Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 27 June 2020
India allows religious festival to go ahead in 'limited' capacity as coronavirus cases surge
(Jessie Yeung and Swati Gupta, CNN)
COVID-19 and the Clerical Church
(Massimo Faggioli, Herald Malaysia)
America’s religious heritage is carved in stone in nation’s capital
(Jon Burger, Aleteia)
Federal judge rules New York cannot limit religious gatherings with BLM protests and businesses reopening
(Sophia Chang, Gothamist)
Religious freedom watchdog pushes State Department to get tougher on Pakistan
(CBN News)
Friday, 26 June 2020
5 years ago, the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. Here’s where faith groups now stand on LGBTQ rights
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #100: Tracking Faith Responses to the COVID-19 Emergency: Where to Next?
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
DAILY HIGHLIGHT #101: The Hajj 2020 and COVID-19
(COVID-19: Exploring Faith Dimensions, Berkley Center, Joint Learning Initiative, WFDD)
The Internationalisation of Black Lives Matter at the Human Rights Council
(Sejal Parmar, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Somalia: Prof. Mahmoud Ahmed-Hamdi, a humanist, is safe outside the country
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Savor and strategize: The SCOTUS decision to protect DACA
(Jim Wallis and Sandy Ovalle, Religion News Service)
Vaccines, LGBTQ rights, redressing child abuse, and an inspiring secular commencement
(Patheos Blog)
Waco judge's lawsuit over same-sex wedding officiating moved to Travis County
(Tommy Witherspoon, Waco Tribune-Herald)
Ruling in favor of LGBTQ workers leaves 'religious liberty' unresolved | Terry Mattingly
(Terry Mattingly, knox news)
The fight for LGBTQ human rights and equality is far from over
(Erik Olvera, Southern Poverty Law Center)
Religious liberty must not be confused with domination
(Henry Karlson, Patheos Blog)
Trump’s order on foster care backs civic-religious partnerships
(Julie Asher, Catholic Philly)
Controversy and coronavirus keep church plants out of schools
(David Roach, Christianity Today)
Hawley blasts big tech for 'censoring' Christian worship leader
(Nick Givas, Fox News)
Rehoboth sued over placement of nativity scene
(Chris Flood, Cape Gazette)
Instagram brands Christian worship ‘harmful’
(Michael Brown, The Christian Post)
An inter-faith, multi-conference “Virtual Freedom Ride” champions prayer and activism
(Mylon Medley, Adventist News Network)
Sen. Hawley: House-passed bill ‘Would force people of faith, doctors, others to perform abortion’
(John Jabukish, CNS News)
Human Rights Begin With Religious Rights – OpEd
(Bill Donohue, Eurasia Review)
On religion in the legal academy
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Dr Brendan McNamara: No respite for Iran’s largest religious minority in time of coronavirus
(Iran Press Watch)
Religious persecution focus shifts to Africa
(Michael Swain, The Catholic Register)
Charter school may not exclude vendor that expresses religious views on its website
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Suit challenges rollback of health care anti-discrimination rule
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump, the Bible, and the far Right’s use of religion
(Julia Mourão Permoser, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
UAE sends aid to Peru as part of Catholic-Muslim cooperation
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Germany: Catholic Church sees record drop in membership
(Timothy Jones, Deutsche Welle)
Federal judge rules Cuomo, de Blasio exceeded authority by restricting religious services while condoning protests
(Mairead McArdle, National Review)
Zoroastrianism rises in North America
(Amy DePaul, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)
Kremlin hopes rainbow flag on U.S. embassy in Moscow drew attention of Russian Foreign Ministry
(Interfax-Religion)
New podcast: Yes, religion plays a major role in battles over the Mississippi flag
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock v. Clayton County impacts the Muslim community
(Religious Freedom Institute)
'Status quo on religious issues is a cornerstone of our ability to live in Israel'
(Gideon Allon, Israel Hayom)
COVID-19 crisis: A wake-up call for religious freedom
(The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Idaho State Journal)
COVID-19 could lead to a ‘baby bust.’ Here’s why you should care
(Lois M. Collins, Deseret News)
Federal court says New York Governor Cuomo is wrong to limit worship services
(Thomas More Society)
New York enjoined from enforcing stricter limits against worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Judge blocks 25% capacity rule for religious services in NY
(Karen Matthews, Associated Press)
Federal judge blocks COVID-19 restrictions on New York religious services
(Jon Campbell, USA Today: Democrat & Chronicle)
Rising inequality in a crisis: The view from Baltimore
(Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor)
From farm labor to food trucks, Sikhs adapt langar to serve the masses during a pandemic
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)
Atheists and humanists facing discrimination across the world, report finds
(Harriet Sherwood, The Guardian)
Cerabino: Religious exemption in PBC mask order adds to virus prey
(Frank Cerabino, The Palm Beach Post)
In a summer of pandemic, Vacation Bible School programs go online and outside
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
'I have to find the Mecca of my heart': Muslims grieve as hajj is drastically limited
(Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil, Religion News Service)
Rabbi Sandra Lawson on how not to treat Jews of color
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
Why can’t Britain’s foreign aid be used to help Christians too?
