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Friday, 3 May 2024

WCC, Christian Conference of Asia offer training in diakonia, sustainable development
(World Council of Churches)

Sudan: The forgotten war with no winners
(Nick Baines and Paul Swarbrick, The Church of England)

Mexico: 139 Protestant Christians are now living in an auditorium because the Mexican government has not done its job
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Jewish parents & schools asking appeals court to protect children with disabilities
(Becket)

Hate crimes laws passed in Washington have been remarkably ineffective in protecting LGBTQ people for decades
(Christopher Ewing, The Conversation)

Opinion: Righteous attitudes, ideological purity tests, zero-sum thinking: How philanthropy stokes division
(Kristen Campbell, The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Thursday, 2 May 2024

VIRTUAL EVENT, 2 May 2024 (9:30AM ET): Harmony in Diversity - "Buddhism" with Debra Boudreaux
(European Union and United Nations Offices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

Wednesday, 1 May 2024

House passes antisemitism bill with broad bipartisan support amid campus arrests
(Summer Concepcion, Megan Lebowitz and Rebecca Kaplan, NBC News)

Cap lifted on faith school places in England
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

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

UK's Prevent strategy linked to rights abuses in Indonesia
(Areeb Ullah, Middle East Eye)

Navigating housing rights, education and religious freedom: Ghaoui
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Tories want Zelensky to protect religious freedom in Ukraine
(David Williamson, Express)

Ukraine: Two new conscientious objector jail terms
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

USCIRF releases 2024 Annual Report with new recommendations for U.S. policy
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 1 May 2024 (10AM ET): 2024 Annual Report: Key Findings and Recommendations - 25 Years of IRFA
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

An Ohio pastor says he’s facing new pressure to end his 24-hour homelessness ministry
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

If you want to preserve religious freedom, teach your kids to value it
(Hanna Seariac, Deseret News)

UN Special Rapporteur advises law graduates to keep the pursuit of justice at the center of their lives
(Eleanor Lambert, The Daily Universe - BYU)

At ‘Seder in the Streets,’ protesters in Brooklyn denounce US support to Israel
(Fiona André, Religion News Service)

Australia: Christian schools in Australia are under attack
(Stephen McAlpine, Premier Christianity)

Australia: March on religious freedom
(Kojo Akomeah, Adventist Record)

Australia: Church liability for clergy abuse
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Religion & Global Affairs Newsletter - 29 April 2024
(Knox Thames)

Afghanistan: A gunman kills 6 worshippers inside a Shiite mosque in western Afghanistan, the Taliban say
(Associated Press)

South Asian groups work to break cultural, religious stigmas around domestic violence
(Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)

Arizona pro-Palestinian protesters sue, argue authorities violated their religious freedom
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

After USC cancels graduation amid Israel protests, some Jewish students question their place on campus
(Jacob Gurvis, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Democratic Republic of Congo: After his comments deemed "seditious": Cardinal Ambongo targeted by a prosecutor's investigation
(Dido Nsapu, Digital Congo)

CAIR calls on U.S. House to reject ‘one-sided, dishonest’ antisemitism proposals, stop ignoring anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia
(Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Climate change and small island developing states
(Arthur Lyon Dahl, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

South Africa: Bishops decry state of targeted killings of clergy as another priest is gunned down in Pretoria
(Catholic Information Service for Africa)

France, the new law to fight against “sectarian abuses” in the field of health, subject to the control of the Constitutional Council
(The European Times)

Biden Administration rule threatens religious liberty for thousands of students
(Jorge Gomez, First Liberty)

Is European democracy too immature to address freedom of religion or belief?
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Backwards steps on the enjoyment of rights – a matter of state intervention or of interference? Retrogressive measures before the European Court of Human Rights.
(Marion Sandner, Strasbourg Observers)

Voters’ views of Trump and Biden differ sharply by religion
(Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)

China: Uyghur spy turns to religion and lands in Xinjiang prison
(Shohret Hoshur, Radio Free Asia)

Canada: Leave to appeal filed at the Supreme Court of Canada on Bill 21 case
(Canadian Civil Liberties Association)

Azerbaijan named among religious freedom violators by religious liberty watchdog
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Mexican Baptists in Hidalgo forced from homes
(Ken Camp, Baptist Standard)

Indian court ensures tribal Christian gets proper burial
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Warsaw synagogue attacked at night with 3 firebombs, no injuries reported
(Vanessa Gera, Associated Press)

75 Christian leaders urge president, Congress, churches to act on racism, poverty
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Accommodating teacher's anti-transgender beliefs created undue hardship for school under Title VII
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Kenya: Amid ongoing government probe, a Christian university fights for its identity
(Tom Osanjo, Religion Unplugged)

Brazil: Cleric highlights Islam's commitment to human rights protection
(International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest April 16-30
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: A court sentenced the candidate for membership of Hizb ut-Tahrir
(SOVA, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Indonesia: Ministry of Religion says isbat session is needed to determine Islamic calendar deliberately
(VOI)

