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Need to know: Thursday, June 2, 2016

Is David French the social conservative savior of 2016?

Despair pushes some #NeverTrump conservatives to back a columnist with near zero name-recognition.

America’s largest distributor of Christian products shuts down

Send the Light Distribution will wind down after 42 years due to competition from online retailers and the bankruptcy of a major client.

Far-right parties winning over some Jewish voters, top rabbi warns

Austrian Freedom Party leader Heinz-Christian Strache and others are making gains by exploiting fears about militant Islamists, a rabbi warns.

Muslim killed by Indian mob had beef in his home

The lynching of Muhammad Ikhlaq eight months ago has stirred passionate public debate over religious tolerance.

ISIS urges Muslims to destroy satellite TV sets

"The enemies of Islam are waging a media war on the Islamic State that is no less dangerous than the military campaign," the group said.

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Michael Muhammad Knight reclaims the magic from Islam’s margins

But his latest book is not really about magic or Islam, since it immediately sets out to defy definitions for either term.

Judge sentences Catholic to Baptist church pews

CINCINNATI — Jake Strotman will attend 12 consecutive Sunday services at Morning Star Baptist Church.

Emoji Bible makes God a smiley face with a halo

(RNS) The King James Version -- for millennials.

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The Bible in Emojis? Terrific idea, sloppy execution

(RNS) An Emoji Bible is a great way to reach young adults who might otherwise shy away from the Bible. But this fun new 'translation' of the KJV becomes tedious very quickly.

Trump’s religion and its popular appeal

The gospel of American Mind Cure that he learned from Norman Vincent Peale.

Exclusive first look at the religious right’s demands for Trump (SATIRE)

NEW YORK CITY (RNS) Tony Perkins lists seven demands conservative Christians have for the presumptive GOP nominee.

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