CALL FOR PAPERS, deadline 31 January 2025: Religious Freedom in Africa (International Journal for Religious Freedom)

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)

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)

EVENT, 7 November 2024 (09:30 to 17:00): Interfaith in Times of Distress: Reflections and Paths Forwards (Cambridge, UK) (Woolf Institute)

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)

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

Recommitting to international religious freedom (Knox Thames, Deseret News)

Freedom of religion or belief is fundamental to achieving lasting and sustainable peace: UN expert (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Blessed are the peacemakers: From Mennonite nonresistance, to nonviolence, to nonviolent resistance (Dominic Nozzarella, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Building relationships and transforming attitudes: Reflecting on ten years of the LSE Faith Centre (James Walters, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Iran: Podcast explores the contribution of the Bahá’ís of Iran to society (Bahá’í World News Service)

Beyond war and towards reconciliation: Multi-religious peace roundtables The Second Tokyo Peace Roundtable Statement (Religions for Peace)

Articles of interest - 28 October 2024 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Uzbekistan: "We look for men in beards as we are searching for terrorists" (Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

KAICIID to lead high-profile side event at the International Conference on Women, Peace, and Security (ICWPS) in Manila: Empowering Women as Pillars of Global Peace through Interfaith Dialogue (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Food systems project coordinated by United Church of Canada, Zimbabwe Council of Churches, and Canadian Foodgrains Bank (World Council of Churches)

Mauritius: Religious leaders emphasize peace and accountability ahead of elections (Wesley Omondi, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Malaysia: A “heretic” sentenced to 6 months in prison and a fine (Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Taiwan: The Tai Ji Men case in Taiwan. 2. Legal and economic analysis (Liu Yin-Chun, Bitter Winter)

China: Guangdong’s harsh persecution of Church of Almighty God members (Bitter Winter)

Sudan: At least Fifteen people dead in SAF airstrike on mosque in Sudan (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Submissions to the 49th session of the Universal Periodic Review - Laos, Turkiye, Kenya (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Canada: Quebec’s secularism laws are about control, not freedom (Fatemeh Anvari, Maclean’s)

Types of informed consent: Crucial in genomic biobanks (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

Polish Catholic Church supports civil partnerships, but not equating them to marriage (Polskie Radio)

Minority faith communities in South Asia: UK government’s role in safeguarding freedom of religion or belief (House of Lords Library, UK Parliament)

Dutch woman faces trial for involvement in crimes against Yazidis (Ewelina U. Ochab, Religion Unplugged)

In Crimea, a serious escalation in religious persecution can be seen over the past two months - National Resistance Center (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

CPAC and NatCon: Uniting a transnational radical right (Rita Abrahamsen and Michael C. Williams, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

France: Hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts (UN News)

Georgia: The anti-EU role of the Georgian Orthodox Church in the parliamentary election (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia’s Vladimir region bans hijabs in schools (The Moscow Times)

Turkey’s persecution of Protestant Christians (Uzay Bulut, The European Conservative)

Church Reporter, Vol. 9, 20 September 2024 (Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice)

Church against anti-Semitism (German) (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)

International Religious Freedom Day (Antony J. Blinken, U.S. Department of State)

USCIRF observes International Religious Freedom Day (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Ninth Circuit court unanimously says California cannot exclude Jewish children with disabilities from federal funding (Becket)

Around the web - 28 October 2024 (Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

Evangelicals emerge as a potent lobby for US support of Ukraine (Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press)

President apologizes for Indian Boarding School policies; over half of schools had religious affiliations (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Separation of church and state debate over schools heats up (Diana Chandler, Religion Unplugged)

RFI joins two amicus briefs in key religious freedom cases (Religious Freedom Institute)