Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jun 8, 2017

  Trump to Christian Right Conference: 'We Are Under Siege,' 'God's Glorious Wisdom Will Shine'

  Speaking to a room full of social conservatives Thursday, President Donald Trump declared that God's truth will prevail against the "hatred" and "prejudice" that the "entrenched interest" has toward religion and faith in the United States.

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  Jun 8, 2017

  Bipartisan Senate Group Slams Jeff Sessions' 'Counterproductive' Sentencing Guidelines

  Two prominent conservative senators involved in the criminal justice reform movement have voiced their concerns with the sentencing guideline memoranda issued by Attorney Gen. Jeff Sessions last month that directs federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious offense possible against defendants.

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  Jun 8, 2017

  School District to Reinstate Off-Campus Bible Class Canceled After Secular Group's Complaint

  A public school district in Michigan will once again allow elementary school students to participate in a voluntary off-campus Bible study program that it suspended after receiving a complaint from a local secularist group.

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  Jun 7, 2017

  Indian Muslim Family Burns Pregnant Daughter Alive for Marrying Man of Lower Caste

  A 21-year-old pregnant Muslim woman in India was burned alive by her own family members because she married a man from a lower caste, according to a police official.

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  Jun 7, 2017

  House Passes Bill That Would Fund Christian Relief Efforts for ISIS Genocide Victims

  Bipartisan legislation that would authorize U.S. government funds to be given to relief groups directly providing assistance to displaced Iraqi and Syrian Christians unanimously passed through the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening.

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  Jun 7, 2017

  ISIS-Affiliated Jihadis Destroy, Burn Catholic Cathedral in Philippines (Video)

  Video has emerged that purports to show Islamic State-linked militants in the Philippines ransacking, desecrating and burning a Catholic cathedral inside the besieged city of Marawi.

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  Jun 7, 2017

  Christian-Owned Lands in Iraq Being Seized by Kurds, USCIRF Report Warns

  Iraqi Christians living in Kurdistan have complained that their properties and lands are being seized and built on by ethnic Kurds and some have even accused Kurdish government officials of trying to "Kurdify" Christian areas, a new report from the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom details.

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  Jun 6, 2017

  Barna Study Reveals America's Most 'Churched' and 'Unchurched' Cities

  As trends show that church attendance is decreasing in the United States, the evangelical polling organization Barna Group recently released data revealing which of America's cities are the most "churched," "unchurched," "dechurched" and "post-Christian."

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  Jun 6, 2017

  LGBT Lawsuit Against American Pastor Blamed for Uganda's 'Kill the Gays' Bill Dismissed

  A federal court has dismissed an LGBT group's lawsuit against pastor and activist Scott Lively, who was accused of engaging in a "decade-long campaign" of persecution against LGBT people in Uganda because he voiced his biblical opposition to homosexuality.

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  Jun 6, 2017

  Egypt's Al-Azhar University Accepts Christian Student Amid Accusations of Discrimination

  Egypt's prestigious Al-Azhar University has accepted a Christian into its medical residency program, which some believe marks the first time the historic Muslim school has publicly accepted a Christian student.