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, 6-9 February 2025: Faith and Freedom: Constitutional Law and Religious Liberty (Washington, DC, USA) (Hudson Institute)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS, deadline 5 February 2025: Renewing the Conversation - A one-day colloquium on Africa, Article 18, Christianity and Human Rights (University of Birmingham and Aid to the Church in Need (UK))

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

EVENT, 15 January 2025 (9AM - 5PM EST): South Carolina Religious Liberty Conference (Columbia, SC, USA) (South Carolina Religious Liberty Conference)

Bangladesh: Interim Bangladeshi government turns blind eye to religious persecution (Uzay Bulut, The European Conservative)

Religion Watch, ‘Volume 40 No. 2’ (Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Mastering Mālikī Law: A Moroccan Case Study (Asma Sayeed and Nour-Eddine Qaouar, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Global Interfaith Monitor No. 31 (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

India's Maha Kumbh festival sees 15 million people take holy dip on first day (Saurabh Sharma, Reuters)

Articles of interest - 13 January 2025 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Australia: 2 synagogues in Sydney graffitied with swastikas (Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Filipino religious group gathers millions for ‘national rally for peace’ (Inday Espina-Varona and Ronald O. Reyes, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Malala Yousafzai asks Muslim leaders to reject Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women openly (Ayaz Gul, Voice of America)

The GCR Red List [on persecution] (Global Christian Relief)

Japan: Muslim cemetery in Miyagi Prefecture will proceed despite resistance (Unseen Japan)

Nigeria: Kaigama calls for government-church partnership to tackle hunger (Radio Nigeria)

Canada: How religion’s brand became unpopular (Galen Watts, The Conversation)

Health costs: A bioethical religious challenge (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen, Infobae)

Is Czechia slowly dying because of declining faith and family? (Anna Nilsson, Isabel Vasquez and Mariana Alvarez, Religion Unplugged)

Church Reporter, Vol. 9, 31 December 2025 (Church Law Society Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro – České Budějovice – Mšeno)

Comment of the MFA of Ukraine regarding the situation with religious freedom in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine (Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

Putin seeks Christmas blessing, and support of Moscow Patriarchate for his war in Ukraine, and gets it (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Symbolic boundaries within Jewish-Muslim encounters in Germany (London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Bishop criticizes AfD mayor of Jüterbog (German) (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)

OCU Metropolitan: UN turns a blind eye to the crimes Moscow religious structure commits in Crimea (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

King Charles to attend Auschwitz commemoration (Sean Coughlan, BBC)

Schools Bill isn’t about safeguarding, it attacks religious freedom and parental rights (Asher Gratt, Jewish News)

The grooming gang debate: Navigating race, politics, and justice in the UK (Tahir Abbas, London School of Economics Religion and Global Society Blog)

Religion and Marriage Law: The Need for Reform (Russel Sandberg, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

British authorities chastise a Jewish charity for fundraising for an Israeli soldier (Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Attorney General: I want a world where you can love Israel and care for Palestinians (Lee Harpin, Jewish News)

Around the web - 13 January 2025 (Law and Religion Forum, St. John's Law School Center for Law & Religion)

America’s changing pews: Who shows up at church on Sunday? (Sophie Hills, Christian Science Monitor)

University's rescission of agreement with church did not violate equal protection or free exercise clauses (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

South Carolina doctors challenge abortion ban on Free Exercise grounds (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

In San Antonio, a pioneer of modern faith-based community organizing has deep roots (Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)

Texas argues at state Supreme Court to revive attempt to shut down migrant aid nonprofit (Courthouse News Service)