Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
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)
Why countries can’t meet the demand for gear against covid-19
(The Economist)
How Covid-19 is making millions of Americans healthier
(Hans Taparia, The New York Times Opinion)
Our health depends on each other. That’s why we need to fight this threat together
(Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, TIME)
Why employers should promote religious diversity
(Byron R. Johnson and Christos Makridis, Real Clear Religion)
Covid-19 has killed multiple bishops and pastors within the nation’s largest black Pentecostal denomination
(Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Roe v. Wade was an 'incorrect' decision, Clarence Thomas says in new opinion
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
President Trump announces temporary ban on immigration
(Lori Arnold, Christian Headlines)
Federal Judge says Kansas churches can hold worship services despite 10 person gathering limit
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)
Under fire from many, Samaritan’s Purse finds an unlikely champion
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Mozambique: The rise of an insurgency
(Benamin Harbaugh, International Christian Concern)
Turkey's press freedom decreases
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Coronavirus does not spare North Korea, according to sources
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
Providence bishop calls for evangelization, renewal after coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Elderly and disabled have same right to treatment as others amid pandemic, say bishops
(Catholic News Agency)
Kansas governor can't single out churches in COVID rules, judge says
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Israel's new foreign minister, the man without a tie
(Rina Bassist, Al-Monitor)
Delayed S-400 activation could offer chance for Turkey-US ties to warm
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor)
Oil crash means more misery ahead for US shale producers
(Al-Monitor)
Saudi Arabia wins oil price war - at a huge cost
(Al-Monitor)
What we know about the 'devious' coronavirus
(Al-Monitor)
At least seven dead in Yemen flash floods
(Al-Monitor)
Lebanese protesters back on the streets... in their cars
(Al-Monitor)
US zeroes in on shadowy Lebanese playmaker in Iraq
(Al-Monitor)
Iran says it's released 1,000 foreign prisoners since outbreak began
(Al-Monitor)
Church property is held in constructive trust for parent Episcopal diocese
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supposed church enjoined from selling bleach as sacrament to cure covid-19
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
“Church” claims bleach is coronavirus-curing “sacrament,” faces wrath of FDA
(Jon Brodkin, ARS Technica)
Young Christian woman and pregnant convert seriously injured in eastern Uganda
(Morning Star)
Status of temporary abortion bans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Two states' coronavirus abortion bans remain after court interventions
(Catholic News Agency)
Finland’s first same-sex adoptions confirmed
(News Now Finland)
Spain arrests ex-rapper as Islamic State fighter in Syria
(Aritz Parra and Serge Cartwright, Associated Press)
In call with religious leaders on re-opening churches, Trump sought election support
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
African church leaders: Insurgents could increase attacks during pandemic
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
England’s bishops praise worldwide drop in executions
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Religious tension in India aggravated by coronavirus
(Srinivas Mazumdaru, Deutsche Welle)
Citizen complaint about church people not observing lockdown precautions
(Ivan Zhilin, Novaia Gazeta)
Chief Rabbi welcomes Keir Starmer’s commitment to fighting antisemitism
(Jewish News)
The pandemic and the toll of transatlantic discord: At a time of crisis, the U.S.-European relationship can—and must—be saved
(Karen Donfried and Wolfgang Ischinger, Foreign Affairs)
How America's urban-rural divde has shaped the pandemic
(Jonathan Rodden, Foreign Affairs)
Don't let great powers carve up the world: Spheres of influence are unnecesary and dangerous
(Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs)
We need a more resilient American economy
(Marco Rubio, The New York Times Opinion)
Army brigade removes chaplains’ Facebook videos on prayer during COVID-19 following complaints
(Samuel Smith, The Christian Post)
In India, a pandemic of prejudice and repression
(Siddharth Varadarajan, The New York Times)
Israeli court rules against print shop that refused to serve LGBT group
(Jacob Magid, The Times of Israel)
Italy declares victory over Covid-19 in poorer south
(France 24)
Religious group’s mass gatherings across Asia spark virus clusters
(Faseeh Mangi, Bloomberg)
Saskatchewan gov’t reverses ban on drive-in religious services after legal challenge
(LifeSiteNews)
Now that the world has spotted Hindutva bigotry, Modi insists that coronavirus doesn’t see religion
(Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Scroll.in India)
COVID-19, Africans’ hardships in China, and the future of Africa-China relations
(Yun Sun, Brookings)
What is the fate of religion in Europe?
