Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jan 9, 2015

  True or False?: Evangelicals Like Mike Huckabee the Most

  With Mike Huckabee leaving his Fox News show to consider another potential presidential run in 2016, the Southern Baptist pastor and former Arkansas governor has arguably become the the front runner to gain the evangelical vote in what is expected to be a very crowded 2016 Republican primary. But will he be able to unite most evangelical donors and voters?

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  Jan 9, 2015

  ISIS Offers 5-Minute Speed Dating Service to Help Militants Find Jihadi Brides

  The Islamic State terrorist organization in Syria is now offering 5-minute speed dating services to attract more disenfranchised Western women to the caliphate and to become jihadi brides.

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  Jan 9, 2015

  NC City Forced to Remove 'Christian' Praying Soldier Veterans' Memorial; Unable to Pay $2 Million to Battle Secular Group

  A North Carolina town has finally thrown in the towel on a years-long court battle by agreeing to remove a veterans' memorial statue from its central park that featured a praying soldier kneeling before a cross and a Christian flag.

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  Jan 8, 2015

  Evangelical Teacher Fired for Giving Bible to Student Supported By Gov't Commission

  A New Jersey school district broke the law when it fired a substitute teacher after he gave a curious middle school student a Bible for academic purposes, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruled in a mid-December decision released to the public this week.

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  Jan 8, 2015

  Republicans Waste No Time Introducing Pro-Life Legislation in New Congress; New Pain-Capable Bill Would Prevent Abortions After 20 Weeks

  With two House Republicans introducing a bill on Tuesday that would ban legal abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, the GOP has wasted little time in introducing pro-life legislation that is likely to be voted on in the Senate with Republicans controlling both Houses.

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  Jan 8, 2015

  Pakistani Muslim Beats Christian Mother With Bat After She Prevented Man From Abducting, Raping Daughter

  Two Christian women were aggressively beaten by a Muslim man in the Pakistani capital of Lahore after the women prevented the attacker from abducting the daughter of one of the women.

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  Jan 8, 2015

  ISIS Cyber Caliphate Hacks US Media Outlets; Terrorists Threaten Tennessee With Next Attack: 'Citizens of Tennessee! We Are Watching You!'

  Internet hackers, claiming to be associated with the Islamic State terrorist organization, have conducted a series of hacks on various news outlets in the United States and their social media accounts this week, which are being investigated by the FBI.

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  Jan 7, 2015

  Cocaine Found in Slain ISIS Commander's Home Indicates Heavy Drug Use Among Jihadists, Despite Being Violation of Sharia Law

  After killing an important Islamic State leader in battle, Kurdish forces in Syria found a huge bag of cocaine in the slain commander's home, providing further speculation that militants often use narcotics despite the fact that ISIS police units strictly enforce drug bans inside the group's strongholds.

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  Jan 7, 2015

  ISIS Kills High-Ranking Saudi Border Officer in Suicide Attack After Failed Infiltration Attempt; Saudi Arabia Fertile Ground for ISIS Recruitment?

  The Islamic State is claiming responsibility for an early Monday morning altercation involving four militants and a Saudi border patrol post on the Iraq-Saudi Arabia border that left three Saudi border officers dead and two injured, marking the first documented attempt at infiltration into Saudi Arabia by ISIS operations in Iraq.

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  Jan 6, 2015

  Beheader Becomes the Beheaded: Body of Key ISIS Police Official Found Decapitated With Cigarette in Mouth

  The body of a high-ranking official in the Islamic State's self-proclaimed police force in Syria, a unit well-known for conducting beheadings, was found beheaded, a monitoring agency reported Tuesday.