EVENT, 22-23 November 2024: Cache Valley Interfaith Open House (Logan, UT, USA) (Cache Community Connections)

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)

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 (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, 26 September 2024 (11:45AM ET): Freedom From or For Religion? (Toledo, OH, USA) (Vincent Phillip Muñoz, The University of Toledo’s Institute of American Constitutional Thought and Leadership)

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

Malaysia: BYUH faculty and students participate in 2024 Regional Southeast Asian Human Dignity Conference (Ke Alaka'i)

China: Free Uyghur economist Ilham Tohti from life sentence (Human Rights Watch)

On Asia trip, Pope Francis uses his bully pulpit (Gordon Peake, The United States Institute of Peace)

Thailand legalizes same-sex marriage, allows couples to wed starting in January (Associated Press)

India: 'Secularism not needed in India': Tamil Nadu Governor's remark sparks row, opposition calls it 'perplexing' (Times Now)

DRC - The commitment of religious denominations for peace in South Kivu (Agenzia Fides)

Kenya: Incarcerating Kenya’s religious liberties (Francis Omondi, The Elephant)

Sudan: Women from Africa and the diaspora call for action to protect women and girls in Sudan from conflict-related sexual violence (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Senegal’s lay leaders condemn government’s 'targeting' of Catholic schools (Guy Aimé Eblotié, La Croix International)

Mali: Jihadist airport assault leaves Mali's junta rattled (Paul Melly, BBC News)

KAICIID Council of Parties advances efforts toward UN Observer Status (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Nicaragua: Continuing crackdown on churches and NGOs moves Nicaragua further from democracy to authoritarianism (Richard Wood, The Conversation)

Nicaragua: Their churches no longer feel safe. Now Nicaraguans are taking their worship home (María Teresa Hernández, Associated Press)

Religious action as part of the Global Alliance to End Hunger and Poverty (JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

‘Doing justly’ event highlights how Adventists are working to create peace (Adventist Review)

Brazil: In a public event in Rio, Minister Macaé Evaristo reinforces commitment to a secular state (Portuguese) (Pai Paulo de Oxalá, Ministério dos Direitos Humanos e da Cidadania)

Poland: Archbishop Gallagher appeals for freedom of religion and conscience (Polish Bishops' Conference)

Welcoming European Court judgement on Poland’s failure to protect same-sex couples married abroad (International Federation for Human Rights)

Azerbaijan's Shusha hosts second session of "Fight against religious radicalism and media" seminar (Trend News Agency)

Banned Russian priest stands by condemnation of 'brother killing brother' in Ukraine (Reuters)

Law banning activities of churches affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church enters into force (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Independent Safeguarding Audit – Diocese of Oxford (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Bishop Sherrington says buffer zone legislation discriminates against people of faith (Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales)

Jehovah’s Witness deserved the right to refuse blood transfusion, Europe’s rights court rules (Cain Burdeau, Courthouse News Service)

A bitter fight between two tribes over sacred land where one built a casino (Graham Lee Brewer and Kim Chandler, Associated Press)

Judge lets over 8,000 Catholic employers deny worker protections for abortion and fertility care (Jack Dura and Steve Karnowski, Associated Press)

Rubio: Family, community, and faith are the fiber of our nation (Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate)

Rubio, Scott introduce Bill to punish colleges that allow antisemitism (Marco Rubio, U.S. Senate)

Church property conference offers congregations more than prayer to keep their buildings (G. Jeffrey MacDonald, Religion News Service)

What America’s history can teach us about debates on religious freedom and its importance for democracy (Corey D. B. Walker, The Conversation)

CAIR urges Biden Admin to fire U.S. Antisemitism envoy Lipstadt over ‘joke’ praising Israeli terror attacks on Lebanese civilians (Council on American-Islamic Relations)