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)

EVENT, 22 October 2024 (10AM GMT +1): East of England regional meeting of inter faith groups (Cambridge, England) (University of Cambridge)

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)

Jordan: Calling it 'religious duty,' Jordanians boycott products from Israel-allied countries (Heather M. Surls, Religion News Service)

Uganda: Church-linked groups are helping South Sudanese refugees live like locals in Uganda (Tonny Onyulo, Religion News Service)

The Rule of Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Edited by Hadi Enayat and Mirjam Künkler, Cambridge University Press)

Routledge Handbook of Islam in Africa (Edited By Terje Østebø, Routledge)

Egypt's Mufti stresses human dialogue as path to global peace (State Information Service)

North Korea: We cannot look away (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Religious leaders, civil society oppose Taliban’s vice and virtue law (Palwasha L. Kakar; Mohammad Osman Tariq, The United States Institute of Peace)

Brunei: Training in interfaith dialogue needed among educated youths in Brunei – analysis (Siti Mazidah Mohamad, Eurasia Review)

Tibet, monk sentenced to 18 months for sharing Dalai Lama teachings on WeChat (Bitter Winter)

Challenges of sustainability and peace: For people and planet (Abraham Skorka, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Cambodia: Government announces new committee to organise Kathin in Khmer Krom (The Phnom Penh Post)

Lavrov wants Trump to “repeal” the law on the Ukrainian language and the ban on the ROC (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

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

Russia: Internet censorship and freedom of religion or belief (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Law Commission consultation on burial and cremation law (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Calls to appoint religious-freedom envoy soon (Abigail Frymann Rouch, Church Times)

Seeding the peace and friendship in Yakoruda – a journey beyond cultures and religions (Angelina Vladikova, The European Times)

A heartfelt appeal for peace in the Holy Land and all the Middle East (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Georgia signs into law bill seen by EU as anti-LGBTQ (France 24)

Kosovo at the center of Europe's ongoing Hijab debate (Bekim Bislimi, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)

Belgium, Vatican in diplomatic row over pope’s language on abortion (Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russia: Wide-ranging blocking of religious-related websites (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

New Oxford/Dublin research: Public majorities worldwide support a democratic world government focused on global issues (Farsan Ghassim and Markus Pauli, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Pasquinelli and others v San Marino – The momentous competing interests of the community as a whole against healthcare workers refusing the COVID-19 vaccine (Petra Järvinen and Ville Vikman, Strasbourg Observers)

School religion classes should be compulsory for all students, says Polish cardinal (Notes from Poland)

An Olympian was suspended for expressing his faith. Was it fair? (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Pepperdine and RFI announce partnership to advance religious freedom globally (Religious Freedom Institute)

Federal asylum restrictions demonstrate ‘absence of moral compass,’ advocate says (John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

UCLA still denies responsibility for excluding Jews during encampments (Ryan Colby, Becket Law)

Teenagers on what has shaped their political beliefs and values (The New York Times)