80% of London Muslims Support ISIS; More ISIS mass killings; Obama Is Wrong About Stay-At-Home Mothers...more

AU: Anglican bishop quits over sexual abuse cover-up   One of the world’s most revered Anglican bishops has quit the ministry following scathing criticism of his handling of allegations of the horrific sexual abuse of children in Australia and Britain by a pedophile clergyman...

The Apolitical Episcopal Church ...A reader writes to tell me of his experience trying to interest Episcopal parishes in his area in joining a Celebration of Life and being politely shown the door with the explanation that that would be “political.” One suspects those ministers might have been happy to join a group lobbying to increase welfare payments tax policy or decrease carbon emissions, but even if they weren’t, they come from a religious tradition unable to distinguish “political” in the sense of prudential decisions about policy and “political” in the sense of matters on which Christians can and must speak with certainty. They defer to the consensus of their class, summarized as the views of the New York Times editorial board...

3 Reasons President Obama Is Wrong About Stay-At-Home Mothers   Charlie Spiering reports on a speech President Obama made in Rhode Island today. You know things are rough for President Obama this election season when he is relegated to a state so small CNN thinks it’s a city.

Anyway, he was painting a picture of how he’d like to expand the administrative state to include government pre-school. Because public schools are doing such a good job generally. Anyway, he then took an absolutely bizarre swipe against stay-at-home mothers:

“Sometimes, someone, usually Mom, leaves the workplace to stay home with the kids, which then leaves her earning a lower wage for the rest of her life as a result,” he said. “That’s not a choice we want Americans to make.”...

Boko Haram leader denies ceasefire deal, says 200 abducted girls married off  Boko Haram laughed off Nigeria's announcement of a ceasefire agreement, saying there is no such deal and the abducted schoolgirls have been converted to Islam and married off.

Nigerian officials announced two weeks ago that they had struck a deal with the Islamist terror group.

The deal, the government said, included the release of more than 200 girls whose kidnapping in April at a boarding school in the nation's north stunned the world...

 Iraqi officials: IS extremists lined up, shot and killed 50 people Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 tribesmen and women in Iraq's Anbar province, officials said Saturday, the latest mass killing committed by the group.

The shooting happened late Friday in the village of Ras al-Maa, north of the provincial capital of Ramadi, Anbar councilman Faleh al-Issawi said.

Militants accused men and women of the Al Bu Nimr tribe of retaliating against them after being displaced from their homes when the group seized the Anbar town of Hit last month, al-Issawi said...

80% of London Muslims Support ISIS
...There are about 1 million Muslim settlers in London where they make up 12 percent of the population. These figures suggest that the vast majority of them, perhaps as high as 80 percent , support ISIS...