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Friday, 23 June 2023

One-in-six Americans have taken steps to see less of someone on social media due to religious content
(Jeff Diamant, Pew Research Center)

Freedom of speech and LGBT rights: Americans’ views of issues in Supreme Court case
(J. Baxter Oliphant and Carroll Doherty, Pew Research Center)

US bishops ponder plan to combat declines in Hispanic Catholicism
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Anti-Muslim record, rights abuses dim Modi's charm offensive on US visit
(TRT World)

53% of Indians are accepting of same-sex marriage, finds global survey by Pew Research
(Nikhil Rampal, The Print)

Battle for Oak Flat: How Apache opposition to a copper mine became a religious liberty test
(Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times)

US bishops to consider banning transgender care at all American Catholic hospitals
(Brian Fraga, National Catholic Reporter)

The sleeper legal strategy that could topple abortion bans
(Alice Miranda Ollstein, Politico)

Vatican document highlights need for concrete steps for women, ‘radical inclusion’ of LGBTQ+
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Durable solutions to the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar
(Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations)

Burkina Faso: Upsurge in atrocities by Islamist armed groups
(Human Rights Watch)

Canada: Supporters of assassinated B.C. Sikh temple leader worry for their own safety
(CBC News)

Emerge from ‘forest of faith’ to serve and engage others, Elder Gilbert says at the 10th annual BYU religious freedom review
(Brigham Tomco, Deseret News)

Be ‘effective stewards’ of religious liberty, Elder Gilbert urges at BYU conference
(Trent Toone, Church News)

Faith leaders discuss religious freedom, backsliding in the Americas
(Addison Graham, Real Clear Politics)

Designating and promoting accountability for conflict-related sexual violence
(Antony J. Blinken, U.S. Department of State)

Army veteran sentenced to 55 years for road rage shooting death of Muslim man
(Associated Press)

‘Critical need’ for new resettlement opportunities for Iranian Christian refugees in Turkey – report
(Article 18)

Turkish police arrest senior Daesh terrorist in Istanbul
(TRT World)

Islam’s call to prayer is ringing out in more US cities – affirming a long and growing presence of Muslims in America
(Leila Tarakji, The Conversation)

A nun commends Dodgers’ handling of Pride Night controversy. Some archbishops call it blasphemy
(David Crary, Associated Press)

A high-profile French nun is inspiring hope for Catholic women. But can she really bring change?
(Nicole Winfield and Trisha Thomas, Associated Press)

Through personal ups and downs, they've waited years to perform Hajj. These are their stories
(Fares Akram, Niniek Karmini, Abby Sewell, Mariam Fam, and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press)

Bishops begin process that could ban gender-affirming care in Catholic hospitals
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Federal government backs down on transgender mandate
(Becket)

Southern Baptists expel churches with women pastors – but the debate’s not just about gender
(Andrew Gardner, The Conversation)

Mission trips are an evangelical rite of passage for US teens – but why?
(Caroline R. Nagel, The Conversation)

Iranian Christian refugees in Sweden share frustrations at asylum process
(Article 18)

In 2020, properties in 102 countries and territories were targeted in incidents tied to religion
(Samirah Majumdar, Pew Research Center)

Women at the table: the first global, multi-faith study on the state of women and freedom of religion or belief
(FoRB Women’s Alliance)

New ordinance represents a ‘minefield’ for churches, Georgia pastor says
(Scott Barkley, Baptist Press)

Yemen: UN experts call for release of disappeared Bahá'ís
(Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

‘Religious cleansing’ threatens Armenian Christians’ existence, human rights leaders warn
(Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency)

Tajikistan: Jail sentences, fines for studying Islam
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

New book: Interreligious Studies: An Introduction
(Rachel Mikva, Cambridge University Press)

In Europe’s empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancing
(Raf Casert, Associated Press)

Revolution in Iran: The state of minorities, uprising against Tehran
(Jonathan Spyer, The Jerusalem Post)

Brazil’s president offers to try to win release of bishop imprisoned in Nicaragua
(Associated Press)

Christian pre-school challenges exclusion from Colorado state aid program
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Supreme Court denies review in Christian college's challenge to Fair Housing Act enforcement
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Pope Francis receives Cuban President Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
(Vatican News)

Where religious identity fits into your DEI strategy
(Megan Johnson, Amber Hacker, Michael Hill, and Eboo Patel, Harvard Business Review)

Putin called Zelensky "a disgrace to the Jewish people." The Chief Rabbi of Ukraine responded
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Letter to the Pakistan Bar Council in relation to Ahmadi Muslim lawyers (pdf)
(Bar Council of England and Wales)

No. 10 Downing Street meeting
(Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

CofE Independent Safeguarding Board to be “reset”
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Home Secretary and Jewish community leaders say lack of antisemitic hate crime arrests is 'unacceptable'
(David Rose, The Jewish Chronicle)

Inside the return of Catholic chaplains at Walter Reed
(Mark A. Kellner and Billy Hallowell, The Washington Times)

