EVENT, 24-25 October 2024: Praying for All the Persecuted: A Global Gathering (Dallas, TX, USA) (Institute for Global Engagement, Dallas Baptist University)

EVENT, 15 October 2024: 7th Annual Summit for Religious Freedom: Finding Common Ground for Religious Freedom (Dallas, TX, USA) (DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)

31st Annual International Law and Religion Symposium, 6-8 October 2024: Religious Freedom as a Tool for Peacemaking (Provo, Utah, USA) (International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

CALL FOR PAPERS, abstracts due 30 September 2024: 12th Annual Conference: Law, Religion and Work in Africa (Rabat, Morocco) (The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

EVENT, 21 September 2024 (10AM CT): Building Bridges: Religious Freedom and Community Engagement for Everyday Disciples (Independence, MO, USA) (John Thomas, Independence Stake Center)

EVENT, 17 September 2024 (11:30AM ET): MeckMIN Faith Leader Lunch (Charlotte, NC, USA) (Mecklenburg Metropolitan Interfaith Network)

HYBRID EVENT, 17 September 2024 (11:30AM ET): Religious Freedom for All: Building Bridges & Breaking Bread Together (Orlando, FL, USA) (Valencia College West)

EVENT, 6 September 2024 (9AM CT): Louisiana Religious Freedom Summit (Baton Rouge, LA, USA) (Louisiana Religious Freedom Alliance)

Event registration deadline, 31 August 2024: Seventh ICLARS Conference: The Accommodation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere: Undeserved Privilege or Fundamental Right? (South Bend, Indiana, USA) (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 27 August 2024 (20:00 Argentina/Uruguay / 19:00 Chile/Paraguay): The Importance of Respect for Faith and Religious Beliefs in the Public Sphere (Fishel Szlajen and David Frol, J. Reuben Clark Law Society for South America)

The emergency that is violence based on religion or belief (Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes)

International Day Commemorating Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief 2024 (YouTube Video, Geneva Centre for Human Rights Advancement and Global Dialogue)

Canada: Mass bomb threat sent to Jewish institutions across Canada (Radio Canada International)

Canada: Meeting between Trudeau and Muslim leaders in Quebec called off after many refuse to attend (Raffy Boudjikanian, CBC News)

Dalai Lama, the US and diplomacy (Khedroob Thondup, Taipei Times)

Egyptian man finally allowed to list Christian affiliation on ID card, authorities rule (ADF International)

Afghanistan: The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public (Associated Press)

Nigeria: Don’t forget the victims of persecution in Nigeria (Sean Nelson, Real Clear Politics)

Kenya: Why Gen Z have turned on churches in Kenya during anti-government protests (Joseph Maina, Religion Unplugged)

Morocco solidarity week for Al-Aqsa Mosque on anniversary of arson attack (Middle East Monitor)

Pakistan, Council of Islamic Ideology asks for even harsher persecution of the Ahmadis (Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Cuba: Every Sunday… (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Mexico: Mass demonstrations after burning of Protestant church and violence in Oaxaca State (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

India: Uproar in Assam assembly over Muslim marriage registration bill (NDTV)

Somalia: The near complete Islamization of a society (Uzay Bulut, The European Conservative)

Seychelles: President Ramkalawan welcomes newly ordained clergy at State House (Office of the President of The Republic)

The well-being of the planet and its people: Global leaders to converge in Brasilia for G20 Interfaith and PaRD Forums (EIN Presswire)

Argentine Rabbi, Fishel Szlajen, spoke at the G20 Interfaith Forum (Spanish) (Infobae)

Latin America is the region of the world where religious freedom is enjoyed to the greatest extent (Spanish) (Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano y Caribeño (Celam))

Joint message of OSCE CiO’s personal representatives on The Day of Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

Holy ground or Hollywood? – the canons & filming in church: Re St Mary the Virgin Morpeth (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Ukraine: The war, religious beliefs and conscientious objection: ‘Unidentified’ Christians (5) (Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Ukraine: Real threats, but freedom of religion or belief concerns (Dmytro Vovk, Forum 18 News Service)

The illiberalism of Aleksandr Dugin: Romantic anti-capitalism, occult-fascism, and the war in Ukraine (Thomas Jared Farmer, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Zelenskyy’s ‘ecumenical’ remark may strain Türkiye-Ukraine ties (Türkiye Today)

Elected officials advocating for power disruption to religious institutions' state-funded services. (Grigoriy Williams, Aussiedlerbote)

EU watchdog reports alarming rise in Christian persecution, calls for protections (Kristina Millare, Catholic News Agency)

Teachers protest plan to reduce religion classes in Polish schools (Warsaw Point)

Parallel to DNC, a Chicago interfaith vigil mourns the loss of life in Gaza (Bob Smietana and Reina Coulibaly, Religion News Service)

Judge blocks Arizona lithium drilling that tribe says is threat to sacred lands (Scott S, Associated Press)

Claim that deprioritizing religious vaccine exemption requests violates Title VII moves ahead (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge issues injunction in case involving exclusion of Jewish students from campus facilities during protest over war in Gaza (Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Controversy over an India Day Parade float is a slur on Hindu pride (Suhag Shukla, Religion News Service)

Ukraine’s ban targeting Moscow-linked Orthodox Church risks US aid (Katherine Kelaidis, Religion News Service)