Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 24 April 2020
Canadian Army bans use of male and female pronouns
(The Christian Institute)
Catholic agencies sign Climate Compact to help combat climate change
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Controversy in Russia over church of the military
(Echo of Moscow, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Peskov not commenting on reports on use of Putin's image in decoration of main church of Russian Armed Forces
(Interfax-Religion)
The rising cost of religious freedom in Vietnam
(Anurima Bhargava and Harley Rouda, The Hill)
Questioning Arief Budiman’s religion
(Abd Rohim Ghazali, The Jakarta Post)
Pakistan’s government is caught between a mosque and a hard place
(Michael Kugelman, Foreign Policy)
Tajikistan tells farmers to avoid ramadan fast, cites disease and need to work
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
‘Never mentioned religion, my side not heard,’ says Mumbai man held for refusing parcel by Muslim delivery boy
(Harshil Mehta, Swarajya)
Arrested Catholic lawyer warns of Chinese repression in Hong Kong
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)
Following Trump's halt to US immigration, bishops call for solidarity
(Catholic News Agency)
Chinese Communist Party 'is the most serious virus of all,' human rights activist says
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Togo bishops decry arrest of opposition leader
(Catholic News Agency)
Italian cardinal calls for restoration of public Masses and church funerals
(Courtney Mares, Catholic News Agency)
Pakistan's most oppressed and the COVID-19 pandemic
(International Christian Concern)
Women, children face increased risk of abuse during Mideast lockdowns
(Al-Monitor)
Israel weighs strategic implications of coronavirus crisis
(Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor)
Intel: Biden vows to back Armenian genocide resolution as president
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor)
Coronavirus reveals Palestinian economic dependence on Israel
(Adnan Abu Amer, Al-Monitor)
Justice for genocide: Yazidis hopeful as Islamic State trial opens in Germany
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor)
Is the Russian Orthodox Church really pro-life?
(Andrew Sorokowski, RISU Column)
Thursday, 23 April 2020
ONLINE EVENT, 23 April 2020 (GMT-04:00): Order After Conflict: The State, Custom, and Sharia in Post-war Chechnya
(Elliott School of International Affairs (Internal), The Geroge Washington University)
WEBINAR, 23 April 2020 (3 pm Brussels - GMT+2)—COVID-19, RELIGION, and BELIEF Series: Episode 3, COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Civil Society Organizations' Perspective
(Judd Birdsall, Rachel Bayani, Christen Broecker, Giovanni Gaetani, Revd Dr Patrick Roger Schnabel)
WEBCAST EVENT, 23 April 2020 (9:30 am EDT): Pakistan’s coronavirus crisis: Impact and solutions
(Asia Center, United States Institute of Peace)
WEBINAR, 23 April 2020 (10:30 am CDT): Catholic-Buddhist Dialogue: Solidarity and Engagement on Climate Change
(Dr. David Loy, Dakila Chungyalpa, Rev. Dr. Leo Lebebure, Dr. Kathleen Deignan, The Parliament of the Worlds Religions)
Socially Distant TOWN HALL, 23 April 2020 (9:00 EDT): COVID-19 and Climate Change as Public Health Crises: How the values of religious and indigenous peoples can guide us in balancing our relationship with the Earth
(Michale McGarrell, Religions for Peace and The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers)
Port denials and restrictions in times of pandemic: Did international law lose its North Star?
(Alina Miron, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Is religion OK within the Fortune 500?
(Brian J. Grim, Religious Freedom & Business Foundation)
As the world looks for coronavirus scapegoats, India pins blame on Muslims
(Joanna Slater and Niha Masih, The Washington Post)
Hajj cancellation wouldn’t be the first – plague, war and politics disrupted pilgrimages long before coronavirus
(Ken Chitwood, The Conversation)
Dispatch: India is scapegoating Muslims for the spread of coronavirus
(Sameer Yasir, Foreign Policy)
UN praises Israel aid to Palestinians as bereaved families demand block
(Lahav Harkov, The Jerusalem Post)
Can the coronavirus help repair ties between Israel's Jews and Arabs?
