Law and Religion Headlines
Thursday, 9 April 2020
Yes, there's still a November election and propaganda about religion will merit examination
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
A dismantled organ, a deceased organ builder, and a digital dispute
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
For some churches, SBA’s paycheck protection program is better than bingo
(Peter J Reilly, Forbes)
‘Is Europe Christian?’ Review: Good Faith Estimate
(Walter Russell Mead, The Wall Street Journal)
Supreme Court won't hear bid to suspend Quebec's secularism law
(CBC News)
Suit challenges student government's refusal to fund speech by religious figure
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Israeli-Bedouin students left behind over coronavirus
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)
Shops reopen in Bahrain as government rolls back restrictions
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor)
Is Oman’s model of governance about to shift?
(Sebastian Castelier, Al-Monitor)
Millions of Egyptians out in the streets despite coronavirus lockdown
(Doaa Fareed, Al-Monitor)
Khamenei blames Western culture, atheism for coronavirus response failings
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Iran releases jailed UK resident Aras Amiri on furlough
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)
Iraq’s president taps intelligence chief to form new government
(Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
COVID-19 crisis threatens to double Turkey’s unemployed
(Mustafa Sonmez, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Turkish pandemic plan raises concerns over citizens' digital rights
(Diego Cupolo, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)
Kachin IDPs risk their health for work during coronavirus epidemic
(Olivia Miller, International Christian Concern)
'We do not grieve like those who have no hope,' Pence says of pandemic during Easter
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Catholic groups call for ethical healthcare triage in coronavirus pandemic
(Catholic News Agency)
Outreach just as 'essential' as abortion, say pro-life advocates
(Matt Hadro, Catholic News Agency)
Malta court authorizes seizure of €29 million in Vatican bank assets
(Ed Condon, Catholic News Agency)
‘It’s a trauma for our children’: How the pandemic is impacting foster kids
(Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency)
Vatican thanks Chinese groups for donations to combat coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Cloud of doubt surrounds coronavirus figures reported by Iraqi government
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Wednesday, 8 April 2020
The eleventh plague: Passover in the time of coronavirus
(Kimberly Winston, Religion Unplugged)
With Passover, Easter and Ramadan looming, clergy scramble to create holidays at a distance
(Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
Articles of interest - 6 April 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Religious services navigate coronavirus restrictions
(Elliott Davis, US News & World Report)
Hospitals brace for a surge of coronavirus patients, but how accurate are the projections?
(David Able, The Boston Globe)
Georgia Tech faces lawsuit for discriminating against MLK’s niece
(Alliance Defending Freedom)
USCIRF condemns the stigmatization of religious minorities during COVID-19 pandemic
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
5th Circuit: Texas elective abortion ban during COVID-19 emergency is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Texas can enforce abortion ban during coronavirus pandemic, federal appeals court rules
(Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune)
Canada’s Trudeau administration using COVID-19 money to fund ‘reproductive rights’
(Cassy Fiano-Chesser, Live Action)
Dozens of churches granted legal status in Egypt
(Christianity Today)
42 Thai returnees from Indonesia found to have coronavirus
(Tassanee Vejpongsa and Edna Tarigan, Associated Press)
A few churches are defying bans on large gatherings. That could be bad for religious liberty.
(Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today)
Refugee Jehovah's Witness released in Belarus
(Belorusskii Partisan, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Russia to seek return of Alexander Metochion in Jerusalem in court - Stepashin
(Interfax-Religion)
Belarus: Makhalichev "basically free, but still not out of danger"
(Olga Glace, Forum 18 News Service)
Court frees Cardinal Pell: Washington Post offers basic journalism. And the New York Times?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Stories near you? Ultra-Orthodox Jews making news in a time of coronavirus self-isolation
(Ira Rifkin, GetReligion)
Kansas legislature strikes down governor's directive limiting size of religious gatherings
(Zack Budryk, The Hill)
Josh Hawley was ahead of the curve on federal aid for religious nonprofits
(Alexandra DeSanctis, National Review)
Islamic law and international law share many similarities, Notre Dame Professor says
(Colleen Sharkey, Notre Dame News)
Hate crime legislation sought after vandalism at Buddhist temple
(Max Bryan, Paris Express)
Rights group blasts arrest of three Myanmar artists as ‘ridiculous’
(The Myanmar Times)
U.S. coronavirus restrictions create split among religious liberty advocates
(Lawrence H, Reuters)
Tanzania’s leader urges people to worship in throngs against coronavirus
(Nicholas Bariyo and Joe Parkinson, The Wall Street Journal)
Myanmar: 3 charged for COVID-19 street art
(Human Rights Watch)
How isolation will change religion as a public presence in Australia
(Andrew West, ABC News Australia)
Iraq’s PMU throws weight behind countering COVID-19
(Tamer Badawi, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race, pledges to move 'progressive ideas forward' with Biden
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Humanitarian crisis in Kaduna state, Nigeria as herdsmen attack unchecked
(Christian Headlines)
Courts would likely uphold gob't closure of churches during pandemic, ADF attorney says
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Catholic non-profit highlights dignity of people with disabilities amid coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)
Tuesday, 7 April 2020
WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT, 7 April 202, 5 pm UK time: Human Rights in the Time of Coronavirus: Does England’s Lockdown Violate Human Rights Law?
