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

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)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 23 November 2024: Launch Event of the Lusophone Alliance for Religious Freedom (Portuguese) (Aliança Lusófona pela Liberdade Religiosa)

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

VIRTUAL EVENT, 19 November 2024 (10AM ET): Addressing Entities of Particular Concern: Non-State Actors and Egregious Violations of Religious Freedom (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

WEBINAR, 19 November 2024 (12PM ET): Exiting Violence: The Role of Religion (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

WEBINAR, 14 November 2024, 1:00 pm MT (US & Canada): Indigenous Women Thriving (G20 Interfaith Forum)

New Zealand: Government apologises for abuse in care (Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister)

Australia: How the federal government’s misinformation bill might impede freedom of speech (Anne Twomey, The Conversation)

India: Amit Shah vows anti-conversion law in Maharashtra, opposition caste census (Clara Lewis, Times of India)

India: Cardinal in India says religious liberty a human right, ahead of state elections (Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The Islamic Secular (Sherman A. Jackson, Oxford University Press)

Bolivia: Bishops raise alarm over instability in the country: "The situation is chaotic and worrying" (Agenzia Fides)

At COP29, religious leaders call for “regeneration and renewal of our only planetary home” (World Council of Churches)

Mexican Christians wary of new indigenous protection laws (Duncan Williams, Christian Today)

Despite the obstacles, Muslim women play an active role in peacebuilding (Maha Akeel, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

As COP29 begins, some voice concerns over religious freedom in host country Azerbaijan (Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)

Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury (Archbishop of Canterbury)

Makin Review: Summary of Recommendations (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Hanovs v. Latvia: Further clarification of the positive obligations of States in cases involving homophobic attacks (Alina Tryfonidou, Strasbourg Observers)

Heated debate on ‘antisemitic’ Amsterdam violence in Dutch parliament (Agence France-Presse)

Bundestag passes anti-Semitism resolution (German) (ZDFheute)

Walters announces Office of Religious Liberty and Patriotism (Oklahoma State Department of Education)

Federal judge blocks Louisiana law that requires classrooms to display Ten Commandments (Sara Cline and Kevin McGill, Associated Press)

‘To be human is to believe freely’: Q&A with USCIRF Chair Stephen Schneck (Logan H. Merrill, Religion Unplugged)

IT specialist awarded $12.69M for denied religious exemption from vaccine mandate (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Government cannot discriminate against faith-based special needs schools (Michael Helfand and Maury Litwack, Orange County Register)

After Trump's reelection, calls grow to renew US focus on Uyghur rights (Kasim Kashgar, Voice of America)

School prayer timeline: The evolution of prayer in schools, from Founding Fathers to President Trump’s commitment to bringing it back (Benyamin Cohen, Forward)