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Monday, 4 April 2022

Finland: Is it finished? Lessons from the Finnish prosecution of a Christian MP
(David Robertson, Christian Today)

In Finland, a win for free speech everywhere
(Elyssa Koren, Newsweek)

Finland: The Overton window for Christian beliefs is narrowing
(Lois McLatchie, UnHerd)

Finland’s Bible tweet trial should trouble us all
(Elena Attfield, The Spectator)

Hungary: What do LGBTQ people think about Hungary's controversial referendum?
(Ádám Magyar, Euronews)

UK: English police to allow priests to give last rites at crime scenes
(Simon Caldwell, Catholic News Service)

UK: Spotify should ensure hateful content is removed
(Rachel Blain, The Times of Israel)

UK: Law and religion round-up – 3rd April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Russia: Muslim followers of peaceful new religious movements prosecuted
(SOVA Center for News and Analysis, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Freedom of religion or belief – Special bimonthly FORB (16.03-01.04-2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Iran human rights rapporteur given extra year
(Iran International)

Around the web - 4 April 2022
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

The Russia-Ukraine conflict and freedom of religion or belief
(Giulia Kavakas, Observatory on Religious Freedom in the Jurisprudence of the ECHR)

BIC New York: Forum highlights women’s critical role in climate action
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Canada: Ontario needs to reconsider pandemic school closure policy
(Cardus)

Judge blocks Air Force discipline over vaccine objections
(John Seewer, Associated Press)

Pope prays for end to ‘sacrilegious’ war, refugee welcome
(Nicole Winfield and Luigi Navarra, Associated Press)

Across US, faith groups mobilize to aid Ukrainian refugees
(Deepa Bharath and Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)

Ban on prayer over PA system at high school playoffs did not violate 1st Amendment
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 4 April 2022
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg: Faith in Ukraine
(Facebook, The Elijah Interfaith Institute)

Statement by President Biden marking the occasion of Ramadan
(The White House)

Secular law and equity in Beth Din decisions
(Shlomo Weissmann, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Finding the Constitution's common good
(Richard M. Reinsch II, Law & Liberty)

UCCRO Appeal on the provision of air defense for Ukraine and humanitarian corridors for the rescue of civilians
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Our personal victory over evil will be Ukraine’s victory in its invisible struggle against the devil, - the Head of the UGCC on the 37th day of the war
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Is Putin committing genocide in Ukraine?
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

Turning an enemy into a neighbor: How Catholics are responding to the war in Ukraine
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)

The power of interfaith friendship, according to an Anglican priest
(Lois M. Collins, Deseret News)

A Ukrainian director’s documentary about Babyn Yar massacre of Jews lands in an unanticipated context
(Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Chicago synagogue officially designates itself ‘anti-Zionist’
(The Forward, Arno Rosenfeld, Haaretz)

Israel: Hametz wars: Israel's annual unnecessary pre-Passover debates - analysis
(Herb Keinon, The Jerusalem Post)

Israel: A familiar script in Israel might have a new ending
(Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic)

Moscow patriarch repeats propaganda regarding war
(Institute of Religion and Policy, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

World churches' head expresses abhorrence at brutality recorded in Bucha, Ukraine; Pope condemns 'sacrilegious war'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Anchored Freedom
(Kurt Hofer, First Things)

Ethiopia: Prosecuting atrocity crimes committed in Northern Ethiopia: The need for special national prosecution mechanism
(Wubeshet Tiruneh, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Brazil: Catholic bishops seek more funds as Brazil becomes hub for human trafficking
(La Croix International)

Thailand: Muslim insurgents in Thailand to cease attacks during Ramadan
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

WCC expresses abhorrence at reported atrocities in Ukraine
(World Council of Churches)

Nicaragua strips funds from Catholic university, ups government control
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)

Argentine bishops mark 40th anniversary of war over disputed islands
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Muslim chaplains forge a new way of thinking about Islam in secular places
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

How Ireland took on the church and freed its soul
(James Wood, The New Yorker)

The antisocial strain of sincere religious beliefs is on the rise
(Charles McCrary, The New Republic)

Vietnam: Human Rights Watch submission to the European Union ahead of the EU-Vietnam human rights dialogue
(Human Rights Watch)

Atheist group pressures Tennessee town to remove cross display from mountain
(Nicole Alcindor, The Christian Post)

Religion in South Asian politics
(Shahid Javed Burki, The Express Tribune)

Blasphemy: The curse of South Asia
(Souh Asia Monitor)

