Law and Religion Headlines
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
In Kenya and South Africa, church leaders condemn theft of COVID-19 funds
(Tom Osanjo, Religion Unplugged)
Tamil Nadu government issues SOP for re-opening of religious places
(Deccan Chronicle)
Ethical principles for the just allocation of a covid-19 vaccine
(Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Refugee camps have avoided the worst of the pandemic. That could be about to change.
(Miriam Berger, The Washington Post)
This new 600-page book contains Jewish laws of coronavirus, from hand-washing to drug trials
(Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Forward)
Weekly Highlight #121: Adaptations, Impacts, and Emerging Debates
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Weekly Highlight #120: Global to Local: Ricocheting Impacts of COVID-19
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Weekly Highlight #119: Keeping Communities Safe and Respected
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Weekly Highlight #118: Taking Stock in the Midst of Mourning
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
Catholic student sues after he is removed as university Student Senate president because of his views
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Police in Ukraine investigate beating of Israeli pilgrim
(Associated Press)
Pope prays for Lebanon during 1st public audience in months
(Giada Zampano, Associated Press)
Two Jehovah's Witnesses given four years prison time in Kuzbass
(taiga, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Dreadlocks in a Jamaican school: Virgo
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Ecuador’s bishops speak out against attempt to liberalize abortion laws
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Mexican electoral body orders president to remove ad with papal reference
(Catholic News Service)
Hong Kong cardinal: Keep opinions on political issues out of sermons
(Catholic News Service)
Polish bishops reiterate church teaching on LGBT, gender ideology
(Jonathan Luxmoore, Catholic News Service)
Prayers for Zimbabwe as country’s bishops call for truth, justice and reconciliation
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Book review: Imagining a “Judeo-Christian” Nation
(Gene Zubovich, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Imagining Judeo-Christian America: Religion, Secularism, and the Redefinition of Democracy (book)
(K. Healan Gaston, University of Chicago Press)
Will European nationalists ever stop LGBT and pro-abortion EU diplomacy?
(Stefano Gennarini, Public Discourse: The Journal of the Witherspoon Institute)
Evangelical leaders talk COVID restrictions, religious freedom
(Meagan Clark and Mattie Townson, Religion Unplugged)
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim community strongly condemns horrific act of Quran-burning In Malmo
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
A Muslim community group in Hartlepool has made over 2,000 meals for those in need during the pandemic.
(Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK)
The Vatican should speak up on China’s repression in Hong Kong and beyond
(George Weigel, The Washington Post)
Xi calls for building 'new modern socialist' Tibet, favours Tibetan Buddhism's 'sinicisation'
(The Economic Times)
BuzzFeed plumbs satellite photos for exhaustive report on China's persecuted Muslims
(Julia Duin, GetReligion)
UK may make at-home medical abortions permanent; some 90K performed during shutdown
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Law and religion round-up – 6th September
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
The new "religion" of the State according to the Ministry of Education (Portuguese)
(José Luis Ramos Pinheiro, Renascença)
Swiss Catholic-Christians say yes to "marriage for all" (French)
(Gabrielle Desarzens, RTS Religion)
1 in 5 churches facing permanent closure within 18 months due to COVID-19 shutdowns: Barna pres.
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
More than 350 faith leaders to back Biden for president, including many first-time endorsers
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Religion takes larger role for Democrats this year
(Frank Newport, Gallup)
Religion & Presidential politics: From George Washington to Donald Trump
(Kenneth L. Woodward, Commonweal)
At Republican convention, a vision of faith under fire
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
It's more 'Dog Bites Man' as religion-haunted 2020 campaign lurches into the fall
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Economic justice and universal basic income: Ethical and religious perspectives
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Islam and universal basic income (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: Ethical and religious perspectives)
(Mohammad H. Fadel, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Supporting UBI: the power of religious contributions (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: Ethical and religious perspectives)
(Thomas Massaro, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The scandal of poverty in the midst of plenty (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: Ethical and religious perspectives)
(Katherine Marshall, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
For Catholic social thought, basic income gets work, wealth, and family right (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: ethical and religious perspectives)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
A Buddhist perspective: Is universal basic income genuinely caring, compassionate, and wise? (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: ethical and religious perspectives)
(Ernest C. H. Ng, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Basic income and Islamic almsgiving: analogous poverty alleviation tools (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: Ethical and religious perspectives)
(Katherine Bullock, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Freedom from, freedom for: universal basic income and Catholic social teaching (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: Ethical and religious perspectives)
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Inequality is a life issue: reflections from Christian social teaching (Responding to: Economic justice and universal basic income: Ethical and religious perspectives)
(Heath W. Carter, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Monday, 31 August 2020
Rev. Al Sharpton leads March on Washington against police brutality
(Hamil R. Harris, Religion Unplugged)
Archbishop says nation is at ‘pivotal juncture’ in racial justice struggle
(Richard Szczepanowski, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Shiite Muslims mark holy day of mourning in virus’ shadow
(Mariam Fam and Bassem Mroue, Associated Press)
AP Photos: Pandemic casts pall over Muharram in Kashmir
(Dar Yasin, Associated Press)
Scores injured as police break up Muslim march in Kashmir
(Associated Press)
Facebook India executive who shared anti-Muslim post apologises: Report
(Al Jazeera)
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION IN BLOG WEBINAR, deadline 31 August 2020: Law, Religion, and Coronovirus in the United States: A Six-Month Assessment
(International Center for Law and Religion Studies)
How Black Lives Matter is changing the church
(Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker)
Court cites Neil Gorsuch's opinion while allowing transgender student to use bathroom of choice
(Jerry Lambe, Law & Crime)
Articles of interest - 31 August 2020
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
With record wins, LGBT+ candidates celebrate 'rainbow wave' in U.S. election
(Reuters)
Many US college students lack knowledge of religion: survey
(The College Post)
Ministerial Exception doctrine does not apply to hostile work environment claim
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
RFRA claim for insisting on Social Security Number in passport application moves ahead
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
10th Circuit: Inmate has Equal Protection, but not RFRA, claim over prayer space
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Peoples urged to report blasphemous contents to Pakistan's religious ministry
(Faizan Hashmi, UrduPoint)
Sudan, rebel alliance reach deal in ongoing peace efforts
(Maura Ajak and Samy Magdy, Associated Press)
Amid virus lockdowns, prison ministry groups had to adapt
(Associated Press)
Riots in Sweden after Quran burning by far-right activists
(Associated Press)
Montenegro opposition claims election victory in tight vote
(Predrag Milic, Associated Press)
Using religion for geopolitical ends in the Gulf disputes between Abu Dhabi and Qatar
(Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Hundreds associated with anti-Semitic movement attempt to break into German parliament building
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
On Ashura, Muslims recall how faith in God overcomes tyrants
(Omar Suleiman, Religion News Service)
Theological roots of the secular world order
(Nathaniel Peters, Law & Liberty)
CBCP leads interfaith initiative to help Filipinos survive the pandemic
(Hanah Tabios, Manila Bulletin)
Belarusian government restricts head of Catholic Church
(TUT.BY, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Criminal case for evangelism against Pentecostal church dropped
(InVictory, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Judge shields Jehovah's Witness from additional examination
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Imam of Kaliningrad Region's only mosque dies of coronavirus
(Interfax-Religion)
New COVID-19 legislation and guidance: to 5 September
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Could religious exemptions trump a COVID-19 vaccine mandate? Well, that depends
(Ross D. Silverman, The Conversation)
Why freedom of religion won’t likely trump public health interests with a future COVID-19 vaccine
(Renae Barker, The Conversation)
Law and religion round-up – 30th August
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
After death threats against Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege, UN rights offices expresses deep concern
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Bishop Sithembele Sipuka calls on South Africans to resist culture of corruption
(Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
‘Discern’ & vote – Cardinal Bo’s 10-point appeal to Myanmar’s citizens to exercise their democracy
(Deborah Castellano Lubov, Zenit: The World Seen from Rome)
Holy Communion in the Church of England in light of the coronavirus pandemic
(Christopher Grout, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)
Hong Kong diocese cancels pro-democracy prayer in newspapers
(Catholic News Agency)
Shincheonji’s latest plasma donation raises questions on treatment from South Korean government
(Religion News Service Opinion)
Academy for Life criticizes new Italian rules for RU-486
(Catholic News Service)
Religious attire should be allowed at workplaces where possible: Zaqy Mohamad
(Wong Shiying, Straits Times)
Dutch judges can sanction Jewish men who refuse to give wives religious divorce
(Cnaan Liphshiz, The Times of Israel)
God's counterfeiters. Claretians helped save a hundred and a half Jews from Nazi persecution (Spanish)
(Julio Nuñez, El Pais)
"There are symptoms to be concerned" about religious freedom in Spain, admits Eugenio Nasarre (Spanish)
(Religion en Libertad)
State-run institutions in China investigate employees' religious status
(Zhang Wenshu, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
Jehovah’s Witnesses persecuted in China for ‘political neutrality’
(Wu Xishan, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)
‘To listen in order to be reconciled’ – Displaced persons and Pope's Migrants Day Message
(Vatican News)
What happens when pandemic locks down a globe-trotting pope?
(Nicole Winfield, Associated Press)
There is a risk of policing religious activities in Brazil (Portuguese)
(Folha Vitória)
Commentary: University shouldn't punish me for not addressing male student as "Ms."
(Nicholas Meriwether, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Inside the Democratic and Republican parties’ very different appeals to people of faith
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Old Glory to God (regarding Mike Pence’s RNC speech)
(Michael Peppard, Commonweal)
How and why the Jewish American voter might be changing
(Mya Jaradat, Deseret News Faith)
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