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, 26 September 2024 (6AM PT): Cultivating Cultures of Peace through Interfaith Collaboration (United Religions Initiative)

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, 14 September 2024 (15:30h): Religious Communities and Interfaith Dialogue (Almada, Portugal) (Paulo Mendes Pinto, Universidade Lusófona)

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)

India: Protecting the hijab by law: Is it an essential religious practice? (Divyansh Nautiyal, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

India: New Delhi to renew firecracker ban ahead of Diwali to combat pollution (Reuters)

Without freedom there can be no progress (Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Cuba: USCIRF releases new report on religious freedom conditions in Cuba (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Ending persecution: Charting the path to global religious freedom (podcast on book release) (Jeremy Barker and Knox Thames, Middle East File)

Global Religious Pluralities: How should we talk about religion today? (James Walters, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Mexico: Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico’s president (María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 9 September 2024 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

China: Catholic priests from Fujian mobilized for “patriotic education” in Xinjiang (Zeng Liqin, Bitter Winter)

Kenya: Govt directs prison administrators to allocate land to build churches, mosques (Denzel Maina, Kenyans.co)

Sudanese archbishop pleads for peace, as humanitarian agencies warn of catastrophic hunger crisis (World Council of Churches)

Ahmadis in Pakistan: Lawyer threatened with disbarment, four jailed with false blasphemy charges (Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Nigerian officials warn people off church's 'miracle' water (Makuochi Okafor, BBC)

UN: From international hope to global disappointment (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

'Tsunami of anti-Semitism' stirs fears of dark days for Jews (Nina Larson, AFP)

Churches still have an 'important' role to play in Scottish Parliament business (The Church of Scotland)

How the new 310 bus route became a culture war within a week (Oliver Keens, The Standard)

Is the UK’s new atheist prime minister cause for caution? (John Mac Ghlionn, Religion Unplugged)

Law and religion roundup – 8th September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Floodlit churches – a recent judgment (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

CEC-CCEE advances the revision of the Charta Oecumenica (Conference of European Churches)

The EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief on mission in Pakistan (Willy Fautré, The European Times)

Why the pope just criticized Ukraine (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Can schools stop students from praying? (Frank S. Ravitch, The Conversation)

Around the web - 9 September 2024 (Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

USCIRF releases report analyzing State Department CPC designations (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Free Exercise: America's story of religious liberty (movie trailer and screenings)

Black church leaders brought religion to politics in the ‘60s – but it was dramatically different from today’s white Christian nationalism (Tobin Miller Shearer, The Conversation)

U.S. must acknowledge and address religious persecution in Nigeria (David K. Trimble, Real Clear Politics)

St. Isidore of Seville redux: Do faith-based charter schools have a future? (Charles J. Russo, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

UCLA failed Jewish students like me (Yitzy Frankel, Real Clear Education)

White Protestants and Catholics support Trump, but voters in other U.S. religious groups prefer Harris (Gregory A. Smith, Pew Research Center)

‘Conversion therapy’ bans threaten religious freedom in 21 states (Religious Freedom Institute)