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Thursday, 28 May 2020

US senators concerned over potential COVID-19 outbreak at Guantanamo Bay
(Erin Napoleon, Jurist: Legal News & Research)

County reopens in-person religious services under attendance limitations
(Hector Hernandez Jr., Highland Community News)

Freeing workers: Labor and plague in the Islamic World
(Shireen Hamza, The Revealer: A Review of Religion and the Media)

St. Augustine bishop calls for end to Florida death penalty
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

Indianapolis Muslims call for hate crime investigation into mosque shooting on Eid
(Aysha Khan, Religion News Service)

Before reopening, houses of worship should consider what their faith holds most dear
(Simran Jeet Singh, Religion News Service)

The fight over reopening churches reaches the Supreme Court
(Ian Millhiser, Vox)

Turkey readies for 'new normal' after declaring success against coronavirus
(Ayla Jean Yackley, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Netanyahu not destabilized over Palestinians cutting security coordination
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Egypt registers highest number of coronavirus cases in single day
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Saudi airlines to start domestic flights again
(Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East)

As Hifter loses ground in Libya, Egypt weighs options to support him
(Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Speculation grows in Iran about outgoing parliament speaker's possible presidential bid
(Sarbas Nazari, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Rainbow flags over Baghdad fan debate, spur fear
(Gilgamesh Nabeel, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Israeli doctors fly to Sudan to save diplomat who strove to normalize ties
(Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Settlers argue over Netanyahu’s annexation plan
(Danny Zaken, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Putin appoints third special envoy to Syria
(Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor: Russia Pulse)

AUCCRO initiates another meeting with the prime minister since the adaptive quarantine fails to meet the believers' needs
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))

The Impact of Ethnic and Religious Diversity on Nigeria's Development Priorities
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs | World Faiths Development Dialogue)

Freedom House calls for vigilance to dombat abuses during coronavirus pandemic
(Freedom House)

DOJ sues New Jersey town over anti-Jewish zoning ordinances
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Justice Department files lawsuit against Township of Jackson, New Jersey, and the Township's planning board for zoning restrictions that target the orthodox Jewish community
(U.S. Department of Justice)

Italian court upholds lease of historic abbey to conservative Catholic group with American ties
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Steve Bannon wins first major battle for medieval monastery
(Cristina Ruiz, The Art Newspaper)

Family of 12 challenges Virginia restrictions on worship services of over ten persons
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Virginia family sues governor over ban on religious gatherings
(Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews)

Settlement in suit against Georgia city by anti-gay preacher
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF condemns arrest of Ahmadi Muslim on blasphemy charges in Pakistan
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

COVID-19 in Chile: will all religious gatherings be banned?
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

Online protest against the continuing repression of freedom of religion or belief in eritrea on 28 May
(CSW: Everyone Free to Believe)

The First Amendment and religious freedom compel me to refute Trump’s position on churches reopening
(Wendell Griffen, Baptist News Global)

Amazon’s board endorses viewpoint discrimination against conservative and Christian organizations
(The National Center for Public Policy Research)

Medical groups ask FDA to ease access to abortion pill during the pandemic
(Sarah McCammon, National Public Radio)

Australia’s bishops seeking ‘whole-of-Church’ approach for child protection
(Christopher White, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

House sends Uyghur human rights bill to Trump's desk
(Haley Byrd, CNN)

Four Jehovah's Witnesses awaiting trial finally freed from custody
(Kavkazskii Uzel, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Kazakhstan: warned for violating coronavirus regulations, but fined for leading worship
(Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)

Could Democrats win more Latter-day Saint Votes? Here's where they diverge from evangelicals
(Ryan Burge, GetReligion)

The Quran, round 2: Publishing commentary based on Christian perspectives makes news
(Richard Ostling, GetReligion)

WEBINAR, 28 May 2020 (3 pm CEST, GMT +2): COVID-19, Religion and Belief: Webinar Series || EPISODE 8: Special Envoys' Perspectives
(Jan Figel', Michael Suhr, Tristan Azbej, Emanuela C. Del Re, Daria Wołosiuk)

COVID-19: latest guidance from the Church of England
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Does a church charity have a right to leasehold enfranchisement? Hope Community Church
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Considerations for religious institutions in times of crisis
(Barry Black and John B. Madden, law.com)

Working with China can’t be at the expense of our values or the rule of law
(Guy Saint-Jacques, The Globe and Mail)

Law firm representing churches calls Pritzker's new guidelines 'victory for people of faith'
(WAND)

Wednesday, 27 May 2020

As Covid-19 crisis grows, Latin America’s basic ecclesial communities step up to help
(Eduardo Campos Lima, America: The Jesuit Review)

The German Constitutional Court and the right to end life
(Justin Collings, Talk About: Law and Religion - Blog of the International Center for Law and Religion Studies)

