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Religion & Public Life

October 31, 2019
Daily Religion Headlines
U.S. Headlines
Missouri reviewed data about Planned Parenthood’s patients, including their periods, to identify failed abortions ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*

Southern Baptist church: Racial prejudice a factor in rejection of black pastor ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

Monks’ eviction from Cambodian Buddhist temple in California riles congregation ([link removed])
LOS ANGELES TIMES*

Florida high school principal whose Holocaust remarks ignited furor is fired ([link removed])
THE PALM BEACH POST*

Teacher accused of dividing N.C. students based on their religious beliefs is suspended ([link removed])
THE NEWS & OBSERVER*

Iowa members struggle with United Methodist Church ban on LGBTQ clergy, same-sex marriage ([link removed])
THE GAZETTE*

‘Looking for a little magic’: Millennials and Gen Z embrace witchy, New Age spiritualism ([link removed])
THE BOSTON GLOBE*


International Headlines
Death of ISIS leader is scant consolation to a changed France ([link removed])
THE NEW YORK TIMES*

New Zealand bans video game glorifying Christchurch mosque shooting ([link removed])
REUTERS

Sri Lanka candidate pledges laws against religious extremism ([link removed])
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Law banning assisted dying must be reviewed, say UK MPs ([link removed])
THE GUARDIAN

Twelve Niger soldiers killed in probable Boko Haram attack: ministry ([link removed])
REUTERS

Women’s group brings Torahs to Western Wall, faces backlash from conservatives ([link removed])
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE

Amsterdam refuses mosque’s request for loudspeaker call to prayer ([link removed])
THE IRISH TIMES*


Analysis & Commentary
As witchcraft mainstreams, it’s Halloween every day ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Should Christians celebrate Halloween? Here’s why that question has been picking up steam since the 1960s ([link removed])
TIME

After Baghdadi, terrorism without ideology ([link removed])
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL*

‘Failed’ abortions, a period-tracking spreadsheet, and the last clinic standing: the controversy in Missouri, explained ([link removed])
VOX

How Kanye West embeds black gospel music in white evangelical theology ([link removed])
THE WASHINGTON POST*


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