Daily Religion Headlines

U.S. Headlines

Phoenix artists don’t have to make LGBTQ wedding invitations, Arizona Supreme Court rules The Arizona Republic * Women’s March replaces three original leaders after anti-Semitism accusations The Washington Post * Minnesota police arrest man in synagogue fire The New York Times * ‘Just flat-out profiling’: Muslim mayor says he was detained at airport and asked whether he knew terrorists The Washington Post *

International Headlines

ISIS leader Baghdadi urges followers to continue attacks, storm prisons in purported new recording The Washington Post * A professor’s killing sends a chill through a campus in Pakistan The New York Times * Pakistan to open border crossing for India Sikhs in November The Associated Press Canada’s Trudeau says he could one day challenge Quebec ban on religious symbols Reuters Uptick in church burnings raises alarm in Ethiopia GlobalPost Disputes loom as émigré church leader switches loyalty to Moscow Religion News Service Muslim, Jewish leaders team up in ‘exemplary’ European initiative Deutsche Welle Cardinal George Pell to appeal to high court over child sexual abuse conviction The Guardian Thai PM defends police monitoring of Muslim university students Reuters

Analysis & Commentary

Israeli vote hinges on a mosaic of competing groups The New York Times * Why Marianne Williamson’s brand of spirituality isn’t working FiveThirtyEight The Arizona Supreme Court strikes a powerful blow for free speech and religious freedom National Review * Arizona Supreme Court greenlights discrimination against same-sex weddings Slate The abortion mysticism of Pete Buttigieg The New York Times *

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