Law and Religion Headlines

---

Tuesday, 7 April 2020

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)

How evangelicals in Brazil are spinning COVID-19
(Thomas Milz, Deutsche Welle)

Angry preachers fight 'shelter in place.' #NEWS Major religious groups follow rules? #SOWHAT
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Coronavirus crisis reveals gap between news media pros and and many people of faith
(Bobby Ross Jr., GetReligion)

Ryan Burge asks that question, again: Are politics, or doctrines, shaping COVID-19 responses?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Ecclesiastical court judgments – March (II)
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Law and religion round-up – 5th April
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

Why Brazil’s churches closed, even though President Bolsonaro disagrees
(Maurício Zágari and the Assciated Press, Christianity Today)

Mormon church to open first temple in mainland China
(Keith Zhai, Tony Munroe, Reuters)

Religious freedom and the SBA Paycheck Protection Program
(Travis Wussow, Kentucky Today)

Justices turn away fight over religious ads on DC buses
(Megan Mineiro, Courthouse News Service)

“No one is immune from the roundups”: Life for Uyghurs in China’s Xinjiang region
(CSWPress, FoRB in Full: A blog by CSW)

Saturday, 4 April 2020

Remote control: Coronavirus is changing how Ireland is governed
(Jennifer Bray, The Irish Times)

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Provides Updated Guidance to Address the Urgent Need for Blood During the Pandemic
(Director - Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Peter Marks M.D., PhD., U.S. Food & Drug Administration)

New coronavirus limits bring new religious freedom tension
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Pope Francis addresses Italy in recorded message
(Associated Press, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Chief Rabbi says virus response proving to be religion’s ‘finest hour’
(Jewish News)

Keir Starmer elected Labour leader: ‘I will tear out poison of antisemitism’
(Jewish News)

The Americans defying Palm Sunday quarantines: 'Satan's trying to keep us apart'
(Michelle Conlin, Rich McKay, Reuters)

With coronavirus infections linked to religious gatherings, debate rages over worship amid pandemic
(Jack Jenkins, Religion News Service)

U.S. religious freedom ambassador calls for release of prisoners of conscience
(Catholic News Agency)

Transnational terror: Sri Lankan Easter attacks
(Brammy Rajakumar, Harvard Political Review)

Friday, 3 April 2020

How will humans, by nature social animals, fare when isolated? Covid-19 will harm people’s mental health
(The Economist)

Infographic: The History of Pandemics
(Shai Kuritzky, BabaMail)

Islam in France
(Pierre Manent, Law & Liberty)

How did covid-19 begin? Its initial origin story is shaky
(David Ignatius, The Washington Post - Opinions)

Monitoring COVID-19 contagion growth in Europe
(Arianna Agosto / Alexandra Campmas / Paolo Giudici / Andrea Renda, Centre for European Policy Studies)

Johnson and Kidd: Responding to COVID-19 would be a lot harder without churches and Christian groups
(US Action Team, Religious Freedom Institute)

UK Supreme Court holds hospital liable for commercial surrogacy
(William Edis QC, UK Human Rights Blog)

Church building maintenance during lockdown – Update
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Church in Wales: Covid 19 – Guidance on Vestry & PCC meetings
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

How the pandemic will impact the Trump-backed lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act
(Jacqueline Thomsen, The National Law Journal)

USCIRF dismayed by lack of accountability for the murder of Daniel Pearl
(Press Release, United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Challenge to school Bible program is dismissed after program is terminated
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Court dismisses claims that Mormon doctrines are fraudulent
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Interesting RFRA case involving proof of infant's citizenship
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

New Jersey's Aid In Dying Act is upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

NJ aid-in-dying law upheld, judge dismisses legal challenge
(Stacey Barchenger, North Jersey)

Michigan will allow secular marriage celebrants
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Michigan drops opposition to secular marriage celebrants, ending lawsuit
(Center for Inquiry)

New Jersey's COVID-19 ban enforced against religious life-cycle events
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

15 charged in Lakewood, N.J., after attending Orthodox Jewish funeral in violation of governor’s ban on large gatherings
(Julie Shaw, The Philadelphia Enquirer)

USCIRF calls for the release of Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Nguyen Bac Truyen
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

