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Police in Pakistan Beat Christian Boy to Death, Father Says (Morning Star News) Malaysia: Malay Rulers Condemn Intolerance in the Name of Islam (Asia News) Muslims, Orthodox, Pentecostals and “Nones” Growing in Ireland; Catholics Declining (The Belfast Telegraph) Reference to Allah Found on Viking Burial Clothes (The Local) Bible Interpretation: 4 Challenges and How to Overcome Them

October 12, 1917 Was “New Zealand’s Darkest Day”: Lost Nearly 1,000 Lives at Disastrous Passchendaele (NZ Herald) Vietnam and Laos Compare Notes on Management of Nations’ Religious Affairs (Nhan Dan) Woman Tells How Giving Up Alcohol Made Her a Better Parent (Essential Kids) Boy Scouts Will Admit Girls, Allow Them to Earn Eagle Scout Rank (NBC News) Book

For Berkeley Student Journalists, Disruptive Heckling of Conservative Speakers Is Admirable and Protected Speech (The Daily Californian) Harvard Administration Moving Against “Single-Gender Organizations” (Fraternities and Sororities) (The Crimson) Churches, Synagogues Join Fight against FEMA Faith Bias (World) Twitter Reverses Decision, Will Allow Blackburn to Promote Senate Ad (Politico) What Makes Sense of Racial Equality? The

Sex Change Regret Silenced (World) Clergy Housing Allowance Struck Down Again (Baptist Press) Oxford College Bans ‘Harmful’ Christian Union from Freshers’ Fair (The Telegraph) 6 Things Trump’s Religious Liberty Memo Does (and Doesn’t) Do (Christianity Today) Menus Create Church Consumers (Eric Geiger) Growing Up with Two Lesbian Moms (The Stream) Nine Common Types of Church

Satanist Wins Transfer of Her Abortion Rights Case to the Missouri Supreme Court (The Kansas City Star) Some Unbelievers Claim That Jesus Spent His Missing Years Studying Buddhism in India (The Telegraph) Pakistan: Sufi Mausoleum Attacked to Punish the Tradition of Music and Dance (Asia News) Atheists Again Get Pastors’ Best Benefit Ruled Unconstitutional (Christianity