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Wednesday, 25 December 2024
EVENT SERIES, February - December 2024: Faith, Democracy, and Our Common Future: Shaping A Path Forward
(Parliament of the World's Religions)
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
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)
VIRTUAL EVENT, 24 July 2024 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing - Deteriorating Religious Freedom Conditions in Nicaragua
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Wednesday, 17 July 2024
EVENT, 17 July 2024 (9:30AM ET): Bridging Divides and Building Peace - Youth, FoRB and the SDGs (New York, NY, USA)
(The Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA))
Monday, 15 July 2024
Are Hindu nationalists solidifying their presence in the UK?
(Sonia Sarkar, Religion Unplugged)
Antisemitic TikTok terrorist jailed for encouraging terrorism and sharing material
(Crown Persecution Service)
Law and religion roundup – 14th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Afghanistan: Taliban’s restrictions on Muharram processions continue across Afghanistan
(KabulNow)
Global Interfaith Monitor No. 25
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
WEBINAR, 15 July 2024 (3:30 PM CEST/Brussels): A Journey to the UDHR Centenary | EP. 2 Civil Society Engagement
(Paulo Macedo and Fabio Petito, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
German lay judge challenges a headscarf ban in court
(Marcel Fürstenau, Deutsche Welle)
Far-right circles urge expulsion of Muslims from Spain
(Daily Sabah)
Around the web - 15 July
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)
Judge rejects effort by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson to get records from Catholic church
(Gene Johnson, Associated Press)
Faith in democracy: Participation in government long a papal priority
(Justin McLellan, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Luxembourg: Overcoming passivity through community-building
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Alabama agrees to forgo autopsy of Muslim inmate scheduled to be executed next week
(Kim Chandler, Associated Press)
Taiwan: A Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding nun’s message of compassion global
(Huizhong Wu and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)
2nd Circuit rules for photographer challenging NY laws compelling speech
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Articles of interest - 15 July 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Church ceremony without marriage license was enough to create a civil marriage in New York
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious exemptions to Title IX on trial again in appeals case against US Dept of Ed
(Chloë-Arizona Fodor, Religion News Service)
Five faith facts about Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Nigeria bishops warn EU deal could push abortion, gender rights on Africa
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jewish elementary school in Zagreb fosters tolerance
(Andrea Jung-Grimm, Deutsche Welle)
Faith leaders, politicians invoke God’s protection for Trump in wake of shooting
(Paul O'Donnell, Religion News Service)
India: Church leaders meet Indian PM, raise concerns over 'attacks'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest July 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
China to impose ‘strict governance’ on Protestant churches
(Union of Catholic Asian News)
Israel: At least 22 killed in strike on makeshift mosque in Gaza City camp, hospital official says
(Abeer Salman, Lauren Kent and Ibrahim Dahman, CNN)
Canada: Members of other faiths show solidarity at Muslim prayers, after threats
(Michael John Lo, Times Colonist)
How to make clear that Christian conservatism is not far-right
(Valeriia Petrechkiv, Christian Network Europe)
Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a global first
(Ramatoulie Jawo and Monika Pronczuk, Associated Press)
‘God-given immune system’
(Courthouse News Service)
Many adults in East and Southeast Asia support free speech, are open to societal change
(Manolo Corichi, Pew Research Center)
Ghana: NPP gov’t to incentivize faith-based orgs driving national development - Napo reveals
(Modern Ghana)
Mozambique: President asks CPLP constitutional courts to defend dignity
(Club of Mozambique)
Activists wave Hezbollah flag, call for intifada outside Queens synagogue
(Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post)
Legal Journal Number 9 (19): July (Spanish)
(Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)
The "Nonministerial" Exception
(Athanasius Sirilla, SSRN)
Friday, 12 July 2024
The case for religious liberty hinges on restoring ‘faith in faith’
(Sarah Jane Weaver, Deseret News)
EVENT, 12 July 2024: National Seminar on Cross Cultural Religious Literacy: Religion and Law (South Jakarta, Indonesia)
(Pancasila University, Institut Leimena, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Australia has its first antisemitism special envoy, with an Islamophobia special envoy to follow. What will this mean?