(Editorial, The Jerusalem Post)
The Jewish Imperative of the coronavirus crisis
(Ronald S. Lauder, The Jerusalem Post)
Preference for the Poor: Responding to the COVID-19 Emergency
(Daily Highlight, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
COVID-19, Climate Change, and Theology: New Starts or Wine in Old Bottles?
(Daily Highlight, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
‘If you don’t work you don’t eat’: Where lockdowns have extra sting
(Whitney Eulich and Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor)
Could pandemic pave a path to peace? Why Yemen war is resistant.
(Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor)
Don’t waste the pandemic response
(Bertrand Badré, Project Syndicate)
The Chinese Health Organization?
(Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate)
Patients vs. the Pandemic
(Joseph E. Stiglitz, Arjun Jayadev, Achal Prabhala, Project Syndicate)
UN urges for immediate release of Baha’i prisoners in Yemen
(Associated Press)
During the coronavirus, academics have found themselves in a crisis of their work
(Rinaldo Walcott, Maclean's)
Rector accuses India authorities of ‘neglect and apathy’ towards historic basilica
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Voices from the violence: How Burkina Faso’s crisis is changing society – and how to fix it
(Sam Mednick, The New Humanitarian)
How the coronavirus has altered Iranians' view of faith
(Kersten Knipp, Deutsche Welle)
Journal of International Religious Freedom | Volume 1 Issue 1
(International Chrisitan Concern)
Likud, UTJ coalition deal to freeze status quo on religion and state
(Jeremy Sharon, The Jerusalem Post)
Indian religious leaders welcome financial help
(Bijay Kumar Minj, UCA News)
"Put women and girls at the centre of efforts to recover from COVID-19"
(Secretary-General António Guterres, The United Nations)
Why more men are dying from COVID-19 than women - A geneticist explains
(Jenny Graves, The Conversation, Science Alert)
Indonesian Muslims brace for somber Ramadan amid pandemic restrictions
(Ahmad Pathoni, Religion News Service)
Coronavirus: First patients injected in UK vaccine trial
(Fergus Walsh, BBC News Health)
Wednesday, 22 April 2020
GLOBAL ONLINE EVENT, 22 April 2020 (16h00 Abu Dhabi |12 noon GMT | 8h00 EST | 20h00 Beijing: For Humanity: Inter-Faith Solidarity and Joint Action to Combat COVID-19
(Brian J. Grim, H. E. Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi & 15 others, Organized by The World Muslim Communities Council)
EVENT PROGRAM, 22 April 2020: For Humanity: Interfaith Solidarity & Joint Action To Combat COVID-19
(Brian J. Grim, H. E. Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi & 15 others, Organized by The World Muslim Communities Council)
WEBINAR, 22 April 2020 (10am EDT): Emmanuel Macron — The last president of Europe
(Introduction by Thomas Wright, Brookings - Center on United States and Europe)
WEBINAR, 22 April 2020 (3 pm in Qatar / GMT+3): Covid-19: Implications for Peace and Security in the Middle East
(Ranj Alaaldin, Tanya Gilly-Khailany, Frederic Wehrey, Galip Dalay, Brookings Doha Center)
GLOBAL ONLINE EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, 22 April 2020 (9.30 am EDT): Planting Seeds for a New Normal
(Rabbi David Rosen, Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singhji, Dr. Azza Karam, Rev. Victor Kazanjian, Audrey Kitagawa, and others, Religions for Peace International)
Riḍván 2020 Message to the World
(The Universal House of Justice)
Ridván 2020 Message from the Supreme Body (Video Recording)
(Jacqueline Claire, Baha’i World)
Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid virus restrictions
(Samy Magdy and Lee Keath, Religion News Service)
Ramadan 2020: Muslims straighten rows for locked down fasting
(Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, Africa News)
Safe Ramadan practices in the context of the COVID-19
(World Health Organization)
Why some people get sicker than others:COVID-19 is proving to be a disease of the immune system. This could, in theory, be controlled
(James Hamblin, The Atlantic)
The best hopes for a coronavirus drug. If there is a way to stop COVID-19, it will be by blocking its proteins from hijacking, suppressing, and evading humans’ cellular machinery
(Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic)
That ancient question that will not go away: Where is God in the coronavirus crisis?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Israeli court awards damages to LGBT group that was refused service
