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Friday, 6 September 2024

Global institute convenes leaders in Kenya to reimagine a just economy
(World Council of Churches)

At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace
(Bridget Moix, Religion News Service)

Archbishop Ieronymos and Greek Culture Minister discuss church-state relations and monument preservation
(Greek City Times)

Polish church defends religious teaching against new government curbs
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic Review)

Taking religion out of schools “removes inalienable part of Polishness”, warns president
(Notes from Poland)

Welcoming the Stranger: Abrahamic Hospitality and Its Contemporary Implications
(Edited by Ori Z Soltes and Rachel Stern, Fordham University Press)

Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says
(David Sharp, Associated Press)

Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say
(Stella Martany and Kareem Chehayeb, Associated Press)

11th Circuit: Barring use of PA system for pre-game prayers does not violate 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rutgers task force report urges university to add caste discrimination ban
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)

Rwanda: Members of shuttered Rwandan churches gather in homes as leaders quietly protest
(Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)

U.S. secures deal with Nicaragua to release jailed Christians, political activists
(James Lynch, National Review)

Venezuela: Maduro declares Christmas in October amid Venezuela’s post-election strife
(Tom Phillips, The Guardian)

British charity warns against “regressive” assisted suicide law as Dame Esther Rantzen calls for new vote
(Anglican Ink)

Starmer urged to reconvene cross-government group as united front in tackling Jew-hate
(Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

Balancing free speech and religious sensitivities: Sokolovskiy
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Kyrgyzstan: Public discussion of latest repressive draft religion law
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Teaching the Ten Commandments and Bible in public schools is about race and history, not just the First Amendment
(Leslie Ribovich, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

India: Right to food: is eating what the state says a religious freedom issue?
(AJ Philip, Religion Unplugged)

Indonesian Muslims differ over airing call-to-prayer during papal Mass
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Sri Lanka approves burial and cremation rights bill
(Devdiscourse)

Parliament shoots down Arnhem mayor’s ban on Quran desecration
(NL Times)

Apache Stronghold heads to Supreme Court to save Oak Flat
(Becket Law)

End game nears for Hungarian church at odds with Orban
(Alexander Faludy, Balkan Insight)

Introducing: The Black Religious Liberty Curriculum
(Columbia Law School)

Black Visions of the Holy Land: African American Christian Engagement with Israel and Palestine
(Roger Baumann, Columbia University Press)

Places still available: Only training programme in Germany in “Journalism on Religion”
(University of Münster)

International religious freedom should be a priority for next president
(Max Primorac, Newsweek)

Thursday, 5 September 2024

WEBINAR, 5 September 2024 (6PM in Jerusalem): Peace-Makers Illuminating Human Dignity
(Shelagh Shalev, Praying Together in Jerusalem)

EVENT, 5 September 2024 (5:30PM ET): The Best and Surest Foundation? Faith and Democracy and the Legacy of the First Prayer in Congress (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
(American Philosophical Society)

Wednesday, 4 September 2024

Opinion: Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education (Title IX's religious exemption)
(Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Pope Francis visits Indonesia amid rising religious intolerance
(Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

Pope Francis to Indonesians: ‘Interreligious dialogue fosters mutual respect’
(Devon Watkins, Religion Unplugged)

Pope calls world’s largest Muslim nation to fight extremism, foster tolerance
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 4 September 2024 (15:00 CEST): Consultation process of the new Charta Oecumenica
(Conference of European Churches)

Should churches endorse political candidates? New lawsuit reignites old debate
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Why a Catholic diocese in New Jersey is suing the U.S. government
(Rebecca Schneid, TIME)

Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023
(Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)

The General v. the Pope opens a new front in Italy’s culture wars
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Challenges faced in building mosques in Italy
(Press TV)

Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest August 16-31
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

“The Kremlin despises spiritual and human values and has no respect for any religion or faith,” - Volodymyr Zelensky
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Reflections and recommendations: Concluding the G20 Interfaith Forum 2024 in Brasilia
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Japan: Unification Church appeals against fine in Japan’s top court
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan: Political Injustice – the ongoing persecution of Ahmadi Muslims
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Commemorations and cultural heritage at 50 years of the partition of Cyprus
(Elizabeth H. Prodromou, The Aegean Monthly)

Eritrea: UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Honouring Eritrea’s missing voices
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

M.A. and others v. France: The ‘end demand’ model of regulating sex work goes to Strasbourg
(Dimitrios Kagiaros and Inga Thiemann, Strasbourg Observers)

Korean Americans are much more likely than people in South Korea to be Christian
(Kelsey Jo Starr and Kirsten Lesage, Pew Research Center)

Nicaragua: Religious groups affected by another mass cancellation of civil society organisations
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Supreme Court could preserve, or restrict, religious freedom in upcoming term
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Islamophobic state government video causes outrage in Germany
(Al Jazeera)

