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Friday, 12 May 2023

Muslim NGOs criticize 'racist' study on Muslim students in Austria
(Daily Sabah)

Wisconsin Supreme Court to decide if Catholic ministry is religious
(Becket)

USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Timothy Suh | An Interview with Jim Bennett | IRF Summit RFI Profiles
(YouTube Video, Religious Freedom Institute)

Open letter from the Permanent Council to the Government of Canada on permitting persons living with mental illness to access euthanasia/assisted suicide (PDF)
(Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops)

New book: A Principled Framework for the Autonomy of Religious Communities: Reconciling Freedom and Discrimination
(Alex Deagon, Bloomsbury Publishing)

Bill to outlaw discrimination based on caste clears California Senate
(Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)

Havasupai Tribe in Arizona marks a spiritual homecoming: ‘We are still the Grand Canyon’
(Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press)

8th Circuit upholds constitutionality of federal ban on damaging religious real property
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

S4, Ep. 21: 613 Commandments: James Talarico on his defense of church-state separation as a Christian (podcast)
(Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Faith-based refugee resettlement agencies denounce new asylum rule
(Yonat Shimron and Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

American Catholics shouldn’t abandon religious freedom
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)

Belarus: Seven fined for talking about Easter in street
(Olga Glace and Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Indian Christians demand independent panel to quell attacks
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

India: Our government does not look at religion or caste while delivering benefits, this is real secularism: PM Modi.
(Devdiscourse)

Third blast in a week near India’s Golden Temple, five arrested
(Al Jazeera)

Video of the Conference “Towards a new model for companies in Europe” is now online
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Pakistan: “The GSP+ and blasphemy laws in Pakistan in the dock” Blasphemy legislation in Pakistan: Which response should be given by the EU?”
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Pakistan: “Being a girl or a woman in Pakistan, especially in a minority”
(Manel Msalmi, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Pakistan: Cleric killed by mob following blasphemy accusation
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Notre Dame Law School Religious Liberty Clinic represents Sikh, Jewish, and Muslim groups defending a Muslim inmate’s religious rights
(Arienne Calingo, University of Notre Dame Law School)

Turkey’s opposition opens up to the hijab
(Alessandra Bajec, Al Jazeera)

Conservative Muslim women helped Erdoğan win previous elections. Now some are turning against him
(Fariba Nawa, Time)

USCIRF thanks outgoing Commissioner Sharon Kleinbaum
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Spanish bishops: Abortion as a right makes the unborn child ‘a true undocumented person’
(Nicolás de Cárdenas, Catholic News Agency)

Pope joins Meloni in urging Italians to have more kids, not pets
(Nicole Winfield and Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press)

Wave of anti-transgender bills in Republican-led states divides US faith leaders
(David Crary, Associated Press)

With confusion along US-Mexico border, El Paso pastors provide migrants with shelter and counsel
(Giovanna Dell'Orto, Associated Press)

New Florida law protects conscience rights of health care providers
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Do faith groups have a legal right to feed the hungry?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Europe's rabbis to move their headquarters to Munich
(Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)

China demands ‘total loyalty’ from state-run churches
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

China's ethnocide and the transborder implications of the Uyghur Muslim unrest
(Aparna Rawal, South Asia Monitor)

Confronting China's war on religion Part IV: The Catholic Church
(Eric Felten & Carl M. Cannon, Real Clear Politics)

"This is not an accident, but a systemic crime": Zelensky’s Office condemns seizure of the OCU Cathedral in Simferopol by occupiers
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

There is no persecution on religious grounds in Ukraine. Results of the meeting with the World Council of Churches
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

UOC-MP Archimandrite charged with collaboration for blessing occupiers
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Communities torn as Ukraine turns its back on Moscow-linked church
(Max Hunder, Reuters)

The Armed Forces of Ukraine thank the Head of the UGCC for the constant spiritual and moral support of the Ukrainian army
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Good and bad Muslims: New UK report reinforces a false narrative
(Khadijah Elshayyal, Middle East Eye)

New UK embassy building to reinforce relationship with the Holy See
(Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Leo Docherty MP, GOV.UK)

“Dastardly” crime foiled by churchwarden
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction
(Andrew Lapin, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Some less-tentative thoughts on abortion and religious liberty, one year later
(Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy)

In the news: breaking religious freedom stories across the country - 12 May 2023
(First Liberty)

RFI’s Ismail Royer supports Jewish Theological Seminary conference on civic friendship
(Religious Freedom Institute)

Wednesday, 10 May 2023

Justice Department files statement of interest in religious land use case involving faith-based group that feeds homeless people in California
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Values of UN Charter under threat like never before, warns Guterres
(UN News)