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Following Biblical mandates carries a high price for religious leaders in Mexico
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
Congo bishop – and president’s uncle – first African prelate to die of COVID-19
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious leaders in Jerusalem recite joint prayer composed for the coronavirus
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The Sunni-Shi‘a split: Political and religious (book review)
(Karen Taliaferro, Law & Liberty)
Sunnis and Shi'a: A Political History
(Laurence Louër, Princeton University Press)
Priest banned from service fined in St. Petersburg for 12-minute holy procession
(Interfax-Religion)
Russian Imperial Movement, designated as terrorist entity by U.S., focused on Christian holidays rather than terrorism - Prosecutor General's Office
(Interfax-Religion)
Kazakhstan: 24 prisoners of conscience - list
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Why communist and leftist governments hate Christianity
(Robin Schumacher, The Christian Post)
No room for religious intolerance in UAE: Sheikha Hend
(Ashwani Kumar, Khaleej Times)
Beneath Trump-WHO spat, a US-China race for leadership
(Howard LaFranchi, The Christian Science Monitor)
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
WEBINAR, 20 April 2020 (11 am EDT): Confronting climate change in the global COVID-19 recovery
(Samantha Gross, Stéphane Hallegatte, Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Todd Stern, Pablo Vieira, Brookings, NDC Partnership)
Religion can be a healing balm for COVID-19's disruption, if applied judiciously
(Susan Hayward, Azza Karam, Katherine Marshall, Religion News Service Opinion)
Religion Photos of the Week, 18 April 2020: This week’s selection includes Easter, lockdowns around the world, and more
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
In empty churches, Orthodox Christians mark Easter amid COVID-19 restrictions
(The Associated Press, CBC)
Orthodox Christians mark Easter Holiday amid coronavirus restrictions
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Santorini lit up for Greek Orthodox Holy Friday
(Greek CIty Times - YouTube Video)
Romanians celebrate from their windows during Orthodox Easter Vigil
(Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Orthodox Easter service takes place without public at Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow
(Ruplly, Recording of Live Stream - YouTube Video)
Pakistanis gather for Friday prayers defying coronavirus advisory
(Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)
Baha’i networks in the Congo keep thousands informed and inspired
(BWNS, Bahá’í World News Service)
On Divine Mercy Sunday, Pope Francis urges countries to put aside ‘selfish indifference’ during coronavirus pandemic
(Gerard O’Connell, America: The Jesuit Review)
Pope Francis shares his vision for Covid-19 aftermath
(Gerard O’Connell, America: The Jesuit Review)
UN agencies issue urgent coronavirus appeal after $2bn request falls well short
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Pope Francis taps Argentinian priest to help lead Vatican response to coronavirus crisis
(Gerard O’Connell, America: The Jesuit Review)
Covid-19: the humbling and humbled virus
(Francis B. Nyamnjoh, Corona Times)
COVID-19 in Mount Athos: Adapting Ancient Practices to Modern Realities
(Daily Highlight, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Bangladesh: Massive crowd breaks lockdown rules to attend Ansari's funeral
(The Business Standard)
War or Peace: Could COVID-19 Tip the Balance in Afghanistan?
(Daily Highlight, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
AP covers Orthodox Easter around the world – except in the churches of America
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Pandemic and religious revival
(Filip Mazurczak, First Things)
WEBINAR, 21 April 2020 (10:30 am CDT): 50th Earth Day Observance with Global Religious and Indigenous Leaders
(Mirele Goldsmith, Hindoug Oumarou Ibrahim, Lyla June, Hellen Murgo, Gopal Patel, Lauren Van Ham, Parliament of the World's Religions)
Parliament of the World's Religions Earth Day webinars
(The Parliament of the Worlds Religions)
Email Subscription
The International Center for Law and Religion Studies maintains a Law and Religion Headlines service covering news about freedom of religion or belief internationally. All interested may subscribe to this service, free of charge, using the link below.
Subscribe