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Events Headlines
EVENT, 7-10 July 2024: 11th Summer School on Human Rights: Security, Financial, Political and Legal Protection of Worship Places and Cultural Heritage (Malaga, Spain)
(Conference of European Churches)
EVENT, 20 June 2024: Religious Freedom Annual Review: Becoming Peacemakers Through Supporting Religious Freedom and Pluralism (Provo, UT, USA)
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 June 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Latter-day Saints"
(Francesco Di Lillo and Ryan Koch, European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
HYBRID EVENT, 31 May 2024 (8:30AM CT): 10th Annual Law and Religious Freedom Conference (Kansas City, MO, USA)
(University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)
International Headlines
Australia: Criminalizing Nazi symbols and gestures: The Australian experience
(Kerstin Braun and Keiran Hardy, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Video: 2024 USCIRF Annual Report and Recommendations: Commentary by Nadine Maenza
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Forgiveness and the Modern Constitution: Derrida’s Perjury & Pardon
(Jacques de Ville, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)
The G20 Interfaith Journey: Addis Ababa Interfaith Conference
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Local data sovereignty: cultivating marginalized access toward technological stewardship
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
Filipino Church organizes street rally to oppose charter change
(Ronald O. Reyes, Union of Catholic Asian News)
Kurdistan always endorses rights of Christians: President Barzani
(Rudaw)
Zimbabwe: Churches urged to work with Government in curbing child marriage
(Flora Fadzai Sibanda, Chronicle)
Israel: Netanyahu frequently makes claims of antisemitism. Critics say he’s deflecting from his own problems
(Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press)
Iran says Saudi Arabia has expelled 6 state media journalists ahead of the hajj after detaining them
(Associated Press)
Mexico: As election nears, violence is key issue for Mexicans, including Catholics jolted by priest killings
(María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)
Colombia: Amid growing violence in southwestern Colombia, Church calls for dialogue and peace
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Canada: Toronto leaders rally at Jewish school where shots were fired over Shabbat
(Jackie Hajdenberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
China: WCC strengthens ties with Chinese religious leaders to promote unity and contextualized faith
(World Council of Churches)
India:400 Muslim families evicted from their homes in Assam
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Europe Headlines
IPPFORB co-organizes interfaith dialogue in Norway on freedom of expression, anti-Muslim hatred, and antisemitism
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))
Promoting social cohesion through dialogue: Celebrating the Network for Dialogue's 5th Anniversary
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)
2023 Annual Report
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
I’m a brown, Muslim European. For people like me, these EU elections are terrifying
(Shada Islam, The Guardian)
The Ministry of Culture established the Commission to inspect Pochayiv Lavra managed by the UOC-MP
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Sociologist explains why most Ukrainians demand a ban on the Moscow Patriarchate
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russia: Church to be demolished as place where crime "repeatedly committed"?
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
Dead boar dumped at Swedish mosque, police probe hate crime
(AFP, Barron's)
Islamophobia on the rise in Austria: Report
(Timo Kirez, Anadolu Agency)
France’s headscarf ban in the 2024 Summer Olympics reflects a narrow view of national identity, writes a scholar of European studies
(Armin Langer, The Conversation)
United States Headlines
Report: Religious inclusion no longer “next” big thing, surge of religiously inclusive companies is the big thing now
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Around the web - 28 May 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Does religious freedom give you a right to have dreads?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
How geography and religion drive America’s blue vs. red divide
(Perry Bacon Jr., The Washington Post)
How will preachers address social issues during the 2024 election?
(Leah D. Schade, Wayne Thompson, & Amanda Wilson Harper, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
California city official’s ban on chaplains praying ‘in Jesus name’ unconstitutional, attorney says
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)
Americans are running away from church. But they don't have to run from each other.
(Amanda Jayne Miller and James Willis III, USA Today)
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