(Strasbourg Observers)
1st Circuit OKs "so help me God" in naturalization oath
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Australia's top court reverses sex abuse convictions of Cardinal George Pell
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
On the acquittal of Cardinal Pell
(Neil Foster, Law and Religion Australia)
George Pell releases statement after High Court overturns convictions
(Lucy Mae Beers, 7 News)
Fulani herdsmen in Nigeria kill more than 60 Christians in five weeks, sources say
(Morning Star)
Pakistan: No place for minorities in Punjab – analysis
(Eurasia Review)
Top Americas court finds Peru responsible for torture of trans woman
(Oscar Lopez, Thomson Reuters Foundation News)
Court drops rape, other charges against megachurch leader
(Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press)
German courts tell Easter churchgoers, not this year
(Deutsche Welle)
Oldest synagogue in Russia celebrates its 140th anniversary
(Interfax-Religion)
Crimea: Prosecuting worship as "illegal missionary activity"
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Sex ed bill in Washington state gets lots of boos but where was the religious community?
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland: the appeal in Close & Ors
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Cardinal Pell acquitted
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ethical questions for the religious voter
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Can Pope Emeritus Benedict save socialism from conservative Catholic demagogues? (Responding to: Ethical questions for the religious voter)
(Michael Sean Winters, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith formation can heal politically polarized communities (Responding to: Ethical questions for the religious voter)
(Stephanie Summers, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
How faith leaders can guide morality in election years (Responding to: Ethical questions for the religious voter)
(Jack Moline, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
This time, Mitt Romney is the face of Mormonism (Responding to: Ethical questions for the religious voter)
(Gregory Prince, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Treat the people’s needs as holy (Responding to: Ethical questions for the religious voter)
(Leah Daughtry, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Faith groups in Tunisia call for harmony between science and religion
(Bahá’í World News Service)
UAE-based Indians face legal action for Islamophobic remarks on social media
(The Wire)
Turkey's state religious body undermines anti-coronavirus efforts
(Pinar Tremblay, Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)
Landlord changes locks after California pastor vows to continue church services amid coronavirus pandemic
(Jason Lemon, Newsweek)
‘All hands on deck:’ Middle East embassies inundated with citizens stranded in US
(Elizabeth Hagedorn, Al-Monitor)
Jordanians cope with lockdown through humor, empathy and solidarity
(Osama Al Sharif, Al-Monitor: Jordan Pulse)
Monday, 6 April 2020
WEBINAR EVENT, 6 April 2020: The COVID-19 Crisis: Taking Stock of Religious Responses
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Repressed, removed, re-educated: The stranglehold on religious life in China
(Christian Solidarity Worldwide)
The Drama of Ethnic Kazakhs Persecuted in Xinjiang: Full Book
(Turarbek Kusanov, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Brazil’s Church leaders warn about threat to prisoners posed by COVID-19
(Eduardo Campos Lima, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Over 300 Protestant churches closed in two provinces
(Yang Guangan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
5th Circuit clarifies test for prior restraints in limited public forums
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Factional dispute in Israelite House of David is dismissed
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Supreme Court denies review in bus ad case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SBA says churches and other religious organizations are now eligible for SBA loans
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
SBA clarifies eligibility of faith-based organizations to participate in paycheck protection and economic injury disaster loan programs
(Press Release, U.S. Small Business Administration)
Police in Nepal falsely charge pastors with violating coronavirus lockdown, sources say
(Morning Star)
Dutch health minister urged to guarantee abortion pill access amid corona restrictions
(Dutch News)
Doctors facing 'temptation of euthanasia': French medic warns of terrible decision facing staff in coronavirus hit care homes while Spanish doctors are 'ordered to stop using ventilators for patients older than 80'
(Harry Howard, Daily Mail)
Israeli leader announces lockdown over Passover holiday
(Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press)
Supreme Court rejects church challenge to ban on bus ads
(Associated Press)
Pandemic, border crackdown hamper Catholics’ aid to migrants
(David Crary, Associated Press)
Nicaraguan officials stop church program to prevent COVID-19
(David Agren, Catholic News Service)
United Arab Emirates leaders welcome Latter-day Saint temple in series of tweets
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
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