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 (7PM MST): How America’s Origin Stories are Shaping the 2024 Election (Tempe, AZ, USA) (Robert P. Jones, Arizona State University)

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

EVENT, 24-25 September 2024: Faith and Freedom Summit IV (Panama City, Panamá)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 23 September 2024 (5:30PM ET): Cultural Clashes: The Role of Religion in Civic Society (Fordham University)

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, 20 September 2024 (2:30PM ET): Interfaith Youth Responses to the Century’s Biggest Challenges: Faith-Based Contributions to the Summit of the Future (New York, NY, USA) (Religions for Peace)

Religious Freedom without the Rule of Law: The Constitutional Odysseys of Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iraq and the Fate of the Middle East (Andrea Pin, Brill)

Iran: USCIRF calls for international accountability on two-year anniversary of Mahsa Zhina Amini’s killing (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Pope ends Asia trip with same message at the start: Interfaith tolerance to heal troubled world (Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Religion Watch, ‘Volume 39 No. 10’ (Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Global Interfaith Monitor No. 27 (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Embracing interdependence: Foundations for a world in transition (Bahá’í International Community)

Climate change and resources: religious action and priorities? (Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Articles of interest - 16 September 2024 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ghana bishops blast government for ‘weak, corrupt’ efforts to halt illegal mining (Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Argentina posts 44% increase in reported antisemitic incidents in 2023, mostly after Oct. 7 (Juan Melamed, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The Caliphate and the modern Middle East (Mustafa Akyol, Law & Liberty)

Vatican plans dialogue in Bangladesh for religious harmony (Union of Catholic Asian News)

Malaysia: Tahfiz students must be equipped to face Islamophobia - PM Anwar (Bernama)

Sri Lanka: Buddhist Obsession of the red power (Daily News)

Brazil: Hundreds march in Brazil to support religious freedom as cases of intolerance rise (Diarlei Rodrigues, Associated Press)

Brazil: New ‘Catholic bloc’ in Brazil’s Senate seen as effort to counter Evangelical influence (Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Brazil: Lawyer convicted after saying Muslims blow up and torture Christians (Portuguese) (Migalhas)

Brazil: Understand the discussion in the Supreme Court about blood transfusions in Jehovah's Witnesses (Portuguese) (Migalhas)

Brazil: “Hate speech”, a concept once again distorted to harm religious freedom (Portuguese) (Gazeta do Povo)

Limiting strikes: a critical religious and legal analysis" (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

Legal Journal Number 11 (19): September (Spanish) (Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

Securitization marks Central and Eastern European church-state landscape (Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Parliament eliminates legislative conflict on the transfer of religious property to religious organisations for free use (Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

Law and religion roundup – 15th September (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

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

EU Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief concludes official visit to Pakistan (Delegation of the European Union to Pakistan)

The Church among top trusted institutions in the country, but fewer Bulgarians declare belief in God (Sofia News Agency)

An American pastor detained in China for nearly 20 years has been released (Eric Tucker and Didi Tang, Associated Press)

Why some Christians don’t want to bring the Bible into public schools (Troy Closson, The New York Times)

Millennials, Gen Xers lead jump in "religiously unaffiliated" (Russell Contreras, Axios)

Around the web - 16 September 2024 (Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

How GenZ benefits from workplace religious freedom (Brian Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)