USCIRF welcomes the release of Ayda Expósito, calls for release of other religious prisoners of conscience in Cuba
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

The Jarndyce v. Jarndyce of church-state cases
(Mark Movsesian, Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Unionists ask for chance to change new NI abortion laws
(Freya McClements, The Irish Times)

Legal Spirits Episode 021: The new Little Sisters of the Poor case (featuring Prof. Kevin Walsh)
(Center for Law and Religion Forum at St. John's University School of Law)

Mosques stay open in Pakistan even as virus death toll rises
(Kathy Gannon, Associated Press)

After ignoring warnings, Israeli ultra-Orthodox hit by virus
(Ariel Schalit and, Associated Press)

South African cops storm Cape Town church to expel migrants
(Associated Press)

Virus lockdown changes how Hindus celebrate holy period
(Biswajeet Banerjee and Gary Fields, Associated Press)

Florida pastor arrested for holding services, other congregations meeting in defiance of COVID-19-related orders
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

Coronavirus: In France, professionals look to extend legal abortion time limit
(Bahar Makooi, France 24)

Asia’s top cardinal: China’s ‘criminal negligence’ responsible for coronavirus pandemic
(Nirmala Carvalho, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)

Planned Parenthood begs for protective equipment to do abortions as coronavirus rages
(Dorothy Cummings McLean, https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/planned-parenthood-begs-for-protective-equipment-to-do-abortions-as-coronavirus-rages)

20 whole families of Jehovah's Witnesses face prosecution
(Za Prava Cheloveka, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Jehovah's Witness wins appeal against forced psychiatric examination
(Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Russia: 32nd Jehovah's Witness criminal conviction
(Victoria Arnold, Forum 18 News Service)

New podcast: Will preachers fighting 'shelter in place' rules create a church-state disaster?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

New PHE advice for safe funerals
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)

Public broadcaster Bulgarian National Television steps up airtime for religious programming
(Sofia Globe)

Fifth Circuit upholds atheist group’s right to display altered nativity scene
(David Lee, Courthouse News Service)

Pastor of largest United Methodist congregation faces jail, Church discipline
(John Lomperis, Juicy Ecumenism – The Institute on Religion & Democracy's Blog)

EU lawmakers condemn Hungary for 'attack' on trans people over sex on IDs
(Rachel Savage, Reuters)

Religious groups clash over US government giving virus aid to houses of worship
(Eric Cortellessa, The Times of Israel)

China’s divorce rates rise as couples emerge from coronavirus quarantine
(Meaghan Wray, Global News)

Religious institutions and the CARES Act: A closer look
(Nathan Adams IV, Jason Havens, Kelly Hellmuth, JD Supra)

Coronavirus emergency measures remove safeguards around ‘home abortions’
(Philippa Taylor, CMF blog)

Coronavirus: Islamophobia concerns after India mosque outbreak
(BBC News)

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying's regular press conference on April 3, 2020 - (Responding to Samuel Brownback)
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

An Indonesian church’s quest to obtain a building permit
(International Christian Concern)

Search

Go!

