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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)
International Headlines
Afghanistan: What to expect as Taliban joins third UN-held talks on Afghanistan in Qatar
(Osama Bin Javaid, Al Jazeera)
Afghanistan: With Doha III, U.N. risks being complicit in normalizing gender apartheid
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)
Philippines: ‘Trust and respect’ feeds interfaith rice growing success in the Philippines
(Daniel Dickinson, UN News)
Singapore: Proposed workplace fairness legislation signals ethnic, religious discrimination unacceptable: Shanmugam
(Fabian Koh, Channel News Asia)
Around the web - 1 July 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Articles of interest - 1 July 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israel: Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem
(Ohad Zwigenberg, Associated Press)
South Sudan bishops blast government over lack of election preparation
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Why did Putin visit a tiny Orthodox church in North Korea?
(Katherine Kelaidis, Religion News Service)
Bangladesh: Islamist mob attack on Bangladeshi mystic singer sparks uproar
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Tajikistan: Muslim scholars urges Tajikistan to respect Islamic identity and religious freedom
(İlke Haber Ajansı)
India: Rahul Gandhi's 'Hindu' remark creates uproar in Lok Sabha, invites sharp reactions from BJP leaders: Who said what?
(The Economic Times)
Oceanian unity: Dignity & freedom
(John Andrew Quizana, Ke Alaka'i)
Guatemala: 2023 report on international religious freedom
(U.S. Embassy Guatemala)
Europe Headlines
United States Headlines
Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns
(Holly Meyer and Peter Smith, Associated Press)
Louisiana's ten commandments statute and the establishment clause
(Carl H. Esbeck, The Federalist Society)
Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state
(Andrew Silow-Carroll, Forward)
How will Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
(Sara Cline, Associated Press)
Oklahoma schools head Ryan Walters: Teachers who won't teach Bible could lose license
(Tyler Kingkade and Marissa Parra, NBC News)
Supreme confusion in Oklahoma issues: raised in state’s religious charter school case predestined to rise again
(Joshua Dunn, Education Next)
A religious freedom case for "YIGBY": Notre Dame law Prof. Patrick Reidy argues that religious organizations are entitled to faith-based exemptions from zoning restrictions preventing them from building affordable housing on their land.
(Ilya Somin, Reason)
Texas Supreme Court sides with Christian judge who refuses to officiate gay weddings
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Kentucky judge throws out Jewish mothers' lawsuit challenging the state's abortion ban
(Juliana Kim, NPR)
State Supreme Court sides with judge facing religious discrimination over marriage
(First Liberty)
Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban
(Jackie Hajdenberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Idaho abortion ban opponents: Lawmakers are still disrespecting many faiths.
(George Prentice, Boise State Public Radio)
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