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Events Headlines
EVENT, 27 April 2024 (9AM - 6PM BST): New Perspectives on Revival & Renewal of the Muslim Civilization (Birkbeck, UK)
(Islamic Courses)
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)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 17 April 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Hinduism" with Gopal D. Patel
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
HYBRID EVENT, 16 April 2024 (2PM ET): Congressional Briefing on the Ongoing Atrocities Against Christians in Nigeria
(In Defense of Christians)
International Headlines
China: What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang
(The Economist)
Palestinians forgo Eid celebrations to mourn for Gaza
(Rob Schmitz, NPR)
Pakistan: UN experts alarmed by lack of protection for minority girls from forced religious conversions and forced marriage
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)
Fieldwork in New Religious Movements
(George D. Chryssides, Cambridge University Press)
Interreligious dialogue needed to encourage peace in Africa: experts
(Carol Glatz, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Religion in Africa: High tolerance for other faiths
(Kate Hairsine, Deutsche Welle)
Iraq: Chaldean patriarch returns to Baghdad after nine months of self-imposed exile amid political dispute
(Ali Jabar and Abby Sewell, Associated Press)
Argentina: Speaking at Miami synagogue, Argentina’s Javier Milei reveals he has Jewish heritage
(Juan Melamed, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing
(Débora Rey and Isabel Debre, Associated Press)
Uzbekistan: Islam, women, and genderization in professions: The case of Uzbekistan
(Rahimjon Abdugafurov, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Myanmar: Gunmen shoot Myanmar priest while he celebrates Mass
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Consultation will explore “Faith Perspectives on Reparations, Sustainable Development, and Economic Justice”
(World Council of Churches)
Malaysia: Court victory disturbs Malaysia’s balancing act on Islamic law
(Joseph Rachman, Foreign Policy)
Vietnam: State respects, protects right to freedom of religion and belief for all: official
(Vietnam Plus)
India: Buddhism separate religion, Hindus must seek permission to convert, says Gujarat govt circular
(Parimal A Dabhi, The Indian Express)
Brazil: Religious racism generates conviction for moral damages (Portuguese)
(Bom Dia Advogado)
Europe Headlines
Germany’s antisemitism battle needs focus on education
(Almaz Teffera, Human Rights Watch)
Portugal: Freedom of religion or belief
(World Evangelical Alliance, European Evangelical Alliance, Portuguese Evangelical Alliance)
COMECE 'saddened' by vote to add abortion access to EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
Quebec ‘not alone’ in commitment to secularism, says French Prime Minister Attal
(Toronto Star)
France records almost 1,000 hate crimes against Christians in 2023
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
The single judge and the single-sentence motivation (2): The bewildering dismissal of Asmeta v France
(Eva Brems, Strasbourg Observers)
Hungarian politician praises pope, condemns ‘woke’ politics ahead of EU elections
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Occupied Ukraine: deported priests now in Ukraine
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
CEC visit to Ukraine strengthens relations, affirming hope for just peace
(Conference of European Churches)
"Russia's war against Ukraine cannot be holy," - WCC responds to Patriarch Kirill
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Sikhism's quest for recognition in Belgium
(La Croix International)
Historic mosque opens for prayers after a century
(ekathimerini)
Two extremists burn copy of Holy Quran in front of Grand Mosque of Stockholm on Eid al-Fitr
(Shia Waves)
Scottish police receive thousands of reports after new hate crime law
(Reuters)
Scottish 'hate speech' bill could limit freedom of religion
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Public Order Bill "silent prayer" (Volume 729: debated on Tuesday 7 March 2023)
(UK Parliament)
Vicarious liability and reforming the law of apologies in civil proceedings?
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Contempt and use of documents in CDM proceedings
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Appointment process for Bishop of Blackburn upheld
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
United States Headlines
Religious right to abortion: A recent U.S. Appeals Court decision
(Frederick Mark Gedicks, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Iowa Governor signs religious freedom proclamation
(KCCI News)
Changing partisan coalitions in a politically divided nation
(Pew Research Center)
3 shot and 5 in custody after gunfire disrupts Philadelphia Eid event, police say
(Claudia Lauer, Associated Press)
Public school board listed ‘Christian values’ among desires for superintendent
(Corrinne Hess, Wisconsin Public Radio)
Meeting with Kazakhstan's Chair of the Committee for Religious Affairs
(X, Office of International Religious Freedom)
Uncommon favor: How South Carolina coach Dawn Staley exemplifies faith at work
(Seth Cohen, Forbes)
Biden EEOC argues for religious discrimination in appeal by terminated worker
(Tom Ciesielka, Thomas More Society)
Alabama Supreme Court affirms dismissal of church property dispute
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
‘Released time’ religious instruction programs for public school students expanding with ‘plug and play’ curricula, state legislation
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
The ADL’s new ‘report card’ for campus antisemitism gets an F from Hillel and some Jewish students
(Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Former Cornell student pleads guilty to posting online threats against Jewish students on campus
(Eugene Volokh, Reason)
Nuns lead charge against New York abortion mandate
(Becket)
U.S. official's Easter-in-China post stirs ire at home
(Susan Crabtree, Real Clear Politics)
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