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Need to know: Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Christians celebrate as Iraq forces enter town near Mosul
Iraqi Christians displaced from the town of Qaraqosh on the Nineveh plain danced and sang to celebrate a military operation advancing to retake it from jihadist fighters.
After losses in Syria and Iraq, ISIS moves the goal posts
ISIS has long promised an apocalyptic battle in the Syrian village of Dabiq. But after losing the town, the militant group says the end times battle will come later.
The conservative savior many Mormons hope will crush Donald Trump
Mormon disaffection with Trump is offering the Provo-born Evan McMullin a chance to disrupt the outcome in reliably red Utah.
World Relief scrambling to settle more refugees in US
The Christian charity settled twice as many in September than it did in August.
Student: Jerry Falwell Jr. axed anti-Trump story from Liberty University’s school newspaper
Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. allegedly killed a Trump-focused anti-sexual assault story in the student paper this week.
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After School Satan? Church-state group plays devil’s advocate in public schools
After School Satan clubs aren’t actually pro-Satan, but reject exclusive government support for Christian after-school programs.
Austria to convert or demolish house Hitler was born in
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria plans to convert and possibly tear down the house Hitler was born in to prevent it becoming a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
State of the art: A Q&A with the Smithsonian’s new religion curator
A $5 million grant from the Lilly Foundation will fund an initiative dedicated to presenting religion as a vital element in American life.
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25 Halloween costumes that won’t lead you to damnation
(RNS) Costume ideas for the faithful who also want to have fun.
Evangelical Christians are on the left, too
Despite the growth of movements such as the Moral Mondays, the Christian left often gets lost in media coverage during election cycles. And whatever coverage does take place is often limited to conservative Christians and the “red states” of the South.
Trump’s delegitimization strategy
(RNS) He's taken the old Republican tropes about the "Silent Majority" and the "Moral Majority" to a whole new level.
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