CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 15 December 2024: Eighth Annual Conference: Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: European Perspectives and Beyond (Vienna, Austria) (The European Academy of Religion)

EVENT, 25 November 2024 (17:00 GMT +1): Religion and Belief Discrimination: Where Next? (Cambridge, UK) (Sarah Fraser Butlin, Woolf Institute)

CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 24 November 2024: Faith in a world of 'unprecedented' challenges (Woolf Institute)

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, 21-23 October 2024: 7th ICLARS Conference: The Accommodation of Religion or Belief in the Public Sphere: Undeserved Privilege or Fundamental Right? (Notre Dame, IN USA) (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, University of Notre Dame Law School, Brigham Young University)

Morocco hosts Glion Dialogue on need for global human rights mechanisms (Mahamadou Simpara, Morocco World News)

India: Muslims ‘in constant fear’ amid hate campaign in India’s Himachal Pradesh (Samriddhi Sakunia, Al Jazeera)

China: Gansu, Association of Disciples member deprogrammed—to atheism (Fang Yongrui, Bitter Winter)

China is building an anti-Semitic Leviathan (Seth Mandel, Commentary)

Liberians react to Ghana’s anti-homosexuality bill (New Dawn)

Liberia: Former LCC president calls on regional Christian community to combat unwholesome activities (Willie N. Tokpah, Front Page Africa)

Gaza's cultural and religious heritage lies in ruins after a year of attacks by Israel (Elis Gjevori, Middle East Eye)

‘Apocalyptic’: Israel destroys mosque, bombs market in southern Lebanon (Al Jazeera)

French Senate speaker 'astounded' by Macron 'ignorance' on Israel (AFP, Al-Monitor)

Iran: Christian converts held incommunicado month after re-arrest (Article 18)

Australia: Not a g’day for religious freedom (Amy Lewis, World)

Colombia: WCC welcomes extension of ceasefire, reaffirms importance of peace talks in Colombia (World Council of Churches)

Uruguay: United across differences: How KAICIID's Fellows Programme is fostering dialogue in Uruguay (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Argentina: A sad outcome for the 37th Plurinational Gathering of LGBT in Jujuy (Spanish) (Cuestion Entrerriana)

Praying man breached abortion clinic safe zone (BBC)

Court delivers “first known conviction of a ‘thoughtcrime’ in modern British history” (Michael Curzon, The European Conservative)

Guilty: Army Vet convicted for praying silently near abortion facility (ADF UK)

The House of Lords debates humanist weddings again (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Far-right leader who burned copies of Qur’an goes on trial in Sweden (Miranda Bryant, The Guardian)

Hopes for religious harmony come to life in the Muslim Vatican (The Economist)

In Lithuania, university students build culture of peace through Thursdays in Black (World Council of Churches)

Hungary, UN expert Nazila Ghanea Reports on Discrimination and Religious Rights (Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)

Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop top education official’s classroom Bible mandate (Sean Murphy, Associated Press)

25 states, diverse faith groups, & legal scholars to Supreme Court: restore parental opt-outs for Pride storybooks (Becket)

Christian realtor persecuted for ‘hate speech’ after posting Bible verses on Facebook (Ashley Bateman, Federalist)

Student and faculty engagement at Utah Valley University and University of Utah (X, Office of International Religious Freedom)

Asian American evangelicals’ theology is conservative. But that doesn’t mean they vote that way (Deepa Bharath, Associated Press)