Law and Religion Headlines
Monday, 1 June 2020
Latin America’s pandemic highlights best and worst of church-state relations
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Old religious quarrels return as covid-19 lockdowns ease
(The Economist)
Post-Soviet immigration strengthens Kazakhstan’s Jewish community
(Khaya Himmelman, Eurasianet)
Web series producer booked for hurting religious sentiments on BJP spokesperson's complaint
(Sahaya Novinston Lobo, The New Indian Express)
Widespread condemnation of mosque vandalism (Update 2)
(Evie Andreou, Cyprus Mail)
Freedom to worship must not be sacrificed to government restrictions during COVID-19 pandemic
(Miche P. Orsi, The Washington Times Opinion)
Pastors planned to ignore Governor’s rules on Sunday
(Valley News)
North American Division releases practical guide to digital discipleship and evangelism
(Big Data + Social Media, North American Division, Adventist Review Online)
Reopening states are still treating churches and businesses differently
(Nicole Russell, The Washington Examiner Opinion)
Federal finding on transgender athletes applauded
(Tom Strode, Biblical Recorder)
Churches in 6 states damaged by violent protests
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)
Press Release: His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros direct Archdiocese clergy Syndesmos address
(Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America)
In the name of ‘Religious Liberty,’ Roger Severino wants to feed U.S. Christians to the (COVID-19) lions
(Ivan Strenski, Sightings: The University of Chicago Divinity School)
Sunday, 31 May 2020
Berkley Center May 2020 Newsletter
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Christian Association of Nigeria demands release of kidnapped Bishop Joseph Masin
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Pope Francis prays for pandemic-hit Amazon region at Regina Coeli
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis calls for 'a more just, equitable and Christian society' after coronavirus crisis
(Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis urges Christians to be united as 'witnesses to mercy'
(Catholic News Agency)
Venezuelan bishops: Country’s situation is ‘unacceptable’
(Catholic News Agency)
Amazon delivery driver who prayed God would protect sick child says 'God is good'
(Catholic News Agency)
COVID-19: Akufo-Addo lifts ban on religious activities in Ghana
(Andreas Kamasah, Pulse.gh)
Black activists to learn from on Blackout Tuesday
(Kathryn Post, Religion News Service)
Saturday, 30 May 2020
GAiN Europe Series Launches May 30, 2020
(Victor Hulbert/Corrado Cozzi, Adventist News Network)
What COVID-19 restrictions on religious freedom reveal about America in 2020: An interview with Thomas Farr
(Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Pope Francis to lead global prayer ceremony on eve of Pentecost
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)
Religion Photos of the Week - 29 May 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review - Volume 1, Issue 1
The Conscience of Europe that Landed in Strasbourg: A Circle of Life of the European Court of Human Rights
(Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and Vassilis P Tzevelekos, The European Convention on Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 1 (1): 1–6)
A sage appraisal of COVID-19
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Churches begin navigating a gradual reopening with safety as top priority
(Jeff Thomas, Catholic News Service)
Supreme Court, in rare late-night ruling, says California may enforce certain restrictions on religious gatherings
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Why staying home from church fulfills commandment to love thy neighbor
(Gracie Bond Staples, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion)
When pastors and pews disagree on churches reopening
(Kara Bettis, Christianity Today)
Jews tell about celebrating Shavout under quarantine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine opened a case against FSB for searches of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #74: Reopening Churches: Risks Versus Benefits
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Covid-19 and Elections in sub-Saharan Africa: what risks for democracy and human rights?
(Statement, FIDH: International Federation for Human Rights)
West Africa facing food crisis as coronavirus spread: Pandemic adds to jihadi and climate change threats to present ‘immense challenge’ for region
(Emmanuel Akinwotu, The Guardian)
Human rights threatened under COVID-19 pandemic
(VOA - Straight Talk Africa)
Remembering Shaheen: A Yazidi who gave his life rescuing Arab Muslims in Mosul
(Matthew Travis Barber, Syria Comment: Syrian Politics, History, and Religion)
Islam and free speech in Denmark
(Flemming Rose and Mustafa Aykol, Law & Liberty)
Worship in Coronavirus time- the latest NSW rules
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Isolation Bookshelf: Words matter
(Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
The McHugh Factor: The ideology of transgenderism will brook no dissent
(Matthew J. Franck, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Supreme Court rejects challenge to limits on church services
(Mark Sherman, Religion News Service)
From Illinois to Puerto Rico, Latino Muslims navigate faith and quarantine among their non-Muslim families
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)
Trained in rebuilding after disasters, NC Baptists now distribute food boxes
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Efrem Smith on the death of George Floyd and what divides white and black Christians
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
In Minneapolis, faith groups rush to aid demonstrators as they decry racism
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Condemnation of acts of racism and white supremacy
(Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, RNS Press Release Distribution Service)
How Ravi Zacharias changed the way evangelism is done
(Timothy Keller, Religion News Service)
George Floyd's ministry friends say he was their 'OG,' a 'man of peace'
(Liza Vandenboom, Religion Unplugged)
State bar group calls for ‘mandatory’ COVID-19 vaccinations, regardless of objections
(Jason Grant, New York Law Journal, DiReSoM: Diritto e Religione nelle Società Multiculturali/ Law and Religion in Multicultural Societies)
COVID-19 story few are covering: Vast majority of Baptists (and others) are being careful
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
When American conservatism becomes un-American
(George F.Will, The Washington Post Opinions)
Ontario: Recalibrating education
(Peter Stockland, Convivium: Canada's Premier Hub for Faith in Common Life)
COVID-19: Re-opening plans across Canada
(Deina Warren, Canadian Council of Christian Charities: Noteworthy)
Why Americans should worry about religious persecution in Nigeria: A conversation with Eric Patterson
(https://www.religiousfreedominstitute.org/blog/why-americans-should-worry-about-religious-persecution-in-nigeria, Religious Freedom Institute Blog)
Growing animus toward religious schools in Sweden
(Jacob Rudenstrand and Paul Marshall, Religious Freedom Institute: Cornerstone Blog)
Cyber attacks and cyber (mis)information operations during a pandemic
(Marko Milanovic, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
First Five: Should courts decide who is a religious minister?
