WEBINAR, 26 November 2024 (12PM ET): The New Governance of Religious Diversity (Tariq Modood and Thomas Sealy, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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)

WEBINAR, 29 October 2024 (10AM ET): Education Programs That Build Social Cohesion and Religious Literacy (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown 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)

WEBINAR, 22 October 2024 (12:15PM ET): The Minoritization of Religion: Uyghurs (The Institute for Religion, Culture and Public Life, Columbia University)

Video playlist: 2024 International Law and Religion Symposium (YouTube Video, International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

The freedom to import religious goods: An analysis of customs regulations on religious items and their interference with freedom of religion or belief: Part One (Brandon Reece Taylorian, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Canada: Ontario strengthening supports to combat hate and create safer communities (Government of Ontario)

China: Ten persecuted Catholic bishops in China (Nina Shea, Hudson Institute)

Nearly 1,400 illegal settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque to celebrate Sukkot (Middle East Monitor)

Justice Singh shares how religious freedom serves as a tool for peacemaking through Philippine law and jurisprudence (Supreme Court of the Philippines)

Articles and videos of interest - 21 October 2024 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religious tolerance is urgently needed in the Middle East: The example of Azerbaijan – OpEd (Maurizio Geri, Eurasia Review)

Pakistan: A call for the suspension of Pakistan from the Commonwealth for blasphemy laws (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Nigeria: Traditional religious worshippers in Kwara battle discrimination, marginalistion (International Centre for Investigative Reporting)

Yemen: Catholic leader promotes interfaith unity through charity work in Yemen (ACI MENA)

No delegation: an ethical imperative for AI (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

Legal Journal Number 1 (20): October (Spanish) (Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

#FaithforRights Program in Portugal (International Association for the Defense of Religious Liberty)

Amid fresh wave of antisemitism, some French Jews resort to fake names (Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor)

Ukraine's independent Orthodox Christians may tear the country apart (Katherine Kelaidis, Religion News Service)

Statistics of churches destroyed by Russians shared online (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Ukraine: Recruitment offices, military detain, pressure and torture conscientious objectors (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Law and religion roundup – 20th October (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

UK mosques allotted record security funding from hate crime scheme (Neha Gohil, The Guardian)

Trans people in prison and the law: Lessons from W.W. v. Poland (Deekshitha Ganesan and Richard Köhler, Strasbourg Observers)

Hungary: More reforms needed to address unequal treatment among religious and belief groups, says UN expert (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Fruitful dialogue meeting on Freedom of Religion with the Hungarian EU Presidency (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Judge will hear arguments to block Louisiana’s Ten Commandments display requirement in schools (Sara Cline, Associated Press)

Around the web - 21 October 2024 (Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

What the history of blasphemy laws in the US and the fight for religious freedom can teach us today (Kristina M. Lee, The Conversation)

Religion’s role in the election’s home stretch (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Is the world ready for a religious comeback? (Ross Douthat, The New York Times)

Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats (Marc Levy, Associated Press)