 (12PM PDT): 20th Annual Orange County Religion and the Law Symposium (Orange, CA, USA)
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)
EVENT, 10 April 2024 (7:30AM - 5PM CDT): 11th Annual Iowa Religious Freedom Day: What Good is Religion in the 21st Century? (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)
EVENT, 8 April 2024 (8:30AM - 4:30PM MDT): War, Diplomacy, and the Human Rights Dialogue: New Approaches for Latter-day Saint Professionals (Provo, UT, USA)
(Camille M Johnson, Paul Perrin, Brett Scharffs, Bill and April Bollard, Michael Frandsen, Lyn Burningham, Rachel Miner, Elizabeta Kitanovic, Medlir Mema, Shadman Bashir, Eric Jensen, James Patton, BYU Kennedy Center)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 7 April 2024: Double Standards and International Law
(KFG International Rule of Law - Rise or Decline?)
EVENT, 4 April 2024 (11AM ET): The 26th Annual Dialogues on Nonviolence, Religion and Peace (Notre Dame, IN, USA)
(Traci C. West, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies)
EVENT, 4 April 2024 (5PM ET): Claiming the Nation: Religion and Politics in the Philippines (Boston, MA, USA)
(Jayeel Cornelio, Boston University Center for the Study of Asia)
International Headlines
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
Gov. Reynolds signs Religious Freedom Restoration Act into Law
(Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds)
Sikhs in California vote on independence from India
(Sandhya Dirks, NPR)
On the commitments regarding tolerance and non-discrimination: Ensuring freedom of religion or belief
(U.S. Mission to the OSCE)
The gigantic copper mine that could test the limits of religious freedom
(Taylar Dawn Stagner, Canada's National Observer)
Muslim leaders reject chance to break bread with Biden as anger over Gaza festers
(Zeke Miller and Chris Megerian, Associated Press)
Suit for misappropriating church funds not precluded by church autonomy doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Satanic Temple can move ahead with Establishment Clause challenge to its treatment by city council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Oklahoma court considers whether to allow the US’ first publicly funded Catholic school
(Sean Murphy, Associated Press)
Rising numbers of Americans say Jews and Muslims face a lot of discrimination
(Becka A. Alper, Laura Silver and Besheer Mohamed, Pew Research Center)
Indian American lawmakers urge DOJ to address ‘alarming’ rise of Hindu temple vandalism
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)
On religion: The role of faith and politics in the life of Sen. Joe Lieberman
(Terry Mattingly, Religion Unplugged)
Jewish leaders ask Congress to restore $30.5 million in security funds for nonprofit facilities
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Kellyanne Conway: Democrats are losing minority voters over their ‘attack’ on religion
(Filip Timotija, The Hill)
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