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EVENT, 23-25 April 2024: Oceania Perspectives on Human Dignity (Laie, Hawaii, USA)
(Brigham Young University – Hawaii, The Human Dignity Initiative)
ONLINE COURSE, 25 April - 16 May 2024: Religions, Beliefs, and Human Rights: A Faith for Rights Approach (Instructor-Led)
(The United States Institute of Peace)
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)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 10 April 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Judaism" with Rabbi Noam Marans
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
International Headlines
Adoption of resolution on freedom of religion or belief
(Human Rights Council, United Nations)
Canada: Attempted break-in at Winnipeg mosque shakes community halfway through Ramadan
(Arturo Chang, CBC News)
Canada: Is there life after death? Majority of Canadians believe they may have more than one life to live
(Angus Reid Institute)
Religion Watch, Volume 39 No. 5
(Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
The Death and New Life of Law and Religion
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
On Turbans, Abayas, and Colanders: The Scope of Religious Dress in a Pluralistic Society
(Naoual El Yattouti, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Israel confronts its religious identity
(Christian Science Monitor)
Israel: Religious leaders in Israel's 3rd largest city meet for multi-faith coexistence
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Vietnam’s new religious decree further burdens local churches
(Caleb Maglaya Galaraga, Christianity Today)
Afghanistan: Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror
(The Guardian)
Malaysia: Anger in Malaysia over shoes bearing logo resembling Arabic word for God. Company head apologizes
(Associated Press)
Malaysia: Property damage is against Islamic law, we will defend rights of all Malaysians, says Bersatu leader
(Teh Athira Yusof, MSN)
Iran's Sunni Muslims face discrimination amid Eid al-Fitr
(Shabnam von Hein, Deutsche Welle)
The theology of social democracy
(Anthony Annett, Commonweal)
Christianity in the Middle East: Anatomy of a tragedy
(Joseph Phillip Amar, Commonweal)
Articles of interest - 8 April 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
Two weeks in review, 24 March – 7 April 2024
(Mary Guest, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Indonesia: Challenges ahead for Indonesia’s interfaith couples
(Hartini, The Diplomat)
China: Yuxi, Yunnan: Ramadan fasting prohibited to minors and party members
(Bitter Winter)
Saudi Arabia: Religious Affairs Presidency supports Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice during Ramadan
(Saudi Press Agency)
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