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

EVENT, 5-6 November 2024: Reimagining the Role of Religion in Building Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies: East Africa and Beyond (Nairobi, Kenya) (University of Groningen)

WEBINAR, 29 October 2024 (11AM ET): Ukraine’s Law Banning Russian Orthodox Church and Affiliated Organizations: Legal and Juridical Aspects (International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

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

CALL FOR INPUT, deadline 18 October 2024: Report on religion or belief and torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (United Nations)

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)

Australia: Special envoy to combat Islamophobia (Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister Australia)

Australia: Hezbollah flags at protests shape as test of new hate-symbol laws (Tom Crowley, ABC News Australia)

New Zealand: Religious freedom must safeguard every New Zealander (Marcus Roberts, Indian Newslink)

China: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly digest September 16-30 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

China is removing crosses from churches, replacing images of Christ with Xi Jinping (Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency)

Indonesian govt calls on mosques to boost climate awareness efforts (ANTARA)

India country update (United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

India: Finalise draft rules under Freedom of Religion Act 1978 within six months: Gauhati High Court to Arunachal Pradesh Govt (Udit Singh, LiveLaw)

India: Religious leaders unite against hate, seek stronger laws (Clarion India)

Central Asia’s war on hijab (Niginakhon Saida and Svetlana Dzardanova, The Diplomat)

Latin American Church discusses protection and promotion of immigrants (Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Mexico: Church in Mexico calls on country’s new president to address high crime rate (Diego López Colín, Catholic News Agency)

A Jubilee policy agenda for the Brazilian G20 summit : Debt, climate, and tax (JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum)

PA ministry warns of normalising Jewish presence as a fait accompli at Al-Aqsa Mosque (Middle East Monitor)

Ghana: The church, faith-based groups deserve incentives for the work they do in support of government - Bawumia (GhanaWeb)

Ghana: Faith and politics: Ghana’s election hinges on religious battle lines (Kent Mensah, The Africa Report)

Cardinal Parolin decries wars, abortion, gender ideology, and repression in UN address (Andrés Henríquez, Catholic News Agency)

KAICIID strengthens global footprint at UNGA: A strategic mission for peace and dialogue (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

FoRB Podcast: The Russian World Narrative and the Russian Aggression in Ukraine (Dmytro Vovk, Merilin Kiviorg, Catherine Wanner, Thomas Bremer, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

British Jews adjusting to ‘new reality’ after year-long surge in antisemitism (Aamna Mohdin and Neha Gohil, The Guardian)

Academics say Britain is entering its first “atheist age” (Catherine Pepinster, Religion Media Centre)

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

Eastern European voters are more likely to care about candidates' religious beliefs, study finds (Alessio Dell'Anna, Euro News)

Priest Andrei Rusu: Religion remains a pillar of European values (IPN Press Agency)

Muslim and Catholic Experiences of National Belonging in France: Rethinking Boundaries, Inequities, and Faith in the Republic (Carol A. Ferrara, Bloomsbury)

Romanian govt. backs Orthodox Church’s plan to set up school in France, social center in Italy (Radu Dumitrescu, Romania-Insider.com)

Bill signed: S. 3764 (USCIRF Reauthorization) (The White House)

Religious liberty on Royce Quad (Michael Avi Helfand, Jewish Review of Books)

Secular group cries religious discrimination (Courthouse News Service)

Westerville City Schools ends school day religious release time for students (Allie Vugrincic, WOSU Public Media)

At Jefferson’s Secular University, a talk about religion (Mike Mather, UVA Today)

Police increase patrols at US places of worship amid attack on Israel and start of Jewish high holidays (Josh Campbell, CNN)

Parents must be given right to opt 1st graders out of instruction on transgender issues (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In North Carolina, sound of chainsaws brings hope as faith-based workers clear roads (Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Transnational aspects of Christian nationalism (Marietta van der Tol, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Oklahoma freedom caucus supports Bibles in classroom initiative (State of Oklahoma House of Representatives)

Justice Kavanaugh on the Court’s religious liberty jurisprudence (Carrie Campbell Severino, National Review)

Virginia Anglican wrongly fired over pronouns vindicated in settlement (Jeff Walton, Anglican Ink)

Welcome the stranger? How religion has influenced the immigration debate in Texas (Julián Aguilar, The Texas Newsroom)