Inside one governor’s crusade to tear down the wall between church and state
(Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone)

Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states
(Andrew Atterbury and Juan Perez Jr., Politico)

Australia: Faiths unite for fight over sex laws
(The Australian)

IDF briefly shuts Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs after West Bank car bombs
(Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel)

Thousands of illegal Israeli settlers take over Ibrahimi Mosque prayer room
(Middle East Monitor)

“There is no incompatibility between the exercise of faith and human rights,” says Silvio Almeida at G20 event (Portuguese)
(Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania)

Brazil: Constitution of health and life and Jehovah's Witnesses (Portuguese)
(Luigi Bonizzato, Jota)

Law and religion roundup – 1st September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – August
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Tuesday, 3 September 2024

Pope opens Asia odyssey with stop in Indonesia to rally Catholics, hail religious freedom tradition
(Nicole Winfield and Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)

Pope Francis arrives in Muslim-majority Indonesia for visit focusing on interreligious dialogue
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Poland eases abortion access with new guidelines for doctors under a restrictive law
(Associated Press)

Swiss rally for persecuted Christians: “This faith has endured in suffering, even in the darkest prison cell”
(Evangelical Focus)

Around the web - 3 September 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Dominican Republic: A top court in the Dominican Republic deliberates anti-sodomy laws targeting police and military
(Dánica Coto, Associated Press)

Praising the MWL's Islamic and humanitarian role across the globe: In countries of religious and ethnic diversity
(Muslim World League)

RFI joins appellate brief defending World Vision’s right to uphold convictions on marriage
(Religious Freedom Institute)

The different options for administering Israel’s holiest sites
(Nahshon Perez, Algemeiner)

Anti-Christian sentiment and persecution in the Holy Land
(Mario Alexis Portella, Crisis Magazine)

Afghanistan: New morality law affirms Taliban’s regressive agenda, experts call for concerted action
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Iran: UN experts alarmed by surge in executions, demand moratorium on death penalty
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

AFJN launches ‘Unity Through Diversity’ peace project in Eastern Congo (includes audio for new song “Tuishing Pamoja” (Let’s Live Together”)
(Africa Faith and Justice Network)

Parliament adopts law “On protection of constitutional order in the sphere of activity of religious organizations”
(Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

Yemen: Remaining prisoners released: The Yemeni Bahá’í community’s unyielding pursuit of peace
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Knowledge about religions is good—but cross-cultural religious literacy is better
(Institute for Global Engagement)

A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)

Teaching of evolution does not violate Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 2 September 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

6th Circuit reverses dismissal of Muslim inmate's religious accommodation complaints
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Los Angeles churches could soon build homes on their parking lots
(Giulia Carbonaro, Newsweek)

Government aims to support church schools like state-run educational institutions
(HungaryToday)

Kyrgyzstan proposes amendment to laws regulating religious sphere
(The Times of Central Asia)

Bangladesh’s Hindu-Buddhist-Christian council pushes for secular state
(Rishabh Jain, Religion News Service)

The sacred and the profane: The ethics of Hajj fund management in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Maldives
(Edward Mariyani-Squire, Hafidz Lidinillah and Maria Bhatti, ABC News Australia)

Australia: The future of religious freedom in a secular world
(Anthony Fisher, Quadrant)

Europe: From economic necessity to socio-religious crisis (Spanish)
(Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

Mexico: These will be the penalties for having an abortion after 6 weeks in Aguascalientes (Spanish)
(Ale Huitron, Infobae)

Defining religion and accommodating religious exercise
(Justin Collings and Anna Bryner, Indiana Law Journal)

Antisemitism on campus: Understanding hostility to Jews and Israel
(Graham Wright, Shahar Hecht, Sasha Volodarsky, and Leonard Saxe, Brandeis University)

Saturday, 31 August 2024

Event registration deadline, 31 August 2024: Seventh ICLARS Conference: The Accommodation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere: Undeserved Privilege or Fundamental Right? (South Bend, Indiana, USA)
(International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

Friday, 30 August 2024

Institutions as agents of persecution and inclusion of minority faiths
(Brett G. Scharffs, International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

Many around the globe say it’s important their leader stands up for people’s religious beliefs
(Jonathan Evans, Maria Smerkovich, Manolo Corichi and William Miner, Pew Research Center)

Religion and foreign policy webinar: Statelessness of religious and ethnic minority groups
(Council on Foreign Relations)

The deadly message of the “death capsule”: Assisted suicide and the (God-given) limits of consent
(Adam M. Carrington, World)

Italy’s citizenship debate may capture a ‘Francis effect’ on national politics
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Uzbekistan: Given punishment cell "so he will stay in prison longer"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Faith communities take a stand against lethal autonomous weapons
(World Council of Churches)

Nigeria: Bishops urge President Tinubu to reassess economic policies, consider return to regional system of government
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

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