RELIGIOUS FREEDOM INSTITUTE

Upcoming Events

Featured
Oct 26
The Wilson Center
Islamic Law, the Nation State, and the Case of Pakistan
The Wilson Center

Most Muslims today live in political systems that operate on a nation state model. By contrast, classical Islamic jurisprudence developed in the context of empire and a robust and relatively independent scholarly class. Is there something about the nation state that makes “Islamization” unworkable? In what contexts might "Islamization" be most successful? Is there a role for classical Islamic law in Pakistan, and, more generally, for Muslims living within the framework of modernity?

The Wilson Center
Oct 31
United States Institute of Peace
Russia-Ukrainian Conflict: The Religious Dimension
United States Institute of Peace

The Russian government is increasingly seeking to use the Russian Orthodox Church to expand its influence in Ukraine, but the Kremlin is now meeting heightened resistance from many Ukrainian religious communities and particularly from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate. The crisis now threatens to split the Ukrainian Church from its historic ties with Moscow, potentially adding a dangerous religious dimension to the simmering war between Russia and Ukraine.

United States Institute of Peace
Narratives to Support Religious Freedom
Nov 5
Religious Freedom Institute
Narratives to Support Religious Freedom
Religious Freedom Institute

The Religious Freedom Institute is pleased to host Narrative Strategies for an interactive and exciting (it will be actionable, practical, and intrepid) event on the role of narrative in advancing religious freedom.

Modern conflict is over the meaning of information—narratives. Most conflicts and international politics are primarily the realm of narrative—ignored at the peril of human security.

Narrative is so much more than a story or brand and also includes identity, purpose, concepts of time, etc.

Strategy is so much more than a plan. It includes substantial flexibility and a guiding vision.

Religious Freedom Institute
Nov 8
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
RFI Annual Dinner
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

The Religious Freedom Institute’s Board of Directors cordially invite you to attend our Annual Dinner Featuring Special Guest Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of Politics at Princeton University.

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Nov 9
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the International Religious Freedom Act
Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

Join us for this day-long exploration of the IRFA and the policy it generated. You will hear from supporters and critics, practitioners and scholars, victims and representatives of foreign governments.

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

Past Events

Featured
Oct 2
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Senate Judiciary Committee: Threats to Religious Liberty Around the World
Dirksen Senate Office Building

President of the Religious Freedom Institute, Thomas Farr, testified before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on The Constitution at a hearing entitled: Threats to Religious Liberty Around the World

Dirksen Senate Office Building
Sep 27
Rayburn House Office Building
Congressional Hearing: China’s War on Christianity and Other Religious Faiths
Rayburn House Office Building
Rayburn House Office Building
Sep 24
Marriott Marquis
Panel: Christians At-Risk in the Middle East
Marriott Marquis
Marriott Marquis
Sep 21
Religious Freedom Institute
Public Expression of Faith and International Covenants: Special Discussion with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali
Religious Freedom Institute

Bishop Nazir-Ali will present on the critical importance of religious freedom in protecting the public expression of faith as described in Article 18 of the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and more recently in the Potomac Declaration released at the U.S. State Department's Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom.

Religious Freedom Institute
Aug 17
Fourth Annual Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference

The Southeast Asia Freedom of Religion or Belief Conference (SEA FoRB ) is an assembly of religious freedom advocates who are dedicated to promote religious freedom in Southeast Asia.  The SEA FoRB assembly is an ongoing project to advance FoRB, bringing religious equality and liberty for all individuals. 

Aug 3
Hudson Institute
Living with Genocide: Four years after ISIS Attacked
Hudson Institute

Join this discussion on the current state of the ethnic and religious groups that were victims of genocide by ISIS, and the role of international governments and organizations in protecting minorities, rehabilitating victims, and finding solutions for justice and peace.

Hudson Institute