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Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Transformative dialogue at the forefront: global leaders advocate for sustainable peacebuilding
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Indonesia’s Foreign Minister calls for ‘interfaith collaboration’
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

‘Respecting the dignity of marginalized groups’: Dr. Nina Balmaceda’s faith-based peace solutions
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)

Saudi Arabian court jails teacher for 20 years for tweets
(Middle East Eye)

Afghanistan: Taliban pledge growing role for morality police
(AFP, Dawn)

Grande Mosquée de Paris to welcome 2024 Olympic flame
(Adil Faouzi, Morocco World News)

Algeria must guarantee freedom of assembly, association for all
(European Centre for Law and Justice)

UCLA defends facilitating antisemitic encampments on campus
(Becket)

Vietnam: 11 jailed Christians missing
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Mexican government asks priests to take civics course
(David Agren, National Catholic Reporter)

Taiwan: Transitional justice, conflicts of moralities, and religious movements in Taiwan
(Tsai Cheng-An, Bitter Winter)

India: Irrespective of religion, SC says Muslim women can seek maintenance from husbands after divorce
(The Times of India)

World religions commit to Rome call on AI in Hiroshima meeting
(Lisa Zingarini, Religion Unplugged)

Wyoming clergy speak out against political extremism
(Jasmine Hall, Jackson Hole News & Guide)

All-Ukrainian Council of Churches calls on governments of all countries to recognize Russia as a terrorist state
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Oregon blocks mom from adopting children because of her faith
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

NY court illegitimately steps into church affairs
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

July 2024 newsletter
(The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Indonesia's foreign minister calls for 'interfaith collaboration'
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

Monday, 8 July 2024

USCIRF welcomes President Joe Biden’s appointment of Mohamed Elsanousi to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Revolutionary in Theology: In Memoriam Jürgen Moltmann
(Zoran Grozdanov, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Canada: Trudeau appoints Jewish lawmaker as new adviser on Canadian Jewish community and antisemitism
(Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Australia: Faith-based politics will erode social unity: PM
(Kat Wong, North West Star)

Understanding differences between Black and white Christian nationalism adherents and sympathizers
(Michael R. Fisher Jr., PRRI)

Satanists to volunteer in Florida schools in protest at DeSantis religious bill
(Richard Luscombe, The Guardian)

Florida schools can use religious chaplains for counseling. Will they?
(Jeffrey S. Solochek, Tampa Bay Times)

Christian school battles Michigan 'gender identity' law that forces hiring of LGBT teachers
(MSN)

Opponents of Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law want judge to block it before new school year starts
(Associated Press)

Oklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedom
(Mark Satta, The Conversation)

Religious San Francisco BART workers settle Covid vaccine case
(Isaiah Poritz, Bloomberg Law)

Nigeria: Resurgence of suicide attacks concern Nigeria’s Church leaders
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Nigerian army respects religious freedom as secular institution -- spokesperson
(Tarkaa David, Leadership Nigeria)

Around the web - 8 July 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

General Synod support for same-sex relationships
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion roundup – 7th July
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Religious freedom is being ignored this election
(Miles Windsor, The Critic)

The relentless persecution of Christians in Latin America
(Antonio Graceffo, Mercator)

Pakistan: Christians face ‘devastating’ persecution under Pakistani blasphemy laws, expert says
(Kate Quiñones, Catholic News Agency)

Cuban Christians’ cry for religious freedom comes as pastor lingers in jail
(Diana Chandler, Religion Unplugged)

United Nations denounce discrimination and hate crimes against Jehovah's Witnesses and others in Japan
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)

How to steal a school: Japan's persecution of the Unification Church extends to Senegal
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)

Pope to preside over interfaith meeting in Indonesian mosque during longest, most challenging trip
(Nicole Winfield and Niniek Karmini, Associated Press)

German pharmacist sanctioned for not selling morning-after pill sees charges dropped
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

Lithuania and the Jehovah’s Witnesses: Enhanced state recognition was refused to the religious organizations based on arguments that have already been rejected by the courts, including the European Court of Human Rights.
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)

Govt fails to clarify whether religious face coverings fall foul of protest law
(Chai Brady, The Irish Catholic)

Is enforcing hijab crucial to Islam? The 18th session of the Tajikistan’s upper chamber of Parliament (Majlisi Mili) has finally approved the bill banning the hijab after years of unofficial law.
(Harshit Sharma, Modern Diplomacy)

Vietnam requests US to objectively assess religion and belief situation
(VietNam News)

Religious values and the 2024 election
(Pew Research Center)

Religion Watch, Volume 39 No. 8
(Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Experts alarmed by possible extradition of refugee and human rights defender Y Quynh Bdap from Thailand to Vietnam
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Fragmentation in the European and Inter-American Human Rights Courts Regarding the Scope of Religious Autonomy: An Analysis of the Use of Sources and Methodologies
(Gabriela García Escobar, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Articles of interest - 8 July 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nepal: Why Nepal had a religious monarchy − and why some people want it back
(Anne Mocko, The Conversation)

