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Sunday, 1 June 2025
CALL FOR ENTRIES, deadline 1 June 2025: Law and Religion Essay Competition (LLB or JD students in Australia)
(University of Southern Queensland)
Friday, 11 April 2025
Spring 2025 Schedule: Free Exercise Speaker Series (New Haven, CT, USA)
(Marc DeGirolami, James Nelson, Gabrielle Girgis, Caroline Mala Corbin, Stefan McDaniel, Thomas Berg, Yale Law School)
Thursday, 10 April 2025
EVENT, 10 April 2025: 11th Annual Iowa Religious Freedom Day Celebration, "The Role of Religion in Peacemaking" (Des Moines, IA, USA)
(Iowareligiousfreedomday.org)
Thursday, 6 February 2025
EVENT, 6 February 2025: Religious Freedom in America (Washington, DC, USA)
(National Council for Religious Freedom)
EVENT, 6 February 2025: National Prayer Breakfast (Washington, DC, USA)
Tuesday, 4 February 2025
EVENT, 4-5 February 2025: IRF Summit 2025 (Washington, DC, USA)
Monday, 3 February 2025
EVENT, 3 February 2025: Global Faith Forum: Together for Peace in a Time of Outrage (Washington, DC, USA)
(Multi-Faith Neighbors Network)
EVENT, 3 February 2025: IRF Summit University Partnership Program 2025 (Washington, DC, USA)
(IRF Summit)
Friday, 31 January 2025
CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 31 January 2025: Religious Freedom in Africa
(International Journal for Religious Freedom)
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline for submission 31 January 2025: Young Scholars Fellowship at Oxford
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
Monday, 6 January 2025
ESSAY COMPETITION, deadline 6 January 2025: William Kessler Essay Prize (UK Undergraduate and Graduate students)
(Woolf Institute)
Sunday, 29 December 2024
CALL FOR PROPOSALS, new deadline 29 December 2024: Eighth Annual Conference: Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: European Perspectives and Beyond (Vienna, Austria)
(The European Academy of Religion)
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
EVENT SERIES, February - December 2024: Faith, Democracy, and Our Common Future: Shaping A Path Forward
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Monday, 23 December 2024
UN Security Council adopts resolution ensuring humanitarian aid amid Daesh/ISIS sanctions
(Merv Aydogan, Anadolu Agency)
Quebec premier proposes public prayer ban, citing secularism concerns in Canada
(Merve Aydogan, Merve Aydogan)
US Supreme Court rejects school gender-identity policy challenge
(Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Faith leaders in Peru unite to honor a decade of religious freedom and family advocacy
(Church Newsroom)
For feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, activist devotees adorn Mary with Palestinian symbols
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Supreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group's plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment tax
(Mark Sherman, ABC News)
CAIR expresses concern over proposed law restricting religious freedom in Kyrgyzstan
(Ismail Allison, Council on American-Islamic Relations)
Trump's cabinet selections represent an unusual slice of American religious life
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Ninth Circuit rules for Muslim Americans illegally surveilled by FBI
(ACLU of Southern California)
Family left 'in tears' after Sikh man's beard cut
(Simran Sohal, BBC News)
Friday, 20 December 2024
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights reaches agreement to resolve harassment based on shared ancestry in the School District of Philadelphia
(U.S. Department of Education)
Magdeburg: 2 dead, dozens injured in Christmas market attack
(Deutsche Welle)
The Normative Structure of Multicultural Secularism
(Simon Thompson and Tariq Modood, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
The Magico-Juridical Hypothesis
(Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 30
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Uganda: Museveni commends Catholic Church for mentoring youth
(Kenneth Kazibwe, Nile Post)
Incivility costs business $2.7 billion daily
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Free Exercise: Religion, the First Amendment, and the Making of America
(Chris Beneke, Oxford University Press)
As wars rage around them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City feel the walls closing in
(Julia Frankel, Associated Press)
Brazil: Church fights against gambling
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada: The origins of antisemitism in Canada and why it has spiked
(Jerry Grafstein, Jewish News Syndicate)
Kyrgyzstan: Muslim's jail term increased, raids on Jehovah's Witness, Hare Krishna, Protestant events
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Protecting church from state
(Dave Yost, American Mind)
Colombia: Lessons learned from public policy in Colombia to identify violations of religious freedom
(John Fredy Osorio Cardona, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Mexico encourages citizens to drop off firearms at churches
(Agence France-Presse)
Syrian Shi'ites and other minorities flee to Lebanon, fearing Islamist rule
(Laila Bassam, John Davison, Maggie Michael and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)
Sister Helen Prejean on capital punishment, justice, and meeting victims' families
(Billy Binion, Reason)
WCC general secretary receives medal from Kazakhstan for interreligious dialogue
(World Council of Churches)
COMECE advocates for the unique contribution of Religious Education at the European Schools in latest position paper
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly digest December 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ban on legal gender recognition: the missed opportunity of the Y.T. v Bulgaria revision
(Marie-Hélène Ludwig and Arpi Avetisyan, Strasbourg Observers)
India: High Court judge criticised for controversial remarks towards Muslim community
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Malaysia issues religious decree against Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
