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)

Foreign Policy magazine hosts Muslim World League’s chief for talks on religion, global issues (Arab News)

The Bellwether’s work: Rachel Miner on why genocide is predictable — and preventable (JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Takeaways from AP’s report on Jalue Dorje, the US-born teenage Buddhist lama (Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press)

Articles of interest - 18 May 2026 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Africa

The enduring commitment of religious congregations to South Sudan’s recovery (Christine Masivo, Vatican News)

Why is Sudan’s civil war threatening both human lives and the country’s religious heritage? (News.AZ)

Hijab disputes expose legal gap in faith-based schools (Joseph Maina, Religion Unplugged)

Asia

Why is Islamic revival reshaping Central Asian societies and politics? (News.AZ)

Myanmar: No redress for Rohingya Muslims in Arakan army massacre (Human Rights Watch)

West Bengal ends religious allowances, introduces women's schemes (India News Network)

‘Hindu order runs India’: Court declares another medieval mosque a temple (Al Jazeera)

Middle East

Imprisoned scholars in Bahrain urge cessation of pressure on Shiites (Shia Waves)

The case of the disappearing Christians of Yemen (Azeem Ibrahim, Christian Daily)

Canada

Crowd on Parliament Hill for national pro-life rally told 'Canada must do better' (Brian Cox, National Post)

Australia

Giggle v Tickle, the Federal Court Appeal- two steps back (Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)

Romania marks first National Day of Religious Freedom and contribution of religious denominations (Aurelian Iftimiu, Basilica)

Archbishop of Canterbury calls to 'make strangers neighbours' amid rising hostility (The Church of England)

The King's Speech 2026 (opposing antisemitism) (GOV.UK)

Christian preacher arrested for street sermon has investigation dropped (Cameron Henderson, The Telegraph)

PACE urged to condemn Armenia's ruling party for drawing church into politics (Panorama Armenia)

Erdogan’s Turkey has enabled the comeback of Kurdish Islamic terrorist network (Abdullah Bozkurt, Nordic Monitor)

Russia: Religious issues and persecution – Bimonthly News Digest May 01-15 (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

5 dead, including teen gunmen, at San Diego Islamic Center; hate motive probed (Salvador Hernandez, Suhauna Hussain, Richard Winton and Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times)

HHS announces restructuring of its Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)

EEOC issues federal sector appellate decision finding unlawful discrimination in agency’s denial of religious accommodation to COVID-19 vaccine mandate (U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Cornyn on new bill to bar aliens who support sharia law from United States (John Cornyn, U.S. Senate)

Presidential message on the Feast of the Ascension (The White House)

CoHNA partners with San Jose Police and Santa Clara DA Office to host Suraksha — a community education event (Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA))

Air, Space forces revamp religious accommodations to align with Pentagon guidance (Cristina Stassis, Military Times)

Orthodox rabbi at ‘Redicate 250’ rally: ‘Antisemitism is un-American’ (Philissa Cramer, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally (Tiffany Stanley, Associated Press)

Catholic clergy can minister within ICE facility after a legal agreement (Pooja Salhotra, New York Times)

The US once led on religious freedom. This administration is dismantling that legacy. - opinion (Jim McGovern, Religion News Service)