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  Jan 3, 2017

  ISIS Claims Istanbul Nightclub Terror Attack Was Targeted at Killing 'Pagan' Christians

  The Islamic State terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for the first terrorist attack of the year, saying that Sunday's atrocity at the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey, was an attack on "Christians" celebrating an "apostate holiday."

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  Jan 2, 2017

  Pakistan: Muslims Demand Shaan Taseer Be Killed for Anti-Blasphemy Post on Facebook

  The son of a Pakistani governor who was assassinated over his opposition to the nation's blasphemy laws is now the subject of a fatwa calling for his death after he criticized the nation's blasphemy laws and voiced his support for its victims on Facebook.

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  Jan 2, 2017

  Federal Judge Blocks Obama's Transgender Health Care Mandate

  A federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction against the controversial Obamacare mandate that opponents say requires religious doctors to violate their medical judgement and religious beliefs to perform gender reassignment surgeries and other transgender procedures.

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  Jan 2, 2017

  'Hand of God' Led Trump to Victory, Not Russian Hackers, 'Wiki-Leaky or Whatever,' Franklin Graham Says

  Leading evangelist Franklin Graham says that president-elect Donald Trump won the 2016 election because of the "hand of God," not because of Russian hackers.

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  Dec 30, 2016

  90,000 Christians Killed in 2016, 1 Every 6 Minutes: Study

  Christians continue to be the most persecuted believers in the world with over 90,000 followers of Christ being killed in the last year, according to prominent Italian sociologist and author Massimo Introvigne.

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  Dec 30, 2016

  Franklin Graham Wants Trump to Make America a Global 'Peacemaker' Again

  Popular evangelist Franklin Graham is calling on President-elect Donald Trump to restore the United States to its role as a global peacemaker following what some have called one of the worst foreign policy presidencies in American history.

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  Dec 30, 2016

  Robert Jeffress Says Israel Has Biblical Land Claim; John Kerry, Barack Obama 'on the Wrong Side of God'

  Outspoken Texas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress has accused President Barack Obama and Sec. of State John Kerry of putting America on the "wrong side of God" after the United States failed to veto a United Nations resolution condemning Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory East of Jerusalem.

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  Dec 30, 2016

  30-Y-O Woman Beheaded in Afghanistan for Going Out in Public Without Husband

  A harmless 30-year-old woman was senselessly decapitated with a bayonet by suspected Islamic militants in northern Afghanistan on Monday because she dared to shop at a local market with out being accompanied by a male family member.

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  Dec 30, 2016

  Catholic Diocese Files Lawsuit Against Obama's Transgender Health Care Mandate

  An organization representing over 60 Catholic archdioceses has filed a claim in federal court against a new Obamacare regulation that will force religious hospitals, religious orders and faith-based employers to perform or insure sex reassignment procedures and abortion services.

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  Dec 29, 2016

  Franklin Graham, Paula White, Samuel Rodriguez to Participate in Trump Inauguration

  The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced on Wednesday that six prominent religious leaders will participate in the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.