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Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Obsessing over Biden’s religion – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review Opinion)

Opponents of campaign finance bill say it presents pro-life, religious liberty concerns
(Kate Scanlon, Catholic News Agency)

Investigator: There could be 10,000 abuse victims in French Catholic Church since 1950
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)

Leading Christian adoption agency changes policy, will now work with same-sex couples nationwide
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

Mexico's bishops hope politicians would be enlightened by Our Lady
(Catholic News Agency)

Netanyahu slams ‘antisemitic’ war crimes probe into Israel
(Michael Daventry, Jewish News)

Israeli court says converts to non-Orthodox Judaism can claim citizenship
(Patrick Kingsley, The New York Times)

Israelis blame ultra-Orthodox for coronavirus pandemic, express hatred
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Israel's top court recognizes non-Orthodox converts for immigration Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/03/israel-high-court-conversion-judaism-reform-conservative.html#ixzz6o6BCDyPt
(Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Civil society in northeast Syria promotes women’s role to fight extremism
(Akhin Ahmed, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Court to decide whether feds can force doctors to give controversial drugs and treatments to children
(Becket: Press Release)

Doctors fight mandate to perform gender transition procedures on children
(Becket: Press Release)

Tenn. Senate passes bill to ban biological male trans athletes from competing in girls' sports
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Jihadis attack town, humanitarian posts in northeast Nigeria
(Haruna Umar, Associated Press)

Nigerians should look beyond religion for considering next president
(John Ogunsemore, The Herald)

Nearly 300 abducted Nigerian schoolgirls released, reunited with families: 'We thank God'
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)

Venezuelan Christians forced to eat pages of the Bible, have 'crosses' etched into their bodies
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)

God’s will 'is no concern of this Congress,' Democrat Jerry Nadler says during Equality Act debate
(Brandon Showalter, The Christian Post)

Christian leaders react to Bethany Christian Services allowing LGBT couples to foster, adopt
(Leah MarieAnn Klett, The Christian Post)

US removal of Houthi terror designation may heighten Yemeni Christian persecution: Open Doors
(Emily Wood, The Christian Post)

Why Pope Francis is pushing for universal basic income
(Ben Joseph, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Land rights of Bangladesh's indigenous people 'must be protected'
(Stephan Uttom, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Freedom of speech 'under threat in Thailand'
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Indonesian Christians take swipe at Islamic textbooks
(Ryan Dagur, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Bible reading boosts mental well-being among Christians, survey says
(Carol Glatz, Union of Catholic Asian News)

Israel’s high court broadens acceptance of non-Orthodox Jews, setting up political battle
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Iraq passes law addressing women survivors of Yazidi genocide
(Joe Snell, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Vatican defends pope’s Iraq visit as ‘act of love’
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

Explainer: Pope’s risky Iraq trip aims to boost Christians
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)

Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah
(Qassim Abdul-Zahra and Samya Kullab, Associated Press)

Christians and Muslims alike welcome Pope Francis' trip to Iraq
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)

US bishops discourage Catholics from getting Johnson & Johnson vaccine if given a choice
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

Abortion concerns prompt archdiocese warning on vaccine
(Associated Press)

USCCB: Moderna's and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines ethically preferable to Johnson & Johnson's
(Catholic News Agency)

Saudi Arabia says COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for Hajj 2021
(Aljazeera)

Call to action on human rights abuses in the Uyghur Region in the apparel and textiles sector
(End Uyghur Forced Labor)

In the Aftermath of a judgment: Why human rights organisations should harness the potential of Rule 9
(Aysel Küçüksu, Strasbourg Observers)

Myanmar’s Christian refugees hold anti-coup protest in India
(Shonal Ganguly, Associated Press)

Indian government finds new ways to crack down on dissenting Sikh farmers, journalists
(Manmeet Sahni, Religion Unplugged)

Why a Muslim reporter in India has spent nearly 150 days in jail
(Furquan Ameen, Aljazeera)

Cyprus Church says ‘satanic’ Eurovision entry must be yanked
(Associated Press)

Florida deputy suspended for Facebook post about Muslims
(Associated Press)

Sri Lankan Catholic Church demands justice for bomb victims
(Krishan Francis, Associated Press)

Islamic State claims responsibility for deaths of three female journalists in Afghanistan
(Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill)

Health orders aim for balance on curbing COVID-19 spread and religious freedoms: B.C.
(Hina Alam, Toronto Star)

Canadian court upholds denial of driver's license to Pastafarian wearing pirate's hat
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

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)

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