CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS, abstracts due 30 October 2024: Symposium on Enhancing Compliance with Human Rights from Below in Times of Crisis (Hasselt University, Belgium)

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, 10 September 2024 (8AM GMT+2): Strengthening Partnerships and Human Rights (Brussels, Belgium) (Fearghas O’Beara and Vasileios Alexandros Papakonstantinou, European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

CALL FOR INPUTS, deadline 7 September 2024: The Special Rapporteur's visit to Hungary; issues related to freedom of religion or belief (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

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

EVENT, 5 September 2024 (5:30PM ET): The Best and Surest Foundation? Faith and Democracy and the Legacy of the First Prayer in Congress (Philadelphia, PA, USA) (American Philosophical Society)

Pope Francis visits Indonesia amid rising religious intolerance (Andreas Harsono, Human Rights Watch)

Pope Francis to Indonesians: ‘Interreligious dialogue fosters mutual respect’ (Devon Watkins, Religion Unplugged)

Pope calls world’s largest Muslim nation to fight extremism, foster tolerance (Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Reflections and recommendations: Concluding the G20 Interfaith Forum 2024 in Brasilia (Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Japan: Unification Church appeals against fine in Japan’s top court (Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan: Political Injustice – the ongoing persecution of Ahmadi Muslims (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Eritrea: UN International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: Honouring Eritrea’s missing voices (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Nicaragua: Religious groups affected by another mass cancellation of civil society organisations (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Australia: Faiths unite for fight over sex laws (The Australian)

IDF briefly shuts Hebron’s Tomb of the Patriarchs after West Bank car bombs (Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel)

Thousands of illegal Israeli settlers take over Ibrahimi Mosque prayer room (Middle East Monitor)

“There is no incompatibility between the exercise of faith and human rights,” says Silvio Almeida at G20 event (Portuguese) (Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania)

Brazil: Constitution of health and life and Jehovah's Witnesses (Portuguese) (Luigi Bonizzato, Jota)

The General v. the Pope opens a new front in Italy’s culture wars (John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Challenges faced in building mosques in Italy (Press TV)

Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest August 16-31 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

“The Kremlin despises spiritual and human values and has no respect for any religion or faith,” - Volodymyr Zelensky (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Commemorations and cultural heritage at 50 years of the partition of Cyprus (Elizabeth H. Prodromou, The Aegean Monthly)

M.A. and others v. France: The ‘end demand’ model of regulating sex work goes to Strasbourg (Dimitrios Kagiaros and Inga Thiemann, Strasbourg Observers)

Islamophobic state government video causes outrage in Germany (Al Jazeera)

Law and religion roundup – 1st September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

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

Opinion: Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education (Title IX's religious exemption) (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals)

Should churches endorse political candidates? New lawsuit reignites old debate (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Why a Catholic diocese in New Jersey is suing the U.S. government (Rebecca Schneid, TIME)

Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023 (Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)

Korean Americans are much more likely than people in South Korea to be Christian (Kelsey Jo Starr and Kirsten Lesage, Pew Research Center)

Supreme Court could preserve, or restrict, religious freedom in upcoming term (John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Inside one governor’s crusade to tear down the wall between church and state (Lorena O'Neil, Rolling Stone)

Republicans pushing Christianity into public schools are hitting resistance — even in red states (Andrew Atterbury and Juan Perez Jr., Politico)