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 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)

The Normative Structure of Multicultural Secularism (Simon Thompson and Tariq Modood, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

The Magico-Juridical Hypothesis (Alexis Alvarez-Nakagawa, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Global Interfaith Monitor No. 30 (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Uganda: Museveni commends Catholic Church for mentoring youth (Kenneth Kazibwe, Nile Post)

As wars rage around them, Armenian Christians in Jerusalem’s Old City feel the walls closing in (Julia Frankel, Associated Press)

Brazil: Church fights against gambling (Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Canada: The origins of antisemitism in Canada and why it has spiked (Jerry Grafstein, Jewish News Syndicate)

Kyrgyzstan: Muslim's jail term increased, raids on Jehovah's Witness, Hare Krishna, Protestant events (Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

Colombia: Lessons learned from public policy in Colombia to identify violations of religious freedom (John Fredy Osorio Cardona, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Mexico encourages citizens to drop off firearms at churches (Agence France-Presse)

Syrian Shi'ites and other minorities flee to Lebanon, fearing Islamist rule (Laila Bassam, John Davison, Maggie Michael and Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters)

WCC general secretary receives medal from Kazakhstan for interreligious dialogue (World Council of Churches)

India: High Court judge criticised for controversial remarks towards Muslim community (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Malaysia issues religious decree against Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (EU Reporter)

Religion and foreign policy webinar: The Pope and international relations (Council on Foreign Relations)

Magdeburg: 2 dead, dozens injured in Christmas market attack (Deutsche Welle)

COMECE advocates for the unique contribution of Religious Education at the European Schools in latest position paper (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

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

Ban on legal gender recognition: the missed opportunity of the Y.T. v Bulgaria revision (Marie-Hélène Ludwig and Arpi Avetisyan, Strasbourg Observers)

How the UK became ‘western capital’ for sharia courts (The Times)

Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions (Joshua McElwee, Reuters)

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights reaches agreement to resolve harassment based on shared ancestry in the School District of Philadelphia (U.S. Department of Education)

Incivility costs business $2.7 billion daily (Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Free Exercise: Religion, the First Amendment, and the Making of America (Chris Beneke, Oxford University Press)

Protecting church from state (Dave Yost, American Mind)

Sister Helen Prejean on capital punishment, justice, and meeting victims' families (Billy Binion, Reason)

Religious freedom advocates congratulate Rubio on nomination to lead US State Department, call for greater focus on religious prisoners of conscience (ADF International)

Rabbi David Saperstein, 50 years later, still committed to lobbying for common ground (Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Georgia agrees to allow students who choose Christian college to receive financial aid (Alliance Defending Freedom)