Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  May 8, 2018

  Indonesian Pastor Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Evangelizing to Muslim Cab Driver

  An Indonesian court sentenced a Protestant pastor to four years in prison and slapped him with a hefty fine on Monday simply because he shared his faith with a taxi driver.

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  May 8, 2018

  ISIS Assassin Reveals Horrific Ways He Killed Victims in Syria; Cut Man's Tongue Off With Scissors

  An Islamic State assassin who claims to have killed over 100 people while fighting in Syria has described the horrific ways in which he killed his enemies, including brutally cutting off man's tongue before ending his life.

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  May 7, 2018

  Facebook Introduced ISIS Jihadis to Each Other Through 'Suggested Friends' Feature, Analysts Find

  The social media giant Facebook has helped connect thousands of Islamic State terrorists with other potential jihadis across the globe via its "suggested friends" feature, a watchdog group has warned.

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  May 7, 2018

  2 Pentecostal Men Arrested in India After Being Falsely Accused of Forced Conversion

  Two Pentecostal Christians were arrested last week in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and falsely accused of the crime of forced conversion, becoming the latest in a growing list of Christians to be accused of the crime in India.

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  May 7, 2018

  Trump Religious Freedom Order Helps Charities Serve Over 13.7 Million in Need, Analysis Finds

  Over 13.7 million people have been provided with health care and other social services offered by faith-based organizations this past year thanks to President Donald Trump's executive order protecting religious liberty, a new analysis has found.

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  Apr 29, 2018

  Prisoners-Turned-Missionaries Describe Societal Barriers They Faced After Serving Their Time

  A former drug dealer who racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars dealing illegal narcotics all across the state of Colorado, Dennis Avila now knows what it is like to repeatedly beg people for a second chance after he was released from prison.

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  Apr 27, 2018

  TLC's New Series 'Lost in Transition' Features 4 Transgender Husbands Who Want to Be Women

  The cable network TLC will launch a new television docu-series next month that seeks to highlight the lives of four married couples in which the husbands have come out to the wives as transgender.

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  Apr 26, 2018

  Dozens of Iranian Christian Refugees Sue Trump Admin. for Denying Asylum Application

  A large group of Iranian refugees, which has been left in limbo in Austria for over a year, is suing the Trump administration after their applications for asylum in the United States under a special amendment designed to protect persecuted religious minorities were denied.

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  Apr 26, 2018

  Christian Group Urges Parents to Pull Kids From School to Protest LGBT 'Day of Silence'

  The American Family Association is instructing parents to keep their kids at home on Friday and participate in the "Day of Silence Walkout" in response to the LGBT National "Day of Silence."

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  Apr 26, 2018

  Megachurch Pastor Les Hughey Resigns After 7 Women Accuse Him of Sexual Abuse

  Arizona megachurch pastor Les Hughey has officially resigned as senior pastor at Highlands Church in Scottsdale, Arizona, after several women accused the church founder of taking sexual advantage of them decades ago as teenagers and young women.