The actual war on Christians

The Charleston story: A knotted mix of race, grace and injustice
NPR
Roof won’t use mental health experts to try to save his life
The Associated Press
Trump once donated $10,000 to a West Bank Israeli settlement
The Washington Post *
Plaintiffs: Mississippi law takes sides in religious debate
The Associated Press
New website plans to showcase leaked Mormon documents
The Salt Lake Tribune
The nation’s first deaf leader of a Hillel aims to make Judaism accessible to all
The Washington Post *
Ex-slave who served Colorado territorial governor will be investigated as possible saint by Archdiocese of Denver
The Denver Post *
New Yorker to be sentenced for ‘death ray’ plot against Muslims
Reuters
 

International Headlines

Malaysia: Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis a threat to regional stability
CNN
No progress as Colombia’s president, rival meet with pope
Reuters
Survey: Israelis increasingly losing faith in government
The Associated Press
Indonesia police: Edict against Christmas attire isn’t law
The Associated Press
Germany investigates if boy, 12, planted bomb at Christmas market
The New York Times *
Turkish school’s Christmas ‘ban’ a misunderstanding, says Germany
The Guardian
Pope eats with homeless on 80th birthday, gets 70,000 emails
The Associated Press
Rabbi Lionel Blue dies aged 86
BBC News
 

Analysis & Commentary

The actual war on Christians
The Atlantic
Aleppo presents a moral dilemma for Christian leaders
The Economist *
The fall of Aleppo is a huge gift to ISIS
The Daily Beast
The Muslim world failed Syria long before anyone else did
The Washington Post *
A Sabbath ‘church’ for Salt Lake City’s unchurched? Believe it. It’s called Sunday Assembly
The Salt Lake Tribune

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