Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 18 April 2020
Israel to help Christians share 'holy fire' amid outbreak
(Josef Feder, Associated Press)
The last Sikhs and Hindus in Afghanistan plead for U.S. help
(Jessica Donati and Ehsanullah Amiri, The Wall Street Journal)
Height of discrimination in India
(Zamir Ahmed Awan, Modern Diplomacy)
China: Police arrest Christians participating in Zoom Easter worship service
(Christian Daily)
India, Pakistan, Turkey are going back to religion. There is a better way
(Khaled Ahmed, The Indian Express)
Vatican congregation to send ventilators to Syria and Holy Land
(Catholic News Agency)
Friday, 17 April 2020
Interreligious Council of PERU provides essential supplies to Venezuelan refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants
(Religions for Peace)
Working with religion or working for faith?
(Prof. Dr. Azza Karam, Secretary General, Religions for Peace)
Faith leaders strongly echo the UN Secretary-General's call for a ceasefire
(Religions for Peace)
Religion and the COVID-19 pandemic: Environmental health
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Coronavirus is also a threat to democratic constitutions
(Constanze Stelzenmüller, Brookings (originally in Financial Times))
Statement of solidarity from religious leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic
(Religious Freedom Institute)
Are COVID-19 restrictions inflaming religious tensions?
(Geneive Abdo and Anna L. Jacobs, Brookings)
Eight rules for teaching during COVID-19
(Jennifer Snodgrass, OUPblog)
Will COVID-19 cause a religious recession?
(Brian Hollar, Religion & Diplomacy: A Resource of the Transatlantic Policy Network on Religion and Diplomacy)
Lessons learnt from Coronavirus and global environmental challenges
(Amandine Orsini, OUPblog)
COVID-19 can augment violence to Mexican women
(Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings)
Coronavirus outbreak highlights need to address threats to ecosystems and wildlife
(UN Environment Programme)
"HOVID": Hunger, COVID-19, and Religious Response
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
COVID-19 is a test of multilateralism - OpEd
(Dr. Esmira Jafarova, Geopolitical Monitor)
World Bank, IMF push to consolidate patchwork approach to coronavirus cases
(Josh Zumbrun and David Harrison, The Wall Street Journal)
The pandemic won't make China the world’s leader: Few countries are buying the model or the message from Beijing
(Michael Green and Evan S. Medeiros, Foreign Policy)
Diplomacy seen in Mormons' first temple in China
(UCA News)
China's war against the soul
(Benedict Rogers, UCA News)
Jordan’s unique coronavirus challenge
(Bruce Riedel, Brookings)
Saudi Arabia wants out of Yemen
(Bruce Riedel, Brookings)
A tale of two Koreas in the age of coronavirus
(Jung H. Pak, Brookings)
From “Western education is forbidden” to the world’s deadliest terrorist group: Education and Boko Haram in Nigeria
(Madiha Afzal, Brookings)
Reorganisation of the courts of the Vatican City
(Neil Addison, Guest Post, Law & Religion UK)
Uzbekistan: Despite coronavirus lockdown officials continue literature raids
(Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18 News Service)
The coronavirus erases our living memory of the Holocaust and gives fresh life to old traumas
(Armin Rosen, Tablet)
Understanding India’s citizenship controversy
(Rudabeh Shahid and Champa Patel, Atlantic Council)
Cardinal Pell, moral outrage, and the rule of law
(Theodore Dalrymple, Law & Liberty)
In India, pandemic turns political opposition group into COVID-19 help line
(Adam Willems, Religion News Service)
USCIRF welcomes release of hundreds of imprisoned Rohingya in Burma, calls for more to be released
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Guatemalan bishops: Deporting people during pandemic lacks humanity
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
Russia's devout push back against coronavirus church closures
(Emily Sherwin, Deutsche Welle)
Will COVID-19 increase support for religious freedom?
(Stephen Enada, The Christian Post)
Collective prayers in mosques temporarily banned in Tajikistan due to coronavirus situation
(Interfax-Religion)
Holy Land Christians put their faith in the Resurrection during pandemic
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
‘World’s biggest lockdown’ enters critical phase amid starvation fears, says Gospel for Asia
(RNS Press Release Distribution Service)
The persecution of Christians in Muslim countries
(Rami Dabbas, The Algemeiner)
Can religious symbols in India be registered as trademarks?
