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)

The Americas

Trump administration pledges $100M in aid for Cuba, but only if Catholic or other faith‑based groups distribute it (Dulce Suarez, The Conversation)

Ottawa Parliament Hill hosts historic gathering advocating Canadian Buddhist Heritage Month (Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto)

Religious persecution in Europe and the Americas has become a trend (Filipe d’Avillez, Aid to the Church in Need)

Asia

Taliban Defence Chief invites Afghan Sikh & Hindu minorities to return to Afghanistan (Afghanistan International)

Indian religious leaders voice concerns over Assam UCC (Union of Catholic Asian News)

Rethinking the ‘absolute bar’ on scheduled caste status in India (Shashank Shekhar and Divya Sridhar, The Diplomat)

Middle East and North Africa

Israel orders expropriation of religious site near Jerusalem run by Muslim Waqf (Nir Hasson, Haaretz)

Egypt’s religious freedom tradition an asset to America, the world (Motaz Zahran, Washington Times)

Australia

Australian Christian Freedom Index

Do the ABC and SBS understand antisemitism? It isn’t clear from their decision to reject the IHRA definition (Ronald Sackville, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

‘ISIS bride’ charged with terror offences as AFP reveals eight investigations (Michael Bachelard, Lachlan Abbott, Matthew Knott and Brittany Busch, Sydney Morning Herald)

The Review of Faith & International Affairs

Wartime Origins of China’s Protestant Policy (Quan Li, Institute for Global Engagement, Routledge)

Religion and Addiction Recovery in Vietnam: An Exploratory Study of Two Faith-Based Institutions (Ngan Nguyen Duy Ha & Giao Vu Cong, Institute for Global Engagement, Routledge)

From Declaring to Doing? An Examination of Recent Muslim Declarations on Religious Pluralism and Freedom (Mustafa Akyol, Institute for Global Engagement, Routledge)

State Governance of Religion in Vietnam: A Legal–Institutional Approach to Unrecognized Faith Groups (Do Lan Hien & Pham Thanh Hang, Institute for Global Engagement, Routledge)

Yad Vashem chooses Germany for first overseas education centers (Toby Axelrod, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Yelensky assures U.S. Hasidim of religious freedom during Uman pilgrimage (Union of Orthodox Journalists)

EBCO new Annual Report on Conscientious Objection in Europe 2025 (European Bureau for Conscientious Objection)

Patriarch of Georgia received representatives of U.S. State Department (Orthodox Times)

Russia: EU sanctioned those who sent a pacifist Orthodox priest to prison (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Latin American and Caribbean ambassadors meet KAICIID in Lisbon to explore dialogue-based approaches to peace and social cohesion (KAICIID Dialogue Centre)

Man who admitted making series of antisemitic threats near a synagogue sentenced (Crown Prosecution Service)

Hegseth praises U.S. military efforts to protect Nigerian Christians from ISIS (U.S. Department of War)

Governor Healey issues statewide guidance for schools, child care providers, higher ed campuses, health care facilities and places of worship on interacting with ICE (Mass.gov)

Indiana lieutenant governor says he 'hates' Islam, deems it 'a demonic death cult' (Peter Curi, Fox 32 News)

After protests outside synagogues, New York makes it a crime to block entry to a house of worship (Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press)

Becket urges appeals court to protect St. Louis teachers punished for their faith (Becket)

Title VI does not bar religious discrimination (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

After refugee aid cuts, faith groups help Afghan women connect through sewing (Yonat Shimron, Associated Press)