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Need to know: Friday, July 22, 2016
James Dobson joins evangelicals for Trump
The endorsement further boosts the Republican nominee’s standing among evangelical voters.
US cardinal says ‘Christian nations’ in West must counter Islamic influx
Cardinal Raymond Burke says Islam “wants to govern the world” and Americans must respond by reasserting “the Christian origin of our own nation.”
Who was Mary Magdalene? New book explores the life of the saint
The biblical figure of Mary Magdalene has been "interpreted and misinterpreted," according to historian Michael Haag.
70,000 Muslim clerics just issued a fatwa against terrorism
Clerics said the terror groups were “not Islamic organizations” and said they were a threat to humanity.
Why a Satanic Temple member wants to perform rituals before a city council in the Bible Belt
To highlight what he sees as the injustice of a government-sanctioned religious message, David Suhor gives invocations that draw from Satanism and other religious traditions.
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Obama: Discrimination against Muslims an affront to American values
WASHINGTON (Reuters) President Obama praised the contributions of Muslim immigrants to the United States, saying any effort to discriminate against the Islamic faith plays into the hands of terrorists.
Campaign aims to register a million US Muslim voters in anti-Trump move
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (Reuters) U.S. Muslim leaders hope to register a million voters from within their community to help combat what they say is the anti-Muslim stance of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Indonesia shrugs off Pokemon fatwa as gaming fever takes hold
JAKARTA (Reuters) Avid players of the smash-hit mobile phone game "Pokemon Go" in Indonesia are not letting religious decrees or security warnings get in the way of their mission to catch their next cartoon creature.
China’s Panchen Lama carries out religious rite in Tibet, first in 50 years
BEIJING (Reuters) Although officially atheist, China selected Gyaltsen Norbu as the 11th Panchen Lama in 1995 in a drive to win the hearts and minds of Tibetans.
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Why do some evangelical leaders back Trump? Because it’s not about faith
Jerry Falwell Jr. aren't keeping it a secret: this year, faith, convictions, and policies be damned.
Sex outside of marriage can be holy, according to this Christian minister
"Good Christian Sex" is a Chicago pastor's attempt to free Christians from shame about having sex outside of marriage.
Mormon women fear eternal polygamy, study shows
Carol Lynn Pearson's new book argues that many, if not most, Mormon women feel pain and fear at the prospect of sharing their husbands with at least one other wife for all of eternity. Even if polygamy isn't currently practiced, it's "alive and unwell" in Mormon doctrine and temple sealing practices.
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