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Need to know: Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Accused Ohio state attacker resented treatment of Muslims
Investigators discovered a message he posted on a Facebook page before the attack in which he expressed anger about the treatment of Muslims around the world.
China takes a chain saw to a center of Tibetan Buddhism
The destruction of the world’s largest Buddhist institute strikes a severe blow to Tibetan religious practice in and beyond Tibet.
Castro cremation breaks pattern of communist dictators on permanent display
Cuba’s former president, a Catholic turned atheist, asked to be cremated. It remains to be seen how much ritual will mark his upcoming funeral.
Muslim voters don’t show up in the exit polls – yet
We don’t have any good data on how Muslims voted on Election Day, but that won’t be the case in the elections of the future.
Dylann Roof to represent himself at trial in Charleston church shootings
This raises the possibility that the avowed white supremacist could cross-examine survivors and family members of the deceased.
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Three California mosques receive hateful letters mentioning Trump
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hateful letters sent anonymously to three mosques in California with a warning that President-elect Donald Trump would "cleanse" the United States of Muslims have stirred fears among congregants, a community leader said.
Ex-Baylor AD Ian McCaw takes new job at Liberty
(USA Today) Liberty president Jerry Falwell Jr. said of McCaw’s experience: 'You look at what Baylor was able to do during his tenure, it fits perfectly with where we see our sports programs going.'
Yazidis risk all to flee Islamic State
DUHOK, Iraq (Reuters) - Mass Yazidi graves have been found since Kurdish forces retook areas north of Sinjar in December 2014, and the town itself in November 2015, but Islamic State had already transferred many Yazidis to other areas, including Tal Afar.
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The tweets Trump should have written about white nationalists
Instead of Trump’s tepid disavowal of white nationalism, how about some full-throated Trump-style tweets against the racists? suggests Mark Silk.
2016: The Year of Lucifer
I'm only half-joking.
For families divided by Mormonism, 5 things to do – and not to do
With Thanksgiving just around the corner, Mormon families want to defuse tensions that arise when some leave the LDS Church and others stay. Guest blogger Mette Harrison says to pass the yams and hold the judgment.
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