(EU Reporter)
Religion and foreign policy webinar: The Pope and international relations
(Council on Foreign Relations)
Religious freedom advocates congratulate Rubio on nomination to lead US State Department, call for greater focus on religious prisoners of conscience
(ADF International)
Rabbi David Saperstein, 50 years later, still committed to lobbying for common ground
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
How the UK became ‘western capital’ for sharia courts
(The Times)
Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions
(Joshua McElwee, Reuters)
Georgia agrees to allow students who choose Christian college to receive financial aid
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Missouri man pleads guilty to federal civil rights and arson charges for setting fire to Mormon church
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Justice Department sues City of Brunswick, Georgia, for trying to close Christian resource center for homeless individuals
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Government restrictions on religion stayed at peak levels globally in 2022
(Samirah Majumdar, Pew Research Center)
Nepal: The door is now open to churches in Nepal
(Surendra Bajracharya, Christianity Today)
Niger: Amid social challenges, youth advance culture of peace
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Senegal’s religious actors and family welfare: Looking back, looking ahead
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
KAICIID and ASEAN-IPR strengthen partnership with the signing of MoU on peacebuilding and dialogue
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
Uzbekistan: Restoration and reinvention: Breathing new life into Uzbekistan’s Islamic spaces
(Joseph Hammond, Religion Unplugged)
China: New crackdown on Yiguandao in Guangdong
(Zhao Zhangyong, Bitter Winter)
China: The macro consequences as religious trends in China unfold
(John Allen Jr., Word on Fire)
China: Daoism under Sinicization. 2. Sinicization in practice
(Karine Martin, Bitter Winter)
China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest December 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
The Supreme Court just took up its first religion case of the year. It could add 6 more
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
We studied 20 places around the world and found the most common diseases linked with voluntary assisted dying
(Eliana Close and James Downer, The Conversation)
How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam
(Loveday Morris, Meg Kelly, Imogen Piper, Souad Mekhennet and Koba Ryckewaert, The Washington Post)
Minnesota ignores Supreme Court, continues religious discrimination
(Charles J. Russo, Catholic World Report)
No fine for Bible text on taxi; German city drops penalty
(Christian Network Europe)
Nigeria: Christian mother of 5, Rhoda Jatau, fully acquitted of charges for “blasphemy”
(ADF International)
Nigeria: Deadly violence in Nigeria linked to breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies
(Associated Press)
Hospital employee's vaccine objections were religious
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Indiana Supreme Court lets preliminary injunction against abortion ban when it violates religious beliefs stand
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Law Commission: scoping financial remedies on divorce
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
UK Foreign Secretary writes to imprisoned Protestant pastor
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
King Charles III attends event at Catholic Church remembering Christians in Middle East
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada urged to fight antisemitism after second firebomb attack on Montreal synagogue
(Ari David Blaff, National Post)
Estonian university cuts ties with Israeli institution, drawing government rebuke
(Shira Li Bartov, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Occupied Ukraine: Masked, armed men in third raid on church's worship meetings
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Baker returns to court in religious freedom fight: ‘Not sacrificing her faith’
(Diana Chandler, Religion Unplugged)
Muslim school sues French politician for defamation
(Aymen Alami, Morocco World News)
Monday, 16 December 2024
Indonesia inaugurates tunnel linking two iconic places of worship
(Shia News Association)
Fact Check: Sweden tightened laws on religious schools in 2022, did not ban them
(Reuters)
Canada: After religious symbols law, Quebec eyes ban on public prayer: Where the province is headed on secularism
(Antoni Nerestant, CBC News)
Canada: Policy brief: The risks of advance requests for Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
(Rebecca Vachon and Andreae Seenyah, Cardus)
The religious rhetoric of COP29
(Kristian Noll, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Syria: Hoping for religious harmony, Christians in a Syrian town attend Mass
(Umit Bektas and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)
Syria: What will the fall of al-Assad mean for Syria’s ancient Christian community?
(Kevin Clarke, America)
Syria: Christians in Syria mark country’s transformation with tears as UN envoy urges an end to sanctions
(Abby Sewell, Associated Press)
U.S. must insist on religious freedom in Syria
(Deseret News)
COP28: Reverent politics key to climate action
(Lynet Otieno, The Standard)
Faith, education, and the challenge facing America
(Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor)
Articles of interest - 16 December 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Ohio could mandate public schools to allow third-party religious ed during school day
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Israel to shutter Ireland embassy, citing ‘antisemitic rhetoric of the Irish government’
(Philissa Cramer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Hungary secures exemption of Patriarch Kirill from 15th EU sanctions package
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
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