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February 1, 2021
** 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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California bishops fighting 2019 clergy sex abuse law ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Sanctuary movement leaders sue U.S., claiming religious rights violated ([link removed])
United Press International
Republican lawmakers push to make Texas’ anti-abortion laws among the most restrictive in the nation ([link removed])
The Texas Tribune
Nine nuns at Catholic center in Michigan died last month from COVID-19 ([link removed])
Detroit Free Press *
‘Manage the best we can’: Latino church adapts to new COVID-19 reality ([link removed])
NPR
Black clergy offer churches as COVID-19 vaccination sites, roll up their sleeves ([link removed])
Religion News Service
For some Muslims, hope, uncertainty after travel ban lifted ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Unholy war: Is #DezNat an online platform for defending the LDS Church or a launching pad for extremists? ([link removed])
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** International headlines
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Lawmakers debate bill to rout out radical Islam in France ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Cardinal Pell case: Australian news outlets admit breaching legal ban ([link removed])
BBC News
Saudi Arabia has been scrubbing its textbooks of anti-Semitic and misogynistic passages ([link removed])
The Washington Post *
Outcry, arrests in Turkey over Mecca poster with LGBT flags ([link removed])
The Associated Press
Denmark sermons law could stifle free worship, warns Church of England bishop ([link removed])
The Guardian
Thousands join in Jerusalem funerals, flout pandemic rules ([link removed])
The Associated Press
How lawmakers made it nearly impossible to legalize abortion in Honduras ([link removed])
CNN
This is what happens when a Buddhist nun joins a heavy metal band ([link removed])
Los Angeles Times *
South Africa’s military ends hijab ban for Muslims ([link removed])
BBC News
Muslim Council of Britain elects Zara Mohammed as its first female ([link removed]) #
The Guardian
** Analysis and commentary
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Christian nationalism is a threat, and not just from Capitol attackers invoking Jesus ([link removed])
USA Today
Religious liberty isn’t enough ([link removed])
The Wall Street Journal *
Some Southern Baptist pastors are calling Kamala Harris ‘Jezebel.’ What do they mean? ([link removed])
Religion News Service
Imran Khan’s silence on Uighurs undercuts his defense of Muslims worldwide ([link removed])
Foreign Policy *
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s space laser and the age-old problem of blaming the Jews ([link removed])
Vox
The Wisconsin priest performing exorcisms against election fraud ([link removed])
Slate *
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