‘Dangerous’ abortion cases and the dangers of misportraying ECtHR’s inadmissibility decisions
(Sissy Katsoni, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

WCC condemns Uganda school attack
(World Council of Churches)

Syria: The lack of future for the Christian minority and the 7th Brussels EU-Conference
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly Digest June 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China: Religious persecution and issues – Bimonthly digest June 01-15
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Belarus: bulldozers destroy Minsk church
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)

Owning a Bible might become illegal in Belarus
(Christian Network Europe)

The fight against hatred against Muslims (French)
(Marion Lalisse, Radio France)

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

EVENT, 21-23 June 2023: Negotiating Boundaries in Buddhism and Buddhist Studies (Scotland)
(University of St Andrews)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 19-21 June 2023: Gobernanza Global y Crecimiento en Libertad
(ICLRS y otros anfitriones y catedráticos, Miami Dade College)

WEBINAR, 21 June 2023 (3PM ET): The Battle over Religious Liberty in the Courts
(Purdue Global / Concord)

Tuesday, 20 June 2023

VIRTUAL EVENT, 20 June 2023 (19.00 GMT+3): Combatting Hate Crimes: Civil Society Practices
(İnanç Özgürlüğü Girişimi)

Keynote address by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the 16th General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (pdf)
(Conference of European Churches)

Ukraine: Being Church in the middle of war
(Conference of European Churches)

First Muslim Jewish Leadership Council board meeting of 2023
(Twitter, KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

2023 Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop
(Council on Foreign Relations)

Minnesota stops enforcing law excluding religious colleges from free enrollment program
(Breccan F. Thies, Washington Examiner)

Canada: RFI Senior Fellow defends religious freedom of Canada’s military chaplains in House of Commons
(Religious Freedom Institute)

CEC Assembly issues statements on Ukraine, climate change and migration
(Conference of European Churches)

USCIRF urges President Biden to raise religious freedom concerns during India state visit
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

The desperate plight of Yazidis and Christians in Iraqi Kurdistan did not end with the defeat of IS
(Ellis Heasley, Sight)

Catholic chaplains return to Walter Reed after contract expiration sparked outrage
(Ryan Foley, The Christian Post)

"Leave No One Behind": The stories of religious and ethnic minorities who fled Afghanistan
(YouTube Video, CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Army Appeals Court: Poisoning through Vodou not protected by Free Exercise clause or RFRA
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Articles of interest - 19 June 2023
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California law does not interfere with pre-schools' religious curriculum
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Iran: Senior cleric criticized for defending religious interference in politics
(Maryam Sinaee, Iran International)

Supreme Court's ruling on religion case—what to know
(Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek)

India: Kerala instructs registrars not to ask religions of bride & groom
(The Times of India)

Catholics in South Sudan voice alarm over forced marriage
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Catholics, landowners spar in Brazil over territorial rights for indigenous groups
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Freedom of religion is inherently good
(Abdulrahman Bindamnan, Acton Institute)

Employment and “protected beliefs”: Higgs v Farmor’s School
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Bishops accuse Westminster of ‘ideological colonisation’ over abortion propaganda in Irish schools
(Dubhaltach O Reachtnin, Catholic Herald)

Monday, 19 June 2023

UN Security Council adopt UK resolution on highlighting threats to freedom of religion
(Premier Christian News)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 19 June 2023 (8:30AM EDT): Twenty-first Building Bridges Seminar: God's Word and the Community of Faith: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
(Georgetown University and the Berlin Institute for Islamic Theology, Humboldt University)

Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President
(UN News)

Around the web - 19 June 2023
(Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Saturday, 17 June 2023

HYBRID EVENT, 17 June 2023 (11.00AM in London): The Changing Nature of Religion in Today's World
(LSE Festival)

Friday, 16 June 2023

Should the US temper its expectations of India?
(Husain Haqqani and Aparna Pande, The Hill)

America shouldn't ignore rights abuses in India
(Knox Thames)

India bishop applauds decision to repeal anti-conversion law
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

WEBINAR, 16 June 2023 (12PM EDT): World Refugee Day with UNHCR: The Power of Inclusion in Developing Durable Solutions for Refugees
(G20 Interfaith Forum)

Joint letter to US Secretary of State on his visit to China
(Freedom House)

Risks arise where art and activism intersect—but artists won’t be silenced
(Mina Loldj, Freedom House)

Who will succeed Shia Islam’s top man?
(The Economist)

Southern Baptists are arguing about the extent of male authority
(The Economist)

Between flames and the future: Seeking practical and sustainable solutions for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
(Safen Roy, South Asia Monitor)

New York to make Diwali school holiday in city
(Arul Louis, South Asia Monitor)

How TikTok influencers exploit ethnic divisions in Ethiopia
(Endalkachew Chala, Coda Media)

Abortion and faith after 1 year without Roe
(Bekah McNeel, Sojourners)

Catholic Pride month events face increasing backlash
(Michael J. O’Loughlin and Christopher Parker, America: The Jesuit Review)

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