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Monday, 15 March 2021

I was a teacher in a concentration camp: Women and the Uyghur genocide
(Zubayra Shamseden, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

China breaches the 1948 Genocide Convention. Bitter Winter’s review of the Newlines Institute report and its aftermath.
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Exclusive: Cardinal Zen says Chinese Church without Vatican's help will 'die out soon'
(Timothy Nerozzi, Religion Unplugged)

100 cyclists visit Kartarpur Gurdwara to promote interfaith harmony
(Associated Press of Pakistan)

Pakistani Christian serving life for blasphemy gets death sentence
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

'Love jihad' sparks protests in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Pakistan can’t progress without full participation of minorities: Ashrafi
(Daily Times)

Minority females fight for education in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

The Vatican: Inalienable human rights must be defended
(Matt Moran, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Vox asks to eliminate the expression "racist and anti-Semitic motives" from hate crime (Spanish)
(Miguel González, El País)

"Prayers of hope" from Spain at the Western Wall for those affected by covid-19 (Spanish)
(Ecclesia revista)

Saturday, 13 March 2021

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut more than 1,000 Islamic schools
(Al Jazeera)

Sri Lanka to ban burqas, close over 1,000 Islamic schools
(Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press)

New Zealand marks 2 years since Christchurch mosque killings
(Nick P, Associated Press)

A year into lockdown, Church in Netherlands fears permanent decline
(Francesco Paloni, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Alabama might overturn its 28-year ban on yoga in schools. Just don’t say ‘namaste.’
(Meryl Kornfield, The Washington Post)

Friday, 12 March 2021

WEBINAR, 12 March 2021 (12PM MST): Interfaith and LGBT Summit on Religious Liberty and Employment Nondiscrimination
(J. Reuben Clark Law Society)

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS, due by 12 March 2021: Third Volume of Women in Religion Series
(Parliament of the World’s Religions)

WEBINAR, 12 March 2021 (12PM EST): The Papacy Past and Present: Religious Soft Power and International Diplomacy: A Conversation with Timothy A. Byrnes
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Even ‘cyber wars’ have limits. But what if they didn’t?
(Tilman Rodenhäuser and Kubo Mačák, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Israel columnist: We must stop enabling haredi domination of religion and state
(Ammiel Hirsch, The Jerusalem Post)

Interfaith organization, Parliament of the World’s Religions, elects first person of Indian descent to Chair of Board
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

Bangladesh at 50: A nation created in violence and still bearing scars of a troubled birth
(Tazreena Sajjad, The Conversation)

Memo banning Afghan girls singing prompts #IAmMySong protest
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)

Women in Afghanistan worry peace accord with Taliban extremists could cost them hard-won rights
(Mona Tajali and Homa Hoodfar, The Conversation)

Political dispute over transgender rights focuses on youth sports
(Danielle Kurtzleben, National Public Radio)

How COVID-19 became a cover to reduce refugee rights
(Heaven Crawley, The Conversation)

Are we all evangelicals now? How the term has grown to blur theology and ideology
(Ryan Burge, Religion Unplugged)

A guide to faith communities booming on the Clubhouse app
(Jillian Cheney, Religion Unplugged)

Climate emergency tops global agenda for multi-faith youth
(Stina Tysk and Emina Frljak, Religions for Peace)

Prof. Dr Azza Karam: Thursdays in Black “can build the strongest mountain of human dignity”
(World Council of Churches, Religions for Peace)

World Council of Churches and Religions for Peace make joint commitment to Thursdays in Black
(Religions for Peace and World Council of Churches, Religions for Peace)

Thursdays in Black Campaign: Joint initiative of Religions for Peace and World Council of Churches
(Azza Karam and Ioan Sauca, Religions for Peace and World Council of Churches)

Arkansas enacts law banning virtually all abortions, seeking vehicle for overturning Roe v. Wade
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California COVID restrictions on singing at worship services upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Communications Decency Act allows video hosting site to Ban conversion therapy promoter
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Gay conversion church loses appeal over Vimeo account
(Bob Van Voris, Bloomberg Equality)

Mississippi bans transgender women from girls' and women's sports teams
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Mississippi gov signs bill limiting transgender athletes
(Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press)

Stonehenge, religious manifestation and the ECHR: Halcrow
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

British court upholds convictions of Stonehenge protesters
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Worried about the “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” Movement? – Don’t be!
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Building community
(Johanna Lewis, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)

Public worship leads to public action
(Andrew Bennett, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)

Ve'ahavta - A case study on Jewish humanitarian response to poverty
(Andrew Bennett, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)

The welcome home, Winnipeg
(Andrew Bennett, Cardus Religious Freedom Institute)

Saudi believer facing court cases and threats to his family
(Middle East Concern)

