(SRN NEWS)-( ) FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, asserting that the civil rights organization had been turned into a “partisan smear machine”. Many Christians and conservatives have made this same complaint for years, pointing to the SPLC’s annual Hate Map, which has included such ministries […]
Religious News
RELIGION HEADLINES TUE 10-7
Audio By Carbonatix
(SRN NEWS)-( ) FBI Director Kash Patel says the bureau is cutting ties with the Southern Poverty Law Center, asserting that the civil rights organization had been turned into a “partisan smear machine”. Many Christians and conservatives have made this same complaint for years, pointing to the SPLC’s annual Hate Map, which has included such ministries as Focus On The Family and the Family Research Council. Those and other groups are targeted by the SPLC because the oppose gay marriage and transgenderism. In making his announcement, Patel added that “This FBI will not partner with political fronts masquerading as watchdogs.”
( ) Critics say Pope Leo is undermining the Catholic church’s pro-life position with his response to an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. church. Leo was asked about plans by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich to give a lifetime achievement award to Democratic Senator Dick Durbin — a vigorous abortion supporter. The pope says critics need to understand “What it really means to be pro-life. Someone who says ‘I’m against abortion but says I am in favor of the death penalty’ is not really pro-life.” Durbin has quieted the controversy by announcing that he will not accept the award, which was for his work on immigration issues.
( ) Sukkot (soo-COT), a week-long Jewish holiday celebrating the traditional gathering of the harvest, is getting underway. It continues through Monday, October 13th. Sukkot is considered one of the most joyful festivals on the Jewish calendar — distinctive in that it explicitly encourages Jews to rejoice and discourages public mourning. This year, the first full day of Sukkot falls on the second anniversary of Hamas’ 2023 attack on southern Israel that left more than 1,200 people dead and many others taken hostage. The holiday is mentioned in the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy and is sometimes called the Feast of Booths.
( ) Jews in the United Kingdom are unnerved by this month’s deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester. Some say they feel forgotten by a society that has allowed anti-Semitism to grow unchallenged over the last two years. Other British Jews say that politicians have failed to reject anti-Jewish speech or protect Jews from hate crimes. Simon Burton, a Manchester native, says “We are Jews, but we are English. We have lived in Manchester for 150 years. We belong here. Now we feel let down.” The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported across the U.K. has soared since the October 7th, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel.