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Events Headlines
EVENT, 24-25 July 2024: The Impact of Emergency Rules on Religious Freedom, With Special Regard to Religious Minorities (Messina, Italy)
(Università degli Studi di Messina, ICLRS, ICLARS, DiReSoM, ADEC, and more)
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)
VIRTUAL EVENT, July-August 2024: Summer School and Interreligious Leadership Seminar: Human Life, Purpose and Dignity
(Elijah Interfaith Institute)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 8 July 2024: Accidental Diplomats: American Missionaries and the Cold War
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
International Headlines
Israel: Torah, war, politics, and the Supreme Court: The 2024 military service of Ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students bill
(Moshe Jaffe, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Ultra-Orthodox Jews block highway to protest Israel’s new mandatory military service ruling
(Ami Bentov, Associated Press)
Secretary Antony J. Blinken 2023 International Religious Freedom Report rollout
(U.S. Department of State)
India says it rejects "deeply biased" US religious freedom report
(Reuters)
China: Report: Sinicization drive pervades China’s religious repression in Tibet
(Tibetan Review)
China: Pastor Sun Hongguang detained during church service
(China Aid)
Canada: MAID lawsuit shines spotlight on faith-based health organizations
(Katie DeRosa, CBC News)
Canadian interfaith conversation: Standing together against hate based on religious identity
(The Canadian Council of Churches)
Thailand: Funeral for monk shot by soldiers highlights Myanmar army’s delicate relationship to Buddhist clergy
(Grant Peck, Associated Press)
Egypt: Christians in Egypt embark on construction of churches as persecution ebbs
(Catholic News Agency)
Sri Lanka blocks exam results over Muslim head coverings
(Meenakshi Ganguly, Human Rights Watch)
Sri Lanka country update
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Nicaragua country update
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Religions, Beliefs, and Legal Norms: The Tai Ji Men case
(Claudia Huang, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)
Morocco's religious minorities struggle with government bureaucracy and societal fear
(Latifa Babas, Yabiladi)
Singapore: New Asia-wide partnership announced
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
Kenya: After anti-tax protests, Kenyan churches urge government to focus more on youth
(World Council of Churches)
Kenya: Religious leaders in solidarity with ‘Gen-Z’ led protests rejecting Finance Bill 2024, condemn use of excessive force by police
(Wesley Omondi, Catholic Information Service for Africa)
Cuba: Religious groups call for protections for freedom of religion or belief
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Holy See calls for global action against trafficking of women and girls
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Vatican News)
Nigeria: Oyo govt seeks deeper commitment from religious, traditional leaders
(Rukiyat Ogunwade, Tribune Online)
Iran: Religious minorities overlooked in Iran’s presidential campaigns
(Ashkan Khosropour, Iran Wire)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
Harvard looks to combat antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias after protests over war in Gaza
(Steve Leblanc, Associated Press)
Fact sheet: Biden-Harris administration takes action to counter Islamophobia
(The White House)
What the Supreme Court’s latest abortion ruling means for religious freedom
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)
State Department releases annual report documenting dire global religious freedom picture
(Jeremy Barker, Religious Freedom Institute)
Jewish senators alarmed by Alito’s pro-Christian agenda
(Alexander Bolton, The Hill)
State Department criticizes religious persecution: But will it act?
(Knox Thames, Knox Thames)
Church halted from sunday service at Colorado amphitheater over concerns of preferential treatment
(Spencer Wilson, CBS News)
Oklahoma mandating Bibles in school classrooms—Just days after State Court rejects religious charter school
(Brian Bushard, Forbes)
Oklahoma state superintendent orders schools to teach the Bible in grades 5 through 12
(Sean Murphy, Associated Press)
Nation’s only publicly funded religious school struck down by Oklahoma court
(Brian Bushard, Forbes)
Some quick thoughts on the Oklahoma charter school case
(Mark Movsesian, Reason)
Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is dangerously wrong
(Mark Chancey, The Hill)
Louisiana sued over Ten Commandments law
(Molly Bohannon, Forbes)
Long before La.’s new law, Ky. parents won a major Ten Commandments case
(Anumita Kaur, The Washington Post)
Group representing two million U.S. reform Jews mounts legal challenge to Indiana abortion ban
(Etan Echin, Haaretz)
A deeper look at the rising threats to religious freedom in America
(David K. Trimble, National Catholic Register)
City-sponsored prayer vigil violated Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
The most religious, and religiously diverse, places in America
(Adrián Blanco, Lenny Bronner and Andrew Van Dam, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court overturns ‘Chevron’ doctrine with big implications for religious liberty
(Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency)
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