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Seattle Times: How do Seattle witches celebrate Halloween? A look into the modern religion known as Wicca

A Very Different and more Secular take on WICCA than usually seen: See: https://www.seattletimes.com/life/what-witches-do-on-halloween-in-seattle-a-look-into-the-modern-religion-known-as-wicca/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=85edf310eb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_10_24_01_41&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-85edf310eb-400098233   

Washington Post: During the Jewish High Holidays, there’s a growing awareness that not all U.S. Jews are white

See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/during-the-jewish-high-holidays-theres-a-growing-awareness-that-not-all-us-jews-are-white/2019/09/28/be526f4c-e13e-11e9-be96-6adb81821e90_story.html?utm_campaign=017d91cefe-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_30_01_47&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Pew%20Research%20Center   

The Conversation: People participate in a candlelight vigil near the White House to protest violence against Sikhs in 2012. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Why Sikhs wear a turban and what it means to practice the faith in the United States September 13, 2019 7.41am EDT

See: https://theconversation.com/why-sikhs-wear-a-turban-and-what-it-means-to-practice-the-faith-in-the-united-states-123256?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=0a6b052cb9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_16_01_53&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-0a6b052cb9-400098233   

Christianity Today: Is American Christianity on Its Last Legs? The Data Say Otherwise. Two new books push back on Chicken-Little narratives of evangelical decline. BRADLEY WRIGHT

SEE: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/september-web-only/glenn-stanton-myth-dying-church-rick-richardson-you-found.html?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=8d76dc39b6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_13_01_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-8d76dc39b6-400098233   

Reuters: Sign of the times: China's capital orders Arabic, Muslim symbols taken down Huizhong Wu

See: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-religion-islam/sign-of-the-times-chinas-capital-orders-arabic-muslim-symbols-taken-down-idUSKCN1UQ0JF?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=4b6da4eb7f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_31_01_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-4b6da4eb7f-400098233   

The Atlantic: The Impossible Future of Christians in the Middle East An ancient faith is disappearing from the lands in which it first took root. At stake is not just a religious community, but the fate of pluralism in the region. ~Emma Green

See: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/05/iraqi-christians-nineveh-plain/589819/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=aacda0449c-RELIGION_WEEKLY_CAMPAIGN_05_29_2019&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-aacda0449c-400098233   

Bloomberg: Islamic State, Largely Defeated at Home, Is Rebuilding in Africa Even if it doesn’t capture a lot of territory, it benefits from showing global reach. By Paul Wallace

SEE: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-22/islamic-state-largely-defeated-at-home-is-rebuilding-in-africa?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=7558174b90-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_22_12_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-7558174b90-400098233   

United Methodists from around the world unite in St. Louis for fight over sexuality By Jesse Bogan St. Louis Post-Dispatch

See: https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/united-methodists-from-around-the-world-unite-in-st-louis/article_32cd8cc2-3fc9-5523-95d8-e990a67fd8ec.html?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=55a25f9b8c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_02_22_02_50&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-55a25f9b8c-400098233