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Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Canada: Muslim women targeted by repeated threats
(Barry Ellsworth, The Muslim News)

Polls apart: Pew Research switching methodologies with its much-used U.S. religious surveys
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Bill passes Stage 3
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – February 2021 (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – February 2021 (I)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

New COVID-19 legislation and guidance to 6 March
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

‘Some things that you don’t understand’: religion and development
(Gordon Peake, Julia Bergin, DevPolicy Blog)

Book review: It Is Right and Just Offers Inspiration, Not Serious Catholic Politics
(Nathaniel Peters, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)

UK Church leaders call on Parliament to save foreign aid budget
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Russia: Special bimonthly on freedom of religion or belief (16-28.02.2021)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Putin orders Interior Ministry to prosecute provocateurs, suppress all manifestations of extremism
(Interfax-Religion)

Tuesday, 2 March 2021

VIRTUAL EVENT, 2 March 2021 (10AM EST): Shahbaz Bhatti 10th Anniversary Commemoration
(Religious Freedom Institute)

WEBINAR, 2 March 2021 (3:30PM CET): Fortifying Families--Families and Migration
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)

WEBINAR, 2 March 2021, (17:00 GMT): 'The European Court of Human Rights’ judgements and compulsory religious education in Turkey'
(Philosophy, Religion and Education Research Group, University of Oxford)

Monday, 1 March 2021

Articles of interest - 1 March 2021
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

US Forest Service temporarily halts transfer of Native American sacred site Oak Flat
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

USDA puts brakes on land transfer for Arizona copper mine
(Felicia Fonseca, Associated Press)

Israel’s high court says non-Orthodox converts are Jews
(Laurie Kellman, Associated Press)

VIDEOS: Coronaspection, from the Elijah Interfaith Institute

Court rules: Recognize Reform, Conservative conversions done in Israel for citizenship
(Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jeremy Sharon, Jerusalem Post)

Purim celebrations threaten fresh virus outbreak in Israel
(Associated Press)

Understanding Hindu-Christian relations: The World Council of Churches’ approach
(Melanie Barbato, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

CALL FOR PAPERS, New deadline 1 March 2021: Theme Issue on Conversion, Proselytization, Secularization
(Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, Journal of Law, Religion and State)

The Netherlands too call it a genocide: Dutch parliament passed a non-binding motion defining as genocide crimes against Uyghurs in China
(Marco Respinti, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Utah religious representatives to discuss racial diversity at virtual panel
(Darcy Ritchie, Utah Statesman)

Germany's Holocaust remembrance is turning upside down
(Peter Kuras, Foreign Policy)

Extraterritorial Investigations in Hanan v. Germany; Extraterritorial Assassinations in New Interstate Claim Filed by Ukraine against Russia
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

The right to privacy used as a modern pillory in L.B. v. Hungary
(Liesa Keunen, Strasbourg Observers)

Supreme Court: Shamima Begum may be barred from UK
(Marina Wheeler QC, UK Human Rights Blog)

The Weekly Round-Up: Unconventional harm reduction and Shamima Begum’s final appeal
(William Craig Cohen, UK Human Rights Blog)

Collaborative governance and dispute resolution: EU-UK vs. EU-Switzerland
(Thomas Bickl, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

New York's no-fault divorce law did not infringe wife's religious freedom
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

California church not exempt from property tax assessed on basis of square footage
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

2020 EEOC enforcement data released
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Religion-based charges (charges filed with EEOC) FY 1997 - FY 2020
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Iran: News digest about Baha’is and Christians in February
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Church evicted in Belarus: “The state suppresses everything they identify as an enemy”
(Evangelical Focus)

Catholics and Protestants unite in Bangladesh for gathering
(Stephan Uttom, Union of Catholic Asian News)

The tragedy of tribal women in Pakistan
(Kamran Chaudhry, Union of Catholic Asian News)

China's new measures on clergy ignore Vatican agreement
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Letter from Rome: A few good men ... and maybe some women
(Robert Mickens, La Croix International)

The Many Cults And Religions In Pre-Buddhist Sri Lanka – Analysis
(P. K. Balachandra, Eurasia Review Opinion)

An introduction to AI and faith
(Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

What faith and belief have to say about Artificial Intelligence
(Kent Johnson, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)

Belgique: Plainte au pénal contre les Témoins de Jéhovah: la Bible au banc des accusés?
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

The Belgian case against the Jehovah’s Witnesses: The Bible in the dock?
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

The difficulties of being gay in Iran
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI shuts down ‘fanatics,’ saying Francis is the only pope
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Malcolm X assassin’s deathbed letter the latest in new look at Muslim leader
(Joseph Hammond, Religion News Service)

