EVENT, 14 April 2026: Multi-faith presentation and breakfast (Des Moines, IA, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Iowa State Capitol Rotunda, Iowa Religious Freedom Day)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 15 April 2026: How Society Cares for the Dead - A Matter of Freedom of Religion or Belief and Human Dignity (missio Aachen, Justitia et Pax, Renovabis)

EVENT, 16 April 2026 (12-4:30 PM MDT): 3rd Annual Bridging Religious Divides Symposium: Disrupting the Cycle of Genocide. Prevention in Practice (Salt Lake City, UT, USA) (Bellwether International and Utah Global Diplomacy)

EVENT, 16 April 2026: America 250: Cradle of Religious Freedom (Denver, CO, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Colorado State Capitol)

EVENT, 21-23 April 2026: Religion & Human Flourishing: Building Pathways to Peaceful Societies in South Asia (Laie, Hawaii, USA) (Religious Freedom & Human Dignity Initiative at BYU–Hawaii)

EVENT, 30 April 2026: 5th Annual Freedom of Religion Roundtable (Kennesaw, GA, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Freedom of Religion Roundtable)

CALL FOR INPUTS, deadline 1 May 2026: Country Visit to Nigeria (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

EVENT, 7-8 May 2026: FORB and the European Union (Leuven, Belgium) (Institute for the Study of Freedom of Religion or Belief, ETF Leuven)

EVENT, 20 May 2026: Strengthening Religious Freedom Through Civil Dialogue (Chattanooga, TN, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Bessie Smith Cultural Center and Chattanooga African American Museum, Chattanooga Faith Forum)

EVENT, 17-20 May 2026: 13th Annual Conference on Law and Religion in Africa – Theme: Law, Religion, and Youth (Kigali, Rwanda) (The African Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

EVENT, 16 June 2026: Religious Freedom Annual Review: The USA at 250: Life, Religious Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Provo, Utah, USA) (International Center for Law and Religion Studies (ICLRS), Brigham Young University)

Navigating the new nuclear peril (Religions for Peace)

Religions for Peace announces recipients of the 2025 Women of Excellence in Multi-Religious Action Award (Religions for Peace)

Broken open, not broken apart: A faith-based model of resilience for women leaders (Margaret J. Weber, Institute for Global Engagement)

Articles of interest - 6 April 2026 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Reflecting on 30 years of contributing to international discourse (Bahá’í World News Service)

Religion Watch Volume 41 No. 4 (Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Asia

Indian court: No permit needed for home prayer meetings (Michael Gonsalves, Union of Catholic Asian News)

No sacrilege law without inputs from us, Sikh bodies tell govt (Times of India)

Pakistan’s bishops decry court ruling in child marriage case (Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Pakistan blocks Ahmadi Muslims from Eid prayers (A. Sahara Alexander, Bitter Winter)

Q&A: Why Pakistan and Afghanistan are fighting and how Christians there survive (with Knox Thames, Christianity Today)

Middle East

Israeli PM, Netanyahu condemns ‘Christian persecution’ in Nigeria in Easter message (Damilare Adeleye, The Nigerian Voice)

Managing Religion and Religious Changes in Iran: A Socio-Legal Analysis. Elements in New Religious Movements (Sajjad Adeliyan Tous and James T. Richardson, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

Peace symposium in Edinburgh draws over 200 attendees and promotes interfaith dialogue (Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

Green plaque awarded to London’s first mosque (Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

Islamist Turkey: a base for Muslim Brotherhood Jihadism (Sinan Ciddi, William Doran, Foundation for Defense of Democracies)

2026 Hungary election spotlights Semjén’s religious nationalism project (Charlie W. Grease, The European Times)

Israeli, Serbian leaders denounce antisemitic statements at Belgrade protest (Grace Gilson, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The inaugural forum of the Ukrainian Christian Movement held in Kyiv (Institute for Religious Freedom, Ukraine)

Values in practice (Fondazione Bruno Kessler)

Germany's new religious diversity (Christoph Strack, Deutsche Welle)

Governor Ron DeSantis signs legislation to combat terrorist groups and ban sharia law in Florida (Executive Office of the Governor)

Jewish families and a rabbi ask to join lawsuit to block Oklahoma Jewish charter school (Asaf Elia-Shalev, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

The impact of religion on the geopolitics of the U.S.-Armenia-Azerbaijan triangle (James Chen, Institute for Global Engagement)

1A in Action: Joe Kennedy and fighting for religious freedom on the field (Freedom Forum)

At Easter time, Iranian Christians pray for a new government and freedom of worship as war rages at home (Angie Leventis Lourgos, Los Angeles Times)

Christian therapists and LGBTQ people of faith respond to Supreme Court ruling (Jason DeRose, NPR)