Egypt must secure minority rights before celebrating religious freedom
(Sara Salama and Steven Howard, Providence Mag)

Scottish Goverment hate crime bill becomes law after MSPs vote in favour at final stage
(Andrew Learmonth, Holyrood)

Scottish government announces concessions as legal challenge to worship ban set to begin
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK Newsletter
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)

Weekly highlight #145: COVID-19: Exploring faith dimensions: Marking one year of religious responses to COVID-19
(Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

Mainstream media is erasing Middle Eastern Christians | Opinion
(Alex Galitsky, Newsweek)

USCIRF releases factsheet on Indonesia’s state ideology of Pancasila
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Vatican diplomat criticizes ‘divisive’ UN Human Rights Council report on Islamophobia
(Catholic News Agency)

Women in the COVID-19 crisis: Disproportionately affected and protagonists of regeneration (PDF)
(Human Development, Vatican Commission: Covid-19)

Photos of the week: Night of Shiva, Myanmar protests
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Shackles of blindness (healing blindness in both religious engagement and racism)
(Katherine Marshall, G20 Interfaith Forum)

‘Please remove your hat’: Sikh truck drivers in the US face discriminatory drug testing practices
(Anisha Sircar, Scroll.in India)

In the name of Jesus: How the Church forced Tanzania to change its stance on COVID-19
(Khalifa Said, The Elephant)

Nobel laureate Nadia Murad appeals for protection of Iraq's minorities
(Vatican News)

Poll shows Americans want politicians to use faith when making decisions
(John Lavenburg, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

As COVID-19 rages in Brazil, sisters in the Amazon fight hunger and isolation
(Religion News Service)

Anti-abortion bills abound; their fate in court is unknown
(David Crary and Iris Samuels, Associated Press)

Immigrant living in church for years wins temporary reprieve
(Associated Press)

Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change
(Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

Massachusetts Supreme Court rules not all professors at Christian college are ministers, allows employment discrimination case to proceed
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Why are the Ultra-Orthodox treated like extremists when we vote?
(Avi Shafran, Forward Opinion)

Muslim representative of Queen says Royal Family is not racist
(5 Pillars UK)

Uzbekistan: "A disguised old Criminal Code with no real changes"
(Felix Corley and Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)

This is a religion question: How many kinds of 'nones' are there and what do they believe?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Does President Joe Biden need 'Catholic safe spaces' in order to receive Communion?
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

In deciding for Christian student, the Supreme Court strengthens religious freedom and more
(Ismail Royer, Religious Freedom Institute)

New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 13 March
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Bishops call for a halt to oil drilling in Namibia elephant area
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Brazilian police raid church whose pastor prayed for another Holocaust
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

American conservatives should take the United Nations seriously
(Stefano Gennarini, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

Religion or an education? How British Muslims are forced to decide
(Christopher Hamill-Stewart, Arab News)

A tale of two Turkeys: Society torn between religion and secularism
(Shona Bhattacharyya, France 24)

Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. politics
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Catholicism as civil religion (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(David Gibson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Catholics and American public life: problems and possibilities (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(Maureen Day, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Faith and politics in the Biden era: the crisis and opportunity of U.S. Catholicism (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(John Gehring, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Finding a new American middle (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(Drew Christiansen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Justice as participation: Joe Biden and Catholic social thought on workers’ rights (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(Meghan J. Clark, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Now is the time for a Catholicism of compassion and accompaniment (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

President Biden’s Catholic faith: religion, human rights, and the practice of hospitality (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(Miguel H. Díaz, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

President Joseph Biden and the common good (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(M. Shawn Copeland, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

This kind and that kind of Catholic (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(Tricia C. Bruce, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

What’s being Catholic got to do with it? President Joe Biden and the Vatican (Responding to: Joe Biden and Catholicism in U.S. Politics)
(Paul Manuel, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Ethicists must call out unethical behavior in health care, Sydney archbishop says
(Benjamin Conolly, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

New survey sheds light on the depth of extremist beliefs among Muslim Australians
(Shane Satterley, The Conversation)

Think tank issues new report on Uyghur genocide
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

We must believe Uyghur women and act to help them
(Ewelina U. Ochab, G20 Interfaith Forum)

City of lost mosques: how Suzhou tells the story of China’s Islamic past
(Alessandra Cappelletti, The Conversation)

Tibetan Uprising Day: 62 years after, will the world side with Tibetans?
(Ugyen Gyalpo, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

EU bishops back Polish abortion ban
(Jonathan Luxmoore, The Tablet)

Kursk court rules that Jehovah's Witness from Denmark illegally placed in solitary confinement
(Interfax-Religion)

Swiss Jews join Muslims in protesting referendum banning face-covering veils
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

An EU law on religion – A recent development
(Emma Ahlm, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

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