Iraq trip is opportunity for pope to build rapport with Shiite Muslims
(Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service)

Hasbro to sell gender-neutral Potato Head families, criticizing 'limiting' family and gender norms
(Catholic News Agency)

Elderly religious overlooked in Belgium’s early COVID-19 vaccination programs
(Catholic News Agency)

Spain to permit feminist marches, while restricting worship services
(David Ramos, Catholic News Agency)

Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta pushes birth control to stem overpopulation
(Mohamed Sabry, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Egypt's plan to remove the Quran from school textbooks faces backlash
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

France maintains order as visitors flock to Jerusalem's Tombs of the Kings
(Taghreed Ali, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Religious News From Around the Web March 1, 2021
(World Religion News)

Midnight backroom deal threatens to wipe out Apache sacred site
(Becket: Press Release)

Tigray survivors share horrors of mass killings as Sunday school kids are among thousands dead
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

AR Bernard on how the black church informed the fight for freedom and equality in America
(Jeannie Law, The Christian Post)

317 girls kidnapped from boarding school in Nigeria; parents praying for 'divine intervention'
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)

Satellite images show signs of mass graves near 2 Ethiopian churches after massacre: Amnesty
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

1 in 6 Gen Z adults identify as LGBT, number expected to rise: poll
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)

Church elder killed, 3 abducted in Fulani attack on Nigerian village
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)

Nigeria confronts second mass kidnapping of schoolchildren in nine days after 317 girls vanish
(Danielle Paquette and Ibrahim Garba, The Washington Post)

Atheists and believers both have moral compasses, but with key differences
(Eurasia Review)

UNHRC Forces Sri Lanka To Lift Ban On Muslims Burying COVID Dead
(P. K. Balachandra, Eurasia Review)

Catholic Church’s Role In Ending Slavery – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review Opinion)

COVID vaccination challenges: Ethical imperatives and local realities
(JoAnne Wadsworth, G20 Interfaith Forum Blog)

‘Not a good idea:’ Experts concerned about pope trip to Iraq
(Nicole Winfield and Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

LA police probe fire, vandalism at Japanese Buddhist temple
(Associated Press)

Islamist party supporters march for unity in Tunisia
(Associated Press)

Pakistan expert: Religiosity aiding spike in militancy
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)

Pakistani court grants bail to Christian in blasphemy case
(Babar Dogar, Associated Press)

Desperate Christians face homelessness in Pakistan
(Zahid Hussain and Kashif Anthony, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Southern Colorado man sentenced to more than 19 years for plotting to blow up synagogue
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Man gets nearly 20 years for Colorado synagogue bomb plot
(Patty Nieberg, Associated Press)

Vatican announces theme for World Day of Migrants and Refugees
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

With Lebanon on verge of collapse, thousands rally to support cardinal
(Doreen Abi Raad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Kansas ponders open churches, abortion limits in pandemics
(John Hanna, Associated Press)

Scottish bishops would ‘warmly welcome’ Pope Francis to UN climate summit
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Latter-day Saint leaders join other faith groups sharing support for Stewart’s LGBTQ rights bill
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News)

Capitol Hill insurrection: Hindu supremacists and the looming threat to democracy in the US
(Mahibullah Hoque, Muslim Matters)

Puzzle: Many reporters ignoring Equality Act's impact on this crucial Schumer-Kennedy legislation
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

What’s in store for the Equality Act, and why do some religions want a revision?
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

The Equality Act’s assault on religious liberty
(Kenneth Craycraft, First Things)

Armenian Apostolic Church urges politicians to start talks
(Interfax-Religion)

Ask any church-state lawyer and you'll hear that this is a hard question: What is religion?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Some recent developments in weddings law
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 28th February
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Evangelicals have never agreed on politics says world alliance leader explaining what they are
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

Hundreds of US evangelical leaders rebuke 'heresy of Christian nationalism'
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)

In a first, Canada charges a political party’s leader with promoting anti-Semitism
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Iowa Capitol digest: Religious freedom bill advances
(Sioux City Journal)

Freedom of religion bill introduced in India's MP assembly
(The Siasat Daily)

India: BJP’s rise in former communist bastion has Muslims worried
(Aljazeera)

Pastor in India beaten for refusing to help pay for tribal rituals
(Morning Star News)

India: Court restores Christians’ right to British-era cemetery
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Sikh spiritual-political dynamics in the farmers’ movement (Responding to: Sikh identity in the Indian farm protests)
(Jasleen Kaur and Harinder Singh, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Kisan Morcha: History, identity, politics (Responding to: Sikh identity in the Indian farm protests)
(Anshu Malhotra, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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