Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jun 30, 2017

  Trump Travel Ban Guideline Incorrectly Interprets Supreme Court Order, Refugee Advocates Say

  Refugees with connections to the nine refugee resettlement organizations in the United States should be allowed to enter the country in accordance with the Supreme Court's ruling Monday that allowed a limited version of President Donald Trump's travel ban to go into effect, advocates argue.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  North Carolina Magistrates Don't Have to Perform Gay Weddings, US Appeals Court Rules

  A federal appellate court has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged a North Carolina law that grants religious freedom exemptions to government officials who refuse to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies on grounds that it would violate their religious beliefs.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  Trump Justice Dept. Honors Transgender Student Gavin Grimm, NC Bathroom Bill Opponents

  The Department of Justice hosted an Wednesday event honoring a transgender high school student who sued a Virginia school district for the right to access the boy's bathroom.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  North Carolina Man Plotted to Create 'Islamic State of North America,' Kill Hundreds

  A 21-year-old North Carolina man who was sentenced to life in prison for plotting a terrorist attack was planning to unveil the "Islamic State of North America" by carrying out an attack that could have killed hundreds of innocent people, court records indicate.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  Liberty Counsel Sues GuideStar for Applying 'Hate Group' Label

  The conservative Christian legal nonprofit Liberty Counsel has filed a lawsuit against GuideStar USA for applying the Southern Poverty Law Center's "hate group" label to the organization's profile on GuideStar.org, a leading charity information website.

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  Jun 29, 2017

  Jay Sekulow's Christian Nonprofit Under Investigation by 2 States for Paying Family Millions

  President Donald Trump's attorney and prominent Christian conservative lawyer Jay Sekulow is now being investigated by top lawyers in two states after a report surfaced this week claiming that millions of dollars were steered from his Christian nonprofit to himself, family members and related entities.

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  Jun 28, 2017

  160 Christians Arrested During Eritrea's Fresh Crackdown on Christianity

  Human rights groups have reported that the number of Christians arrested in the Eastern African nation of Eritrea since the government began its most recent crackdown against Christians in May has reached at least 160.

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  Jun 28, 2017

  Yale Sues Gov't for Requiring Certain Number of Gender-Assigned Bathrooms

  The prestigious Yale University has sued the state of Connecticut in hopes that it will be granted relief from a state policy preventing it from categorizing all single occupancy restrooms on its campus as gender neutral.

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  Jun 28, 2017

  ISIS-Linked Jihadis Desecrate Another Catholic Church in Philippines

  Islamic militants in the Philippines who are affiliated with ISIS have desecrated a Catholic church last week when 300 radicals attacked the village of Malagakit on the island of Mindanao.

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  Jun 27, 2017

  Movement Toward Dalit Emancipation in India Can't Be Halted, Bishop D'Souza Says

  The issue of India's discriminatory Hindu caste system in which hundreds of millions of people are oppressed second-class citizens is now "occupying center space" in India's national politics as two politicians from India's lowest caste have been nominated to be the nation's president.