The Slingshot: Women’s freedom issue — Burkinis, headscarves, going to college

August 31, 2016
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Need to know: Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Christian woman told to remove headscarf for driver’s license

When she sought a renewal, an Alabama county court clerk told her "only Muslim women have the right to cover their hair."

UN rights office urges French towns to repeal burkini bans

A “stupid reaction” to terrorism that does not improve security and fuels religious intolerance, the UN says.

Hasidic sect bans women from going to university

The Satmar movement’s leadership warns in a Yiddish-language decree that university education can expose women to “dangerous” secular ideas.

As Gulen movement contracts in Africa, worry over who will fill the vacuum

At Ankara's request, some African governments are closing schools affiliated with the U.S.-based Turkish preacher.

Egypt’s new law on churches angers Christian critics

The hope was that the law would make it easier to build new churches. Instead critics say it enshrines restrictions.

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Christian photographer tries Kickstarter campaign for a hotel with a purpose

(RNS) What if a hotel could do more? That's the idea behind Jeremy Cowart's Kickstarter for the Purpose Hotel in Nashville, ending Friday (Sept. 2).

At back-to-school time, a new effort to protect kids bullied for their faith

The U.S. Department of Education has started to track incidents of bullying related to the victim’s religion.

Facebook founder meets the pope. Friendly, if not yet ‘friends’

The pope is the king of Twitter, but still not on Facebook. Will that change after his meeting with Mark Zuckerberg?

Italian earthquake woke Pope Francis in the Vatican

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The pontiff felt the tremors at 4 a.m. and immediately celebrated Mass for the victims.

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Florida bans one-piece swimsuits

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (RNS) The soul of the state is at risk over policing women's bodies.

Burkinis and the stripping of religious liberty

(RNS) First, they came for the Muslim women in the burkinis …

How the Christian ‘masculinity’ movement is ruining men

(RNS) Many Christians have accepted secular standards of masculinity that are harmful to men, says Chandler Epp.

Not an active Mormon or an ex-Mormon, but something in between

NPR's story about the rise of the cultural Mormon points to the large, uncharted middle territory that exists between active belief and disaffiliation.

Are Catholics really trending Democratic?

Despite what some Catholic conservatives might wish, the answer is yes.

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