(Benjamin Marcus, Salina Post)
Orthodox Jews will challenge Doug Ford’s COVID-19 restrictions on religious liberty
(Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, LifeSiteNews)
Justice Department backs Colorado church suit against Polis
(The Hour)
California ends ban on in-person religious services as one church takes it to US Supreme Court
(Paul Strand, CBN News)
What is worship and is it really ‘essential’?
(Richard Kannwischer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Opinion)
Divided Supreme Court rejects churches on covid restrictions
(Greg Stohr, Bloomberg Law)
Some say if retail stores are open, churches should be too. Here’s why it’s not so simple.
(Carol Kuruvilla, Huffington Post)
Minn. gov. issues 'full mobilization' of National Guard, says violent rioters are 'attacking civil society'
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Supreme Court rejects Calif. church’s request to lift limits on in-person services ahead of Pentecost Sunday
(Anugrah Kumar, The Christian Post)
Church settles lawsuit with nonreligious family over ‘forced’ baptism
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
Ahead of Pentecost, Supreme Court backs California coronavirus limits on churches
(Catholic News Agency)
UN and US trade criticism over abortion during coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Everything you need to know about Pentecost
(Catholic News Agency)
English cardinal asks why car showrooms can open but not churches
(Catholic News Agency)
US Catholic bishops, Southern Baptists, grieve death of George Floyd, call for justice, condemn abuse of police power
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)
A monument to His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar will appear in Vinnytsia
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Southern Baptist leaders issue joint statement on the death of George Floyd
(Baptist Press)
Friday, 29 May 2020
Announcing the Religious Freedom Annual Review: Religion and Religious Freedom in the COVID-19 Era: Finding Community and Hope
(The International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
AP Week in Pictures: Middle East
(Associated Press)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #72 - Russia: COVID-19 Causes Rumbles in Orthodox-State Relations
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
COMECE launches an online platform for live streaming masses
(COMECE: The Catholic Church in the European Union)
10 lessons on the beauty of interfaith harmony
(Samuel B. Hislop, Public Square Magazine)
WEBINAR, 29 May 2020 (9 am EDT): "Nation State Formation and the Muslim-Majority World" with Recep Senturk
(Recep Şentürk, Jeremy Barker, and Osman Softić, Religious Freedom Institute)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #73: Episcopal and Catholic Leaders Express Solidarity with Native American Communities Affected by COVID-19
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
The ECtHR issues an advisory opinion to the Constitutional Court of Armenia
(The European Court of Human RIghts, Posted on the website of the Strasbourg Consortium)
APPG Statement on COVID-19 and prisoners of conscience
(UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
APPG statement on EU’s Special Envoy on FoRB
(UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
Bishop of Truro: FoRB, persecution and COVID-19
(UK All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief)
EVENT: 29 May 2020 Webinar: Covid-19 and Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion
(Danish Office of the Special Representative for Freedom of Religion or Belief)
USCIRF Commissioner James Carr adopts Deacon Zhang Wen Shi of North Korea and Pastor A Dao of Vietnam through the Religious Prisoners of Conscience Project
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
A call to end nonstop targeting of Egypt's Copts
(Michael F. Haverluck, One News Now)
MPs bring bill to ban late abortions for cleft lip, cleft palate and clubfoot
(Amelia Hill, The Guardian)
Argentina's abortion campaign launches virtual events to revitalise movement
(Natalie Alcoba, The Guardian)
Abortion 'doulas' in Chile risk prison, saying women need their help
(Liam Miller, NBC News)
Experts raise Vietnam’s human rights violations against Christians in letter to US President
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
Parents settle lawsuit over disabled son’s forced baptism
(Associated Press)
New USAID adviser sparks furor over past anti-Islam comments
(Mariam Fam and Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Turkey reopens some mosques, prayers held in ex-cathedral
(Associated Press)
Asia Today: Indonesians return to mosques, at a distance
(Associated Press)
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