25% of ministers aged over 60

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U.S. Headlines

Unsettling political climate galvanizes Muslims to vote
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
American Jews warn Israeli leader of possible ‘rupture’
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Muslim girl picks school after Citadel says no to her hijab
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Massachusetts poised to expand protections for transgender people
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
How Utah’s compromise could serve as a model for other states
NPR
U.S. Holocaust Museum gets a treasured Auschwitz manuscript by Primo Levi
THE WASHINGTON POST*
Polygamous towns oppose bid to disband police department
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Crossing the ‘abortion desert’: Women increasingly travel out of their states for the procedure
LOS ANGELES TIMES*
 

International Headlines

China says Muslim practices to be protected during Ramadan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
India and Nepal in not-very-enlightened spat over Buddha’s childhood home
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
Inside a far-right Hindu ‘self defense’ training camp
BBC NEWS
Indian court convicts 24 Hindus in deadly 2002 Gujarat riots
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Church of England in aging clergy crisis with 25% of ministers aged over 60
THE GUARDIAN
Could a millionaire businessman save Iraq’s Sunnis?
REUTERS
Muslim killed by Indian mob had beef in his home, new report says
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
Arab Israeli Salafists take aim at sport and culture
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

 

Analysis & Commentary

Is the GOP losing its religion?
THE WASHINGTON POST*
‘Let’s all become Jews’
THE NEW YORK TIMES*
14 states have passed laws this year making it harder to get an abortion
THE WASHINGTON POST*
Does it really matter what people call the so-called Islamic State?
THE ATLANTIC
Tunisia started the Arab revolts, now it’s beat back the Islamist tide
THE DAILY BEAST
 

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