India’s elections as a conversion-policy referendum. – The USCIRF-RSS moment: internationalised accountability meets nationalist backlash. – Pope Leo XIV: toward an encyclical theology of mission. – China’s two-track religious repression. – The Turkey precedent: proselytism as national security threat.
Proselytism and Religious Outreach Worldwide: Conflicts, Policies, and Trends – 24 April – 1 May 2026
India: from law to lived coercion. – The internationalisation of the forced conversion debate. – Pope Leo XIV: doctrine as missionary strategy. – Iran: persecution as geopolitical byproduct. – China: the architecture of legal isolation. – A note on the “genocide” framing in Nigeria. – Islamic Da’wa Campaign Planned for FIFA World Cup 2026.
Proselytism and Religious Outreach Worldwide: Conflicts, Policies, and Trends – 17-24 April 2026
The papal tour as a test of missionary theology. – Forced conversion: from bilateral complaint to multilateral norm-setting. – India’s anti-conversion architecture: systemic completion. – China’s legal innovation: economic statutes as religious control. – The Middle East’s symbolic and physical geography of persecution. – A global regulatory toolkit, refined.
Proselytism and Religious Outreach Worldwide: Conflicts, Policies, and Trends – 10-17 April 2026
Pope Leo XIV’s historic Africa tour. – India: Chhattisgarh Governor signs harsh anti-conversion law with explicit inclusion of “digital platforms and social media” as vectors of prohibited conversion activity. – China: pressure on underground Catholics escalates. – Pakistan: the gap between legislation and protection. – The regulatory convergence from India to Indonesia, with the regulatory toolkit growing more sophisticated.
Proselytism and Religious Outreach Worldwide: Conflicts, Policies, and Trends – Weekly Review – 28 March – 3 April 2026
News from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Iran. – Pope Leo XIV: Major Chrism Mass homily rejecting “domination” in mission, days before Algeria visit. – LDS Church: Record Missionary Deployment. – The evangelical missionary organization To Every Tribe published a report addressing the ethics of modern missions.