RNS Morning Report: Condemning terrorism; Hindu tensions; Church of CrossFit

Muslims hold signs saying “ISIS WILL LOSE” and “#TURNTOLOVE” on June 4, 2017, at the police cordon surrounding the site in south London of the deadly van-and-knife attack that killed several people. (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Need to know: Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Seventeen years after 9/11, Muslims are still ‘presumed guilty’

If we’re still demanding Muslim leaders condemn terrorism despite their repeated disavowals, then maybe the issue isn't with Muslims, says Todd Green in a new book.

Global Hindu gathering draws crowd, protest in Chicago

It came 125 years after Swami Vivekananda addressed the World Parliament of Religions, emphasizing "tolerance.” But not everyone saw the event as an echo of that ideal.

Shuttered houses of worship get a reboot, find new life  

At a time when decommissioned houses of worship are converted into nightclubs and condos, a new kind of transformation is preserving churches and synagogues as sacred spaces.

Putin wants God (or at least the church) on his side

A contest over the future of Christianity in Ukraine goes to the heart of Moscow's ambitions, Christopher Stroop writes.

‘I want to be a doctor, not a rabbi’: how Israeli ultra-Orthodox are being drawn into work

Traditionally, Haredi men have not joined the labor force. That is starting to change.

CrossFit and SoulCycle are becoming

Fitness classes provide meaning that religion once did, a researcher argues.

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Group: Officials destroying crosses, burning Bibles in China

(RNS) — The campaign corresponds with a drive to 'Sinicize' religion by demanding loyalty to the officially atheist Communist Party and eliminating any challenge to its power over people's lives.

For black women at church, it’s more than the Aretha eulogy

(AP) — For many black women, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr.’s eulogy reopened wounds and sternly reminded them that black churches remain male-dominated institutions, where old-school resistance to women holding leadership roles is still alive.

NY clergy sex abuse may be sweeping but legal cases few

(AP) — Few criminal cases or lawsuits may come out of the New York attorney general's inquiry into clergy sex abuse allegations in the Roman Catholic Church, whatever its findings.

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Why evangelical Christians — and all of us — should stand up for the Uighurs

(RNS) — Religious freedom isn’t just for your own faith. It’s for people of all faiths or it isn’t religious freedom at all.

How Willow Creek exposed our sins

(RNS) — We must see the recent fall of pastors as an opportunity to have a new conversation about power in the American evangelical church.

The Mormon kids are all right

Yes, Mormon Millennials are leaving the LDS Church at higher rates than previous generations. But there's also a lot of reason for hope.