Intel India VPs receive award on behalf of CEO & EVP
(The Indian Panorama)

Indian scholars, activists criticize school hijab ban ruling
(Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press)

India: Photos: Muslims in India capital break fast at iconic Jama Masjid
(Al Jazeera)

Indian Christians condemn call to boycott halal meat
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Orthodoxy’s missed opportunity: denying Putin victory
(Paul DeGroot, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

The role of religion in contemporary Russia and for the war in Ukraine
(Regina Elsner and Tobias Köllner, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Addressing climate change starts with changing our vision
(Shivali Fulchand, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Friday, 1 April 2022

Is corporate America ready for Ramadan?
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News)

Ramadan greeting from the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom
(Twitter, Rashad Hussain)

UN Chief cites Quran in Ramadan message to call for unity to build a peaceful world
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

UN says Yemen’s warring parties agree to 2-month truce
(Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press)

Ukraine war casts shadow over Ramadan amid soaring prices
(Zeina Karam, Associated Press)

Photos of the week: Indigenous delegation at Vatican, Ramadan preparations
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Kashmir: After ban, Friday prayers resume at Kashmir’s grand mosque in time for Ramadan
(Arif Nazir and Syed Shahriyar, Religion Unplugged)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 1 April 2022 (8AM CT): RPLP Fellows Meeting: “Faithful and (A)political: Religion, Ideology, and Political Participation”
(Religion and Public Life Program (RPLP), Rice University)

WEBINAR, 1 April 2022 (9AM Eastern): Two-year updates from National and Regional Faith Actor COVID-19 Responses
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Pope makes historic apology to Indigenous for Canada abuses
(Arab News)

Israeli settlers and police seize part of historic hotel in East Jerusalem's Old City
(Mustafa Abu Sneineh, Middle East Eye)

Israel: Ultra-Orthodox parties may offer Israeli government political safety net
(Israel Hershkovitz, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Religious diversity: Corporate obstacle? Or asset?
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Iran: Special monthly – News about Baha’is and Christians in Iran in March (01 April 2022)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

A Jan. 6 pastor divides his Tennessee community with increasingly extremist views
(Annie Gowen, The Washington Post)

In Chicago, the pope’s allies gathered to discuss his vision—and his detractors
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Weekly Highlight #199: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Assessing longer-term COVID-19 emergency impact
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Libyan church seeks to appeal court eviction notice
(International Christian Concern)

India: Christians in India unable to share their faith as another anti-conversion law passed
(Sophie Drew, Premier Christian News)

Indian youth gathering promotes interfaith harmony
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

India: Pastor murdered in Chhattisgarh
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Lev Tahor cult leader sentenced to 12 years for kidnapping, child exploitation
(Luke Tress, The Times of Israel)

Nicaragua: Police harass Bishop Rolando José Álvarez in San Benito
(The LA News)

Cuba: Pastor cubano es forzado al exilio bajo amenazas de prisión
(Camila Acosta, Cuba Net)

IGE Global Horizons: March 2022
(Institute for Global Engagement)

Algeria: Freedom of religion or belief – Report to the UPR 41st session
(World Evangelical Alliance)

Pope makes historic Indigenous apology for Canada abuses
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Ukrainian archbishop: Minority faiths at risk if Russia wins
(Peter Smith, Associated Press)

Iraqi cleric steps back, asks rivals to try form government
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

DOD loses bid to set aside injunction
(Liberty Counsel)

11th Circuit grants limited stay of injunction against Navy's vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

No Title VII violation in denying hospital employee 7 days off for Jewish holiday observance
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court dismisses Unification Church trademark dispute on ecclesiastical abstention grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Americans skeptical about religious objections to COVID-19 vaccines, but oppose employer mandates
(Justin Nortey, Pew Research Center)

Americans distrust religious objectors. But they don’t want them fired
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Activists seek to preserve ‘sacred’ land Japanese immigrants acquired before CA’s anti-immigrant land laws
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Deborah Lipstadt confirmed as antisemitism monitor in late-night Senate vote
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Group uses dialogue to help persecuted Christians in Pakistan, other countries
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Sri Lankan bishops urge political unity amid economic crisis
(Krishan Francis, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

In education, science and religion should be in dialogue
(Matthew Young, Real Clear Religion)

The Constitutional roots of Ketanji Brown Jackson’s public faith
(Justin Collings and Hal Boyd, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

Will Justice Jackson protect religious freedom?
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Catholic Register)

Uzbekistan: Police: "Law prohibits holding prayers in public place"
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

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