Uganda officially recognizes Muslim martyrs killed in the 1800s
(John Semakula, Religion Unplugged)

We don’t have to choose between the Enlightenment and religion
(Michael Reneau and Mustafa Akyol, The Dispatch)

Court decision protects religious rights of Jehovah's Witnesses to alternative service
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Malaysia: The rise of a new breed of Islamic preacher in Malaysia
(Vanitha Nadaraj, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Court rejects allegedly anti-Zionist professors' claims that university should have stopped Jewish professors from filing religious discrimination complaints against them
(Eugene Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy)

COMECE Youth Net annual contribution on digitalisation and family
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Systemic discrimination of intellectually disabled children: V.I. v. Moldova paves the way
(Eva Sevrin and Merel Vrancken, Strasbourg Observers)

China, “Strict governance of religion” imposed on Christians
(Zhang Chunhua, Bitter Winter)

Judge to hear Oregon mom's foster care denial case over religious beliefs
(16 KMTR News)

Towards indigenous sovereignty: Exploring rights and solidarity in self-governing territories
(JoAnne Wadsworth, Viewpoints, a blog of the G20 Interfaith Forum Association)

Friday, 5 July 2024

Judge rejects Paxton’s ‘outrageous and intolerable’ efforts to close Annunciation House shelters
(Robert Moore, Cindy Ramirez, Texas Public Radio)

Infinite, finite, and definite dignity: Reflections on the Catholic Church’s Dignitas Infinita
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Dignitas Infinita. A theological commentary
(Antonio Autiero, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Developing Our Understanding of Human Dignity for the Digital Age
(Paolo Carozza, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Dignitas Infinita—Infinite Dignity. A Compendium of Catholic Ethics—and a Missed Chance
(Ingeborg G. Gabriel, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Infinite Love and the (In)dignity of Christ: Reflections on Francis’s Theology of Infinite Human Dignity from Infinite Divine Love
(Greg Marcar, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Theological Perspectives on the Document Dignitas Infinita
(Thomas Massaro, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Why Should Human Dignity Be Defined as Infinite? Brief Reflections on Dignitas Infinita
(Benedetta Vimercati, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

What Does Dignitas Infinita Say about Gender?
(Francisca Pérez-Madrid, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Christian to appeal over job tribunal ruling
(Dave Higgens and Hayley Coyle, BBC News)

Federal agencies distort truth, threaten religious freedom with gender ideology rules
(Robert E. Barron and Kevin C. Rhoades, OSV News)

India: Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100, mostly women and children
(Biswajeet Banerjee and Krutika Pathi, Associated Press)

Vandals behead a controversial sculpture of Mary giving birth to Jesus in an Austrian cathedral
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Devout athletes find strength in their faith. But practicing it and elite sports can pose hurdles
(Giovanna Dell’Orto and Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)

FBI investigates vandalism at two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati
(Associated Press)

Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
(Asim Tanveer, Associated Press)

Alaska Supreme Court rejects facial challenge to law allowing state reimbursement to home schoolers for materials
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

China accused the U.S. of defaming religious freedom report
(Prensa Latina)

A strange Belgian decision: Catholic bishops should pay damages for not allowing a woman to train as a deacon
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A magazine on religious liberty and human rights)

Complexities abound in unending Ten Commandments disputes
(Richard Ostling, Religion Unplugged)

Ten Commandments legislation: Why is this still happening?
(Holly Hollman, Baptist News Global)

In UK, Muslims threaten electoral damage on Labour Party over support for Israel
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Nigeria: Biden administration under fire in Nigeria over religious freedom report
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Jesuit Refugee Services says UK politicians ignoring plight of asylum seekers
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Presbyterian Church (USA) votes to divest from Israel bonds, denounces Christian Zionism
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Update on Makin Review
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Navigating belief, discrimination, employment and professional ethics: Ngole
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

It’s time for change in the Government’s relationship with faith communities
(Laura Marks, Jewish News)

France’s Muslims fear for their futures as Le Pen’s far right party surges
(Sania Mahyou, Al Jazeera)

Kenya: ‘Politics in this country will have to change,’ says Nuncio Bert Van Megan after June 25 protests
(Wesley Omondi, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Syria: HRC56: Oral Statement during Interactive Dialogue with the COI on Syria
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Ghana: Orthodox Anglican Archbishop calls for effective cooperation between church and State
(Mildred Siabi-Mensah, Ghana News Agency)

Israel: New bill on funding religious councils raises concerns over revival of Rabbis Bill
(Sam Sokol, The Times of Israel)

The missing link between faith groups and government that Labour hopes to repair
(Ruth Peacock, Religion Media Centre)

US urges religious freedom on divided Cyprus, churches and mosques
(The National Herald)

The Camino, a Catholic pilgrimage, increasingly draws the spiritual but not religious
(Ellie Davis, Religion News Service)

Southern Baptists wade into the troubled waters of religious liberty – once again
(Terry Mattingly, OnReligion)

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