Globe Trot: A Brexit for David Cameron

BRITAIN: Prime Minister David Cameron received a standing ovation this morning in his final appearance before Parliament as head of the government.

New Prime Minister Theresa May has a lot in common with Germany’s Angela Merkel, including pastor dads.

BREXIT: Merkel is asking London for quick clarification on its exit plan from the European Union, even though the process is expected to take years.

The EU’s migration chief insists Brexit isn’t prompting the Union to rethink its policy on refugees, which involves resettlement of more than 1 million recent arrivals across the continent and, since a spring deal, paying billions to Turkey to indefinitely detain further would-be migrants.

Among those administering Brexit is Didier Seeuws, the former spokesman for liberal European Parliament leader Guy Verhofstadt, a longstanding opponent of British stands.

Official squelching of European efforts to also leave the EU hasn’t stopped a petition drive mounted by, among others, evangelical and Reformed theologian Lothar Gassmann.

BANGLADESH: Following the July terrorist attack in Dhaka, Muslim clerics have called for banning Islamic television superstar Zakir Naik, a Salafist preacher accused of spreading terrorism.

ISIS: Georgetown University will host a daylong conference July 28, open to the public, on combating ISIS genocide against religious minorities in the Middle East. The event is to include U.S. officials and religious leaders.

EGYPT: Violence against Copts, the largest Christian group in the Middle East, is escalating at an alarming rate.

CZECH REPUBLIC would henceforth like to be called Czechia.