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December 4, 2020
** Daily Religion Headlines
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A daily roundup of the latest religion headlines from around the web · Subscribe ↗ ([link removed])
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** U.S. headlines
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Supreme Court sides with California religious ministry against state COVID restrictions ([link removed])
CNN
California church sees victory in order from high court ([link removed])
The Associated Press
NIH director tells churches to do the ‘altruistic, loving thing’ and stay closed ([link removed])
NPR
Governor resistant to mask mandate draws scathing criticism for declaring ‘day of prayer’ ([link removed])
The Washington Post *
California megachurch pastor dies days after announcement of COVID-19 diagnosis ([link removed])
Religion News Service
Kentucky religious school defies COVID mandate, court ruling by continuing in-person class ([link removed])
NBC News
Chicago archdiocese to pay $1.5 million in sexual abuse suit ([link removed])
The Associated Press
How Eric Metaxas went from Trump despiser to true believer ([link removed])
Religion News Service
** International headlines
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Greece’s skeptical church faces hard coronavirus reality ([link removed])
Agence France-Presse
‘Believe in miracles’: Spiritual cures soothe COVID-hit Albania ([link removed])
Agence France-Presse
Are COVID vaccines halal? Malaysia tries to find middle ground ([link removed])
Bloomberg News *
Muslims in Sri Lanka ‘denied justice’ over forced cremations of COVID victims ([link removed])
The Guardian
With no options, displaced Iraqi Yazidis return to homes destroyed in ISIS fight ([link removed])
NPR
Bangladesh ships Rohingya refugees to remote island despite outcry ([link removed])
Reuters
Uighurs forced to eat pork as China expands Xinjiang pig farms ([link removed])
Al Jazeera
Militants open fire and burn police car in Philippine town ([link removed])
The Associated Press
** Analysis and commentary
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The Supreme Court is colliding with a less-religious America ([link removed])
The Atlantic *
Houses of worship shouldn’t be treated like bars or gyms ([link removed])
Bloomberg News *
What to make of the court’s church attendance ruling ([link removed])
RealClearPolitics
Indonesian politics roiled by return of radical firebrand imam Rizieq ([link removed])
Religion Unplugged
Should Hong Kong crackdowns count as ‘anti-Christian persecution’? ([link removed])
Crux
How Hanukkah came to be an annual White House celebration ([link removed])
The Conversation
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