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)

Faith and impact on the SDGs: Georgetown policy meetings, Day 2 (G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

Articles of interest - 8 June 2026 (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Africa

Christian women and girls face heightened risk of violence in Nigeria, UN experts warn (ADF International)

African bishops demand investigation, security boost after bishop’s killing (Filipe d’Avillez, The Pillar)

Nigeria’s Islamist reckoning (Council on Foreign Relations)

The Americas

Tanzania: A beacon of religious freedom, peaceful coexistence (Esther Takwa, Daily News)

Sacred sites, silenced voices: Indigenous pluralism is under threat in Colombia’s Black Line (FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Human rights for a free world (Spanish) (Fishel Szlajen)

Canada’s federal government is shelving online hate speech protections. Here’s why that’s a problem (Jaigris Hodson, The Conversation)

Qatar

Qatar spent decades building its reputation. Deporting Bahá’ís threatens to undo it. (Kristina Arriaga, Religion News Service)

Afghanistan

UN protests women’s arrests in Afghanistan for alleged clothing violations (Elena Becatoros, Associated Press)

Seven more brothers imprisoned as conscientious objectors in Ukraine (Jehovah's Witnesses)

Supreme Court rejects President's challenge to church law amendments (Eesti Rahvusringhääling)

Pope’s historic speech to Spain’s parliament demands respect for migrants and gets 7-minute ovation (Suman Naishadham and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Pope Leo XIV draws 1.2 million to Mass and challenges Europe to acknowledge its Christian roots (Suman Naishadham and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Russia: January 2025 to April 2026 prosecutions for not showing official full name: list (Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

Consultation on cohabitation rights: a welcome development (Russell Sandberg, Law & Religion UK)

Sikh group calls for inquiry into Henry Nowak death (Charlotte Coles and Allen Sinclair, BBC)

Defense Department rejiggers list of recognized religions after backlash, narrows it to 30 (Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)

Clyburn, Van Hollen, Carson, DeLauro, Johnson, Khanna, Nadler lead 119 Democrats in condemning the anti-Muslim “Sharia-Free America Caucus” and harmful legislation (Andre Carson, U.S. House of Representatives)

House overwhelmingly passes Smith bill to reauthorize and strengthen U.S. international religious freedom board (U.S. House of Representatives)

‘Your Jewish community is scared’: At National Sheriffs’ Association forum, CAM calls for law enforcement collaboration in antisemitism fight (Combat Antisemitism Movement)

In 1649, religious liberty was new. A Maryland law helped embed it in America’s founding. (Scott Baldauf, The Christian Science Monitor)

Phoenix's new law violates religious freedom, church group contends (Arizona Central)