“Put a stop to the enemies of freedom of religion and belief!”
The yearbooks on Religious Freedom 2025 and on Persecution and Discrimination of Christians 2025 were presented in Berlin today.
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Global Religious Freedom Index 2024–2026: Post-Communist Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Post-Communist Eastern Europe
This report analyzes the status of religious freedom in 30 post-communist countries and territories in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
New book on religious freedom in Mexico and Colombia now available
IIRF has published Camila Sánchez Sandoval’s book Religious Freedom in Mexico and Colombia, making her innovative and groundbreaking work available in English.
FTH Giessen offers research awards
The Giessen School of Theology (FTH) is inviting submissions for its Research Award for Religious Freedom and Christian Persecution.
Religious freedom in Angola
A critical analysis of the proposed law to amend Law No. 12/19, of May 14, in light of the Constitution of the Republic of Angola and comparative law
Religious Freedom in Mexico and Colombia
Camila Andrea Sánchez Sandoval. Religious Freedom in Mexico and Co-lombia: An Approach to Broadening Categories and Public Policy Actions from a Comparative Public Policy Approach. Religious Freedom Series, Vol. 9. Culture and Science Publishing (VKW): Bonn, 2025. ISBN 978-3-86269-301-6.
Religious freedom conference in South Africa
The IIRF’s Cape Town office will cosponsor the second Conference on Religious Freedom in South Africa, scheduled for January 29–30, 2026.
Call for papers: IAMS 2026 in South Africa
The International Association for Mission Studies (IAMS) will have a study group on “Religious Freedom, Persecution and Mission” at its next General Assembly, on July
IJRF Vol. 18 No. 1 (2025): Christian mission and FoRB
Christian mission and FoRB
Shining a light on religious freedom: a new tool for global insight
One of the flagship initiatives of the International Institute for Religious Freedom (IIRF), the Violent Incidents Database (VID), represents a landmark contribution to the global