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Thursday, 14 May 2020

International experts appeal to European Commission President to do more for religious freedom worldwide
(ADF International)

USCIRF welcomes decision to prevent federal retirement savings from being invested in Chinese corporations
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Hair salon raises free exercise claims to Wisconsin covid-19 order as state supreme court invalidates it on other grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Appleton salon owner claims business is ministry, Safer at Home violates Freedom of Religion
(WBAY News)

Churches fail in challenge to Illinois COVID-19 limits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Judge denies Chicago, Niles churches' restraining order against Pritzker, stay-at-home order, calls lawsuit 'ill-founded and selfish'
(WLS TV)

9th Circuit: Church has standing to challenge California abortion coverage mandate
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Ninth Circuit revives challenge to California abortion coverage mandate
(Bianca Bruno, Courthouse News Service)

Prisoners, prayer, Islam and Article 9 ECHR: Korostelev
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Kazakhstan: "I lost consciousness three times because of the pain"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

What was that all about? New York hipsters, Hasidic Jews and slanted social-distancing rules
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Did the Supreme Court forget how it curtailed religious freedom 30 years ago? | Opinion
(Nathan Lewin, Newsweek)

Journalists should be gearing up for big 'culture war' cases at U.S. Supreme Court
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

Russia uses new form of persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
(Versiia Saratov, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Indian Muslims face renewed stigma amid COVID-19 crisis
(Murali Krishnan, Deutsche Welle)

Jewish Americans say they are scapegoated for the coronavirus spread
(Matt Katz, National Public Radio)

Army, city sanitation workers begin sanitizing Rome churches
(Carol Glatz, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

English cardinal calls for ‘bit more sensitivity’ from government on opening churches
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

COVID-19 in Ukraine: Religion and geopolitics in a pandemic
(Polina Vynogradova, Geopolitical Monitor)

Religious autonomy should be key in determining the scope of the ministerial exception in Morrissey-Berru v. Our Lady of Guadalupe School and Biel v. St. James School
(Victoria Dorfman, Todd Geremia, Anthony Dick & Kaytlin Roholt Lane, National Review)

How clipping Turkey's religious reach has boosted Erdogan in Europe
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

Government shouldn't be in the business of telling religious schools who should teach religion
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Washington Times)

Distorting religious freedom will put people in danger
(Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, CNN)

Vatican finance in crisis thanks to Covid-19 and stock market meltdown
(Nicolas Senèze, La Croix International)

Has covid-19 killed globalisation?
(The Economist)

No food, no problem: Why mosques have embraced virtual interfaith events this Ramadan
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News | InDepth)

First coronavirus case found in Bangladesh Rohingya refugee camps
(Aljazeera)

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Caring for places of worship during coronavirus (COVID-19)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

The Netherlands: Of Rollercoasters and Elephants (COVID 19 and states of emergency)
(Antoine Buyse, Roel de Lange, Verfassungsblog on Matters Constitutional)

Reopening of places of worship in England: breaking news
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Comment réinventer les rites funéraires en temps de Covid-19 ?
(France Akindes, Bernard Taverne, Firmin Kra, Gabriele Laborde-balen, Khoudia Sow, and Marc Egrot, The Conversation)

Religious liberty in COVID-19’s wake
(Mark Movsesian, Law & Liberty)

The latest critique of the Coronavirus Act 2020
(Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog)

Pursuing politics through legal means: U.S. efforts to hold China responsible for COVID-19
(Jacques deLisle, Foreign Policy Research Institute)

COVID-19: Something new under the sun?
(Adam Garfinkle, Foreign Policy Research Institute)

The worst is yet to come: Contact tracing, immunity cards and mass testing — OpEd
(JohnN. Whitehead, Eurasia Review)

Will COVID-19 usher on another decade of austerity within the United Kingdom? What does this mean for the protection of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR)?
(Poonam Shokar, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

COVID-19 isn’t partisan. But it’s intensifying America’s red-blue divide.
(Linda Feldmann, The Christian Science Monitor)

Coronavirus: Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki says Sunday service will go ahead
(Ripu Bhatia, Stuff.co.nz)

Positive developments for the Little Sisters of the Poor
(Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)

Pastor Ted Wilson gives May message to the Adventist Church
(Adventist News Network)

Factsheet on ECtHR Judgments and Constitutional Reform
(Antoine Buyse, ECHR Blog)

Analysis: How the danger of coronavirus compares to the risks of everyday life
(Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph)

Genetic analysis of thousands of coronavirus patients may explain huge differences in case severity
(Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph)

Afghan attack: Maternity ward death toll climbs to 24
(BBC News)

We will have summer tourist season, promises EU
(BBC News)

Coronavirus lockdown: Allowing family gatherings in England 'complicated'
(BBC News)

With major deficits projected, Vatican says Holy See not at risk of default
(Hannah Brockhaus and JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

Locusts threaten East African food crisis, members of Congress call for aid
(Catholic News Agency)

Vatican officials donate salaries to pandemic victims
(Catholic News Agency)

