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

EVENT, 21 November 2024 (12:30PM ET): Towards Universal Human Dignity: Challenging the Undeclared War (Notre Dame, IN, USA) (Rosette Muzigo-Morrison, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 7 November 2024: Arab Region Dialogue Initiatives (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

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

WEBINAR, 7 November 2024, 9:00 AM HST/11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EST: Protecting the Sacred Sites of the Indigenous Peoples (G20 Interfaith Forum)

Environmental protection stands as duty of religious people - G20 Interfaith Forum President (Trend News Agency)

Indonesia: Promoting freedom of religion or belief (Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies)

Empowering faith and action for global change: KAICIID’s engagements in climate advocacy and interfaith collaboration ahead of COP29 (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Israel: IDF to issue 7,000 more draft orders to Haredim after unsuccessful first phase (Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel)

India: Muslim community welcomes Supreme Court's decision upholding UP Madrasa Act (International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

WCC strengthens faith and labor coalitions for global worker rights at Brussels dialogue (World Council of Churches)

DRC: Bishops oppose constitutional amendment proposal, sparking wide debate over democracy, national unity, and socio-economic priorities (Wesley Omondi, Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Japan: Organized religion not the only aspect of Japanese spirituality (Japan Today)

The Unification Church case in Japan: A legal analysis. 2: “Prescribed by Law” (Patricia Duval, Bitter Winter)

Egypt: The treatment of religious identity in Western secular schools in Egypt (Neveen Aboueldahab, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Tanzania improves in global rule of law index 2024 (Telesphor Magobe, Dail News)

Mountains of resistance: The past and present of Tibet’s quest for independence (Joie Liu, Harvard International Review)

Tajikistan: Religious freedom in Tajikistan (Vladimir Rozanskij, Asia News)

Brazil: Vandalism in Catholic churches investigated as religious intolerance (Portuguese) (Alexandre Borges, O Antagonista)

Brazil: Court sentences couple who gave ayahuasca tea to teenager during religious ritual (Portuguese) (Correio)

Germany Systemic mass-scale religious segregation condoned by the European Union for 10 years (Willy Fautré, The European Times)

Kristallnacht’s legacy still haunts Hamburg − even as the city rebuilds a former synagogue burned in the Nazi pogrom (Yaniv Feller, The Conversation)

Swedish court sentences far-right politician for insulting Muslims (Associated Press)

Only three UOC-MP communities remain in the Lviv region (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

The rise of the Christian right in Europe (Gionathan Lo Mascolo and Kristina Stoeckl, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Case update The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia (Cultural Bureau) (Appellant) v Costantine (Respondent) (The Supreme Court)

Homeless shelter can limit hiring to coreligionists (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

5 things we learned about faith voters (Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

The faith vote in 2024 — and how it compared to 2020 (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Notre Dame Law professor discusses religious freedom (Luka Vaicekauskaite, The Observer)

Black, secular, and alone: How religion impacts Black professionals (Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes)

California law against special education funding for religious schools violates constitution, court rules (Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)