Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Apr 20, 2017

  Lynching Suspect Says Pakistani University Demanded He Claim Slain Student Committed Blasphemy

  A suspect involved in the lynching of a Pakistani college student accused of blasphemy after a dormroom debate reportedly said that officials at Abdul Wali Khan University in Mardan told him that anyone who defended the victim would be handled with an "iron hand."

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  Apr 20, 2017

  Franklin Graham Says Trump Should Not Release His Tax Returns: 'No Way'

  Prominent evangelist Franklin Graham, the son of the legendary Billy Graham, is encouraging President Donald Trump not to release his tax returns, noting that releasing the tax returns would cause nothing but a distraction.

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  Apr 20, 2017

  Baptist Missionaries From 3 States Biking Over 2,000 Miles to Help Kids in Nicaragua

  Eleven Baptists have embarked on a 16-day motorbiking journey from Texas to Nicaragua to help raise funds for a youth sports ministry that serves over 2,000 at-risk children in the Central American nation.

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  Apr 19, 2017

  Gordon College Dismisses Claim Faculty Senate Resigned to Show Solidarity With LGBT Activist Professor

  Gordon College has criticized reports implying that its entire faculty senate resigned as a show of solidarity with an LGBT activist professor who was denied a promotion.

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  Apr 19, 2017

  Christian Innovators Develop New Technology to Help Disabled People Walk Again

  Christian innovators in Canada have developed a new device that will not only revolutionize the robotics industry but also help disabled people walk again.

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  Apr 18, 2017

  Franklin Graham: About 7 Christian Families Remain in Iraq's Largest Christian Town

  Evangelist Franklin Graham spent his Easter weekend touring churches and towns left desecrated and destroyed by the Islamic State terrorist organization in Northern Iraq and claimed that only about seven families remain in what used to be the largest Christian town in Iraq.

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  Apr 18, 2017

  Wisconsin Police Station Removes 'Officer's Prayer' Amid Pressure From Atheist Group

  A police station in Wisconsin has removed a "Police Officer's Prayer" display after the nation's largest secular legal organization filed a complaint that argued that such a display makes non-Christians feel like "outsiders in their own community."

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Christians Homes Set on Fire in Muslim Mob Attacks on Believers in Egypt

  Three homes were burned and eight Christians were injured when a Muslim mob attacked a Christian community in the town of Kom el-Loufy in Upper Egypt while on their way home from a prayer gathering, a leading persecution watchdog has reported.

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Pakistani Christian Woman Forced to Marry Muslim Kidnapper Wins Freedom in Court

  A Pakistani Christian mother of three who was abducted, raped, and forced into an Islamic marriage over two years ago has finally won her freedom after a court granted her a divorce from the man whom she was forced to marry.

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Muslims in Jordan Guard Churches on Easter Sunday

  Young Muslims across Jordan stood guard to protect churches on Easter Sunday so that Christians could celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in peace.