(Matteo Vergani, Dan Goodhardt, and Susan Carland, The Conversation)
Australia: Fatima Payman advises Muslims: ‘Don’t establish a political party’
(Michelle Grattan, The Conversation)
11 July: International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 Genocide in Srebrenica
(Marija Pejčinović Burić, Council of Europe)
Record number of 25 Muslims elected to UK Parliament amid rising Islamophobia
(Muslim Mirror)
In letter to the new prime minister, UK church leaders express concern about ‘conversion therapy’ ban
(Evangelical Focus)
How the new Labour government can craft a robust foreign policy with FoRB at its core
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
India: Right to freedom of religion doesn’t encompass the right to convert others: Allahabad HC
(OpIndia)
India’s Muslims voted for justice and equality, but this remains a distant future
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
RFI President speaks on religious freedom and depolarization at Notre Dame summit
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Jews in Europe still face high levels of antisemitism
(European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights)
Roundtable in Brussels: Power of Partnerships to Improve the Well-being of Women and Children
(YouTube Video, The Church of Jesus Christ Europe)
Indiana music teacher returns to 7th Circuit seeking protection of religious beliefs
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Rulers of Islamic nations not fulfilling duties towards Palestinians: Iranian Sunni cleric
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))
The church is radicalizing over Gaza: strange extremist bedfellows
(Scott Gustafson, Religion News Service)
Quakers view the Palestinian narrative as just and righteous - opinion
(Asaf Romirowsky, The Jerusalem Post)
School's exclusion of Fellowship of Christian Athletes violates RFRA and 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
United Methodist Church is not a jural entity that can be sued under NY Child Victims Act
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Azerbaijan is a top violator of religious freedom. Accountability is a must | opinion
(Artak Beglaryan, Newsweek)
Uzbekistan: Planned new punishments for parents allowing children's religious education
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Ukraine: The war, religious beliefs and conscientious objection: the case of Protestants
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
CEC condemns attack on Ukrainian children's hospital, and calls for peace and accountability
(Conference of European Churches)
Holy warheads: Russian Orthodox Christianity as weaponized culture
(Elaine Wilson, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Why French Protestants seem to be afraid of a right-wing surge in the elections
(Marc Derœux, Christian Network Europe)
Verhoeven v. France – Reconciling private international law and children’s rights law in international child abduction cases remains a difficult task
(Tine Van Hof, Strasbourg Observers)
At Taizé, a countercurrent dialogue between young Christians and Muslims
(Fanny Uski-Billieux, La Croix International)
How faith-based projects are helping to stem Africa’s growing eco-anxiety
(Cyril Zenda, Religion Unplugged)
Teaching within a tradition: A common cause for religious and cultural minority groups
(Alexis de La Ferriere, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)
EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, a dialogue of the deaf
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Palliative care and assisted suicide at the ECtHR: Dániel Karsai v. Hungary
(Gabriela García Escobar, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Legal criteria for the primacy of business confidentiality over the right to freedom of expression in Boronyák v. Hungary
(Strasbourg Observers)
Catholic therapists challenge Michigan’s ban on counseling for transgender kids
(Becket)
Cuba: CSW calls for human rights reforms and release of political prisoners on third anniversary of protests
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
In Venezuela, détente is confirmed between the church and state
(FSSPX News)
Turkish authorities crack down on Christianity; deny church land for worship space
(ADF International)
Navajo Marine says religious waiver will help recruit more personnel
(Riley Ceder, Marine Corps Times)
Nicaragua: International human rights court condemns Nicaraguan government’s imprisonment of Christian ministry leaders, calls for immediate release
(ADF International)
Nicaragua: Radio María in Nicaragua shut down by country’s dictatorship
(Walter Sánchez Silva, Catholic News Agency)
Mexico ‘cancels’ statue of Greek god Poseidon after dispute with local deity
(Fabiola Sánchez, Associated Press)
Thursday, 11 July 2024
VIRTUAL EVENT, 10-11 July 2024: International Conference on Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy (Indonesia)
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Law and Human Rights, ICLRS, Templeton Religion Trust, Institut Leimena)
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
(Rod McGuirk, Associated Press)
Australia: Trial told dying girl offered prayer not medicine
(Simon Atkinson, BBC News)
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)
Nigeria: Bauchi Varsity gets $95,000 support to promote law, religion activities
(Khalid Idris Doya, Leadership Nigeria)
The importance of continuity in the UK’s freedom of religion or belief policy
(Knox Thames, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)
Bangladesh: In the past year, 45 people have died in violence against religious minorities in Bangladesh
(Sumon Corraya, Asia News)
Iran: Jewish Association of Iran congratulates newly elected Pezeshkian amid regional tensions
(The Jerusalem Post)
Iran: Tehran police close Turkish Airlines office after its employees defy Iran’s headscarf law
(Amir Vahdat, Associated Press)
At Buddhist-Christian dialogue, finding solidarity amid shifting religious landscape
(Michael Woolf, Religion News Service)
How a perfect storm sent church insurance rates skyrocketing
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
Bills to enhance religion in schools spur fights between faiths
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
How 'Islamic State' uses AI to spread extremist propaganda
(Cathrin Schaer, Deutsche Welle)
Meta bans use of ‘Zionists’ as a cover for attacks on Jews or Israelis
(Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The 12 countries with the worst religious freedom conditions
(John Burger, Aleteia)
Non-Christian symbols on churchyard headstones
(Law & Religion UK)
How not to be a charity trustee: Citygate Christian Outreach Centre
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
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