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Friday, 27 March 2020

Sri Lankan PM promises to introduce new anti-conversion bill to protect Buddhists
(Tamar Svanidze, New Europe)

Jamia Professor suspended for tweeting he ‘failed non-Muslim students’, says it was sarcasm (India)
(The Statesman)

From Xinjiang to Germany: how did Islamophobia become a global phenomenon?
(Faisal Devji, The Guardian)

Latter-day Saint leaders express ‘deep concern,’ again instruct missionary families to follow protocol at airports
(Tad Walch, Deseret News)

Governor asks Utahns to stay home as second resident dies from coronavirus
(Ashley Imlay, Deseret News Health)

Iraq’s post-pandemic future depends on breaking Iran’s hold
(Al-Monitor)

Coronavirus cease-fire offers pause in Yemen war
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor)

Egyptian government’s anti-virus plan met with mixed reactions
(Shaira Amin, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Iran enlists Pakistan for support against sanctions as pandemic spreads
(Sabena Siddiqui, Al-Monitor)

Egypt and Turkey's energy face-off in the Mediterranean
(Rasha Mahmoud, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Iran's art community wades into coronavirus fight
(Sarbas Nazari, Al-Monitor: Iran Pulse)

Gantz opts for a coronavirus government
(Mazal Mualem, Al-Monitor: Israel Pulse)

Jordan’s king waives rent to Jerusalem Waqf property owners
(Daoud Kuttab, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)

Beirut in the time of coronavirus outbreak
(Hanan Hamdan, Al-Monitor: Lebanon Pulse)

Syrian Kurds still fight for rights on unrecognizable battlefield
(Shivan Ibrahim, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Coronavirus in Syria: a catastrophe in the making
(Khaled al-K, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

Virtual choir's powerful 'It is well' arrangement goes viral with 1.4 million views
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)

Former U.K. prime minister calls for temporary global government to combat the coronavirus
(Amanda Casanova, Christian Headlines)

USCCB liturgy chair: No cell phones for confession, no delegation of sacramental anointing
(JD Flynn, Catholic News Agency)

How CRS is helping refugees amid coronavirus
(Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency)

House passes coronavirus relief bill, Trump signs into law
(Catholic News Agency)

Homeless in Madrid write letters of encouragement to coronavirus patients
(Catholic News Agency)

Dioceses permit meat on Lent Fridays due to coronavirus
(Catholic News Agency)

Abortion groups challenge Texas' coronavirus-driven elective surgery ban
(Catholic News Agency)

Black and Latino startup churches work to stay afloat during pandemic
(Alejandra Molina, Religion News Service)

Thursday, 26 March 2020

COVID-19: A moment for unity
(John R. Allen, Brookings)

Can religious freedom survive Covid-19?
(Benjamin Marcus, Freedom Forum Institute)

Part I: Due diligence and COVID-19: States’ duties to prevent and halt the coronavirus outbreak
(Antonio Coco and Talita de Souza Dias, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Part II: Due diligence and COVID-19: States’ duties to prevent and halt the coronavirus outbreak
(Talita de Souza Dias and Antonio Coco, EJIL: Talk! Blog of the European Journal of International Law)

Part III: Due diligence and COVID-19: States’ duties to prevent and halt the coronavirus outbreak
(Talita de Souza Dias and Antonio Coco, EJIL: Talk!)

Defiant congregations in a pandemic: Public safety precedes religious rights
(Robin Fretwell Wilson, Brian A. Smith, & Tanner J. Bean, Canopy Forum on the Interactions of Law & Religion)

Pope Francis leads thousands in 'Our Father'
(Ruth Gledhill, The Tablet UK)

Invited by Pope Francis, churches united in Lord’s prayer amidst COVID-19
(CEC Leadership)

Coronavirus is depriving us of touch, the nourishment of our humanity
(Timothy Radcliffe OP, La Croix International)

A Holy Week in Spain without the famous processions
(Valérie Demon, La Croix International)

Baha’i prisoners in Yemen to be released by Houthi government
(Middle East Monitor)

Islamic State claims Kabul attack on Sikh minority
(Sayed Salhuddin, The Washington Post)

Standing with the Kabul Community & our Sikh family around the world
(Parliament of Religions)

USCIRF strongly condemns terrorist attack against Sikh house of worship in Kabul
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Coroners’ Investigations, Inquests and COVID-19
(Richard Mumford, UK Human Rights Blog)

Half the sky, half the land: The role of women farmers in transforming global agriculture
(Hugh Locke, Smallholder Farmers Alliance)

USCIRF saddened over presumed death of Robert Levinson, calls on Iran to repatriate him and free religious prisoners of conscience
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)

Canadian province's school funding of Catholic school upheld
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Sask. Court of Appeal sides with Catholic division in school funding case
(Arthur White-Crummey, Regina Leader-Post)

Decision overturned in funding appeal for non-Catholic students in Saskatchewan
(Thomas Piller and Ryan Kessler, Global News)

Sioux tribes get delay in Dakota Access Pipeline
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

A federal court delivers a victory for Sioux Tribe, another blow for the Dakota Access Pipeline
(Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News)

In good faith? U.S. legal battle over gay adoption intensifies
(Oscar Lopez, Reuters)

NI to offer unrestricted abortion up to 12 weeks
(Jayne McCormack, BBC)

New Jersey slaps terror charge on many over alleged supermaket cough threat
(Reporting by Brendan Pierson, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien, Reuters via US News)