(Tina Magazzini, Tariq Modood, Anna Triandafyllidou and Thomas Sealy, Open Democracy)
Applying coronavirus pain for geopolitical gain
(Francesco Sisci, Asia Times)
Indian industries try in vain to ease lockdown
(Asia Times)
COVID-19 widens the rift between Israel’s ultra-orthodox and secular communities
(Gil Zohar, Religion Unplugged)
Coronavirus is highlighting the rift In Islam between modernists and literalists
(Lawrence Pintak, Religion Unplugged)
Germany’s largest newspaper editor-in-chief to China’s president: You’re endangering the world
(Arthur Block, The Levant News)
The secret to Germany’s COVID-19 success: Angela Merkel is a scientist
(The Atlantic)
Quackery in Iran: Desperate Iranians are getting bad medical advice
(The Economist)
Overlooked businesses during the pandemic
(Brookings)
Tensions Surround Rituals Following COVID-19 Deaths: Obligatory Cremation in Sri Lanka
(Daily Highlight, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Travelling in time of corona: Margaret Atwood talks about narrow escape from Covid-19
(India Today)
'Plague on a biblical scale': Hasidic families hit hard by virus
(Liam Stack, The New York Times)
Monday, 20 April 2020
WEBINAR Recording — COVID-19, RELIGION, and BELIEF: Episode 2: FoRB, COVID-19 and Human Dignity
(Ewelina Ochab, Jan Figel, Brett Scharffs, Marco Ventura, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)
WEBINAR Recording — COVID-19, RELIGION, and BELIEF: Episode 2: FoRB, COVID-19 and Human Dignity
(Ewelina Ochab, Jan Figel, Brett Scharffs, Marco Ventura, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)
WEBINAR Recording — COVID-19, RELIGION, and BELIEF: Episode 2: FoRB, COVID-19 and Human Dignity
(Ewelina Ochab, Jan Figel, Brett Scharffs, Marco Ventura, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints European Office)
WEBINAR Recording: The COVID-19 Crisis: From Past Experience to Present Realities
(Katherine Marshall, David Robinson, Olivia Wilkinson, Barbara Brilliant, Daleen Raubenheimer-Foot, Peter Kwame Yeboah, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Launch of GLOBAL Multi-religious Faith-in-Action COVID-19 Initiative
(Religions for Peace)
To be born a Sikh... (Comment from India)
(Ira Pande, Tribune India)
Church meetings and COVID-19 in Australia
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
Church response to COVID-19
(Conference of European Churches)
Latter-day Saints participate in global COVID-19 relief efforts
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
First Presidency provides guidance on how to administer the Church in challenging times
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Responding to COVID-19: Answers to Questions
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Can Human Dignity help heal us in our coronavirus moment?
(Brett G. Scharffs, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
Law and religion round-up – 19th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Coronavirus – COVID-19 (link to index of posts and other related information)
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Coronavirus emergency in the Monastic Autonomous Republic of Mount Athos. Contagion without Covid-19
(Pierluigi Consorti, DIRESOM Papers)
Coronavirus Act 2020 – Statutory guidance for local authorities
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
PHE guidance: managing a funeral
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Guidance for care of the deceased with suspected or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19)
(Public Health England, Gov.UK)
‘Liquid gold’: New York’s convalescent plasma donor 0001 gives us a patient’s view into US COVID19 response
(Nikhila Natarajan, Observer Research Foundation)
Coronavirus: Why has Italy’s poorer south fared better than the north?
(Francesco Bongarrà, ArabNews)
Turkey’s coronavirus cases highest in Middle East
(Arab News)
Egyptian singers spread gratitude, hope amid pandemic
(Ayman Fayed, Arab News)
The constraints that bind (or don’t): Integrating gender into economic constraints analyses
(Ana Revenga and Meagan Dooley, Brookings)
End te coronavirus crackdown, for the children — OpEd
(Adam Dick, Eurasia Review Opinion)
UN Institute expects COVID-19 fallout to push half a billion people into poverty
(J Nastanis, InDepth News)
Providing food security in the face of a global health crisis
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Youth move to forefront of grassroots response throughout the US
(Bahá’í World News Service)
Call for Malaysia to allow Rohingya refugees ashore
(Eurasia Review)
Religious liberty as bondage
(Bonnie Kristian, Christianity Today)
Coronavirus spread in India sparks intolerance towards minority Muslims
(Niala Mohammad, Voice of America)
WHO: No evidence survivors of COVID-19 are immune from the disease
(Lisa Schlein, Voice of America)
WHO’s to blame? World Health Organization under scrutiny over its handling of coronavirus
(Caline Malek, Arab News)
Catholic Relief Services: Don’t forget migrants, refugees amid pandemic
(Catholic News Agency)
Beware of the virus of ‘selfish indifference’, says pope on Divine Mercy Sunday
(Catholic News Agency)
Pro-life leaders call for coronavirus vaccine without abortion ties
(Catholic News Agency)
German cardinal says it’s 'high time' to restore public Masses
(Catholic News Agency)
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