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Need to know: Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Finsbury Park attack a window onto two Britains: One seeking tolerance, the other revenge
Attacks against Muslims in Britain since the Manchester Arena terrorist attack are up 500 percent, but there are also signs of people coming together and faith leaders uniting in solidarity.
Evangelical leaders push for criminal justice reform
They’re are calling for equitable punishment, alternatives to incarceration and a different take on the “tough on crime” language of the Trump administration.
Vatican’s first auditor-general resigns unexpectedly
No reason was given for the resignation of Libero Milone. But a Vatican source told Reuters, "It's a pretty ugly situation and I hope it does not get worse."
Vatican defends appointment of philosopher who once voiced support for limited abortion
Nigel Biggar, an Oxford University professor of theology, came under criticism over his apparent support for abortion up to 18 weeks into pregnancy.
US Catholic bishops committee dismayed over Trump’s new direction on Cuba
They are calling on the president to keep ordinary Cubans in mind as he curtails trade and tourism.
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Hijab-wearing model Halima Aden makes history as July cover star of Allure
(USA Today) The Minnesota native is the first woman to wear a hijab on the magazine’s cover.
The ’Splainer: What is Laylat al-Qadr, Muslims’ ‘Night of Destiny’?
(RNS) It's the holiest night of the year for Muslims.
Central African Republic foes sign church-mediated peace accord
ROME (Reuters) The deal, which was mediated by the Roman Catholic Sant' Egidio peace group, calls for an immediate end to hostilities and recognition of the results of last year's presidential elections.
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On World Refugee Day we must be willing to separate truth from ‘willful blindness’
(RNS) Our society too easily equates the admission of refugees into this country with the threat of terrorism, largely because the policy has become a partisan ideology, not because this viewpoint is substantiated by facts.
10 reasons Mormons dominate multi-level marketing companies
Utah leads the nation in multi-level marketing companies per capita, and many Mormons are heavily involved in MLM culture. Guest blogger Mette Harrison explores 10 reasons why.
For Southern Baptists, a sudden awakening and turn on the ‘alt-right’
The Convention, however, had something else first on its mind, namely the issue of race, which it had to take up before its participants headed home. Its leadership had “declined to bring to a vote a Texas pastor’s proposed resolution condemning the ‘alt-right’ movement,” proponents of a white supremacist culture that is attractive to some Southern Baptists and their kin and kind. But—stop the presses!—there came a sudden awakening and turn, “[a]fter a fierce backlash on social media.”
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