Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

April 21, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
How abortion, guns and church closings made coronavirus a culture war ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

One Harlem church. Nine coronavirus deaths ([link removed])
CNN

N.J. lawmaker launches online petition for religious services to resume ([link removed])
BRIDGEWATER COURIER NEWS*

Federal appeals court says Texas can block pill-induced abortions during pandemic ([link removed])
THE TEXAS TRIBUNE

Gift drive for the children of Muslim inmates seeks to serve the ‘hidden ummah’ ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

Pastor facing arrest warrant for allegedly backing his church bus toward a protester over coronavirus ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

Judge frees man linked to neo-Nazi plot to deface synagogues ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


International Headlines
Centuries-old Ramadan traditions and practices upended by coronavirus ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

Muslims try to keep Ramadan spirit amid virus restrictions ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In Old Cairo, a subdued Ramadan looms as virus shutters the city ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Muslim communities and imams sustain Ramadan traditions, at a distance ([link removed])
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL*

Indonesia bans traditional Ramadan exodus to rein in coronavirus ([link removed])
REUTERS

Religious group’s mass gatherings across Asia spark virus clusters ([link removed])
BLOOMBERG NEWS*

Pope postpones two mega-events by a year because of coronavirus ([link removed])
REUTERS

Sri Lanka attacks: Easter Sunday bombings marked one year on ([link removed])
BBC NEWS

The loneliness pandemic: How the quarantined are grappling with solitude and faith ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE


Analysis & Commentary
If liquor stores are essential, why isn’t church? ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

Christian groups that resist public-health guidelines are forgetting a key part of the religion’s history ([link removed])
TIME*

Honk twice for hallelujah: Church at a safe distance, in the parking lot ([link removed])
THE NEW YORKER*

In India, a pandemic of prejudice and repression ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

A brief history of Ramadan ([link removed])
HISTORY EXTRA


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