Challenges and promises of artificial intelligence in religion
(Stanislav Panin, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

WEBINAR, 10 May 2023 (10:30AM ET): USCIRF Hearing: Transnational Repression of Freedom of Religion or Belief
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Islamic State: Hundreds of women on hunger strike at Iraqi prison
(Murad Shishani and Nick Sturdee, BBC News)

US ‘war on terror’ feeding global anti-Muslim feelings - scholar
(TRT World)

Banned French basketball player wants to return to court wearing headscarf
(TRT World)

Maternity homes provide support in a post-Roe world, but not without conditions
(Katia Riddle, NPR)

The FDA considers first birth control pill without a prescription
(Rob Stein, NPR)

Neo-Nazis, far-right extremists committed 23,493 crimes in Germany last year: Report
(Anadolu Agency)

Violation of freedom of education: Germany denies Christian private school accreditation, case filed at Europe’s top human rights court
(ADF International)

Ireland’s hate offences bill represents an unprecedented assault on free speech and rule of law
(David Thunder, MercatorNet)

The end of an era for the Sisters of Charity of New York
(Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)

After School Satan Clubs gain popularity amid legal victories
(The Hill)

Satanic Temple sues to deliver invocation at Chicago City Council
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Teachers sue over school district's policy on transgender students
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Oakland Catholic Diocese files for Chapter 11 Reorganization.
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

How many times do hijab-wearing Muslim judges in America need to break the glass ceiling?
(Anna Piela, Religion News Service)

Why Habitat for Humanity’s theology of the hammer offers hope in polarized times
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

The IRS just hiked taxes on private jet flights. Pastors are not excluded.
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)

Israel will add diaspora victims of antisemitism to those mourned on Day of Remembrance
(Stewart Ain, Forward)

Israel bombs Gaza as new military offensive begins
(Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

66% of Ukrainians believe that the UOC-MP contributed to Russian aggression - Razumkov Center
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukraine: Army rejects conscientious objector alternative service transfer
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Finland did not violate Jehovah's Witnesses freedom of religion, European court rules
(YLE)

Door-to-door evangelism and data protection: Jehovah’s Witnesses v Finland
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Archbishop of Canterbury: UK migration bill is morally wrong
(Sylvia Hui, Associated Press)

They bury (and burn) altars, don’t they?
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Groups want "secularism" axed from Mali's new constitution
(Lucie Sarr, La Croix International)

Mgr. Crociata on Europe Day: “necessary efforts to overcome conflict and achieve a just peace”
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

WCC appeals for peace in Manipur, India amid ongoing ethnic and communal violence
(World Council of Churches)

The Kerala Story: West Bengal ban on Islamic State film sparks row
(Zoya Mateen, BBC News)

Faith leaders join hands with health department to outflank measles in India’s Madhya Pradesh
(Shuriah Niazi, Gavi)

Explained: Why tribals and non-tribals are fighting in India’s Manipur
(TRT World)

Korean Church holds life concert for death penalty abolition
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Iran: UN experts condemn recent executions, urge moratorium on death penalty
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

EEOC sues Charlotte IHOP for religious discrimination and retaliation
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Kenya cult deaths: a new era in the battle against religious extremism
(Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen, The Conversation)

Gambian students accuse schools of veil discrimination
(Omar Wally, BBC News)

Death toll of Kenya cult rises to 133
(Richard Hamilton, BBC News)

Tunisia investigates guardsman’s motive for killing 5 outside historic synagogue
(Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Thomas Adamson, Associated Press)

Djerba Tunisia: Worshippers killed near Africa's oldest synagogue
(BBC News)

Brothers sentenced to 6-year jail for 'anti-Arab' attack in Canada
(Daily Sabah)

The long road to confronting China’s war on religion: Part III
(Ethan Gutmann, Real Clear Politics)

‘The Yunnan Model’ could be an indicator that life is going to get even harder for religious and ethnic groups across China
(Ellis Heasley, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Child sex abuse lawsuits reveal alleged warnings about priest years earlier
(Kristy Nease, CBC News)

An Arizona lawmaker (who is also a minister) is under investigation for a Bible prank
(Ben Giles, NPR)

YU launches historic Jewish studies conference in Dubai
(Yeshiva University News)

In NC, a church network turns unused church buildings into homes for refugees
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Faith-based employee groups at US State Department
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Catholic, Coptic Orthodox popes offer joint Vatican blessing
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Why we put a holocaust cattle car in the yard
(Jacob M. Miller, The Harvard Crimson)

Texas Legislature passes bill allowing chaplains in public schools
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Network for Dialogue retreat injects new energy into work with refugees and migrants
(KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

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