Filter by Category

Events

International

Europe

United States

Filter by Topic

Abuse Adoption Blasphemy / Offense to Religion Children and Youth Church-State Relations Citizenship Constitutional Space COVID-19 COVID-19 Resources Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (abortion case) Ecclesiastical Abstention Education Environment Espinoza v. Montana (SCOTUS school funding case) Eugenics Extremism Family Law Freedom of Expression Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) Fulton v. Philadelphia (faith-based adoption agencies and same-sex couples) G20 Interfaith Forum Gender Genocide George Floyd Health and Wellbeing Human Dignity Human Fraternity ICLRS Symposium Identity Interfaith Dialogue Jewish Law June Medical Services (SCOTUS abortion case) Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania Our Lady of Guadalupe School (SCOTUS ministerial exception case) Politics Poverty Property Race Religious Food Practices Religious Freedom Religious Holidays Religious Literacy Rule of Law Russia's Extremism Laws Slavery Social Service Spirituality Technology, Innovation, Infrastructure The Economy Ukrainian Autocephaly Violence Women / Equality Abortion Accreditation Activism Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton Affordable Care Act/HHS Mandate Al-Qaeda Annual International Law and Religion Symposium Anti-Christian Sentiment Anti-Islam Film Anti-Muslim Sentiment Anti-Semitism Apartheid Apostasy Articles & Speeches Asylum Australia Same-Sex Marriage Vote Bakery cases Billy Graham Blaine Amendments Boko Haram Bostock v. Clayton County (LGBT employment rights case) Boy Scouts Braidwood v. Becerra (Affordable Care Act) Brexit Calls for Papers / Contests Canada's Office of Religious Freedom Censorship Charlie Gard Case Charlie Hebdo Circumcision Climate Change Conscientious Objection Copenhagen Declaration (2018) Counter-terrorism Death Penalty Defamation Definition of Religion or Belief Democracy Derogation Desecration Discrimination Dissent ECHR/ECtHR ENDA ERISA Ethics Ethnic Cleansing EU Guidelines on Freedom of Religion or Belief European Court of Justice Euthanasia/Assisted Dying Events Eweida and Others Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Faith Based Law Schools Family FIDELA First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) Franciscan Alliance v. Burwell (Texas Transgender Mandate Case) Freedom of Assembly Freedom of Movement Globalism Gloucester County School Board ("Transgender Bathroom case") Government Funding of Religion Government Obligations Ground Zero Cross Hate Crimes Hate Speech Headscarf / Veil / Burqa HHS Transgender Mandate Hobby Lobby case Holt v. Hobbs Honor Killing Human Genomics Debate Human Rights Human Trafficking Humanitarian Aid Immigration Inequality Inhumane Treatment Interfaith International Law ISIS / ISIL / Daesh / "Islamic State" Jehovah's Witnesses v. Wall (Canada) Jerusalem passports case Jurisdiction Justice Scalia Kelley v. Becerra (Affordable Care Act) Kentucky Clerk Case Lee v. Tam (trademark case) Legislation & Religion LGBTQi+ issues Magna Carta Malaysia Allah Case Margin of Appreciation Marrakesh Declaration Marriage / Divorce / Civil Union Masterpiece Cakeshop Case Mexico Massacre Middle East Migration Military Ministerial Exception Minorities Missionary/Proselytism Mt. Soledad Cross Multiculturalism Narratives Neutrality New Religious Movements Newsletter NIFLA v. Becerra (compelled-speech case) Oaths of Allegiance Obergefell v. Hodges Orlando Massacre Pan-Orthodox Council Parental Rights Parliament of the World's Religions Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Peacebuilding Pluralism Politics & Religion Pope Francis Pornography Prejudice Prisoner Free Exercise Prisoners Privacy Private and Family Life Proselytism / Evangelism Public Cross Cases Public Morals Public Prayer Publications Pussy Riot case Quebec Charter Plan Radicalization Refoulement Refugee/Migrant Crisis Registration Religion & Culture Religion & Government Religion in the Public Sphere Religious Accommodation Religious Autonomy Religious Clergy Religious Clothing Religious Conversion Religious Demographics Religious Demonstration Religious Diversity Religious Exemption Religious Free Exercise Religious Freedom & Business Religious Harmony Religious Hatred Religious Hostilities Religious Incitement Religious Intolerance Religious Oppression Religious Persecution Religious Registration Religious Symbols Religious Tolerance Reparations Restrictions on Religion RFAR RFRA Right to Effecitve Remedy Right to Fair Hearing Right to Life RLUIPA Roe v. Wade Romney Sacred Spaces Same-sex unions Secularism Security Social Justice Social Media Sovereignty Sterling v. United States (RFRA) Stormans v. Weisman (Pharmacists' Case) Surrogacy Sustainable Development Syria Tax / Finance and Religion Terrorism The Vatican Third-party intervention Title IX Torture or inhuman treatment Travel Ban Treaties Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer Trinity Western University Ukraine UN Human Rights Council UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief US Constitution US State Department Religious Freedom Reports USCIRF Utah Compromise Victims War Crimes Wedding vendor cases Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt (Texas abortion case) Workplace / Employment Zubik v. Burwell ("Little Sisters of the Poor")

Filter by Country

Afghanistan African Union Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Council of Europe Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia European Union Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holy See Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao PDR Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia, Federated States of Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherland Antilles Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestinian Territories Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan (Republic of China) Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Tibet Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Türkiye Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Nations United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe