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Monday, 1 May 2023

Erdoğan says Turkish forces killed ISIL chief in Syria
(Hurriyet Daily News)

France takes flak at United Nations over racism, police violence
(Daily Sabah)

How the Telugu immigrant community is instilling their culture in the next generation
(NPR)

Second Chance Month: The Church and incarcerated individuals go together
(Carmelle Norice-Tra, The Christian Post)

Egypt frees Al Jazeera journalist Hisham Abdel Aziz after four years
(Raffi Berg, BBC News)

Pastor Paul Mackenzie: What did the starvation cult leader preach?
(Peter Mwai, Deka Barrow, and Rose Njoroge, BBC News)

France under fire at UN for police violence, racial and religious discrimination
(France 24)

Uganda: Catholic lawyers set to start Peace and Technology University in Karamoja
(The Independent)

Supreme Myths podcast with Michael Helfand
(Hosted by Georgia State College of Law professor Eric Segall)

Photos of the Week: Kenyan cult deaths; Francis in Hungary
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

“For the Betterment of the World”: Publication sees release of new edition at International Convention
(Bahá’í World News Service)

Russia: The termination of SOVA – Final blow to civil society?
(Forum for Religious Freedom-Europe)

How lesser-known religions have protected religious freedom for all
(Freedom Forum)

Canada: Alberta invites halal finance to its sandbox
(James Langton, Investment Executive)

Court calls for fuller explanation for denying religious exemption from covid vaccine mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Triable issues of fact remain on ministerial exception in age discrimination suit against Catholic school
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 1 May 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bolivia: Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension
(Mario Orospe Hernández, The Conversation)

Ron DeSantis' stop in Israel highlights appeal to religious voters: Jewish and evangelical
(David Jackson, USA Today)

Plug-In: For GOP White House hopefuls, it's time for faith-and-freedom questions again
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Choices in medical treatment and Article 9 ECHR: Milshteyn
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 30th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

UNSC condemns Taliban ban on UN women workers in rare unanimity show
(Arul Louis, South Asia Monitor)

UN excludes Taliban as it holds Afghanistan crisis talks in Qatar
(Daily Sabah)

Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the adoption of a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Taliban’s repression of Afghan women and girls
(Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Mission to the United Nations)

Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan Joint Statement - Afghanistan: Taliban de-facto authorities must end chilling crackdown on dissent
(Freedom House)

Spanish court to investigate artists for exhibiting blasphemous sculptures
(Nicolás de Cárdenas, Catholic News Agency)

National Jewish-Christian Dialogue meets in New York, continues consideration of reparations
(World Council of Churches)

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

Indigenous student settles lawsuit against Arizona school district
(Shondiin Silversmith, Arizona Mirror)

Federal court orders Saucon Valley School District to allow After School Satan Club to meet in district facilities
(ACLU Pennsylvania)

Ministry of Education in Rwanda upholds schoolchildren’s right to freedom of religion
(JW.org)

India: No incident of forceful conversion in State, citizens are at liberty to choose religion: TN to SC
(The Economic Times)

Indian religious leaders hail order on hate speech
(Bijay Kumar Minj, Union of Catholic Asian News)

EEOC sues Mercy Health St. Mary’s for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Cuban bishops present vision for country in meeting with communist government
(Eduardo Berdejo, Catholic News Agency)

Politics and religion in Cuba and Nicaragua
(Dennis P. Petri, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

A Bishop chooses prison: In Nicaragua, the Ortega regime goes after the Church.
(Santiago Ramos, Commonweal)

Sunday, 30 April 2023

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline 30 April 2022: ISPU Young Scholar Awards for Outstanding Research on American Muslims
(Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU))

Saturday, 29 April 2023

Journal Volume 2 (2023)
(Australian Journal of Law and Religion)

Friday, 28 April 2023

EVENT, 28 April 2023 (9:45 BST): The Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ 75th Anniversary (Leicester)
(Leicester Law School)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS, deadline 28 April 2023: Law & Religion Junior Faculty Conference
(University of Notre Dame Law School)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 28 April 2023 (1500 UTC): Celebrating Forty Years of the Journal of Law and Religion
(Journal of Law and Religion)

Pax­ton fights for Chris­t­ian bak­er who faces anoth­er total­i­tar­i­an attack on his reli­gious beliefs
(Texas Attorney General)

In Texas, Republicans push bills aimed at enhancing faith’s role in school
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Taking the Ten Commandments to school
(David Martin Davies, Texas Public Radio)

How will the Supreme Court’s decision on mifepristone affect abortion access? 4 questions answered
(Jamie Rowen and Tami S. Rowen, The Conversation)

Nepal: Dalit freedom hinges on religious reform
(Mitra Pariyar, Kathmandu Post)

California teachers sue school district over policy of hiding children’s gender transition from parents
(Caroline Downey, National Review)

Nigerian Atrocities Documentation Project issues critical new report
(Religious Freedom Institute)

European Parliament condemns blasphemy prosecution against Nigerian Sufi musician
(Sean Nelson, Real Clear Religion)

Coverage on whether employees must work on the Sabbath ignored the clout of Amazon
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)

How a South African minister is using Scientology to help end gender-based violence
(Scientology Newsroom)

Religion in state education policy
(Bryan Kelley, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Judge tells Marine Corps Sikh recruit can keep his hair, beard and turban through boot camp
(Mark A. Kellner, The Washington Times)

WCC hosts 11th Ecumenical Global Health Partners Meeting
(World Council of Churches)

Churches’ representatives call for socially responsible solutions to global crises
(World Council of Churches)

COMECE welcomes the withdrawal of the proposed Danish law on mandatory translation of sermons
(The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

The international community must assist in transforming Eritrea’s pathocracy into a genuine democracy
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Lawmakers speak out after back-to-back Minneapolis mosque fires: "All of us belong in Minnesota"
(WCCO News)

Israel wages 'systematic' war against Islamic presence in Jerusalem
(Middle East Monitor)

FFRF persuades Indiana school board to stop prayer at meetings
(Freedom From Religion Foundation)

Religious expression at work: Where should you draw the line?
(Tom D'Agostino, HRMorning)

Governor signs bill that targets hate crimes into law following Anti-Semitic incidents’ in Florida
(Aaron Mesmer, Fox 13 Tampa Bay)

Russia: Freedom of religion and belief monitoring group ordered closed
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

USCIRF condemns Russia’s closure of the SOVA Center
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

The Guardian view on Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine: breaking with Moscow
(The Guardian)

What should Americans know about each others’ faiths?
(Richard Ostling, Religion Unplugged)

Japan: ‘Forbidden religion’ rites to be preserved on video
(Bu Naritomo Kai, Star Advertiser)

Legal Spirits 050: Groff v. DeJoy and Religious Accommodation in the Workplace
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

OAA and Patmos Institute make submission to Universal Periodic Review of Cuba
(Outreach Aid to the Americas)

Pope in Hungary urges Europe to unite to end war next door
(Nicole Winfield and Justin Spike, Associated Press)

Ukraine ask pope’s help in getting children back from Russia
(Frances D'Emilio, Associated Press)

Is modern prophecy leading its followers to a religious state?
(Paul A. Djupe, Religion in Public: exploring the mix of sacred and secular)

New book: New Religious Movements and Science
(Stefano Bigliardi, Cambridge University Press)

Former cantor's claims against synagogue are dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

An Arizona lawmaker was caught on camera hiding Bibles. Here’s what happened next
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

60 years on, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ relevant as ever, say faith leaders
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

LA’s Atheist Street Pirates go national in efforts to remove illegal religious signs
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

RFI holds first Statesmanship and Religious Freedom Seminar in Iraq
(Religious Freedom Institute)

In the news: breaking religious freedom stories across the country - 28 April 2023
(First Liberty)

Kenya: Faith group supports Archbishop Muheria’s call for audit of religious leaders
(Arnold Neliba, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Switzerland to erect first national memorial honoring Nazi victims
(Jackie Hajdenberg, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Feminine wisdom, sustainable peace, and unsung agency: contemporary Tibetan Bhikkhunī Saṇgha in exile as faith-based healers of conflict trauma (PDF)
(Sourajit Ghosh, Mindful Peace: A Religions for Peace blogspace)

ISB Statement: Percy -v- ISB Case Resolved
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

How King Charles’ coronation will be unlike any seen in England
(Catherine Pepinster, Religion News Service)

Charedi ‘forced’ marriage misunderstood in government faith engagement report
(Michelle Rosenberg, Jewish News)

Canada: TDSB trustees vote to develop strategy to combat Islamophobia
(CBC News)

WCC, Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue release joint communique from annual meeting
(World Council of Churches)

ND Law’s Religious Liberty Clinic participates in oral argument before the en banc Ninth Circuit to defend Oak Flat
(Arienne Calingo, University of Notre Dame Law School)

BC Law hosts talk on religious liberty, school choice
(Ryne Meloy, Boston College's Catholic Newspaper)

India: Free Pandharpur Vitthal Rukmini temple from Maharashtra govt.’s control: Subramanian Swamy
(The Hindu)

India: Taken conscious decision to not continue with religion-based quota: Karnataka to SC
(Devdiscourse)

India: Religions are not to be tolerated, but respected equally: Tibetan scholar
(The Hindu)

Oklahoma bill expanding religious freedom to government contracts heads to governor’s desk
(Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency)

Buenos Aires: CALIR's review of 2022 and plan for 2023 (Spanish)
(Twitter, Centro de Estudios sobre Derecho y Religión)

Thursday, 27 April 2023

VIRTUAL EVENT, 27 April 2023: European book club “We Should All Be Feminist” - Mariz Tadros
(European Network on Religion and Belief)

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Will Tajikistan meaningfully engage on religious freedom?
(Nury Turkel and Eric Ueland, The Diplomat)

Yasmin church dispute reveals the tensions in Indonesia’s religious policy
(Paul Marshall, The Diplomat)

Research: German politicians are open about their faith
(Christian Network Europe)

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