EVENT, 2-3 February 2026: International Religious Freedom Summit 2026 (Washington, DC, USA) (IRF Summit)

EVENT, 29-30 January 2026: 2nd Conference on Religious Freedom in South Africa (Bloemfontein, South Africa) (University of the Free State, International Institute for Religious Freedom (Cape Town), University of Johannesburg, Rhodes University)

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PANELS, deadline 30 November 2025: 8th ICLARS Conference: State Neutrality and Cooperation with Religion: Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief without Discrimination (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

EVENT, 25 November 2025: Open Forum: IV University Conference on Religious Freedom (Entre Ríos, Argentina) (Adventist University of the Plata, Consejo Argentino para la Libertad Religiosa (CALIR))

EVENT, 21-22 November 2025: Cache Valley Interfaith Open House (Cache Valley, UT, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (J. Reuben Clark Law Society and Cache Community Connections)

EVENT, 30 October 2025 (5:30PM): 3rd Annual Las Vegas Summit on Religious Freedom and Human Dignity (Las Vegas, NV, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (UNLV, Las Vegas Alliance for Religious Freedom and Human Dignity)

EVENT, 30 October 2025: Alabama Religious Freedom Summit (Huntsville, AL, USA) (Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

EVENT, 24 October 2025: 2025 Law & Religion Symposium (Seattle, WA, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (University of Washington School of Law and J. Reuben Clark Law Society)

CALL FOR INPUT, deadline 24 October 2025: Report on freedom of religion or belief in relation to death and the honouring of the deceased (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

EVENT, 23 October 2025 (2-8:30PM): 8th Annual Summit for Religious Freedom (Dallas, TX, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Southern Methodist University, DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)

EVENT, 23 October 2025: Religious Freedom and Human Flourishing (Wichita, KS, USA) (Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

EVENT, 23 October 2025: Torah and Tactics: Jewish Ethics, Just War and the State of Israel (Tempe, AZ, USA) (Alan Mittleman, Arizona State University)

Pope Leo plans symbolic debut foreign trips to Turkiye and Lebanon (Stephen Quillen and News Agencies, Al Jazeera)

Media bias & religious liberty – when headlines hurt (Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)

Religion Watch Volume 40 No. 11 (Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Silent histories, loud exclusions: Hindu inheritance and transgender personhood from Dharmaśāstras to India’s Trans Rights Act (Jaideep Singh Lalli, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Islamic Normative Legal Theory: Framework and Applications (Habib Ahmed, Cambridge University Press)

Charlie Kirk memorial in Seoul shows power of Christian nationalism for young Korean activists (Chanhee Heo, Religion Dispatches)

New book spans 30 years of contributions to discourse on equality (Bahá’í World News Service)

President of PRAISE visited The WFB (World Fellowship of Buddhists)

Authorities find body of missing priest in violence-torn region of Mexico (Associated Press)

NSO’s decision to send the government a pre-action protocol letter over ‘Islamophobia’ (Network of Sikh Organisations)

Qatar affirms commitment to respecting and protecting human rights as cornerstone of its policy (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Legal Journal Number 11 (20): September (Spanish) (Observatorio de Libertad Religiosa de América Latina y El Caribe)

Where guns divide, music unites: when artists become peacemakers (French) (Zion News TV)

Ukraine: UN experts warn of persecution against Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

The Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine discussed current issues of military chaplaincy and international activities (Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

Ethnic policy service head Yelensky: Ukraine working on transition to state-church partnership (Interfax)

Estonian bishop calls on authorities for dialogue, condemns anti-church law (Union of Orthodox Journalists)

The spiritual is political: Georgia’s Peace Cathedral as a hub for pro-democracy religious resistance (Ken Chitwood, Center for Religion & Media, NYU)

Balkan needs and challenges for covenantal pluralism in Serbia (Marko Vekovic, Institute for Global Engagement)

Supreme Court skeptical of state bans on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ kids (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)

Sanders announces the launch of the 10:33 Initiative pilot program (Arkansas Governor)

Faith, science and the First Amendment: What to know about religious beliefs in the classroom (Richard Foltin, Freedom Forum)

How unity and justice can shape national narratives (Bahá’í World News Service)

We need better protection for religious liberty in education (John Bursch, Real Clear Education)

From the pulpit to the picket line: For many miners, religion and labor rights have long been connected in coal country (Richard J. Callahan, Jr., The Conversation)