'Discovering what's essential': Strengthening marriages during lockdown
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Rev. Barber’s Poor People’s Campaign calls for resistance to reopening plans
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)

Government of Nicaragua ‘irresponsible’ in handling the pandemic, bishop says
(Claire Giangravé, Religion News Service)

The false choice presented to Sikh doctors serving COVID patients
(Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service)

Free Exercise challenge to St. Louis covid-19 order dismissed on standing grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

6th Circuit permits same-sex couple to intervene in lawsuit by Catholic adoption agency
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

U.N. conference on role of religious leaders in addressing covid-19 crisis
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Secretary-General's remarks at high-level video conference entitled, "The Role of Religious Leaders in Addressing the Multiple Challenges of COVID-19" [as delivered]
(The United Nations)

ADL releases 2019 audit of antisemitic incidents
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Antisemitic incidents hit all-time high in 2019
(ADL)

Poll shows a partisan split over virus-era religious freedom
(Elana Schor and Emily Swanson, Associated Press)

Montenegro police break up protests against priest detention
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)

Muslim burials in Europe strained by virus lockdowns abroad
(Mike Corder, Associated Press)

Jehovah's Witness charged in Russian Far East
(Interfax-Dalnii Vostok, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Self-styled Siberian healer incarcerated
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Educational seminar: Debrief of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru
(Katie Bart, SCOTUSblog)

Talk about burying the lede! Knox officials wanted to 'open up,' while banning Holy Communion?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

British tabloids use online reach and clickbait stories to intensify tale of warring popes
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

RFI joins coalition letter to the White House on misguided report of the UN Special Rapporteur on FoRB
(Religious Freedom Institute)

U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in ‘ministerial exception’ cases
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

It is not hypocrisy for pro-lifers to accept a risk of death
(Dan McLaughlin, National Review)

How do you protect against indirect discrimination?
(Dana Walters, Harvard Law Today)

Religious liberty is helping to reopen America | Opinion
(Kelly Shackelford, Newsweek)

Evangelicalism and US politics: Trump using religion to prop up Israel
(Iran Front Page)

Wisconsin salon owner claims coronavirus shutdown order violates freedom of religion
(Morgan Gstalter, The Hill)

Tuesday, 12 May 2020

Herd immunity and lockdown: The legitimacy of national policies against the pandemic and judicial self-restraint by the ECtHR
(Vassilis P. Tzevelekos, Strasbourg Observers)

How USAID case at Supreme Court could impact pro-life policies
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)

Supreme Court split on when parochial teachers may make discrimination claims
(Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)

UAE’s Higher Committee of Human Fraternity calls for religious unity in response to COVID-19
(Sami Zaatari, Gulf News)

Virtual religious services not an option for Amish community
(Jen Samuel, Daily Local News)

Cultural Disruptions: Martin Marty on the importance of seeking out stories of human goodness in the darkest days
(Martin E. Marty, Sightings: The Martin Marty Center, University of Chicago Divinity School)

21 Wilberforce launches Global Freedom Center
(21 Wilberforce)

Daily Highlight #55 COVID-19 and Human Trafficking: Unlikely Alliances
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)

7 of the biggest moments from today's Senate coronavirus hearing
(The Boston Globe)

Modi's coronavirus test: The pandemic offers a struggling India the chance to reset
(Anubhav Gupta and Puneet Talwar, Foreign Affairs)

The coming post-COVID anarchy: The pandemic bodes ill for both American and Chinese power—and for the global order
(Kevin Rudd, Foreign Affairs)

Sweden's coronavirus strategy will soon be the world's: Herd immunity is the only realistic option—The question is how to get there safely
(Nils Karlson, Charlotta Stern, and Daniel B. Klein, Foreign Affairs)

What does Washington want from China? Pique is not policy
(Christopher R. Hill, Foreign Affairs)

Is the pandemic China's Sputnik moment? What a virus reveals about two systems
(Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs)

Canada’s Virtual National March for Life kicks off with a bang
(Anthony Murdoch, Life Site News)

India: Woman dies after taking abortion pills; 6 booked
(Somendranath Sharma, Mumbai Mirror)

Australia: Gay conversion, euthanasia: Laws on backburner during COVID-19
(Lydia Lynch, The Sydney Morning Herald)

Oxford Council drops controversial ‘trans toolkit’ after legal threat
(The Christian Institute)

Scot hate crime Bill could be ‘weaponised to suppress free speech’
(The Christian Institute)

‘Identity politics’ is a divisive ideology that has come to dominate public debate
(Publication, The Christian Institute)

German parliament outlaws ‘gay conversion therapy’ for minors
(Deutsche Welle, Evangelical Focus Europe)

Attorneys for Conn. high school runners ask judge to recuse after he forbids them from describing trans athletes as ‘male’
(Jack Crowe, National Review)

Religious freedom 'under threat' in Europe
(Jonathan Luxmoore, The Tablet: The International Catholic News Weekly)

Religious persecution: Free pass for Pakistan
(Sushant Sareen, Observer Research Foundation)

Covid-19: What US, China data tell us about children’s risk profile
(Nikhila Natarajan, Observer Research Foundation)

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