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Events Headlines
WEBINAR, 27 June 2024 (12PM MT): Towards Indigenous Sovereignty: Exploring Rights and Solidarity in Self-Governing Territories
(G20 Interfaith Forum)
EVENT, 24 June 2024: Believers and Our Ethics in the Public Square (Washington DC, USA)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
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, 18 June 2024 (9AM ET): Religious freedom and integral human development: a new global platform
(Atlantic Council)
CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 15 June 2024: The Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief: Perspectives from the Global South
(Centre for Religion, Conflict and Globalization, University of Groningen)
EVENT, 14 June 2024 (12PM ET): From the Garden to Government: What does Creation have to do with Politics? (Washington, DC, USA)
(Vincent Bacote, Faith & Law)
International Headlines
New book: Ending Persecution: Charting the Path to Global Religious Freedom
(H. Knox Thames, University of Notre Dame Press)
Cuba: In the eyes of the Cuban government, leading a church can make you a threat to national security
(Anna Lee Stangl, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Kyrgyzstan: Greater financial controls on religious organisations?
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
Pakistan: 3 minority Ahmadiyya community members detained to prevent them from performing religious rites
(The Times of India)
Pakistan bishop calls on international community to stop abuse of blasphemy law
(John Pontifex, Aid to the Church in Need)
Iraqi court tells Christian woman to convert to Islam
(Rudaw)
Mexico: Christians forced from their homes in central Mexico state
(Carlos Páez, World)
Kenya bishops say proposed tax increases would punish the poor
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Saudi Arabia: Hajj proves religion can inspire peace
(Shaykh M A Kholwadia, Al Jazeera)
Religious freedom is in danger around the world
(Frank R. Wolf, National Review)
India: Fresh wave of violence erupts against Christians in the Indian state of Manipur
(Ganesh Rajaraman, Religion Unplugged)
Defending Palestine a sacred jihad, Muslim scholars reiterate
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
Australia: Proposed religious discrimination laws proving unpopular in Australia
(David Goodwin, Christian Today)
117th Congress IRF Congressional Scorecard
(IRF Secretariat)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
An American flag, a pencil sharpener − and the 10 Commandments: Louisiana’s new bill to mandate biblical displays in classrooms is the latest to push limits of religion in public schools
(Charles J. Russo, The Conversation)
How an anti-terror bill could strip Muslim social justice NGOs of nonprofit status
(Dilshad Ali, Religion News Service)
2023 RFI Impact Report
(Nathan Berkeley and Katie Lehmann, Religious Freedom Institute)
A lonely Jew in New York: Wearing a Jewish star in public in 2024
(Amy Klein, The Jerusalem Post)
New book: Understanding and Teaching Religion in US History
(Edited by Karen J. Johnson and Jonathan M. Yeager, University of Wisconsin Press)
Virginia city repeals ban on psychic readings as industry grows and gains more acceptance
(Ben Finley, Associated Press)
Court upholds firing of nurse with religious objections to flu vaccine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How reciting the Pledge of Allegiance became a sacred, patriotic ritual
(The Conversation)
‘The protest is a ritual’: How faith found a place in Palestine solidarity encampments
(Chloë-Arizona Fodor, Religion News Service)
Top US bishop worries Catholic border services for migrants might be imperiled by government action
(Holly Meyer, Associated Press)
Secret recording puts spotlight on Alito's strong conservative views on religious issues
(Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
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