Texas church shooting and Hanukkah stabbing spur calls for increased security at places of worship
NBC News
Hanukkah stabbing suspect searched ‘why did Hitler hate the Jews,’ prosecutors say
The Washington Post *
Attacks on faith communities raise a familiar question: When does hate become domestic terrorism?
USA Today
Class of West Virginia cadets fired for ‘completely unacceptable’ Nazi salute photo
USA Today
‘You don’t have to be a citizen.’ Pastor hosting Trump pledges safety for undocumented
The Miami Herald *
Lawsuit: Famed Jesuit abused boy 1,000 times around world
The Associated Press
‘He ruined that man’: Colorado’s Catholic church reparations exclude victims of religious order abuse
Colorado Public Radio
The Louisiana clinic at the center of abortion case before Supreme Court
NPR
2,000 unvaccinated students may not be allowed back to class, Seattle Public Schools warns
USA Today
Con men scam $1 million from isolated Mennonite craftsman by claiming to be Illuminati
The Dallas Morning News *
Religion & Public Life
December 31, 2019
Daily Religion Headlines
The daily religion newsletter will be taking a break for New Year's Day. Production will resume on Thursday, Jan. 2.
U.S. Headlines
International Headlines
Inside China’s push to turn Muslim minorities into an army of workers
The New York Times *
India prepares for New Year’s Eve with fresh protests against citizenship law
Reuters
Citizenship Act protests: Why fear has gripped Muslims in this Indian state
BBC News
The pastor versus the populist: Hungary’s new faith faultline
The Guardian
An afterlife so perilous, you needed a guidebook
The New York Times *
Al Qaeda ally claims responsibility for Somalia blast that killed 90 people
Reuters
The New York Times *
India prepares for New Year’s Eve with fresh protests against citizenship law
Reuters
Citizenship Act protests: Why fear has gripped Muslims in this Indian state
BBC News
The pastor versus the populist: Hungary’s new faith faultline
The Guardian
An afterlife so perilous, you needed a guidebook
The New York Times *
Al Qaeda ally claims responsibility for Somalia blast that killed 90 people
Reuters
Analysis & Commentary
How to respond to the anti-Semitic attack in Monsey, N.Y.
The New York Times *
‘We’re not safe as Jews in New York’
The Atlantic *
The controversy over Bret Stephens’s Jewish genius column, explained
Vox
China persecutes a genuine people’s leader on utterly baseless charges
The Washington Post *
Reparations and Religion: 50 years after ‘Black Manifesto’
The Associated Press
2019 in Review: A year full of grief, scandals, fire and the perseverance of faith
Religion News Service
The New York Times *
‘We’re not safe as Jews in New York’
The Atlantic *
The controversy over Bret Stephens’s Jewish genius column, explained
Vox
China persecutes a genuine people’s leader on utterly baseless charges
The Washington Post *
Reparations and Religion: 50 years after ‘Black Manifesto’
The Associated Press
2019 in Review: A year full of grief, scandals, fire and the perseverance of faith
Religion News Service
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