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Need to know: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Quebec mosque shooting thought to be ‘lone wolf’ attack
A French-Canadian university student is the sole suspect in a shooting at a Quebec City mosque that killed six people and injured 17 others.
Obama’s protections for LGBT workers will remain under Trump
In a statement issued in response to growing questions about whether Trump would reverse the Obama order, the White House said the president was proud to embrace gay rights.
Obama sees immigration ban as religious discrimination
He “fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion,” his spokesman stated.
Boy Scouts, reversing century-old stance, will allow transgender boys
“We realized that referring to birth certificates as the reference point is no longer sufficient,” Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh said.
Texas mosque gutted by mysterious blaze raises more than $900,000 to rebuild
People offered their carpentry skills and to knit new prayer rugs, while Jewish neighbors gave the mosque’s co-founder the key to their synagogue.
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Does God give a holy hoot about the Super Bowl?
One-quarter of all Americans believe he does, according to a new survey released by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI).
Religious leaders react to Trump’s orders on visitors and refugees
(RNS) The ban 'traumatizes refugees, most of whom are women and children, keeps families separated and punishes people who are themselves fleeing the terror we as a nation are rightly fighting to end,' said World Relief President Scott Arbeiter.
March for Life buoyant over Trump’s anti-abortion promises
In a break from previous marches, top White House officials appeared in person at this year’s March for Life.
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Trump’s actions on refugees betray American values
(RNS) We can stop our president from doing something we’ll all regret and apologize for in the future. Let’s say 'welcome[ when it matters the most: now.
Security is not everything
(RNS) You have to go back to the 1970s, to the era when I was still in Belfast, to come up with a single case of an American citizen who was killed in a terrorist attack perpetrated by someone who came to the country as a refugee.
Donald Trump’s Holocaust aphasia
For Trump, is the Jewish nature of the Holocaust an "alternative fact?"
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Bonus tracks
- Trump ban will hurt Christian refugees fleeing conflict, say Iraqi Catholic leaders
- In India, a group defends wrongly accused Muslim terror suspects
- Texas rep placed under state protection after filing bill to ban abortions
- Some Trump advisors have made anti-Muslim comments in the past
- Religious leaders condemn Trump’s immigration order. But who’s listening?