Conflict-related sexual violence globally: from bad to worse
(Ewelina U. Ochab, Religion Unplugged)

Tuesday, 30 April 2024

ONLINE COURSE, application deadline 30 April 2024: Religion & Conflict Transformation
(swisspeace)

FAE joins English Montreal School Board's fight against Quebec's secularism law
(CBC News)

Monday, 29 April 2024

Diverse coalition urges 29-judge appeals court to protect Oak Flat
(Becket)

House Reps want antisemitism monitors for college campuses
(Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed)

Israelis see antisemitism — and foreign interests — behind US campus protests
(Susan Greene, Religion Unplugged)

The European “cycle” of neutrality
(Matteo Corsalini, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Ukraine’s church-state relationship may be changed significantly: interview with Dmytro Vovk
(Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

SBU declared suspicion of the Metropolitan of Svyatohirsk Lavra for the disclosure of Ukrainian AF positions
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Speakers at religious liberty conference in Australia highlight the Savior’s 2 great commandments
(Trent Toone, Church News)

Canada: Renewed NDP push to end keffiyeh ban at Queen's Park fails
(CBC News)

Latter-day Saints celebrate religious freedom at events in Iowa, Missouri
(Trent Toone, Church News)

Religious liberty and the human good
(Robert P. George, National Review)

Around the web - 29 April 2024
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Algerian Christians represent a source of peace for the country; let us preserve their freedom of worship!
(Thibault van den Bossche, European Centre for Law and Justice)

As many HBCUs thrive, faith-based Black schools fight financial and accreditation woes
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

The end of Erdoğan’s Islamist-welfarist paradigm?
(Sultan Tepe, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Fostering peaceful coexistence between religions: A perspective from international law
(Nazanin Baradaran, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Egypt: Muslim extremists burn down Christian homes in southern Egypt ahead of Coptic Easter
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Amicus brief: Williams v. Washington
(Free Exercise Clinic, Yale Law School)

Amicus brief: Smith v. City of Atlantic City
(Free Exercise Clinic, Yale Law School)

Freedom of religion or belief in Belarus:  IPPFORB launches advocacy letter expressing concern over Belarus's new law on religious organization activities
(International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief (IPPFoRB))

Thailand: Five-religion relationship workshop
(The World Fellowship of Buddhists)

Australia: Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney
(Keiran Smith, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 29 April 2024
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Can secular health care institutions be trusted to make a moral brain death policy?
(Charles C. Camosy, RNS Column: Purple Catholicism)

Italian bishops warn populist pol evokes ‘darkest periods’ of history on disabilities
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Colombian bishops call day of prayer as part of ‘silent service’ for peace
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

No religion? At these faith-based retirement communities, no problem.
(Tammy LaGorce, The New York Times)

Uzbekistan: regime continues repeated arbitrary blocking of registration
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Church of England and trades union recognition
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion roundup – 28th April
(Frank Cranmer, Forum 18 News Service)

The world’s first Sikh court opens in London
(Liz Harris, Religion Media Centre)

Scottish bishops say assisted suicide bill ‘takes us down a dangerous spiral’
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Christian leaders call on UK government to recognize Armenian Genocide
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The roots of forced migration: contravening international law
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

China: Religious issues and persecution – bimonthly digest April 15-29
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Chinese Christian jailed for distributing Bibles ‘illegally’
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Myanmar junta imposes curbs on religious activities
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Sudan: WCC meets president of Sudan for discussion of roadmap to peace
(World Council of Churches)

Sweden: Financing of religion: Jehovah’s Witnesses in the crosshairs
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Iran: Religious issues and persecution – monthly digest April
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Iranian women violently dragged from streets by police amid hijab crackdown
(Deepa Parent, The Guardian)

Column from France: Tension in France between Jews and Muslims gives concern for European elections
(Marc Derœux, Christian Network Europe)

Prohibition of religious slaughter in Executief van de Moslims van België and others v. Belgium: Process-based review and a new legitimate aim
(Harriet Ní Chinnéide & Dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf, Strasbourg Observers)

Gambia: UDP leader urges Minister Hamat Bah to apologise to Gambians for preacher licencing
(Freedom Newspaper)

India: Supreme Court notice on plea to allow people who have left Islam to inherit under secular rather than sharia law
(The Hindu)

Iraqi Parliament weighs "Eid al-Ghadir" holiday proposal amid political and religious debate
(Shafaq News.)

Pressure mounting on NCAA transgender student-athlete participation policy
(Arika Herron, Axios)

Saturday, 27 April 2024

EVENT, 27 April 2024 (9AM - 6PM BST): New Perspectives on Revival & Renewal of the Muslim Civilization (Birkbeck, UK)
(Islamic Courses)

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