EVENT, 10 April 2025: 11th Annual Iowa Religious Freedom Day Celebration, "The Role of Religion in Peacemaking" (Des Moines, IA, USA) (Iowareligiousfreedomday.org)

EVENT, 6 February 2025: Religious Freedom in America (Washington, DC, USA) (National Council for Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 6 February 2025: National Prayer Breakfast (Washington, DC, USA)

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

EVENT, 3 February 2025: Global Faith Forum: Together for Peace in a Time of Outrage (Washington, DC, USA) (Multi-Faith Neighbors Network)

EVENT, 3 February 2025: IRF Summit University Partnership Program 2025 (Washington, DC, USA) (IRF Summit)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS, new deadline 29 December 2024: Eighth Annual Conference: Religion and Socio-Cultural Transformation: European Perspectives and Beyond (Vienna, Austria) (The European Academy of Religion)

Religious freedom: Toward a pluralist understanding (Jaclyn Neo, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Nigeria: Church pushes back against attempts to legalize abortion (Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Mexican Church calls for a national truce on Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Mexican Church Calls for a National Truce on Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Zenit)

Regulation of FoRB rights by organized crime in Mexico: A real although largely overlooked issue (Teresa I. Flores, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Explained: India's controversial Places of Worship law (BBC)

India: A temple reborn: Finding hope and harmony in Kashmir (Zaffar Iqbal, Religion Unplugged)

Sudan: Caught between two paranoid and barbaric military forces, nowhere is safe for the people of Sudan (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Taiwan: Religious freedom in post-authoritarian Taiwan. 5. A failure of democracy? (Tsai Cheng-An, Bitter Winter)

Japan's political landscape shifts amid religious controversies (Evrim Ağacı)

China: Religion in China: A taboo that is slowly being revealed (FSSPX News)

Vietnam: USCIRF alarmed over escalating crackdown in Vietnam (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Kyrgyzstan: Repressive new Religion Law passes first reading (Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Final in-person IRF Roundtable of 2024 honors IRF Ambassador, Rashad Hussain on Capitol Hill (The European Times)

Pakistan: Why a bill on religious seminaries is Pakistan’s latest flashpoint (Abid Hussain, Al Jazeera)

Faith communities champion evidence-based advocacy for ecosystem restoration at desertification COP16 (World Council of Churches)

Ghana Catholic Bishops condemn post-election violence (Modern G)

Iran: UN experts call for strict new hijab law to be repealed (UN News)

Notre Dame Law School’s Religious Liberty Clinic defends religious freedom through asylum (Elyse Paul, University of Notre Dame)

Vatican officials, Palestinian president discuss Gaza's 'very serious' needs (Joshua McElwee, Reuters)

Brazil: Chapters of Constitutional History: Law and Religion (part 1) (Portuguese) (Arnaldo Sampaio de Moraes Godoy, Consultor Juridico)

Brazil: Young Brazilians win UN award for film on religious intolerance (Portuguese) (Nações Unidas Brasil)

Argentina: Interreligious meeting in Buenos Aires: the president of the bishops' conference and Rabbi Dr. Fishel Szlajen seek to create an innovative academic program on religious freedom (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

German Rights Institute warns of rising anti-Muslim racism (Middle East Monitor)

Religious freedom in Europe is at risk, but the struggle is not hopeless (Anja Hoffmann, Christian Network Europe)

Hovenier in a farewell meeting with Theodosija, talk about religious freedom in Kosovo (KOHA)

Metropolitan Epifaniy: Russian state-church system will never be a neutral observer in Ukrainian affairs (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

The unholy alliance of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Kremlin (The Economist)

WCC reflects on “Pilgrimage of Justice, Reconciliation and Unity” at European consultation on just peace (World Council of Churches)

European Parliament re-establishes Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief (Juan Sanchez Gil, The European Times)

Switzerland eyes ban on Nazi symbols due to surge in antisemitism (Agence France-Presse)

Christians, Jews and Muslims reject the derogation of crimes against religious feelings in Spain (Spanish) (Nicolás de Cárdenas, ACI Prensa)

Biden-⁠Harris Administration releases first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate (The White House)

The national strategy to combat Islamophobia is a huge step forward — for Sikhs, too (Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service)

Justices take up cases on religious tax exemption and California climate change mandate (Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Supreme Court to decide if serving the needy is religious (Becket)

U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether serving those in need can be a religious activity (Religious Freedom Institute)

Supreme Court takes up religion case for first time in nearly 2 years (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Most congregations avoid discussing politics, new study shows (Fiona André, Religion News Service)

The loss and recovery of a place for faith in the public square (Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism, Institute on Religion and Democracy)

The Founders’ Gift: Free Exercise of Religion (Thomas Farr, The Catholic Thing)

Hindus debate the legacy of caste in America (Richa Karmarkar, Religion News Service)

USCIRF releases factsheet on key international religious freedom appointments for the incoming Donald J. Trump Administration (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Ohio ministry aiding young survivors of sex trafficking sues county (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Good News clubs sue California school district for access (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Why the religious beliefs of Trump defense pick Pete Hegseth matter (Julie Ingersoll, The Conversation)

Translate Hate: The Catholic Edition (U.S. Bishops’ Conference and American Jewish Committee)

Faithful baker goes to court to protect her business (Becket)

Could this tiny school break down the wall between church and state? (Caleb Gayle, The New York Times)