EVENT, 4-5 February 2025: IRF Summit 2025 (Washington, DC, USA)

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

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)

WEBINAR, 15 October 2024 (10AM ET): To End the Scourge of Human Trafficking (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Malaysia: Leaving Islam: The Orang Asli's court battle (Joseph Masilamany, Asia News)

Malaysia: Fatwas under federal territories Mufti Bill only binding on Muslims - Mohd Na'im (Bernama)

Malaysia: Proposed Mufti bill threatens Malaysia’s religious freedom (International Christian Concern)

The Philippines has held out on legalizing divorce. Is it set to call it quits? (Mark Saludes, Christian Science Monitor)

Thailand: What happens when Christianity and Buddhism are forced to compete? (Thien Bui, Religion Unplugged)

Bangladesh: Govt committed to protecting religious rights of all communities: Touhid (BSS News)

South Asia: Raisa Wickrematunge, helping journalists cover religious intolerance (Taylor Dibbert, International Center for Journalists)

Taiwanese flock to China religious festival despite tensions (Laurie Chen and Xiaoyu Yin, Reuters)

India slams Bangladesh for 'systematic desecration' after firebomb thrown at temple (Hindustan Times)

Israel: Supreme Court orders Tel Aviv to allow public Yom Kippur prayers with gender partition (Jeremy Sharon, The Times of Israel)

OSCE-Kyrgyzstan: A controversial new religious legislation (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

RFI joins religious freedom experts to warn of growing intolerance towards traditional religious beliefs in the West (Religious Freedom Institute)

South Africa: Coalition of religious leaders hold key meeting with minister of basic education (Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA))

Nigeria: Toll-free hotline for reporting of religious freedom violations launched in Taraba (Great Ozozoyin, Daily Post)

Religious hate crimes at record levels in England and Wales, official figures show (Rajeev Syal, The Guardian)

Parliament debates how to stop the rise of religious intolerance in Europe (YouTube Video, European Parliament)

Majority of Poles support reducing Catholic catechism teaching in schools (Notes from Poland)

Turkey’s policies threaten Greek Orthodox community, benefit Russia, leaders warn (Stockholm Center for Freedom)

Dialogue and partnership across religious and belief communities vital to strengthen human rights and security (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

Religious freedom at risk? Experts warn of ‘polite persecution’ in the West (The European Conservative)

RFI’s Miles Windsor appointed to serve as strategic advisor to Czech Republic’s freedom of religion or belief ambassador (Religious Freedom Institute)

The long road to freedom for Jack Phillips (National Review)

Suit over deceptively promoted school religious program moves ahead (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Colorado may strike religious preference rule for preschools in the UPK program (Jenny Brundin, Colorado Public Radio)

Liberty University employment lawsuit should be dismissed (Liberty Counsel)

The Origins of Church Autonomy: Religious Liberty After Disestablishment (Lael Daniel Weinberger, SSRN)