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, 30 November 2024: From the Margins to Mainstream: Building a Mass Movement for FoRB (Global Youth Summit)

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)

EVENT, 21 November 2024: Exploring the impact of emergency rules on freedom of worship (Genoa, Italy) (Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali)

WEBINAR, 21 November 2024 (4PM GMT +3): Complexities in State Regulation of Religious Organisations in Kenya: Lessons from Rwanda and Uganda (The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

Evidently Not: Why Confessions Are Excluded in Jewish Criminal Jurisprudence (David C. Flatto, Journal of Law and Religion)

China: Religion issues and persecution – Bimonthly digest November 01-15 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

South Korea: A scandal in South Korea: Shincheonji’s Park rental for a mass meeting cancelled at the last minute (Alessandro Amicarelli and Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Canada: Why religious tax exemptions benefit all Canadians (Cardus)

Kenya: Anglican Church backs Catholic bishops, joins chorus calling out Ruto government (Mercy Koskei, Nation)

How should states govern religious diversity? Key insights from our new book (Tariq Modood and Thomas Sealy, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Exploring the potential of eco-Islamic values to mobilise public support for sustainability (Mariana Dussin, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Iraq’s missing Yazidis: Inside the long search for Islamic State captives (Timour Azhari, Reuters)

Australia: Allan government faces showdown with faith groups over hate laws (Chip Le Grand, The Age)

Pakistani police arrest a man accused of insulting the Quran and save him from being lynched by mob (Associated Press)

ICC sentences Malian Islamist to 10 years over Timbuktu repression (Reuters)

How early Islamic principles can guide diplomacy today (London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Chile: The bishops of Chile against the government's decree on religion teaching (Pablo Aguilera L., Omnes Magazine)

Employment: The right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief of women at work (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)

Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly Digest November 01-15 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Belarus: Catholic priest charged for treason (Vatican News)

Meeting of the Joint Commission of Representatives of the Government and the PRE (Polish) (Polish Ecumenical Council)

This county is the most religiously diverse in the U.S. (Sarah Ventre, NPR)

America’s atheist diplomacy (Michael T. McCaul, First Things)

Hanukkah menorahs in the public square — a reminder of America’s promise of religious freedom for all (Tiffany Dunkin, Deseret News)

What Buddhism can teach us in this moment of deep divisions (Jeremy David Engels, Religion Unplugged)

Amish parents falter in Second Circuit fight for NY religious vaccination exemptions (Erik Uebelacker, Courthouse News Service)

Does religion impact support for the death penalty? (Ryan Burge, The Association of Religion Data Archives)

OR youth ministry, stripped of funding over religious beliefs, appeals to 9th Circuit (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Texas board advances plan to allow Bible material in elementary school lessons (Nadia Lathan, Associated Press)

Louisiana law on Ten Commandments in classrooms remains blocked by court (Rachel Dobkin, Newsweek)

Colorado to pay $1.5 million for violating Christian resident’s religious freedoms (Shawn Fleetwood, Federalist)

LA City Council makes a statement on freedom of speech and religion — and promoting peace (Los Angeles Daily News)