EVENT, 30 August 2026: Festival of Faiths (Indianapolis, IN, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

EVENT, 1-3 September 2026: 8th ICLARS Biennial Conference: State Neutrality and Cooperation with Religion: Protecting Freedom of Religion or Belief without Discrimination (Palermo, Italy) (International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies)

EVENT, 18 September 2026: Idaho Religious Freedom Summit (Boise, Idaho, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council)

EVENT, 14 October 2026: Fourth Annual Interfaith Symposium: Faith, Doubt, and the Next Generation (Chicago, IL, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Interfaith Chicago)

EVENT, 15 October 2026: The US Constitution: Where Separation and Unity Meet (Ames, IA, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (Iowa Religious Freedom Day)

EVENT, 22 October 2026: 9th Annual Summit for Religious Freedom (Dallas, TX, USA)(Religious Freedom Alliance Council) (DFW Alliance for Religious Freedom)

FIFA’s respectful evolution: honoring faith on the global stage (Lelo Mzaca, Mail & Guardian)

Asia

Japan: Press conference in Brussels about the dissolution of the Unification Church (Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Sri Lankan Christians join anti-dengue drive on Buddhist feast day (Union of Catholic Asian News)

Shincheonji and the Unification Church: South Korea’s Minister of Justice promises “strict punishment” of “false prophets” (Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter)

Kazakhstan to amend law on religious activities under new Constitution (Kazinform)

'Deeply distressing': India strongly condemns demolition of historic Gurdwara in Pakistan (First Post)

Africa

Kenyan canonist urges Catholic Church to seek marriage law amendments after high court ruling favors divorce (Silas Isenjia, ACI Africa)

All Africa Conference of Churches calls for protecting human dignity in wake of xenophobic threats (World Council of Churches)

Nigeria Killings and Abductions (2020-2025) (Observatory for Religious Freedom in Africa)

Middle East and North Africa

Tehran church to be seized after residents ordered to leave (Article 18)

How Morocco’s religious rehabilitation model could help Gaza (Salma Annasse, The Washington Institute)

Al-Azhar Grand Imam: AI without ethical safeguards threatens values (Egypt Today)

Christianity still 'core element' of new Religious Education syllabus (Robbie Meredith, BBC)

Muslim Turkish minority's will on trial in Greece (Zeynep Gizem Ozpinar, Türkiye Today)

Two years in prison for ‘conversion therapy’: Christians warn that religious freedom could be undermined (Evangelical Focus)

Webinar presents Nordic reflections on nuclear disarmament (World Council of Churches)

Conference explores “Building Fraternity through Dialogue and Collaboration” (World Council of Churches)

2026 Religious Freedom Annual Review recordings (International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

Shaheen, Risch, colleagues statement on China’s ethnic unity law (Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Senate)

NEH sponsors exhibition and panel on art and religious freedom (National Endowment for the Humanities)

I served America in the fight against antisemitism. Here’s why that fight is at risk. (Hannah Rosenthal, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

2nd Circuit reaffirms permissibility of NY repeal of religious exemptions from school vaccination requirements (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

The Bible verses dividing Washington: How Matthew 25 became a political litmus test (Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

U.S. Supreme Court will hear case on home worship (Sutherland Institute)

Should America have a Christian culture? (Ryan Burge, The Association of Religion Data Archives)

Four key takeaways from Trump's Religious Liberty Commission Report (David Katibah, Religion News Service)

Court rules that states can exclude transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams (Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Supreme Court delivers landmark victory for women’s sports and religious liberty (Becket)

A Diocese tries to protect its 29-foot Jesus from Trump’s border wall (Reis Thebault, The New York Times)