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International Headlines
Conference recordings: Oceanian Perspectives on Human Dignity
(YouTube Video, International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)
Religious and Anti-religious Hatred: Reflections on the January 2024 Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on FoRB
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Applying vernacularization to hate speech based on religion or belief: a short exploration
(Eugenia Relaño Pastor, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Hatred on religious grounds and the risk of double standards
(Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
How does hate speech directed at one community affect another community?
(Jagbir Jhutti-Johal, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
The real danger of hate speech and its impact on vulnerable groups
(Alberto Jose Ferrari Puerta, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
India's BJP concedes defeat in Ayodhya, where Modi opened grand Ram temple
(Saurabh Sharma and Shivam Patel, Reuters)
India: Plurality under BJP dominance
(Arun Swamy, The East Asia Forum)
India: What does the death of a jailed Jesuit priest say about India's democracy under Modi?
(Lauren Frayer, NPR)
Haifa Symposium: Religion as a path to peace amid Middle East conflict
(Noa Amouyal, The Jerusalem Post)
Canada: Man charged with murder of Sikh activist arrested near site of planned Sikh gathering in Ontario
(Evan Dyer, CBC News)
Mexico Catholics optimistic about new president’s government
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
DRC: Attacks by Islamists in DR Congo increase in East of African country
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
South Africa: Catholic bishops laud ‘free and fair elections,’ urge party leaders to put ideologies aside for common good of country in coalition talks
(Paschal Norbert, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Europe Headlines
President of EU bishops encourages participation and voting for “candidates and parties that will continue building a better Europe”
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))
Holocaust survivors beg young EU voters to shun far right
(AFP, Courthouse News Service)
European Elections 2024: In Germany, Catholics battle against far-right
(Delphine Nerbollier, La Croix International)
In Europe, moderate conservatives seek to steal hard right’s thunder
(Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor)
Palermo: The Tai Ji Men case discussed at the European Academy of Religion
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)
Moses Mendelssohn and the Jewish Questions of Modern Natural Law
(Meirav Jones, Cambridge University Press)
Chapel defaced with Islamic graffiti
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Occupied Ukraine: After year in detention, Orthodox priest's "espionage" trial imminent
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
A new chapter in the academic study of canon law in Britain
(Russell Dewhurst, Law & Religion UK)
Christian politics in Hungary
(Sarah Stewart, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)
Rescue of more historic Catholic sites in France gets underway
(Solène Tadié, Catholic News Agency)
Vandals urinate into the holy water fountain of Strasbourg church
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
Man rammed car into Rodez cathedral shouting "I hate Jesus"
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)
France: 'Islamophobic' CNews becomes top news channel
(Middle East Eye)
Polish mayor bans religious symbols
(Carina Benton, One Peter Five)
United States Headlines
Stephen Schneck elected as Chair of bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Eric Ueland as Vice Chair
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Around the Web - 3 June 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
USAID strategic religious engagement policy
(YouTube Video, USAID)
Religion and child rights in the United States
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
New commission of religiously affiliated higher education aims to spark collaboration
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
June 2024 Newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)
White supremacist sentenced for federal hate crimes for conspiracy targeting Black and Jewish people and desecrating Michigan synagogue with neo-Nazi symbols
(U.S. Department of Justice)
Man who attacked Muslim lawmaker in Connecticut sentenced to 5 years in prison
(Associated Press)
GAO says DEA should improve its process for granting religious exemptions for psilocybin use
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Oklahoma legislature enacts bill requiring schools to offer released time for credit courses in religious or moral instruction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Alabama Supreme Court refuses to order United Methodist Conference to allow church disaffiliations
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pride-themed jerseys continue to spark controversy in professional sports leagues
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
Keeping the faith: is the rise of religious ‘nones’ stalling?
(Richard Ostling, Religion Unplugged)
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