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)

New Events

WEBINAR, 16 April 2026 (17:00 SA, 15:00 UTC, 16:00 NIG, 18:00 EAT): SACLARS Webinar Series: Law, Religion and Social Justice in Southern Africa (Southern Africa Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

CALL FOR ARTICLES: Contribution of religion to human values (Peres Academic Center)

A Renewed Research Agenda to Address Global Religious Violence and Foster Religious Pluralism (Elaine Howard Ecklund, Kerby Goff, and Aishwarya Lakshmi, MDPI)

Mafra Dialogues 2026: Faith, diplomacy and the case for multilateralism (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Over 100,000 Muslim worshipers perform Friday prayers at Temple Mount (AFP, Times of Israel)

Africa

Catholic bishops in Ghana call for coherent public discourse on family values (Sabrine Amboka, ACI Africa)

Morocco, Vatican mark 50 years of diplomatic relations built on interfaith dialogue (Khadija Tachfine, Hespress)

Three years on, faith and partnership are sustaining families forced to flee Sudan (UNHCR)

Asia

Every Friday in Bangladesh, a contradiction unfolds in plain sight (Amit Khan, ABC Australia)

A judicial suicide: The Tokyo decision against the Unification Church. 3. Subjective interpretation and “social norms.” (Eitaro Ogawa, Bitter Winter)

Logic may not be the right tool to examine faith and belief systems, says Supreme Court (Krishnadas Rajagopal, The Hindu)

Albanian government approves 203 million lek support for religious communities (RTSH Albania)

European governments tighten controls on Turkey’s politicized religious authority Diyanet (Levent Kenez, Nordic Monitor)

FIFA opens disciplinary case against Spanish federation over anti-Muslim chants (Associated Press)

France: When ‘anti-cult deviances’ clash with human rights (Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Russia and Ukraine agree to Orthodox Easter truce (Sarah Rainsford, BBC)

Investigators believe antisemitism was motive in vandalism at Israeli restaurant in Munich (Associated Press)

Belarus: Catholic priest arrested – by KGB? (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Agriculture secretary’s religious Easter message to all employees sparks internal backlash and a formal complaint (René Marsh, CNN)

Religious and civic leader gatherings: Houston, TX (Boniuk Institute)

4th Circuit upholds West Virginia's compulsory vaccination law that excludes religious exemptions (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Will parental rights finally receive proper constitutional protection? (Melissa Moschella, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Catholic sisters sue for exemption to LGBTQ+ rights law in NY nursing homes (Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)