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Monday, 1 March 2021

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)

Faith, trauma, and transnational connections in India’s farmer protests (Responding to: Sikh identity in the Indian farm protests)
(Shruti Devgan, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Nearly 200 US and UK scholars back British lecturer who called Jewish students ‘pawns’ of Israel
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Black, white, and born again: How race affects opinions among Evangelicals
(Diana Orcés, PRRI)

Friday, 26 February 2021

Court clears way for indoor worship services in northern California
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)

Israel faces criticism for not including Palestinians in vaccine success
(Yara M. Asi, Religion Unplugged)

U.S. Catholic Bishops meet to consider excommunicating President Biden
(Religion Today)

X and Y v. Romania: the ‘impossible dilemma’ reasoning applied to gender affirming surgery as a requirement for gender recognition
(Sarah Schoentjes, Strasbourg Observers)

11th Circuit en banc hears oral arguments in case of juror who heard from a higher being
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judges hear former US Rep. Corrine Brown’s appeal over dismissed juror
(News 4 Jacksonville)

EEOC sues on behalf of Seventh Day Adventist hotel employee
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

EEOC sues Solé Miami for religious discrimination
(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)

Required measles inoculation upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Russia: Two and six years in prison for mother (69) and son (46)
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Campaign aims to foster respect for religious freedom, sites
(Union of Catholic Asian News)

Germany/Syria: Conviction of Syrian official for crimes against humanity a historic victory for justice
(Amnesty International)

Japanese historical document details martyrdom of Japanese Christians
(Heritage Daily)

Japan's top court says land offer for temple unconstitutional
(The Mainichi)

U.S. COVID restrictions on religion: I'm still attending Mass from my church parking lot
(Tim Busch, USA Today)

The Equality Act can become law — if Democrats will add religious exemptions
(Jonathan Rauch, The Washington Post Opinion)

There is a better way forward than the Equality Act
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)

House votes to expand legal safeguards for LGBTQ people
(Kevin Freking, Associated Press)

House votes to pass Equality Act, prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity
(Felicia Sonmez and Samantha Schmidt, The Washington Post)

Faith in numbers: behind the gender difference of nonreligious Americans
(Ryan Burge, Religion Unplugged)

PBS documentary 'The Black Church' paints history through gospel music
(Jillian Cheney, Religion Unplugged)

Baha'i International Community statement to the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
(Bahá’í International Community)

Religious diversity belongs in the public square — and in your business
(Boyd Matheson, Deseret News Opinion)

The 1776 Report: Mind the (religion) gap
(Joel A. Brown, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

High Court (UK): Covid self-employed support scheme does not unlawfully discriminate against women
(Henry Tufnell, UK Human Rights Blog)

WEBINAR: 26 February 2021 (3 PM CET): Human rights of Baha’is – Seizure of Baha’i Properties in Ivel
(Hans Noot, WWilly Fautré - Director and Editor-in-CHans Noot, Willy Fautré, Jos Douma, Karlijn van der Voor, Björn Hoop, moderated by Myra Koomen, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

UN adoption of Pakistan-led resolution on inter-religious dialogue great victory: Qadri
(Mohammad Ali, UrduPoint)

Dozens of states ignoring guidance to prioritize clergy for COVID vaccine: Report
(Tobias Hoonhout, National Review)

World NGO Day: Standing up for those who stand up for others
(Ellis Heasley, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Latter-day Saint Charities commits US$20 million in support of UNICEF’s global COVID-19 response
(Newsroom: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

‘Nobody came, nobody helped’: Fears of anti-Asian violence rattle the community
(Marian Liu and Rachel Hatzipanagos, The Washington Post)

Missing community, these college students innovated church online into pod watch parties
(David Hancock, Religion Unplugged)

Massacre in the mountains: How an Ethiopian festival turned into a killing spree
(Bethlehem Feleke, Eliza Mackintosh, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Katie Polglase, CNN)

NCCM deeply concerned after another attack on black hijabi woman in Edmonton
(National Council of Canadian Muslims)

Tajikistan: JW Shamil Khakimov (70), prisoner of conscience adopted by USCIRF
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Eritrea: Christian prisoners Twen Theodros and Mussie Eyob are free!
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

Crimea: Muslim meetings for worship main target of "anti-missionary" prosecutions
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Catholicism, Joe Biden, and U.S. politics: A Conversation with Massimo Faggioli
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

Korea's Supreme Court accepts secular conscience objection to military service
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Korean Supreme Court acquits man refusing to train with reserves
(Korea JoongAng Daily)

Malaysia's top court restricts scope of state power to enact sharia law
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Federal Court unanimously declares Selangor Shariah law criminalising ‘unnatural sex’ void, unconstitutional
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail)

Shariah lawyers see Federal Court’s ‘unnatural sex’ decision as closing doors to hudud in Malaysia, inviting challenges to other state Shariah enactments
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail)

Special report: church building in Belarus seized, religious freedom remains under attack
(The Alabama Baptist)

With no support from government or society, Covid-19 has hit Somali Christians harder
(Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus)

Recent examples of privatised censorship and digital self-justice
(Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination in Europe)

AP photos: Hindu festival draws crowds of bathers to rivers
(Rajesh Kumar Singh, Associated Press)

Photos of the Week: Purim in Israel, Magh Mela in India
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)

Vatican foreign minister: religious freedom ‘being eroded’ by COVID-19 response
(Catholic News Agency)

The right of religious freedom in light of the coronavirus pandemic: the Greek case (PDF)
(George Androutsopoulos, MDPI)

Coup in Myanmar follows history of severe religious freedom violations
(Jay Church, International Christian Concern)

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