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)

Reorienting towards hope (Arthur Lyon Dahl, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Ecumenical officers share perspectives on peacebuilding in a world marked by conflicts (World Council of Churches)

Modest fashion’s global turn (Hafsa Lodi, Al Jazeera)

Middle East

Federalism would deepen Lebanon’s sectarian tensions (Imad K. Harb, Arab Center Washington DC)

Bill banning egalitarian prayer at Western Wall bound to face serious legal challenges, warns gov't lawyer (Judy Maltz, Haaretz)

Desecration of Quran part of Zionist project: Yemeni leader (International Quran News Agency (IQNA))

Asia

Filipino bishops condemn violence after Senate shooting incident (Paterno R. Esmaquel II, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Filipino bishop calls for impartial graft probe amid Duterte trial (Union of Catholic Asian News)

Reverend Sadie Stone barred entry at Manila airport (International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines)

Four Cao Dai adherents arrested for documenting human rights abuses (CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

APCR, Jamaat acclaim reversal of hijab ban in Karnataka educational institutions (Clarion India)

Constitutional issues in the Unification Church dissolution case. 1. Revisiting the Aum Shinrikyo decision (Bitter Winter)

Freedom of religion in South Asia under pressure (The European Times)

Thai-Cambodia tensions flare over temple ‘abuse’ (Terry Friel, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Colombia

Ministry of the Interior condemns recent attacks against religious freedom in Colombia (Spanish) (Ministerio del Interior)

Hungary signals its readiness to allow the inclusion of Patriarch Kirill in the new sanctions package (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Thirty years of surveillance ends without finding the threat Germany claimed existed (Church of Scientology)

German teachers fear acting against religious tensions in migrant-majority classrooms (Joakim Scheffer, Hungarian Conservative)

Hundreds of teachers protest planned reform of religious education in Flanders (Belga News Agency)

Turkey arrests 110 people for teaching ISIS ideology to children to Fund Networks (VOI)

Russia’s destruction of Ukrainians’ diverse religious identities in the Occupied Territories (Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Over 100 Christian organisations call on Europe to lead with courage on climate and energy transition (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Cardinal Parolin urges Europe to renew its commitment to peace (Vatican News)

Bideford revisited – Prayers at council meetings 2026 (David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Bishop Joanne speaks on justice in maiden House of Lords Speech (The Church of England)

Justice Department announces formation of advisory committee on anti-Semitism (U.S. Department of Justice)

Faith-friendly workplaces span U.S. industries, 2026 survey finds (Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

'One Nation Under God?': 5 takeaways from RNS and NPR's '1A' live show (Fiona André, Religion News Service)

Rosen, Lankford introduce comprehensive bipartisan bill to fight antisemitism (Jacky Rosen)

Imam blames anti-Muslim rhetoric for San Diego attack: ‘This is what we get’ (Michelle Boorstein and N. Kirk, The Washington Post)

Vaccines, Religious Liberty, and the GVR As Doctrinal Signal (Zalman Rothschild, Harvard Law Review)

Iowa governor signs bills protecting medical conscience rights, students’ free speech, religious liberty (Alliance Defending Freedom)

Catholic ministries urge appeals court to block abortion-accommodation mandate (Becket)

Will Trump lead again in global religious freedom? opinion (David Trimble and Thomas Farr, Washington Times)

‘Rededicate 250’: 5 things we learned from the prayer rally (Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)

Hochul’s tax credit and the fight for Catholic school choice (Brian A. Graebe, First Things)