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Wednesday, 17 April 2024

House brands Palestinian slogan as antisemitic
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Denial of religious exemption from vaccine mandate upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

5th Circuit denies further relief to Native American church objecting to park modifications
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Chad’s bishops urge successful presidential elections amid controversy
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Saudi Arabia: football fans imprisoned for chant
(Human Rights Watch)

Why religion is becoming an even stronger force within the Republican Party
(Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post)

South Korea: 1,700 killed for their religion during Korean War: panel
(Yoon Min-sik, The Korea Herald)

A Mosque set on fire in Dnipro of Ukraine
(AhlulBayt News Agency)

Leaders of 15 Protestant denominations in Ukraine urge Mike Johnson to vote for aid package allocation
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

FBI monitoring anti-Jewish threats ahead of Passover, Wray tells security group
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

The role of interfaith education and cross-cultural religious literacy in combating intolerance
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Kenyan bishops accuse government of impeding church's mission
(Fredrick Nzwili, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Russia: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest April 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest April 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

A right for judges to challenge legislation? Strasbourg’s untenable ambiguity
(Mathieu Leloup, Strasbourg Observers)

Nuns battle New York abortion mandate in court
(Becket)

Witch hunting and religious freedom in Africa
(Leo Igwe, Modern Ghana)

New book: Religious Paradigms of Indigenous Communities in Mexico (Spanish)
(Jose Luis Llaquet de Entrambasaguas, Tirant Lo Blanch)

Analysis: freedom of religion and human rights (German)
(Elizabeta Kitanovic, Conference of European Churches)

Analysis: freedom of religion and human rights (French)
(Elizabeta Kitanovic, Conference of European Churches)

Tuesday, 16 April 2024

HYBRID EVENT, 16 April 2024 (2PM ET): Congressional Briefing on the Ongoing Atrocities Against Christians in Nigeria
(In Defense of Christians)

Monday, 15 April 2024

Vatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Allouche v. France (Respect for private life; Authorities failed to take into account the antisemitic aspect of the case)
(The European Court of Human Rights)

Inaction over antisemitic threats and Article 8 ECHR: Allouche
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Against Senate’s opposition, France passes new anti-cult law
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

The true cost of the churchgoing bust
(Derek Thompson, The Atlantic)

Analysis: Abortion, like gun control, is now subject to minority whim
(Philip Bump, The Washington Post)

Faith in Law, Law in Faith: Reflecting and Building on the Work of John Witte, Jr.
(Edited by Rafael Domingo, Gary S. Hauk, and Timothy P. Jackson, Brill)

Australia: Religious freedom and the NSW Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Australia: Horrified worshippers watch online and in person as a bishop is stabbed at a church in Sydney
(Mark Baker and Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)

Around the web - 15 April 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Legal Spirits 059: Daniel McCarthy on “the Other Nones” (podcast)
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

India: The end of secular India: Modi’s quest to entrench Hindu nationalism
(Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs)

Darling, Land join Ukrainian Baptist leaders in letter to House Speaker
(Scott Barkley, Baptist Press)

Russia: Archbishop fined for criticising Russia's war in Ukraine
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

CEC-UCCRO joint statement calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine
(Conference of European Churches)

Estonia: The Russian Orthodox Church to be declared a terrorist organization?
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Global Interfaith Monitor 22
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Colombia: Churches play a key role as Colombia emerges from conflict, say peace envoys
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

EVENT, 23 April 2024 (5:45PM ET): Public Interest Piety: Unpacking the Role of Religion in 2024’s Fraught Politics (Cambridge, MA, USA)
(Adam Philips, Asma Uddin, Justin Giboney, Harvard Law School)

2024 multi-faith high-level forum keynote addresses
(YouTube Video, Religions for Peace)

Bahrain's King pardons more than 1,500 prisoners for Eid Al Fitr
(The National)

Ghana's ruling party candidate opposes LGBTQ+ practices
(BBC News)

Louisiana Supreme Court: Revival of barred sex abuse claims violates priest's rights under state constitution
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 15 April 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Law and religion roundup – 14th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

‘Prejudice, Islamophobia’: Free speech fears as UK redefines extremism
(Aina Khan, Al Jazeera)

Nepal: Christian groups oppose Nepal’s ‘curbs’ on religious activities
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Islamophobic offenses in Germany doubled in 2023: Report
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Nigeria: Ten years since the abduction of the Chibok Girls, the Nigerian government must finally protect vulnerable communities
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

The truth about Fulton’s impact on religious freedom
(Daniel Benson, National Review)

Fostering spirituality: Four levels of freedom of religion or belief
(Hans Noot, Bitter Winter)

Japan: A conference discusses the religious liberty crisis in Japan and internationally
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Bliss chaplains hold first Religious Leader Symposium
(David Poe, Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)

IIOK: Restrictions on religious freedom in Occupied Kashmir condemnable: Raza
(Pakistan Observer)

The losing battle against Greece's tumbling birthrate
(Reporting and writing by Karolina Tagaris, Reuters)

Legal Journal Number 6 (20): April (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

Friday, 12 April 2024

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)

China: What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang
(The Economist)

EVENT, 12 April 2024 (12PM PDT): 20th Annual Orange County Religion and the Law Symposium (Orange, CA, USA)
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)

EVENT SERIES, Spring 2024: Free Exercise Speaker Series
(Yale Law School)

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)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, deadline 12 April 2024: Invitation for submissions that address a topic of high current interest in the field of international, regional, comparative or national human rights law
(The University of Oxford Human Rights Hub Journal)

EVENT, 12 April 2024 (9AM MT): 2024 Religion, Culture & Diversity Symposium (Orem, Utah, USA)
(Anthea Butler, Lauren Horn Griffin, Julie Ingersoll, Benjamin Park, Utah Valley University)

Changing partisan coalitions in a politically divided nation
(Pew Research Center)

A year of conflict in Sudan – the international community must act now
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

3 shot and 5 in custody after gunfire disrupts Philadelphia Eid event, police say
(Claudia Lauer, Associated Press)

Transgender Catholics say new Vatican document shows no understanding of their lives
(David Crary, Religion News Service)

9 facts about U.S. Catholics
(Justin Nortey, Patricia Tevington, and Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)

Germany’s antisemitism battle needs focus on education
(Almaz Teffera, Human Rights Watch)

Palestinians forgo Eid celebrations to mourn for Gaza
(Rob Schmitz, NPR)

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)

Catholic nuns head to court to fight New York mandate forcing them to fund abortions
(Steven Ertelt, Life News)

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)

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)

Fieldwork in New Religious Movements
(George D. Chryssides, Cambridge University Press)

Uncommon favor: How South Carolina coach Dawn Staley exemplifies faith at work
(Seth Cohen, Forbes)

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)

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)

Hungarian politician praises pope, condemns ‘woke’ politics ahead of EU elections
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The ADL’s new ‘report card’ for campus antisemitism gets an F from Hillel and some Jewish students
(Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

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))

Uzbekistan: Islam, women, and genderization in professions: The case of Uzbekistan
(Rahimjon Abdugafurov, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Sikhism's quest for recognition in Belgium
(La Croix International)

Myanmar: Gunmen shoot Myanmar priest while he celebrates Mass
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Historic mosque opens for prayers after a century
(ekathimerini)

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