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, 14 June 2026: Flag Day Fireside: Discussion on the Blessings of Religious Liberty (Nashua, New Hampshire, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

EVENT, 15 June 2026: RFAC Dinner (Provo, Utah, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

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)

EVENT, 30 August 2026: Festival of Faiths (Indianapolis, IN, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

Faith-based leaders call for dignity, protection at global migration forum (Presbyterian News Service)

Africa

Uganda arrests 62 Nigerians over alleged illegal religious activities, immigration breaches (Leah Ndagi, Leadership)

Decolonising Sudan in the political imagination (Muhammad Elamin, Islamic Human Rights Commission)

Nonstate violators of religious freedom in Nigeria: Fulani militants (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Islamic militants attack Congo villages near Uganda, killing 40 people, local group says (Jean-Yves Kamale, Associated Press)

Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia under tight security (Khaled Nasraoui and Ghaya Ben Mbarek, Associated Press)

North Africa signals new openings for Jews as Morocco weighs citizenship reform, Tunisia sees pilgrimage return (Ailin Vilches Arguello, The Algemeiner)

Asia

Church groups launch signature drive to ban Filipino political dynasties (Paterno R. Esmaquel II, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Freedom of religion and belief in Afghanistan (John T. Pinna and Emily Hilliard, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Trump’s China trip offers a golden chance to inspire freedom (Nina Shea, Hudson Institute)

Christians decry persecution in India's heartland (N Hannan, Deutsche Welle)

Freedom of belief and religion in Vietnam cannot be distorted - Op-ed (Vietnam Plus)

Middle East

Sultan dismisses Islamisation claims, urges religious literacy for national unity (Collins Nnabuife, Nigerian Tribune)

How Dubai strengthens social cohesion through interfaith partnerships (Tricia Gajitos, Gulf News)

Lebanese army intelligence arrests man over alleged sectarian incitement and insults to religious and state figures (LBC International)

Qatar’s pluralism at risk, warn UN experts (Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations)

Israel indicts Jewish man accused of attacking Christian nun in Jerusalem (Melanie Lidman, Associated Press)

Canada

Submission to the Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying (Evangelical Fellowship of Canada)

Norwegian Supreme Court issues significant ruling in favor of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Presidential Administration hosts conference on EU dialogue with churches and religious communities (Basilica)

How the EU can impact FoRB in Iran (Fred Petrossian, Article 18)

COMECE Reflection Paper addresses mental health challenges in Europe (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Do Jews have a future in Europe? A historian of antisemitism has her doubts. (Andrew Silow-Carroll, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Finnish MP to appeal ‘hate speech’ conviction to Strasbourg (Javier Villamor, The European Conservative)

Anti-Christian incidents April 2026 (Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe)

Ninth person arrested over Jewish ambulance arson (Kathryn Armstrong, BBC)

Balancing Article 8 rights and educational need in planning law: R (ELY) (Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Retired pastor guilty of abortion buffer zone breach (Maria McCann, BBC)

Presidential message on National Day of Prayer (The White House)

Rubio says US ties with Church can withstand Trump's criticism of Pope Leo (Simon Lewis, Reuters)

Ivy League students are suffering from religious illiteracy - opinion (Gregory Conti, The Washington Post)

RFI discusses medical conscience rights with U.S. Health and Human Services officials (Religious Freedom Institute)

Man who firebombed a demonstration in Colorado, killing 1, is sentenced to life in prison (Mead Gruver, Associated Press)

Yeshivas celebrate after Hochul says NY will opt into federal school choice tax credit (Jewish News)

CAIR releases analysis of anti-Muslim Oklahoma politics (Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Court orders CAIR Muslim group to surrender donor records (Liz Lykins, The Sift)

Grand Prairie cancels Eid event after Gov. Greg Abbott's office threatens to pull funding (Doug Myers, Jack Fink, Tristan Calhoun, CBS News)