(Michael Nazir-Ali, The Spectator)
USCIRF expresses concern about national security legislation’s threat to religious freedom in Hong Kong
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Local LGBTQ leaders celebrate Title VII ruling
(Rachel Watson, Grand Rapids Business Journal)
Weekly briefing: Amazon censors, foster care executive order, ruling favors NY religious gatherings
(The Christian Post)
Statement from assistant attorney General Eric Dreiband on federal court's religious liberty ruling concerning New York City and New York state
(The United States Department of Justice)
Thursday, 25 June 2020
Turkey: Attacks on churches spike as some blame Christians for COVID-19
(Religion News Service)
Religious scholar laments: Turkish Christians 'a welcome scapegoat'
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious conservatives have lost LGBTQ rights battle. It’s time to surrender.
(Thomas Reese, Religion News Service)
The law protects religious liberty far more than many people think
(Ilya Somin, Reason Foundation)
Religious Freedom Week 2020: For the Good of All
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
Religion Photos of the Week - 22 June 2020
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
U.S. Bishops’ religious liberty chairman announces religious freedom week from June 22-29, 2020
(United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
‘God’s servant first’ - on Religious Freedom Week
(Bishop Michael F. Burbidge, The Arlington Catholic Herald)
Journalists should not forget police chaplains amid ongoing race debate
(Clemente Lisi, Religion Unplugged)
It's crucial for all preachers — black and white — to fight racism In 2020
(Terry Mattingly, Religion Unplugged and Newsweek)
Survey: Most Americans aren’t comfortable going back to religious services
(Yonat Shimron, Religion News Service)
New Hong Kong laws will have 'no effect' on religious freedom says cardinal
(Catholic San Francisco)
Do Catholics care about persecuted Christians?
(Jayson Casper, Christianity Today)
Supreme Court 2020: Major rulings on abortion, Trump’s tax returns still to come
(David G. Savage, Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
Feds slap Stafford County with lawsuit over Muslim cemetery
(Rick Horner, Potomac Local News)
Campus free speech orgs seek to intervene in lawsuit to defend new Title IX regulations
(PR Newswire)
Supreme Court's same-sex marriage ruling turns 5: Acceptance, advancement, but opposition remains
(Richard Wolf, USA Today)
Nev. church fighting state limits on worship gatherings not imposed on casinos, gyms
(Michael Gryboski, The Christian Post)
Human rights begin with religious rights
(Bill Donohue, Newsmax)
Opinion: Stability in the law and dignity for all
(John Bursch, Limaohio.com)
Faith-based mutual aid flourishes amid pandemic, protests
(Aysha Khan, Associated Press)
Arab League: Israeli annexation could ignite a religious war
(Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press)
Iowa abortion waiting period challenged on state constitutional grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Planned Parenthood sues Iowa over abortion waiting period
(Rox Laird, Courthouse News Service)
Executive Order encourages state cooperation with faith-based child welfare agencies
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Executive Order on strengthening the child welfare system for America’s children
(The White House)
The jury is still out on Europe’s religious future
(Thomas Albert Howard, Christianity Today)
EU FoRB Day – A call for the renewal of the mandate of the Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief outside of the European Union
(FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)
As underage pregnancies rise, Kenyan bishops warn against sex ed and abortion
(Nick Benson, The Catholic Universe)
Jews, Muslims and Christians are all persecuted in Europe. It must stop now
(Rev. Johnnie Moore and Nury Turkel, Newsweek Opinion)
Pandemic peacebuilding: A conversation with Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J.
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Secularist group in Spain urges anti-Catholic language be added to child protection law
(Inés San Martín, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Bishop calls for investigation into deaths of Filipinos in Saudi Arabia
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Persecuted Siberian shaman gets international support
(Website of Memorial Human Rights Center, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
Jews will never forget heroism of the Soviet Army that stopped Holocaust - FJCR president
(Interfax-Religion)
Bitter split in Baptist flock in Alabama: Was this about Donald Trump or ancient doctrines?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
How is African-American press handling news about protests, COVID-19 and churches?
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)
Delayed marriages in England and Wales
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Peace treaty is essential next step for the Korean Peninsula say churches
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Sadiq Khan urges community: Don’t suffer in silence – report antisemitism
(Jenni Frazer, Jewish News)
Why the UK government should not be allowed to define Islamophobia
(Rebecca Ruth Gould, Middle East Eye)
D. James Kennedy ministries hosting weekly Facebook live broadcast Thursdays at 7PM ET
(National Religious Broadcasters)
Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Nearly 1,500 Muslims in Italy cancel Hajj plan
(Arab News)
Publication: Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: a comprehensive analysis of technology tools
(Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
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