RNS Morning Report: Hamline University president to retire following Islamic art controversy

Top Stories Hamline University president to retire following Islamic art controversy (RNS) — The president of Hamline University, who was widely criticized for her response to a professor who showed a painting of the Prophet Muhammad, announced she would retire in 2024.   Joe Rigney, Bethlehem Seminary president, resigns due to support of Christian nationalism and infant baptism (RNS) — Rigney has long been considered controversial for his views on empathy and for his relationship with Idaho pastor Doug Wilson.   Church-state separationist Barry Lynn recounts his legal arguments in new memoirs (RNS) — 'It is people who are hurting, people who are outcasts, that appealed to me,' Lynn said.   Prayer rug design project aims to highlight Islam’s diversity in US and Latin America (RNS) — Mustafa Dustin Craun wants to create a conversation around family, place and belonging, asking: 'If you could design a prayer rug that reflects the place that you live, what would that look like?' RNS Opinion Passover reminds us why a nation needs to remember its ‘bad old times’ (RNS) — The holiday is about recalling uncomfortable truths, an exercise every American can benefit from.   Will Congress keep hanging humanity on the Pentagon’s iron cross?   (RNS) — For 2024, President Biden requested the largest military budget in history — $886 billion. In Other News Mount of Olives becomes latest target in fight for control of Jerusalem ‘Armageddon’ shows how literal readings of the Bible’s end times affect modern times   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