50 years after Martin Luther King’s death

Mormon leader’s remark on sexual misconduct draws criticism
The Associated Press
Instructor at Mormon church sexually abused children as young as 2, Texas police say
The Washington Post *
Foreign visas plunge under Trump, including for Muslim-majority countries
Politico
Remembering King’s last sermon with renewed hope
Religion News Service
50 years after Martin Luther King’s death, a ‘new King’ fights for justice
The Guardian
Muslims in Baltimore protest fatal shooting of Stephon Clark by police in Sacramento
The Baltimore Sun *
 

International Headlines

Afghan military strike kills at least 70 at mosque
The New York Times *
Saudi crown prince: Iran’s supreme leader ‘makes Hitler look good’
The Atlantic
Costa Rica vote halts march of religious conservatism
Reuters
Gay Kenyans sense they may be on the brink of a historic legal triumph
The Washington Post *
China says bishop selection does not breach religious rights
The Associated Press
What welcome will Ireland give Pope Francis when he visits in August?
BBC News
Jeremy Corbyn criticized for attending radical Jewish event
The Guardian
Four detained in Indonesia's Aceh for alleged gay sex, face 100 lashes
Reuters
Syria’s tiny Assyrian community celebrates its survival
The Associated Press
Islamic State claims attack on Christian family in Pakistan
Reuters
 

Analysis & Commentary

A Saudi prince’s quest to remake the Middle East
The New Yorker *
It’s ‘Punish a Muslim Day.’ Or, as we Muslims call it, every day
The Daily Beast
Legal scholar Khaled Beydoun says it’s time to finally define Islamophobia
Religion News Service
Too many atheists are veering dangerously toward the alt-right
Vice
‘Glorious glitter bomb’: Critics loved ‘Jesus Christ Superstar,’ but much of religious America was unimpressed
The Washington Post *
 

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