Thursday's News & Ideas - 2/1/2024
- Uyghur women imprisoned for decades
- Damage to Satanic display in Iowa
- NC county proclaims Christian heritage
- Church insurance challenges
- Preacher Begg dropped from radio
- How war destroyed Gaza’s neighborhoods
Elderly Uyghur women imprisoned in China for decades-old religious ‘crimes,’ leaked files reveal
The Guardian: Hundreds of women have been sentenced for practices such as studying the Qur’an, dating back as far back as the 60s and 70s, analysis of Chinese police files shows.
US man faces hate crime over damage to Satanic Temple display in Iowa
BBC: Michael Cassidy, 35, an ex-Navy pilot who lost a race for the Mississippi legislature last year, was motivated by the victim’s religion, prosecutors say.
Proclaiming the faith*
The Assembly: A North Carolina county proclamation celebrating Christian heritage could spell legal trouble in a place with one of the highest concentrations of white Christians in the country.
Insurance cancellations wreak financial challenges for churches
Religion Unplugged: Christ Covenant Church paid $6,810 for insurance in 2023. It excluded windstorm and rising water damage, risky but not unusual for churches along the Texas Gulf Coast. Then late last year, they learned Church Mutual had dropped its coverage.
Radio preacher Alistair Begg won’t back down from advice to attend LGBTQ wedding
Religion News Service: Begg told a woman she should attend her grandchild’s wedding to a trans person, leading to a Christian radio network dumping his program.
The Spark
How war destroyed Gaza’s neighborhoods – a visual investigation
Analysis of satellite data reveals that between 50% and 62% of all buildings in Gaza have likely been damaged or destroyed, The Guardian says.
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