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Friday, 18 March 2022

Academic freedom (?) and Catholic character at Dayton
(Rick Garnett, Mirror of Justice)

Tajikistan: Statement following conversation about religious freedom
(Rashad Hussain, Twitter)

UK: Lords assisted dying amendment fails
(Politics)

UK: MSPs backing for ‘conversion therapy’ ban fuels religious freedom fears
(The Christian Institute)

UK: Consideration of assisted dying at Westminster
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK: Why enabling outdoor weddings will not ‘allow more personalised ceremonies’
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Albania: A hopeful Albanian Church is still recovering from communist rule
(Carlos Rosas, Aid to the Church in Need)

Canada: Experts: Does Quebec's secularism law speak to the younger generation?
(McGill University)

Canada’s crackdown on religious freedom is a wake-up call for Americans
(Jorge Gomez, The Christian Post)

Honeywell trims Muslim man’s job suit, but faces religion claim
(Bloomberg Law)

Indonesia: Gaffes trip up Indonesian religion minister’s push for moderation
(Arie Firdaus, Benar News)

Pope Francis addresses the participants of the 3rd edition of the European Catholic Social Days
(Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Thursday, 17 March 2022

VIRTUAL EVENT, 17 March 2022 (16:30 Sao Paulo): Brazil: Religious Freedom and Peace (Portuguese)
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Wednesday, 16 March 2022

UN sets March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia
(Associated Press)

Pakistan PM lauds UN for International Day to Combat Islamophobia
(Al Jazeera)

India concerned over elevating phobia against one religion to level of international day
(The Hindu)

India’s hijab controversy is forcing Muslim girls to choose between their education and their faith
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

India: Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)

India court upholds ban on hijab in schools and colleges
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)

India: Direct impact on religious freedom: Muslim outfits slam Karnataka HC verdict on hijab row
(The New Indian Express)

How India’s religious headwear ban affects Muslims and not Hindus
(Myrian Garcia, Religion Unplugged)

India’s Hindu groups want wider ban on hijab after court verdict
(Al Jazeera)

Holi 2022: When is it celebrated and what is the festivity about?
(Selenat Debebe, Al Jazeera)

Brian Grim meets with India’s Cardinal Archbishop of Bombay
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

WEBINAR, 16 March 2022, (12PM Santiago, Chile): Libertad Religiosa y Libertad de Cátedra
(Consorcio Latinoamericano de Libertad Religiosa)

Russia-Ukraine: Civil society is under siege by Putin in Russia but we have our weapons
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China: Freedom of religion or belief – Special bimonthly FoRB newsletter (01-15.03.2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Just war order and Ukraine: On ending the war
(Eric Patterson, Providence Mag)

Canada: Anglican Church of Canada leaders apologize to survivors, respond to ACCToo
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

'My home too': For Russians in Ukraine, the motherland is now the enemy (video)
(Sam Ball, France 24)

Sudan: Church building locked and leaders arrested in Sudan
(Evangelical Focus)

USCIRF warns of potential for significant religious oppression in Ukraine
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

$1.7M is approved for restoration of historic Black church
(Associated Press)

Pope urges peace, not politics in call to Russian patriarch
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Ukrainian spiritual and diplomatic leaders urge aid, weapons
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)

New Zealand: Shot 9 times at New Zealand mosque, survivor walks for peace
(Nick Perry, Associated Press)

Who is best suited to protect religious liberty? It may depend on whom you voted for.
(Ryan Burge, Religion News Service)

Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill discuss Ukraine war for first time
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Israel: In a five year first, Israel won't impose Purim curfew on the West Bank, Gaza
(Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz)

Israeli Jews dress as Muslims to defy Al-Aqsa prayer ban
(Arwa Ibrahim and Rima Mustafa, Al Jazeera)

The joys and ironies of Purim echo through history
(Avi Shafran, Religion News Service)

Uzbekistan: Raids, searches, detentions, fines, criminal investigations
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Evangelical Christians are politicizing the Jewish story of Esther
(Jane Eisner, The Washington Post)

Ukrainian church leader repeats justification for violence
(Anastasia Kalatur, Ukrainskaya Pravda, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russian Jews have abandoned the lavish celebration of Purim this year
(Interfax-Religion)

Beyond the Orthodox questions: How might the Ukraine war scramble world Christianity?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Russian Evangelical Alliance head sends open letter grieving invasion of Ukraine, prays for forgiveness
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

The right wing slant on religious freedom is a slippery slope
(Frederick Clarkson, Religion Dispatches)

The military and vaccine mandates: Let the Religious Freedom Restoration Act work
(Eric Baxter and Daniel Blomberg, National Review)

Australia: Tanya Plibersek says a Muslim woman on a train in Sydney has no protection under the law if someone yells at her for wearing a hijab. Is that correct?
(ABC News Australia)

There is no First Amendment Exemption in contracts generally or in the Federal Arbitration Act: It would be poor policy (and maybe unconstitutional) to have one.
(Michael J. Broyde, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Two conceptions of anti-establishment: When should courts enforce religious arbitration agreements?
(Brian Hutler, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

The danger of “anti-Sharia” legislation to religious arbitration — and not just by Muslims
(Asma Uddin, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Who arbitrates? Arbitrator qualification clauses in religious arbitration agreements
(Michael A. Helfand, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Catholic Bishops fail in defending conscience
(Bernadette Ward, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

What Russia's invasion of Ukraine means for national churches
(Michael Kelly, La Croix International)

Indonesia: Religious leaders bless Indonesia's new capital project
(Katharina R. Lestari, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Indonesian clerical body under fire over marriage ban
(Konradus Epa, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Ukraine: Polish bishops condemn attacks directed against civilians
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Pope Francis holds video call with Russian Patriarch Kirill
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

A Texas pastor wants Evangelicals to forge ties with Muslims and Jews. Will they listen?
(Chris Moody, Religion Unplugged)

Russia ordered to suspend its military operations in Ukraine
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

D.C. Jewish community providing aid to Ukrainian refugees
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

ICJ indicates provisional measures against Russia, in a near total win for Ukraine; Russia expelled from the Council of Europe
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Bangladeshi politician's call for veils at schools criticized
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Cambodia honors French bishop for social development
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Saudi Arabia: Islamic forum urges int’l bodies to address mass execution in Saudi Arabia
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Libya: Concern for members of the Tanweer Movement
(Humanists International)

Kenya: Churches to resume full capacity as interfaith council lifts restrictions
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Zambia: Jesuit institution lauds President Hichilema’s reformist address
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Rwanda: “Assess emerging needs to shape future interventions,” CARITAS Africa urges
(Odiwuor Opiyo, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Sri Lanka cardinal calls on world to pressure govt to investigate 2019 church attacks
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Global conferences: Fostering a culture of peace, contributing to social betterment
(Bahá’í World News Service)

UK: Lords move to overturn "Unjustifiable" government decision to end at-home abortion services
(Noa Hoffman, Politics Home)

UK: Evangelicals have experienced 'hostile' backlash for opposition to gay conversion therapy ban
(Julian Mann, Christian Today)

WCC will share regional prayers in lead-up to UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(World Council of Churches)

European churches focus on wellbeing of digitalized societies and workplaces
(Conference of European Churches)

He stood up to radical Islam. Now he targets the left’s forgiveness (paywall)
(Gaby Levin, Haaretz)

Weekly Highlight #197: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Faith and COVID-19: Resource repository
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Ukraine appoints mission of experts following invocation of the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism
(The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

Tuesday, 15 March 2022

WEBINAR, 15 March 2022 (1PM CET): The Expendable and Targeted Communities: Religious or Belief Minorities at Risk. Session Two: the UN Special Rapporteur’s new report on conflict & instability & the situation of religious minorities in Iraq & Myanmar
(International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute and the U. S. Mission to the United Nations)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 15 March 2022 (8AM EDT): Religious Leaders Contending with the Common Enemy of COVID-19
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Monday, 14 March 2022

ESSAY CONTEST, 14 March 2022: Annual Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest (High School)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

The madness of war and the weapons of the Spirit: The Catholic Church and peace for Ukraine
(Andrea Pin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Iran: Database of Baha’i prisoners
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Now is the time to increase global efforts
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Building bridges between gender equality and religious freedom
(Shirin Taber, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Law-and-religion news stories from around the web - 14 March 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Announcing the Sixth Biennial Colloquium in Law & Religion (Fall 2022)
(Marc O. DeGirolami, Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Ukraine’s only woman rabbi among the many Jews fleeing war
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

Iran suspends talks with Saudi after mass execution
(Amir Vahdat, Associated Press)

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution
(Jon Gambrell, Associated Press)

Vatican in ‘pain’ at Nicaragua expulsion of papal nuncio
(Associated Press)

Defamation suit dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 14 March 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

With war in Ukraine, Pope Francis’ yearslong outreach to Kirill appears to be in ruins
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

US Jews furiously raise money, send delegations to help Ukraine
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

US Christian leaders ask Kirill to speak out, ‘reconsider’ comments on Ukraine
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Russian Orthodox parishes in Europe pressured from both sides as war rages in Ukraine
(Tom Heneghan, Religion News Service)

Evangelical scientist Katharine Hayhoe finds hope in United Nations’ climate report
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

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