New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism
(Nick Perry, Associated Press)

Special Feature: Haiti gets new superhero named Tanama
(Hugh Locke, Smallholder Farmers Alliance Haiti)

Impactos Covid-19: governo prorroga pagamento de tributos do Simples Nacional
(IbiJus - Instituto Brasileiro de Direito, Jusbrasil)

Climate of uncertainty: Coronavirus in New York City
(Krisanne Johnson, US News & World Report)

‘Their loved one is dying alone’: a hospice rabbi on how coronavirus is shaping death
(Molly Boigon, Forward)

Major Jewish groups create ‘emergency pandemic coalition’
(Aiden Pink, Fast Forward: Quick reads through a Jewish lens)

Some Orthodox rabbis in Israel approve use of video conference for seder
(Marcy Oster, Fast Forward: Quick reads through a Jewish lens)

This doctor was already treating patients with Trump’s ‘gift from God’ drug - before FDA approval
(Ari Feldman, Forward)

Investigation of Japanese cult leader completed in Russia
(Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))

Many patients and not enough ventilators: Is religion part of this coronavirus puzzle?
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)

Coronavirus is going to radicalize millennials
(Joel Swanson, Forward Opinion)

Women's History Month 2020 | Ft. Professor Dr. Azza Karam, Secretary General of Religions for Peace
(Video Interview by Audrey Kitagawa, The Parliament of the Worlds Religions)

Stay home: A portrait of confinement in Milan
(Camilla Ferrari, US News & World Report)

Religion, homophobia, Edinburgh City Council and the ECHR
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)

COVID-19 is one of America’s greatest trials. What can we learn from it?
(Jack Graham, Religion News Service)

Prisoners keeping faith during coronavirus, says former Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski
(Bob Smietana, Religion News Service)

The fight against RFRA isn't over. Meet its conservative opponent.
(Crystal Hill, Indianapolis Star)

There’s no legal reason for churches to receive quarantine exceptions
(Chrissy Stroop, Religion Dispatches, Rewire.News)

In Turkey, political Islam is getting in the way of rational health policy
(Can Dundar, The Washington Post)

UK Govt commits to defend freedom of religion worldwide
(The Christian Institute)

Under international law, China and/or the Chinese Communist Party can and should be sued for the enormous damages they caused to the world
(Massimo Introvigne, Bitter Winter: A Magazine on Religious Liberty and Human Rights in China)

Is Syria unable, or unwilling, to fend off Iran coronavirus contagion?
(Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor: Syria Pulse)

India’s executions won’t end a pandemic of violence against women
(Satpal Singh, Religion News Service)

Egypt seeks economic haven from coronavirus threat
(Ahmed Elleithy, Al-Monitor: Egypt Pulse)

Implementation of curfew to fight COVID-19 proves difficult in Iraq
(Omar al-Jaffal, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Is another economic crisis looming in Iraq, with dropping oil prices?
(Mustafa Saadoun, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)

Holy Land churches, mosques, synagogues close for coronavirus
(Michele Chabin, Religion News Service)

Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Will religious freedom be safeguarded in Europe?
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)

When faith threatens public health
(Candida Moss, CNN Opinion)

States differ on exempting worship from coronavirus closures
(Elana Schor, Associated Press)

Virginia governor makes attending church a criminal offense
(Catholic News Agency)

Church Law Society Newsletter Prague – Brno – Olomouc – Stříbro, No. 3/2020
(Jiří Rajmund Tretera and Záboj Horák, eds., English Version)

America's largest population of Holocaust survivors is endangered by the cornonavirus as Crown Heights Borough Park shut down
(Armin Rosen, Tablet Magazine)

UKHRB Round Up 23/03/2020 Lockdown at Last
(Alethea Redfern, UK Human Rights Blog)

Why an Irish Buddhist resisted empire in Burma
(Laurence Cox, Alicia Turner, and Brian Bocking, OUPblog - Religion)

Santander clerk awarded almost £20k in compensation after she was sacked when she had a miscarriage
(Jessica Carpani, The Telegraph)

Number of coronavirus cases in the UK - and where are they?
(Dominic Gilbert and Ashley Kirk, The Telegraph)

Korea: 64 new cases of coronavirus on Monday, some from abroad
(Korea JoongAng Daily)

Visitors arriving in Korea from U.S. face restrictions starting Friday
(Korea JoongAng Daily)

South Korea: Hundreds of protestant churches refuse to halt their religious services
(Human Rights Without Frontiers International)

The US and China need to relearn how to coordinate in crises
(Ryan Hass, Brookings)

CALL FOR REGISTRATION, Deadline 25 March 2020: International Law and Religion Moot Court, Brazil
(The Brazilian Center of Studies in Law and Religion)

Mask diplomacy: How coronavirus upended generations of China-Japan antagonism
(Chen Li and Ryan McElveen, Brookings)

21 million cellphone users in China may suggest a high CCP virus death toll
(Nicole Hao, The Epoch Times)

Britain moves to coronavirus closures, including churches
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Navy liberalizes policy on religious head coverings
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)

Navy regs update religious headgear in uniform, provides rules for beard chits
(Meghann Myers, Navy Times)

Afghan officials say 25 killed in Kabul attack on Sikhs
(Tameem Akhgar and Rahim Faiez, Associated Press)

New Hampshire judge upholds ban on gatherings, dismisses religious liberty complaint
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)

David Hollenbach presents ethical and religious response to refugee crisis in new book
(Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)

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