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International Headlines
Language matters: What is terrorism?
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Religion Photos, 9 April 2020: This week’s selection includes Buddhists commemorating Vesak, the National Day of Prayer and more.
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Burma’s much needed ceasefire presents a valuable opportunity, provided the military keeps its promises
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Articles of Interest, 11 May 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Celebrating midwives, unsung heroes on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis
(United Nations Population Fund)
Free transport helps pregnant women in Madagascar safely deliver amid COVID-19 lockdown
(United Nations Population Fund)
Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa’s Vesak Day Message
(Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka President, Eurasia Review)
COVID-19: The question of China and its accountability
(Deepak Sinha, Observer Research Foundation)
Father Benedict Kiely and religious liberty expert Tom Farr on the coronavirus crisis
(Podcast, The Catholic Association (TCA))
Food insecurity set to become the bigger pandemic
(Ryan Heath, Politico)
Daily Highlight #52: How Might COVID-19 Affect Muslim Charitable Giving, Especially Zakat, During Ramadan?
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
“A disaster within a disaster”—In Burkina Faso, terrorism and COVID-19 pose a double threat
(Maria Lozano, Aleteia)
COVID-19: A Gender Lens - Protecting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and promoting gender equality
(United Nations Population Fund)
Violence erupts as Chinese officials raid Christian church, drag out members
(Caleb Parke, Fox News)
Uncertain freedom for Laotian Christians
(Asia News)
Argentine president vows to legalize abortion, despite pandemic shutdown
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
USCIRF condemns arrest of prominent Nigerian atheist, Mubarak Bala
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
President Russell M. Nelson encourages caution as the Church looks lorward amid COVID-19 pandemic
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Opportunity for change in Algeria as USCIRF highlights religious freedom challenges
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Pakistan: Ahmadis kept off minorities commission (New rights body should be inclusive, independent, empowered)
(Human Rights Watch)
Tibetan foreign policy- A wrong throw of the dice
(Ravi Nair, The Citizen)
Religion can no longer claim moral superiority, and six other lessons from the coronavirus crisis
(Haaretz)
At 'government request', Twitter blocks tweet by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya
(Anuj Srivas, The Wire)
“Corona jihad”: India blame Muslims for the spread of Covid-19
(Irfan Mahar, Modern Diplomacy)
Pakistan’s identity crisis and social media’s role: a nation ‘lost in translation’ – OpEd
(Muhammad Yasir Ali, Eurasia Review)
A “Schrödinger’s Cat” moment for co-perpetration liability? The Yekatom and Ngaïssona Decision on the Confirmation of Charges
(Marjolein Cupido and Lachezar Yanev, EJIL: Talk!)
When governments switched their story from ‘flatten the curve’ to ‘lockdown until vaccine’ – OpEd
(Ryan McMaken, Mises Institute)
COVID-19: Urgent need for African governments to upgrade health systems – OpEd
(Kester Kenn Klomegah, Eurasia Review)
10 arrested in Argentina for clandestine Mass violating corona-lockdown rules
(Ines San Martin, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Kazakhstan: Conviction annulled, yet still jailed on trial
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
USCIRF 2020: Why India should introspect
(Prakhar Raghuvanshi, Modern Diplomacy)
COVID-19 Resources and Information
COVID-19 Resources and Information
COVID-19 guidance for religious communities and leaders
(Katherine Marshall and Olivia Wilkinson, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religious Freedom in the COVID-19 Crisis (from RFI)
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Daily Highlight #53: Japan’s Religious Communities React to COVID-19
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Europe Headlines
Towards opening churches in July
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Is the coronavirus ban on weddings lawful?
(Neil Addison, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Leviathan Challenged — the lockdown is compliant with human rights law (Part Two)
(Dominic Ruck Keene, UK Human Rights Blog)
Digital Contact Tracing Updates from the Human Rights Committee
(Rafe Jennings, UK Human Rights Blog)
We can beat the virus only by protecting human rights
(Kenneth Roth, The Washington Post)
France mandates masks to control the coronavirus. Burqas remain banned.
(James McAuley, The Washington Post)
Law and religion round-up – 10th May
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Saturday musings: work, play and ageing
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Prayers and statements for VE Day
(Churches Together in Britain and Ireland)
On Mother’s Day, young Uighurs ask: Where are our moms?