(Kanika Handa https://www.livelaw.in/know-the-law/trademark-and-religion-symbols-155363, Live Law (India))
The coronavirus crisis in Latin America: Increased presidential power without solid foundations – Analysis
(Carlos Malamud and Rogelio Núñez, Elcano Royal Institute via Eurasia Review)
Is there a clash of civilization between the West and Islam? – Analysis
(Sinduja Umandi Wickramasinghe Jayaratne, Eurasia Review)
Iran’s Health Minister defends coronavirus “management” despite 30,700 deaths
(Adena Nima, Iran News Wire)
Special Covid-19 care sought for Bhopal disaster survivors
(UCA News)
COIVD-19's worst victims will be the persecuted Christians of Africa
(Jim Shannon MP, All Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
Thursday, 16 April 2020
Religion and COVID-19: Four Lessons from the Ebola experience
(Katherine Marshall, Olivia Wilkinson and Dave Robinson, From Poverty to Power)
Consultation on COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions: Brief
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religion and the COVID-19 crisis: Social welfare
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Where is justice? Islam, equality, and covid-19 (Responding to: religion and the covid-19 crisis: social welfare)
(Hossein Askari, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Toward a religious ethic of social equity through maximum productivity in a post-pandemic era (Responding to: religion and the covid-19 crisis: social welfare)
(Carl Raschke, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Of solidarity and global health security (Responding to: religion and the covid-19 crisis: social welfare)
(Drew Christiansen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
It’s time for the government to introduce food rationing
(Robert Garner, OUPblog)
Lunch Series on Religion and Nationalism: Russia (view previous event)
(Jocelyne Cesari, Kristina Stoeckl, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Virtual tours bring Egypt's museums, archaeological sites online
(Amira Sayed Ahmed, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Calls for release of prisoners grow in Egypt despite arrest campaign
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
The show must go on: Egypt's Ramadan soap operas defy COVID-19
(Shahira Amin, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Egyptians fear coronavirus count falls far short of reality
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)
Is coronavirus good for health of Turkish-US relations?
(Kadri Gursel, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Israeli annexation talks threaten ties with Arab world
(Ksenia Svetlova, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Gazan medical masks make a statement
(Ahmed Sammak, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Trump announced the U.S. will suspend WHO funding. That could leave another global initiative under China’s influence
(Alexander Cooley, Daniel Nixon, PONARS Eurasia)
USCIRF religious prisoner of conscience Mr. Mohammed Ali Taheri granted asylum in Canada
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Sri Lankan Muslims angry over forced Covid-19 cremations
(UCA News)
Egyptian policeman, seven suspected militants killed in Cairo gunbattle
(The New York Times)
Rival Ukraine churches clash over Easter lockdown rules
(Associated Press)
Muslims grapple with Ramadan rituals in coronavirus era
(Mariam Fam, Associated Press)
During coronavirus, Vatican employs spiritual, political silence
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Russian Defense Ministry's Public Council supports idea of alternative service in main church of Armed Forces
(Interfax-Religion)
Joint NGO statement highlights health and security risks from COVID-19 crisis for vulnerable Iraqi communities
(Religious Freedom Institute)
How Saudi Arabia's religious project transformed Indonesia
(Krithika Varagur, The Guardian)
Keeping Baha’i prisoners, Iran threatens the entire country’s health
(Winston Nagan, Religion News Service)
Wednesday, 15 April 2020
Religion Photos of the Week - 10 April 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Thou shalt practice social distancing
(Mustafa Akyol, Foreign Policy)
The World-Defining Contest between Monism and Dualism and the Future of Religious Freedom
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Religion and the Rule of Law: Elements of Desperation and Inspiration
(Paul Gowder, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Articles of interest - 13 April 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
In some European Jewish communities, getting the coronavirus carries a stigma
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Opinion)
Government acted unlawfully in assisting USA to prosecute IS fighter — an extended look
(Sapan Maini-Thompson, UK Human Rights Blog)
The perils of politics in a pandemic
(The Economist)
The Amazon’s Defenders: Portraits of indigenous peoples of the Amazon and their sacred territories
(Pablo Albarenga, The Washington Post)
At Easter blessing, Pope Francis addresses the world: “This is not a time for indifference”
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Pope Francis shines a light on prisoners during Good Friday's unusual Via Crucis
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Priest who dialogued with Muslims and Catholic traditionalists dies of coronavirus
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)
New director named for Vatican financial watchdog authority
(Catholic News Agency)
Churches in Malawi flout government restrictions on gatherings due to COVID-19
(La Croix International)
Vatican creates commission to address coronavirus aftermath
(Hannah Brockhaus, Catholic News Agency)
There's an app for that: Christian mindfulness, meditation apps find their moment
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Israel’s health minister has the coronavirus. He’s also under fire for allegedly defying his own department’s orders
(Sam Sokol, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Passover Seders without your grandchildren? Coronavirus crisis forced painful changes
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
An Easter think piece: What happens when movie-makers talk to scribes who 'get' religion?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Another handful of Jehovah's Witnesses to be tried for mere attendance at meetings
(RAPSI, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Notre Dame fire a year later: Foreign news outlets lead the way on coverage
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
UN promoting LGBTQ rights while undermining women's rights and religious freedom: Report
(Anoushka Pinto, Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide)
Hindu, Muslims separated based on religion in coronavirus ward in Gujarat's govt hospital
(Sajith Kumar, Deccan Herald)
'Absolutely baseless': Gujarat govt denies report claiming religious segregation of Covid-19 patients
(Times of India)
USCIRF criticism of religious segregation at Ahmedabad hospital based on ‘misguided’ report: MEA
(The Hindu)
Tuesday, 14 April 2020
Solidarity in times of Corona: Invitation to an Interfaith Meeting
(The Elijah Faith Institute)
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