Law and Religion Headlines
Saturday, 23 May 2020
Despite the coronavirus, Mexican women are fighting femicide
(Ann Deslandes, Foreign Policy)
The Sunday best... and worst of reopening
(Tony Perkins, Family Research Council)
Reruns of religious dramas comfort Indians in dire times
(Vineeta, Associated Press)
English diocese keeps Lourdes appointment: Virtual pilgrimage attracts hundreds
(Charles Collins, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
France allowing religious services to resume
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Rabbi joins imam and reverend in Gospel Oak (north London) to hand out free Iftar meals
(Jewish News)
Why does Pakistan not crack down on its own religious extremists?
(Tara Kartha, The Quint)
BJP’s Swamy to drag UN official to court over Muslim ‘comment’ row
(Mangalorean)
Bihar law college puts its original Urdu signboard back after students and activists protest
(Parvathi Benu, Edex Live)
No violation of fundamental rights in keeping religious places closed: Punjab, Haryana HC
(Surender Sharma, Hindustan Times)
Scottish census to list pagans for the first time
(Marc Horne, The Times)
Turkey envoy slams US senators for Uyghurs comments
(Yeni Şafak)
Diocese of Oxford: New technical advice papers
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Pandemic worsening existing food crises across the Middle East, UN agencies warn
(Al-Monitor)
Friday, 22 May 2020
Vatican urges health as a 'primary common good' at World Health Assembly
(Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Defamation suit dismissed under Ecclesiastical Entanglement doctrine
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Maryland stay-at-home orders upheld over Free Exercise and other challenges
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
CDC withholds guidance on reopening of churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Local Wisconsin covid-19 orders challenged on 1st Amendment grounds
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Federal lawsuit challenges local “Safer at Home” orders
(Jeramey Jannene, Urban Milwaukee)
Pastor sues over Delaware covid-19 restrictions on church services
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Pastor sues Gov. Carney in attempt to more fully open places of worship across Delaware
(Esteban Parra, Delaware News Journal)
Jehovah’s Witnesses case spotlights religious freedom issue in Russia
(Catholic News Service)
Religious freedom receives a small boost in Sudan
(Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Federal Court: “There is no pandemic exception to the Constitution of the United States or the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.”
(Evan Seeman, RLUIPA-Defense)
In reversal, White House tells CDC to post church guidance
(Zeke Miller and Mike Stobbe, Associated Press)
Sikh kitchens feed New Delhi’s masses in virus lockdown
(Emily Schmall, Associated Press)
Czech court upholds former Prague Muslim leader’s conviction
(Associated Press)
India-Nepal territorial dispute flares over road to Tibet
(Ashok Sharma, Associated Press)
Congress may protect businesses from coronavirus lawsuits. Should it grant immunity to most churches, too?
(Kelsey Dallas, Deseret News Faith)
Dutch parishes holding on financially for now, but are still suffering
(Katholiek Nieuwsblad, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Federal lawsuit accuses New Jersey township of discriminating against Orthodox Jews through zoning laws
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The First Amendment Faithful: Minnesota’s Governor courts a legal defeat over his church lockdown.
(Editoral Board, The Wall Street Journal - Opinion)
India is a U.S. ally while persecuting Christians
(Lela Gilbert, Religion Unplugged)
Russian church in Moldova clashes with civil government over pandemic
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
St. Petersburg's Evening Light charity to appeal designation of U.S. preacher Branham's materials as extremist
(Interfax-Religion)
Russia: UN Working Group condemns detentions. Trial list
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)
The loneliest Ramadan
(Julie Zauzmer, The Washington Post)
Who knew? Who cares? Well, there is no such thing as the 'Catholic Church of Illinois'
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
2020 White House race: U.S. bishops don't want to make news, but it'll be hard avoid it
(Clemente Lisi, GetReligion)
Postponement of C of E General Synod elections
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
BYU, other Latter-day Saint colleges and universities turn down $54 million from CARES Act, start private aid for students
(Tad Walch, Deseret News Faith)
Cathedrals and burial grounds – when rival trusts fall out: Fafalios
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
House of Bishops meeting, 21 May
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
The virus is accelerating dechurching in America
(The Economist)
More than 1,200 pastors say they'll defy California's state order and resume in-person services
(Allen Kim, CNN)
Religious freedom threatened by "untouchable" DC judge
(Howard C. Self, Right to Believe)
St. Paul City Council passes resolution opposing CAA, declares BJP as Islamphobic
(Nazish Hussain, Two Circles)
Covid 19 coronavirus: NZ Churches and places of worship allowed to open again, but restrictions remain
(New Zealand Herald)
The persecution of the Uighur minority amidst COVID-19
(Prakhar Raghuvanshi, Jurist)
Reopening guidance for churches delayed after White House and CDC disagree
(Lena H. Sun, Josh Dawsey, and Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post)
Eid Al-Adha and Eid Al-Fitr will receive the status of state religious holidays in Ukraine
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine: Cabinet of Ministers approved the procedure of attending churches after easing the quarantine restrictions
(Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
The epidemic that brought Jews back to Jerusalem
(Zack Rothbart, The Jerusalem Post)
Uruguay considers declaring Hezbollah a terror organization
(Alon Einhorn, The Jerusalem Post)
German government condemns Iran’s call to 'destroy Israel'
(Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post)
COVID-19 pandemic gives 'glimmer of hope' for making systemic changes, Utah leaders say
(Jacob Klopfenstein, KSL.com)
Gov. Herbert creates multicultural task force to support Utah minorities hit by COVID-19
(Lauren Bennett, KSL.com)
Iran says it's ready for unconditional prisoner swap with U.S. amid coronavirus fears
(Nasser Karimi, TIME)
US colleges accepted billions in unreported foreign donations from China and Russia: report
(Phil Shiver, The Blaze via DNYUZ)
What Xi knew: pressure builds on China’s leader | Free to read
(Tom Mitchell, Financial Times)
As COVID-19 kills Catholic Schools, Dems play politics
(Maureen Ferguson, Real Clear Politics)
Stubborn faith and healthier birth rates: Asian examples and their future
(William Huang, Mercator Net)
US sanctions top Nicaraguan officials over rights abuses
(Gabriela Selser, Associated Press)
Health organization: Nicaragua won’t allow hospital access
(Associated Press)
Nicaragua closes Costa Rica border to protest virus testing
(Gabriela Selser and Javier Cordoba, Associated Press)
Trump presses for reopening of houses of worship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Trump’s urging stokes furor in debate over in-person worship
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)
Friday prayers resume in Gaza despite new virus fears
(Fares Akram and Joseph Krauss, Associated Press)
Turkey jails politician over videos of song from mosques
(Associated Press)
6th Circuit sides with Kentucky church in first COVID-19 religious liberty case to reach federal appeals court
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The four charts that show the UK is beating coronavirus
(Dominic Gilbert and Ashley Kirk, The Telegraph)
To mental health care providers and faith leaders: A note of gratitude and a call to connect (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology)
(Holly K. Oxhandler, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Bridging the divide between theology and mental health science (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology)
(Marcia Webb, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Examining the complex relationship between religion and mental health (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology)
(Harold G. Koenig, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Mental health challenges in ministry: A call for better collaboration (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology
(Thomas G. Plante, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religion and mental health in the age of covid-19 (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology)
(Jeff Levin, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Religion and mental health: Two neighbors who fell out (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology)
(Dinesh Bhugra, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
The spiritual core of mental health: Calling on education (Responding to: Religion and mental health care: ethics, pastoral care, and theology)
(Lisa Miller, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Italy: Study shows increase in prayer, religious fervor amid pandemic
(Junno Arocho Esteves, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
New podcast: The Atlantic needed to interview some evangelical leaders about QAnon heresy
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
Xi’s Regime Recasts China as the Good Samaritan during Pandemic
(Alan Dowd, Providence)
Trump demands governors allow churches to open
(Jessie Hellmann, The Hill)
Trump declares places of worship ‘essential,’ setting up standoff with governors
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)
Pakistan: The tyrannical hold of religious lobby
(Saad Hafiz, Kashmir Observer)
Why the Justice Department is backing this small Virginia church in the country's reopening debate
(Tessa Berenson, TIME)
Minnesota churches vow to violate the law
(Tyler Broker, Above the Law)
Covid-19 cuts into business of religion in India
(Sumit Sharma, Asia Times)
Muslim World celebrations in the uncertain times Of COVID-19 – Analysis
(Dr. Mohamed Chtatou, Eurasia Review)
GOOGLE MEET EVENT, 22 March 2020 (11:30 CEST): Old identities, new times: Does the common legal identity withstand modernity?
(Sharon Shakargy, Roberto Toniatti, Nausica Palazzo, Marco Ventura, FBK-Centro Per Le Scienze Religiose and Università Di Trento-Facoltà Di Giurisprudenza)
The media's double standard on states' different approaches to COVID-19
(Jarrett Stepman, The Daily Signal - Commentary)
Anatomy of lies: Russia’s covid-19 outbreak is far worse than the Kremlin admits
(The Economist)
Oxford Statement on the International Law protections against cyber operations targeting the health care sector
(Dapo Akande, Duncan Hollis, Harold Hongju Koh and James O'Brien, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)
Chronicle of a pandemic foretold: Learning from the COVID-19 gailure—before the next outbreak arrives
(Michael T. Osterholm and Mark Olshaker, Foreign Affairs)
This church fought social distancing orders. A month later, it was vandalized and burned down.
(Lateshia Beachum and Teo Armus, The Washington Post)
Muslims prepare for Eid al-Fitr in the age of COVID-19
(Benar News)
Thursday, 21 May 2020
New Publication: Christianity and Criminal Law
(Mark Hill QC, Norman Doe, R H Helmholz and John Witte Jr, Routledge)
COVID-19: How UAE is to celebrate Eid Al Fitr 2020
(Dona Cherian, Gulf News)
Eid al-Fitr 2020: Everything you need to know
(Al Jazeera)
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