Pew Research Center

Religion & Public Life

December 31, 2019
Daily Religion Headlines
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U.S. Headlines
Texas church shooting and Hanukkah stabbing spur calls for increased security at places of worship ([link removed])
NBC News

Hanukkah stabbing suspect searched ‘why did Hitler hate the Jews,’ prosecutors say ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Attacks on faith communities raise a familiar question: When does hate become domestic terrorism? ([link removed])
USA Today

Class of West Virginia cadets fired for ‘completely unacceptable’ Nazi salute photo ([link removed])
USA Today

‘You don’t have to be a citizen.’ Pastor hosting Trump pledges safety for undocumented ([link removed])
The Miami Herald *

Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world ([link removed])
The Associated Press

‘He ruined that man’: Colorado’s Catholic church reparations exclude victims of religious order abuse ([link removed])
Colorado Public Radio

The Louisiana clinic at the center of abortion case before Supreme Court ([link removed])
NPR

2,000 unvaccinated students may not be allowed back to class, Seattle Public Schools warns ([link removed])
USA Today

Con men scam $1 million from isolated Mennonite craftsman by claiming to be Illuminati ([link removed])
The Dallas Morning News *


International Headlines
Inside China’s push to turn Muslim minorities into an army of workers ([link removed])
The New York Times *

India prepares for New Year’s Eve with fresh protests against citizenship law ([link removed])
Reuters

Citizenship Act protests: Why fear has gripped Muslims in this Indian state ([link removed])
BBC News

The pastor versus the populist: Hungary’s new faith faultline ([link removed])
The Guardian

An afterlife so perilous, you needed a guidebook ([link removed])
The New York Times *

Al Qaeda ally claims responsibility for Somalia blast that killed 90 people ([link removed])
Reuters


Analysis & Commentary
How to respond to the anti-Semitic attack in Monsey, N.Y. ([link removed])
The New York Times *

‘We’re not safe as Jews in New York’ ([link removed])
The Atlantic *

The controversy over Bret Stephens’s Jewish genius column, explained ([link removed])
Vox

China persecutes a genuine people’s leader on utterly baseless charges ([link removed])
The Washington Post *

Reparations and Religion: 50 years after ‘Black Manifesto’ ([link removed])
The Associated Press

2019 in Review: A year full of grief, scandals, fire and the perseverance of faith ([link removed])
Religion News Service


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