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

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, deadline for submission 31 January 2025: Young Scholars Fellowship at Oxford (International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

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)

Government restrictions on religion stayed at peak levels globally in 2022 (Samirah Majumdar, Pew Research Center)

Nepal: The door is now open to churches in Nepal (Surendra Bajracharya, Christianity Today)

Niger: Amid social challenges, youth advance culture of peace (Bahá’í World News Service)

Senegal’s religious actors and family welfare: Looking back, looking ahead (Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

KAICIID and ASEAN-IPR strengthen partnership with the signing of MoU on peacebuilding and dialogue (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Uzbekistan: Restoration and reinvention: Breathing new life into Uzbekistan’s Islamic spaces (Joseph Hammond, Religion Unplugged)

China: New crackdown on Yiguandao in Guangdong (Zhao Zhangyong, Bitter Winter)

China: The Chinese Communist Party authorities openly set up an “Anti-Cult Alert Education Base” in the church (China Aid)

China: The macro consequences as religious trends in China unfold (John Allen Jr., Word on Fire)

China: Daoism under Sinicization. 2. Sinicization in practice (Karine Martin, Bitter Winter)

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

We studied 20 places around the world and found the most common diseases linked with voluntary assisted dying (Eliana Close and James Downer, The Conversation)

Nigeria: Christian mother of 5, Rhoda Jatau, fully acquitted of charges for “blasphemy” (ADF International)

Nigeria: Deadly violence in Nigeria linked to breakup of United Methodist Church over LGBTQ policies (Associated Press)

How antisemitism, Israeli nationalism and anger over Gaza clashed in Amsterdam (Loveday Morris, Meg Kelly, Imogen Piper, Souad Mekhennet and Koba Ryckewaert, The Washington Post)

No fine for Bible text on taxi; German city drops penalty (Christian Network Europe)

Law Commission: scoping financial remedies on divorce (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

UK Foreign Secretary writes to imprisoned Protestant pastor (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

King Charles III attends event at Catholic Church remembering Christians in Middle East (Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Estonian university cuts ties with Israeli institution, drawing government rebuke (Shira Li Bartov, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Occupied Ukraine: Masked, armed men in third raid on church's worship meetings (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Muslim school sues French politician for defamation (Aymen Alami, Morocco World News)

Missouri man pleads guilty to federal civil rights and arson charges for setting fire to Mormon church (U.S. Department of Justice)

Justice Department sues City of Brunswick, Georgia, for trying to close Christian resource center for homeless individuals (U.S. Department of Justice)

The Supreme Court just took up its first religion case of the year. It could add 6 more (Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Minnesota ignores Supreme Court, continues religious discrimination (Charles J. Russo, Catholic World Report)

Hospital employee's vaccine objections were religious (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Indiana Supreme Court lets preliminary injunction against abortion ban when it violates religious beliefs stand (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Baker returns to court in religious freedom fight: ‘Not sacrificing her faith’ (Diana Chandler, Religion Unplugged)