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

EVENT, 24 October 2024 (6:30PM GMT+8): The Clash of Civilisations (Belmont, Western Australia)) (Mark Durie, Augusto Zimmermann, Tshung Chang, Western Australia Legal Theory Association and The Civilisationists)

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, 28 September 2024 (17:00 CET): Youth, Intergenerational Dialogue, and Faith-Based Political Engagement (Brussels, Belgium) (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

WEBINAR, 26 September 2024 (10:30AM ET): Religious Freedom in North Korea and North Korean Refugees: Trends and U.S. Policy Options (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

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)

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

Burkina Faso: Islamist armed groups terrorize civilians (Human Rights Watch)

India: Bishops in India criticize remarks on Christian missionaries made by Tamil Nadu governor (Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Ethiopia: Faith communities vital for Ethiopia’s national peace dialogue (Girma Bekele, Religion Unplugged)

Brazil: A young indigenous voice: Taissa Silva da Costa’s appeal at the G20 Interfaith Forum (G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

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

Kyrgyzstan: State Committee for Religious Affairs holds discussions on prevention of spreading radical and extremist ideologies in Kyrgyzstan (AKIpress)

Ukraine: Law banning Ukrainian Orthodox Church about to enter force (Dmytro Vovk and Elizabeth A. Clark, Forum 18 News Service)

Grand Chamber judgment concerning Spain (The European Court of Human Rights)

Jehovah’s Witnesses, emergency surgery and blood products: Pindo Mulla (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Europe court condemns Spain over blood transfusions for Jehovah's Witness (France 24)

Spain's Burgos Archdiocese seeks to evict Poor Clare nuns from convent (La Croix International)

Three ways the Evangelical movement was impacted by Romania entering the EU (Marius Bâgu, Christian Network Europe)

Buffer zones set to come in around abortion clinics (Kate Whannel, BBC)

Abortion clinics protection zones from October (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

‘Quite shocking’ lack of government contact during UK riots, says head of Muslim Council of Britain (Daniel Boffey, The Guardian)

Legal Spirits 063: Ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh, one year later (podcast) (Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

CEC participates in global event on peace, justice, and creation (Conference of European Churches)

Muslim Americans urge Ninth Circuit to hold government accountable for illegal religious questioning by border officers (ACLU of Southern California)

What are halal mortgages? (Shariq Siddiqui, The Conversation)

80% of US Indian Muslims endure discrimination from Hindu nationalists (Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

New report sheds light on the role of faith in a polarized US (Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

10th Circuit: Jail violated free speech rights of volunteer minister (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Nuns ask Supreme Court for protection from New York’s abortion mandate (Becket)

Religious liberty and the Golden Rule (Andrew M. McGinnis, Law & Liberty)

Governor bans use of ‘conversion therapy’ on LGBTQ+ minors in Kentucky (Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press)

State of Religion: Ohio lawmakers on faith and policy (Allie Vugrincic, WOSU Public Media)

Virginia Knights receive religious freedom award after spat with federal government (Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency)

Ahead of the Trend Newsletter — September 2024 (The Association of Religion Data Archives)