How ancient Christians responded to pandemics
(Michael Flexsenhar III, OUPblog Religion)

Churches during relaxation of lockdown – I
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Evidence of environmental dispersion of COVID-19
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Research on transmission of COVID-19
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Reflections on Freedom of Religion or Belief during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
(Conference of European Churches)

CEC thematic group discusses European solidarity
(Conference of European Churches)

The failure to pursue the mandates of international organizations in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
(Dr Lorenzo Gasbarri, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

On Memorial Day, let’s honor fallen health care workers
(Jana Riess, RNS Column: Flunking Sainthood)

Reflections on Freedom of Religion or Belief during the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic now available in Russian
(CEC Thematic Group on Human Rights, Conference of European Churches)

Middle Eastern Christians: cautiously hopeful in the face of adversity
(William Huang, Mercator Net)

New CofE guidance: fabric and building maintenance
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

WEBINAR, 27 May 2020 (3 pm EDT): Faith, Freedom in Action in Troubled Times - Program 3
(Quaker Joseph Izzo and Episcopal Reverend Canon Ted Karpf, Religious Freedom Center, Freedom Forum Institute)

Uyghur rights advocate appointed to USCIRF
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

USCIRF welcomes passage of Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act in House of Representatives
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Costa Rica celebrates first same-sex weddings
(BBC News)

Initiative for the decriminalization of abortion rejected in Guanajuato
(The Yucatan Times)

Church challenges Colorado's limitation on size of worship services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Church sues Colorado governor over public health order
(Janet Oravetz, 9News)

Churches challenge Oregon's COVID-19 limits
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Oregon governor sued over COVID-19 order that allows numerous gatherings, restricts churches
(Alliance Defending Freedom)

North Macedonia’s Muslim leader sacked over choice of bride
(Associated Press)

Italy’s most notorious unsolved mystery illustrates Vatican’s trust deficit
(John L. Allen Jr., Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Hindu nationalists attack film set depicting a church in India
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Hong Kong church leaders divided on protests
(Elise Ann Allen, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Crimean Jehovah's Witness sent to Russian prison camp
(Credo.Press, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Could Democrats win over Mormon votes? Here’s where they diverge from Evangelicals
(Ryan Burge, Religion Unplugged)

Trial of Aum Shinrikyo's Russian cell head begins in Rostov-on-Don
(Interfax-Religion)

Religion story, maybe? Bible Belt Pentecostal preacher bounces into fame on 'The Voice'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

This is a news story: Shuttered churches fuel death of Catholic newspapers during pandemic
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)

Jewish Labour Movement welcomes party’s new general secretary
(Jewish News)

Former Obama staffer offers a primer on religion in public life
(Eric C. Miller, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)

The facts about ‘sharia’ may surprise you
(Sumbul Ali-Karamali, Religion Dispatches)

LDS church should always report sex abuse. Arizona Legislature must make that clear
(Arizona Central OpEd)

Canadian MP raises concern over Tibet in the Parliament
(Choekyi Lhamo, Phayul Newsdesk)

Man gets Federal Court’s nod to proceed with challenge of Selangor’s Shariah law criminalising unnatural sex
(Ida Lim, Malay Mail)

New USAID religious-freedom adviser has history of anti-Islam comments
(Josh Rogin, The Washington Post)

The real virus to the Chinese Communist Party: religious freedom
(Michael Waltz, The Hill)

Rights groups call on USAID to fire new religious adviser over anti-Muslim views
(Middle East Eye)

Cuba uses the coronavirus crisis to continue to harass, imprison religious leaders | Opinion
(Teo Babun, Miami Herald)

A bitter feud over power and money erupts in Syria
(Christoph Reuter, Spiegel International)

Maryland county bans Eucharist in church reopening order
(Christine Rousselle, Catholic News Agency)

United Methodists reschedule meeting — and decision on splitting — to 2021
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)

At Manhattan mosque, an imam eases a pandemic’s grief
(Selin Thomas, Religion News Service)

Kneeling to venerate hate: The meaning of a police killing in Minnesota
(Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Religion News Service)

Oman ending lockdown in capital
(Al-Monitor: Gulf Pulse)

Intel: Trump administration defended Iran nuclear waivers as 'restrictions,' then ended them
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor)

Iran opens new parliament packed with Rouhani critics
(Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Intel: US, Italy to co-host virtual meeting of anti-IS coalition
(Al-Monitor)

Turkey conducts rare strike in Iraq's Sulaimaniyah province against PKK
(Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Kirkuk tribesmen rally as IS launch new wave of attacks
(Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor)

Erdogan dashes hopes of Turkey-Israel reconciliation
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Turkey Pulse)

Will Israel fully legalize use of cannabis?
(Mordechai Goldman, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Intel: Trump administration pursues new Saudi arms deal despite investigation
(Bryant Harris, Al-Monitor)

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