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A view of the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem’s Old City seen from Mount of Olives, on Dec. 6, 2017. President Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital on Dec. 6, and instructed the State Department to begin the multi-year process of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Need to know: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Is Trump widening a rift between the evangelicals and Mideast Christians?
Many Middle Eastern Christians feel let down by American evangelicals who cheered Trump’s declaration on Jerusalem.
Justices won’t step into Mississippi gay rights legal fight
The Supreme Court declined to weigh in on a state law that lets government workers and private business people cite their religious beliefs to deny services to LGBT people.
French town bans pork-free school meals in move branded ‘anti-Muslim’
The decision by a mayor in southern France affects about 150 mainly Muslim pupils.
As Billy Graham is celebrated in ‘The Crown,’ some in England want to ban Franklin
Queen Elizabeth admired Billy Graham, but many other Brits want to ban his son from the country for his past condemnations of Islam and LGBTQ persons.
Religious architecture awards go to designs that transform
Some of the best work of 2017 reworked existing religious architecture, or created religious spaces out of secular ones.
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