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Australia's Albanese, China's Li hold talks on trade, rights
(Kirsty Needham, Reuters)
Australia: Queensland government accused of cowing to Christian Lobby on anti-discrimination bill
(Ben Smee, The Guardian)
India: Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Pope Francis and invites him to visit India
(Agenzia Fides)
India slowly expands protections for ostracized interfaith, mixed-caste couples
(Priyadarshini Sen, Religion News Service)
Nicaragua: Religious freedom and Latin America: Murillo’s rhetoric — backed by Ortega’s mano dura — confronts identity and dignity in Nicaragua
(Emily A. Cole, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Religion Watch, Volume 39 No. 7
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 24
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Articles of interest - 17 June 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nigeria: Popular cleric Fr Mbaka urges government action on minimum wage deadlock to prevent crisis
(Linet Maina, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
China: Henan's new approach: The Sinicization of weddings and funerals
(China Aid)
China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest June 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Mexico: No solution for Protestant families after fifty days of displacement
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Kenya president joins Pope Francis in calling for end of conflicts in Africa
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Pope Francis urges G7 leaders to prioritize human dignity in AI development
(Inno Flores, Tech Times)
Canada’s last remaining faith reporter reflects the past, and future, of religion (podcast)
(Not That Kind of Rabbi, The Canadian Jewish News)
Pakistani Taliban announce a 3-day cease-fire with security forces on Eid al-Adha holiday
(Associated Press)
DRC: ISIS kills dozens of Christians in DRC; churches close after latest attacks
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Religion and spirituality in East Asian societies
(Jonathan Evans, Alan Cooperman, Kelsey Jo Starr, Manolo Corichi, William Miner, Kirsten Lesage, Pew Research Center)
Israel: Uproar over bill intended to increase religious party's control over rabbinical establishment
(Eliav Breuer, The Jerusalem Post)
2,500 Gazans unable to perform Hajj due to Israeli occupation of Rafah crossing: Official
(Middle East Monitor)
Over 40k Muslims pray at Al-Aqsa to mark 1st day of Eid al-Adha
(Muslim Mirror)
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