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Juries and Covid-19: protecting the right to a fair trial
(Sapan Maini-Thompson, The Justice Gap)
Newlsetter of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
(Churches Together in Britain and Ireland)
Radical reform of “religion, values and ethics” in Welsh schools
(Russell Sandberg, Law & Religion UK)
Protecting seasonal workers in Turkey’s tent settlements from COVID-19
(United Nations Population Fund)
24 NGOs call for the extension of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)
Germany passes law banning 'gay conversion therapy' for minors
(BBC News)
Gender recognition reform taking place ‘under the radar’ across Europe
(Scottish Legal News)
NIO withdraws abortion regulations ahead of Westminster vote
(William Scholes, Irish News)
Merkel discusses pandemic with Pope Francis
(Associated Press)
Church/state deal means Mass will be back in Italy on May 18
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Churches in Europe reopening with restrictions to avoid contagion
(Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service)
Jehovah’s Witnesses, blood transfusions and the CJEU: AG’s Opinion in A v Veselības ministrija
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
British Jews should stop attacking Netanyahu
(Ed Husain, Jewish Chronicle)
Spain-China relations and COVID-19: The bright and dark sides of a necessary partnership for Spain – Analysis
(Mario Esteban and Ugo Armanini, Elcano Royal Institute via Eurasia Review (English translation))
Fewer than 50 percent of Russians say they'll vote for constitutional amendments – OpEd
(Paul Goble, Eurasia Review)
Italy to soon celebrate first public masses since coronavirus outbreak
(Melissa Butz, New Evangelization Television TV)
Bishop warns police against ‘heavy-handedness’ in enforcing lockdown measures in UK
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Catholic leaders in England decry racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Sadiq Khan joins Chief Rabbi Mirvis and other faith leaders for virtual Iftar
(Mathilde Frot, Jewish News)
Public Masses in Italy to resume May 18, ending bitter Church-state rift
(Philip Pullella, Reuters)
Turkey investigates those who object to homophobia
(The Economist)
Headlines about COVID-19
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies, ICLRS Headlines)
Gender, Faith and COVID-19 Resources
(Side by Side: Faith Movemet for Gender Justice)
United States Headlines
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru (consolidated with St. James School v. Biel)
(Case Page, SCOTUSblog)
Pastor sues over COVID-19 orders and conditions of bond
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pastor Tony Spell files lawsuit against Governor Edwards over stay-at-home order
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court oral argument in McGirt v. Oklahoma (states' v. federal jurisdiction on Indian lands)
(Supreme Court of the United States, C-SPAN)
Supreme Court Oral Argument on Religious Organization Employees & Discrimination Claims
(Supreme Court of the United States, C-SPAN)
Waiver for foster care agencies to select parents using religious criteria violates Establishment Clause
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Lesbian couple to have their day in court in challenge to HHS and South Carolina foster care policy
(Lambda Legal)
Pandemic leads churches to celebrate motherhood creatively this Sunday
(Alejanra Molina, Religion News Service)
Celebrating Mass safely — but pastorally — during a pandemic
(Thomas Reese, RNS column: Signs of the Times)
Lots of edgy thinking about 'Weird Christianity' – in The New York Times, no less
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
TRO issued against Kentucky in-person worship service restriction
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge grants restraining order against Kentucky governor in dispute over in-person religious gatherings
(First Liberty)
Another heartbreak for American Jews? The cancellation of summer camps.
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
From Vietnam to the coronavirus pandemic, lies still kill
(Jim Wallis, Religion News Service Opinion)
An Old World Torah scroll unites a North Carolina synagogue in a time of pandemic
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
America leans in to faith
(Gregory Smith, Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, RNS Podcast)
Religious leaders decry, question death of Ahmaud Arbery after video surfaces
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Black churches, via phones and Facebook, bridging digital divide amid COVID-19
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Educational seminar: Debrief of Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania
(Katie Bart, SCOTUSblog)
Awkwardly timed issue: Should hard-pressed churches still want to be tax exempt?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Church lacks standing to challenge state's insurance coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
White House National Day of Prayer Service held
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Remarks by President Trump at the White House National Day of Prayer Service
(The White House)
White House views CDC reopening guidelines as infringements on religious liberty
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
White House rejects C.D.C.’s coronavirus reopening plan
(Abby Goodnough and Maggie Haberman, The New York Times)
Virginia defends coronavirus restrictions in church lawsuit
(Denise Lavoie, Associated Press)
New podcast: Do journalists doubt that the Little Sisters of the Poor are doing ministry work?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
RFI briefing for U.S. Army War College students on key elements of religion and national security strategy
(Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)
Police: Man did $25,000 of damage to Wyoming church
(Shane Sanderson, Fairfield Sun Times)
U.S. Attorney’s Office urges Norman mayor to open places of worship
(Oklahoma's News 4)
Anti-religion activist wants Air Force colonel muzzled, punished for 'horrific', 'heinous', 'wretched' public worship
(Deborah Bunting, CBN News)
The politics of Cardinal Dolan’s critics – OpEd
(William Donohue, Eurasia Review)
America’s stark ‘liberty or death’ conundrum – OpEd
(Theodore Karasik, Eurasia Review)
White House tells CDC to butt out of religion
(Mark Silk, RNS Column: Spiritual Politics)
Pandemic piety
(William B. Lawrence, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)
You might have the right to gather, but you can choose otherwise
(Benjamin Marcus, Freedom Forum Institute)
New report finds nonreligious people face stigma and discrimination
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Church's challenge to California stay-at-home orders is rejected
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches sue Michigan governor over COVID-19 orders despite their exemption from penalties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Churches sue Whitmer, claim coronavirus orders hinder religious gatherings despite exceptions
(Gus Burns, M Live)
Kentucky governor sued by church and state AG over covid-19 restrictions on services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Nicholasville church files lawsuit against Beshear over in-person services
(WKYT News)
Church sues Maine governor over COVID-19 restrictions
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Orrington church sues Janet Mills over order barring in-person worship services
(Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News)
Yesterday's National Day of Prayer proclamation
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Proclamation on National Day of Prayer, 2020
(The White House)
Many causes to recent decline in American religiosity; but U.S. more religious now than at Founding
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Beyond the public gatherings debate: religious freedom during covid-19
(Chelsea Langston Bombino, Religion Unplugged)
Muslim doctors fight COVID-19 — and Islamophobia — on the front lines
(Rowaida Abdelaziz, Huffington Post)
There are religion angles with a presidential run by Michigan Libertarian Justin Amash
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Under this doctor’s care, most COVID-19 patients are recovering. Here’s his unusual approach.
(Kevin Pham, The Daily Signal)
Oral Argument in Little Sisters of the Poor Act II: A RFRA runs through it
(Kevin C. Walsh, Mirror of Justice Blog)
Supreme Court likely to agree with schools in closely watched religious freedom cases, expert predicts
(Rick Garnett, Notre Dame News)
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