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Friday, 12 March 2021

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)

Thursday, 11 March 2021

DAY OF ACTION, 11 March 2021: Sacred People, Sacred Earth Day of Action
(Parliament of the World's Religions)

ROUNDTABLE, 11 March 2021 (14:00 CET): “Does the ECHR really protect the ‘right to offend, shock or disturb’? A critical assessment of the European Court of Human Right´s hate speech case law”
(Jacob Machangama, University of Central Lancashire (Cyprus) and the Erasmus+ Porgramme of the European Union)

‘Revenge porn’ is a misnomer
(Ruby Peacock, UK Human Rights Blog)

Wednesday, 10 March 2021

Malaysian court rules non-Muslims can use ‘Allah’
(Associated Press)

Myanmar: No religious liberty in an unequal milieu
(Farzana Mahmood, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

WEBINAR, 10 March 2021 (10:30AM EST): A Religious Minority Enslaved: Addressing the Complicity of U.S. Companies in Uyghur Forced Labor
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

WEBINAR, 10 March 2021 (1PM EST): Fratelli Tutti: Social Solidarity from Several Points of View
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

VIRTUAL EVENT, 10 March 2021 (11:30AM CST): Inclusivity, Faith, and Belief: How to Navigate Faith and Belief in a Way that Creates a More Inclusive and Accommodating Workplace
(The Forum on Workplace Inclusion)

Pope urges Iraqis 'not to give up' as historic pilgrimage ends
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Egypt to introduce Judaism in schools
(George Mikhail, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Pope Francis, Iraq's Ayatollah Sistani call for unity in historic meeting
(Hassan Ali Ahmed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Freedom House: Syria, Western Sahara worst in world for political rights
(Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Aid groups overwhelmed by needs and numbers of displaced Syrians
(Mohammed Hardan, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

The Weekly Round-Up: Ministerial Maternity Leave, a New Offence and Guidance on Visiting Gran (pt. 1)
(Byul Ryanim, UK Human Rights Blog)

The Weekly Round-Up: Family Benefits and Domestic Abuse (pt. 2)
(Calla Randall, UK Human Rights Blog)

Belgian children and some women to be repatriated from IS camp in Syria.
(Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

“To Release or not to Release, that is the Question”: Detention Pending Trial at the International Criminal Court after the Gicheru Case
(Diletta Marchesi and Chiara Fusari, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Court denies emergency relief, allows Oak Flat appeal to proceed
(Becket: Press Release)

Defending the Apache Oak Flat site: It is not over
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Nigerian scholar: Extremists exploit religious tensions to achieve parochial goals
(Mohammad Mazhari, Tehran Times)

Who is a Jew? Israel’s Supreme Court expands the answer
(Noah Feldman, The Japan Times)

Japanese think tank president: Move 2022 Winter Olympics from Beijing
(Yoshiko Sakurai, JapanForward)

Japan’s new ambassador to the Vatican has a mission — and it’s not just about religion
(Dr. Kevin M. Doak, JapanForward)

US visa applicants denied under Trump ‘Muslim ban’ can reapply
(Aljazeera)

Justice Department settles claims against Toms River, New Jersey over zoning code that restricts houses of worship
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Visa applicants denied under Trump’s Muslim travel ban can reapply
(Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post)

Belgium: Jehovah’s Witnesses and sexual abuse (Fake news debunked in a recent webinar)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Australia: What will a Mark McGowan landslide mean for religious freedom?
(Spectator Australia)

Parents concerned ahead of religious freedom case at top human rights court of the Americas
(ADF International)

COVID – 19 vaccination- Christian perspectives (PDF)
(Thematic Group on Science, New Technologies and Christian Ethics, Conference of European Churches)

7th Circuit denies preliminary injunction against prior Illinois limits on worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Colorado bakery, in court again, loses attempt to dismiss transgender discrimination claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on first-ever Papal visit to Iraq
(The White House)

Executive Order calls for review to assure no discrimination in education on basis of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Satanic Temple member sues over Texas abortion requirements
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Satanists sue Texas over pro-life laws that hinder the 'religious ceremony' of abortion
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Religious sentiments can be hurt only by specific intent, rules Tripura court
(Devrupa Rakshit, The Swaddle)

An urgent appeal for dialogue, peace, and security in Ethiopia
(Executive Committee, Religions for Peace)

Religions for Peace calls all parties to choose peace, dialogue, and democracy
(Executive Committee, Religions for Peace)

Multi-faith action to advance gender equality
(Religions for Peace)

Religious News From Around the World March 8, 2021
(World Religion News)

US hits Iranian officials with travel restriction over ‘gross human rights violations’
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Barred from traveling by their husbands, Iranian women suffer under unjust laws
(Leila Alikarami, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Reconciliation, healing, and peaceful coexistence in Iraq
(Religions for Peace)

Kurdish stamp commemorating pope's visit to Erbil fans Turkish conspiracy fears
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Pope speaks of interfaith tolerance from ancient city of Ur
(Al-Monitor)

Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq: Beyond the symbolism
(Ibrahim Al-Marashi, Aljazeera)

Pope’s Iraq visit 'an important step in promoting fraternity'
(Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ, Vatican News)

As pope ends trip, Iraq's prime minister calls for national dialogue
(Hassan Ali Ahmed, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Sacred people, sacred earth
(Green Faith, Religions for Peace)

Pope Francis: Meeting with Iraq’s top Shiite cleric offered ‘universal message’ of fraternity
(Catholic News Agency)

The problem with freedom from religion: Laïcité must reckon with the continuing impact of French colonial history
(Mendel Kranz, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

Mass. Supreme Court calls into question religious exemption for Christian colleges
(Catholic News Agency)

India begins promised detention, deportation plan of Rohingya refugees
(Zaffar Iqbal, Religion Unplugged)

India's SC notice to Centre on plea seeking uniform law for succession and inheritance
(Yahoo News India)

Court in India dismisses charge that Facebook post violated blasphemy law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Bible teacher Beth Moore’s split with Southern Baptists has some women wondering whether to follow her
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)

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