Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

July 15, 2020
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
White House installs anti-abortion loyalist at USAID ([link removed])
FOREIGN POLICY*

As depression, anxiety, grief spike during pandemic and protest, churches offer hope, mental health resources ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

Priests lose early bid to stop next-scheduled federal executions ([link removed])
BLOOMBERG LAW*

Member of neo-Nazi group pleads guilty to ‘swatting’ conspiracy against journalists, minorities ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

Jews fight back against the anti-Semitic hashtag #JewishPrivilege, with ironic tweets about the ‘privilege’ of being targeted by bullies, Nazis and white supremacists ([link removed])
CHICAGO TRIBUNE*

ViacomCBS drops Nick Cannon, cites ‘anti-Semitic’ comments ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rabbi hurt in California synagogue shooting admits fraud ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Muslim leaders: Vandals smashed out windows at new Michigan mosque ([link removed])
DETROIT FREE PRESS*

New ad uses Bible, ‘Amazing Grace,’ Jesus to call Republican Christians to vote against Trump ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE


International Headlines
China: U.S. Xinjiang warning ‘bad for the whole world’ ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Russian parliament begins legalizing ban on same-sex marriage ([link removed])
REUTERS

Melbourne Muslims feel ‘unfairly tarnished’ by reports linking them to rising COVID-19 cases ([link removed])
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Coronavirus in Scotland: Limit of 50 worshippers at religious services ([link removed])
BBC NEWS

Tunisia sentences woman to six months for Koranic Facebook joke ([link removed])
REUTERS

Police in Germany conduct raids on suspected Islamists in Berlin ([link removed])
DEUTSCHE WELLE

Campaign brewing to get Hindu god Brahma off popular beer ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


Analysis & Commentary
‘Pray for your poor uncle,’ a predatory priest told his victims ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

China’s disturbing disregard for religious freedom in Xinjiang – and beyond ([link removed])
PUBLIC SQUARE

Are pandemic protests the newest form of science-religion conflict? ([link removed])
RELIGION & POLITICS

To win in November, Democrats need some old-time religion ([link removed])
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS*

The case for religious liberty is more compelling than the case for Christian power ([link removed])
THE DISPATCH


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