VIRTUAL EVENT, 5 June 2026: Faith in the Crossfire: The Religious Dimensions of Sudan's Civil War (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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, 30 August 2026: Festival of Faiths (Indianapolis, IN, 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)

Spirit of the Law and Religion: Essays in Honor of W. Cole Durham, Jr. (The Review of Faith & International Affairs)

Religions for Peace and UNICEF expand partnership for child health and protection (Religions for Peace)

Articles of interest - 1 June 2026 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

WCC, UN Refugee Agency sign historic memorandum of understanding that deepens collaboration (World Council of Churches)

Volume 41 No. 6 (Religion Watch, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion)

Africa

Samaritan's purse airlifts Ebola treatment center to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Samaritan’s Purse)

Engaging with Parliament (X, Zimbabwe Council of Churches)

Climate change exacerbates religious conflicts, study indicates (Kerstin Schneider, phys.org)

The UN is investigating religious violence in Nigeria. Here’s what they should do. (Ewelina U. Ochab, Religion Unplugged)

Middle East

The 'Abraham Accords' project threatens the sovereignty of states (Taghrib News Agency)

Palestine’s supreme judge: Israeli bill to restrict Muslim call to prayer an attack on freedom of worship (Middle East Monitor)

The Muslim World League condemns the continued Israeli incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque (Muslim World League)

The Americas

Prime Minister Carney highlights new measures to combat antisemitism and support Canada’s Jewish community (Prime Minister of Canada)

Senate committee derails religious speech defence in Bill C-9 (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register)

Peruvian shamans perform a blessing ritual ahead of a presidential runoff (Mauricio Muñoz, Associated Press)

Ecumenical organizations launch “Fasting and Prayer to Awaken Consciences” campaign across Argentina (World Council of Churches)

Christian psychologists in Brazil fight to express their faith (Erica Neves, Christianity Today)

Multi-religious effort in Mexico confronts violence against women and forges safe spaces (Religions for Peace)

Asia

Elderly Christian among 31 sentenced in China church crackdown (Gao Zhensai, Religion Unplugged)

A pastor in a Chinese prison, a daughter holding onto hope (Grace Jin Drexel, Real Clear Politics)

Religious freedom concerns grow over imprisoned Adventist pastor in Kyrgyzstan (Adventist Today)

Peace and reconciliation facilitators build greater compassion and care in Japan (Religions for Peace)

Unholy violence: Weaponizing religion against gender rights defenders in Myanmar (James Gomez, The Diplomat)

Australia and Fiji

Australia’s banking system locks many Muslims out of first home buyer schemes. Here’s how to fix it (Maria Bhatti, The Conversation)

Churches in Fiji express concern over increasing reports of missing children (World Council of Churches)

Pakistani Dutch Christian community protests in Groningen over forced conversion and child marriage in Pakistan (Kashif Nawab, Eurasia Review)

Four brothers released in Russia (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Representative Rigzin Genkhang joins Belgian Tibetan Buddhist Centre’s special prayer meet for world peace marking the Year of Compassion (Central Tibetan Administration)

Slovakia: Application to state recognition of new religious communities made impossible (Hans Noot, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

COMECE contributes to OSCE event on anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe (The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE))

Religious leaders of Ukraine call on the world to step up sanctions against Russia (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

Mamdani skipped NYC’s Israel Day Parade. Supporters say he missed the point. (Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

ACLJ’s CeCe Heil appointed as Commissioner for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (American Center for Law and Justice)

Baylor joins multi-university consortium to launch first cross-faith AI benchmark (Baylor University)

Americans judge the Good Book more positively, but still often by its cover (Lifeway)