Miscellaneous
China issues new regulations on religion, a suspect is arrested in the murder of a Bangladeshi blogger, the Supreme delays oral arguments in an important church state case, a Texas Republican attacks his opponent for being an atheist, and we cover the 2016 election in a special report. Those are the headlines for the week of Saturday October 29th 2016.Sources:China’s New Regulations on Religion:Matthew Bell, “China's atheist leaders issue some striking new rules on religion.” Accessed October 26, 2016. http://weku.fm/post/chinas-atheist-le... Arrest of Islamic Militant in Blogger’s Murder:Tekendra Parmar, “Police Arrest ‘Islamic Militant’ for the Killing of Bangladeshi Atheist Blogger Nazimuddin Samad.” Accessed October 26, 2016. http://time.com/4534504/bangladesh-at... Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley:Juliet Ellperin & Robert Barnes, “Is the Supreme Court counting on getting a ninth justice in January?” Accessed October 26, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/p... Don Byrd, “Report: Trinity Scheduling Delay Indicates the Supreme Court Awaits a 9th Justice.” Accessed October 26, 2016. http://bjconline.org/trinity-scheduli... Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, “Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley : Government money should not fund churches.” Accessed October 26, 2016. http://bjconline.org/TrinityLutheran/ Republican Attack on Atheist Candidate for Texas State House:Michael Stone, “Texas Democrat Attacked For Being An Atheist.” Accessed October 27, 2016. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progress...News Ticker:Steve Benen, “Alabama’s Roy Moore, suspended, doesn’t want to leave.” Accessed October 25, 2016. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-sh... Hazel Torres, “Atheist-Led Canadian Church Dispenses With Bible, Replaces Lord's Prayer With Secular Invocation.” Accessed October 25, 2016. http://www.christiantoday.com/article... Stephen Magagnini, “Atheists celebrate 15th annual Freethought Day in Sacramento.” Accessed October 25, 2016. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/arti... Patrick Lang'at, “Atheists to petition House to remove 'God' from national anthem.” Accessed October 23, 2016. http://www.nation.co.ke/news/Atheists... Elizabeth Roberts, “Sweden opens first cemetery free of religious symbols.” Accessed October 25, 2016. http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/21/europe/...