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)

Middle East

Christian woman wins legal challenge against Muslim designation in Iraq’s official database (ADF International)

Karasu: Democratic integration doesn't mean denying Kurdish identity (Hawar newse)

UAE, Syrian religious authorities hold talks in Damascus to promote moderate fatwas, unity (Gulf News)

State restrictions on religious freedom in Saudi Arabia (U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Israel's government is expected to collapse over ultra-Orthodox military draft (Daniel Estrin, NPR)

Can the Middle East learn how to respect religious freedom from Kurdistan? (Christian Today)

Africa

WCC contributes to KAICIID fellows programme exploring interreligious learning and coexistence in Ethiopia (World Council of Churches)

Letter: Extend the Special Rapporteur's mandate, move the accountability agenda forward (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

Egypt’s family law reforms expose the limits of sectarian citizenship (Christin El-Kholy, New Lines Magazine)

Cape Verde: Holy See and Cape Verde deepen a 50-year diplomatic partnership as Archbishop Gallagher unpacks the soul of papal diplomacy (Catholic Information Service for Africa)

Asia

Madhya Pradesh and the crisis of religious freedom (Ranjan Solomon, Counter Currents)

Right to Freedom of Religion cannot be breached in the name of social reform: SC in Sabarimala case (Press Trust of India)

India’s anti-conversion laws betray Constitution’s promise of religious freedom (Harsh Mander, Scroll.in)

Three tribal church leaders killed in Manipur ambush (The Hindu)

Liquor ban debate intensifies in J&K amid political sparring, growing calls for prohibition (Fayaz Wani, New Indian Express)

Thailand prepares nationwide royal and religious events for major 2026 commemorations (Pattaya Mail)

Vietnam simplifies procedures under revised Law on Belief and Religion (Tran Thuong, Vietnam Net Global)

41% of Muslim youths in Vienna place sharia above Austrian law (Zoltán Kottász, The European Conservative)

General Secretaries of EU Episcopates gather in Brussels and meet with EP Vice-President Sberna (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Bulgarian Patriarch attends Opening Session of the 52nd National Assembly (Orthodox Times)

Georgian Orthodox Church elects new leader at fraught time for the influential institution (David I. Klein, Religion News Service)

CAIR Md. applauds Rep. Raskin’s forceful Defense of religious freedom during heated Congressional ‘Anti-Sharia’ hearing (Council on American-Islamic Relations)

Can the state force religious preschools to promote other religions? (Denise Harle, SCOTUSblog)

Parents tell 10th Circuit boarding their children with trans students violates their religious freedom (Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service)

Kemp signs Georgia bill criminalizing clergy sexual abuse (Mark A. Kellner, Religion Unplugged)

Catholic diocese fights Trump administration plan to seize pilgrimage site for border wall (Aleja Hertzler-McCain, Religion News Service)

US must address China’s escalating war on religion (Sam Brownback, The Hill)

A Christian nation? At 250, America is still fighting over what that means (Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

Pastors and political leaders are ‘praying for Maine’ (Sean Scott, The Maine Monitor)

Soros’ Open Society Foundations commit $30M to groups fighting antisemitism and anti-Muslim hate (James Pollard, Associated Press)

Federal employees sue USDA secretary over Christian messaging (Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

White House to host 9-hour prayer festival focused on Christian roots of U.S. (Michelle Boorstein, Laura Meckler and Natalie Allison, The Washington Post)