EVENT, 30 April 2026: JRCLS-OC 2026 Annual Religion & the Law Symposium (Orange County, CA, USA) (J. Reuben Clark Law Society)

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

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, 12 May 2026: Brussels Family Policy Exchange & 2026 European Family Values Award (European Union & International Affairs Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sutherland Institute)

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)

HYBRID EVENT, 29 May 2026: 12th Annual Law and Religious Freedom Conference (Kansas City, MO, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law)

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)

How Lebanon’s Sunnis approach peace with Israel (Mohamad Fawaz, Carnegie Middle East Center)

Symposium will explore “Faith Meets Global Values - Crisis and Promise of Multilateralism” (World Council of Churches)

Articles of interest - 27 April 2026 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Asia

Pakistan churches reject proposed amendments to Christian marriage law (Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Indonesia’s religious freedom survey draws criticism (Jacobus E. Lato, Union of Catholic Asian News)

United Nations Human Rights Committee issues favorable decision in support of Teymur Akhmedov (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Africa

Jihadists, Tuareg rebels, claim attacks across Mali (The Manila Times)

Despite promoting religious tolerance, Egypt represses religious life for many (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

State Security renews detention of 16 Ahmadis (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Christian YouTuber in Egypt faces five years’ Imprisonment and hard labor for teaching his faith online (ADF International)

Canada

Assault outside synagogue and rock thrown through Judaica shop window ratchet up Toronto Jews’ concerns (Joseph Strauss, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

As Quebec’s secularism laws threaten religious identities, Ontario schools embrace them (Zehra Kamani, Religion News Service)

Regulating the funeral industry in England & Wales? (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

COMECE Spring Assembly in Cyprus: EU bishops call for peace, dialogue and renewed EU engagement (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

France: Haïm and Elishéva Goël, the founders of a new religious movement, under arrest (Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

The PACE remains silent on attacks and discrimination against Christians in Europe (European Centre for Law and Justice)

Ruling party in Armenia releases anti-church platform (International Christian Concern)

Romanian bishop says Christians face ‘polite persecution’ in Europe (Orthodox Times)

Russia: Why did "intelligence service" sponsor attacks on French places of worship? (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

In stalled law, some see hand of Kosovo’s Islamic and Orthodox authorities (Serbeze Haxhiaj, Balkan Insight)

America’s founding promise of religious freedom has long coexisted with prejudice, even as many Christians have worked to confront it (David Mislin, Conversation)

Annual report chapter - IRFA implementation (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Released-time provider must get equal treatment with secular organizations (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Government interference in civil society threatens rights of conscience (Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Texas proposes Bible readings for K‑12 students, reigniting century‑old legal battle over their place in public schools (Charles J. Russo, Conversation)

California Jewish groups decry antisemitic conspiracy theories printed in governor’s race voter guide (Grace Gilson, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)