RNS Morning Report: CAIR MN backs student who says she was hurt by image of Muhammad

Top Stories CAIR MN backs student who says she was hurt by instructor showing image of Muhammad (RNS) — At a press conference held by the Minneapolis chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the student said she was shocked and pained by an art history instructor.   Dispute over abuse hotline reveals how far the SBC still has to go (RNS) — A group of Southern Baptist leaders is working to implement a set of reforms to respond better to sexual abuse. But many survivors still distrust them.   Young evangelicals listen to their pastors. Do pastors listen to them? (RNS) — ‘The nice thing is they still want to talk and want to know what I think,’ said one pastor. ‘The question is what I can do with these conversations.’  RNS Opinion Who says you can’t show students a portrait of Muhammad? (RNS) — A multiple-choice quiz to help college administrators navigate religious freedom on campus.   Israel. Relationship: Complicated He was the greatest Jewish hero of the last two hundred years. Time to meet him.   How Israel’s demographic changes yielded its new hard-line government (The Conversation) — The ultra-Orthodox and Religious Zionists are increasingly acting as political allies.   Why Israel’s Orthodox Jewish parties want to narrow the country’s ‘Law of Return’ (RNS) — The Orthodox parties see the law as a recipe for increased intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews. ICYMI Cardinal George Pell, conservative force at the Vatican, dies at 81 VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pell was praised for his forceful efforts to reform Vatican finances, but his life and career were marred in recent years due to sexual abuse allegations in his native Australia.   A restored medieval depiction of the Crusades shows how England embraced Islamic culture (RNS) — Floor tiles from Chertsey Abbey in England, the subject of a new exhibition, resemble Muslim and Byzantine silks that crusaders brought back as souvenirs.  In Other News Amid abortion bans, Muslim Americans turn back to their faith’s ruling on abortion The image of god in ‘Invisible Man’   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Morning Report — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. Religion News Service is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today at religionnews.com/donate. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend