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)

Volume 41 No. 5 (Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

The OIC and the IFRC discuss strengthening humanitarian cooperation (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation)

Asia

Christians oppose bannig faith symbols on vehicles in India’s Nagaland (Union of Catholic Asian News)

Prominent church in East China demolished amid escalating crackdown (Gao Zhensai, Religion Unplugged)

Pakistan: Open letter to Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz to protect rights of Ahmadis (Amnesty International)

Vatican envoy visits Thai-Myanmar border, affirms Church mission among migrants and displaced communities (Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, Licas News)

Vietnam’s new Law on Belief and Religion marks six major breakthroughs (Phan Hong Thuy, Vietnam Net Global)

Oceania

Tonga: Moral and academic education fosters life of service (Bahá’í World News Service)

Ministry and migration on agenda for Oceania bishops (Paul Osborne, Australian Catholic Bishops Conference)

Africa

Discovering shared humanity in Muslim-Christian engagement (Jenna Kadolph, Institute for Global Engagement)

Divorce, Al-Azhar, the state and other separations that can’t be spoken into existence (Aida Salem, Mada Masr)

Mauritania’s female Islamic guides: Leading the fight against ‘extremism’ (Mubarak Aliyu, Al Jazeera)

“Grave assault on human dignity,”: Southern Africa Bishops condemn violence against migrants, urge ethical leadership (Sabrine Amboka, ACI Africa)

Middle East

Netanyahu’s coalition alliances with religious parties put his reelection at risk (Melanie Lidman, Associated Press)

Palestinian ministry condemns illumination of Ibrahimi Mosque in Israeli flag colors (Middle East Monitor)

For nearly three decades, Ahmed Abdul Jalil has watched over the mandir, built more than 160 years ago. After looters, militants and land-grabbers, he is all that stands between it and ruin (Mohammed Ali Kalfood, New Lines Magazine)

Latin America

Vatican turns attention to Cuba amid heighted tensions with US (Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

The Rudnev Case in Argentina: The true story (Alessandro Amicarelli, European Federation for Freedom of Belief)

Swedish churches concerned about abortion and euthanasia, few willing to take public stance before national election (Chris Eyte, Christian Daily)

Russia: Sergey Barsukov (63) and Alik Yeliseyev (35) sentenced to 6 years in prison as ‘extremists’ (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Women of faith unite against hate and division at Birmingham summit (Annabel Sinclair, Jewish News)

Listed Places of Worship and other DCMS heritage funding (Law & Religion UK)

Germany charges two men with plotting to kill Jewish leaders on Iran’s behalf (Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times)

The Protestant Church and the Central Council of Jews want to intensify their exchange (German) (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland)

Franklin Graham to hold Evangelical gathering in authoritarian Belarus (Ken Chitwood, Christianity Today)

After years fostering interfaith ties, San Diego mosque finds allies in grief (Ulaa Kuziez, Religion News Service)

American Enigma: The Perpetual Nebulousness of Muslims in US Law and the Challenges, Failings, and Opportunities of a Race–Religion Conceptualization (Adnan Perwez, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion)

One year after the Capital Jewish Museum killings, incidents of antisemitism are persistent but decreasing in the D.C. area (Jackson Sinnenberg and Alison Brody, WAMU)

South Carolina enacts permanent Religious Liberty Day law (WRHI News)

Appointment of Dr. Gunisha Kaur to USCIRF (Chuck Schumer, U.S. Senate)

Ed Dept spending priority raises concerns with nod to Judeo-Christianity (Naaz Modan, K-12 Dive)

Rubio’s tall task in New Delhi visit: Protect religious freedom or risk lasting damage (Chris Smith, Washington Examiner)

Indoctrinating thy neighbor (Nathan Chapman, Divided Argument)

Amicus brief: Summit Church v. Chatham County (4th Circuit) (Free Exercise Clinic, Yale Law School)