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  Mar 9, 2020

  'Silent heroes': Interactive TV show gives Christians in Iran platform to share testimonies

  An interactive satellite television program is giving a platform to Iran’s “secret” Christians to share their stories of hope with the outside world as the underground church in the Islamic Republic continues to grow. 

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  Mar 7, 2020

  Wife of abducted Malaysian pastor Raymond Koh honored as 'Woman of Courage' by State Dept.

  The wife of a Malaysian pastor who was abducted in 2017 is among 12 women honored Wednesday with the U.S. State Department’s International Women of Courage Award.

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  Mar 6, 2020

  High school football coach fired for praying after games loses again in federal court

  After the U.S. Supreme Court sent his case back to a lower court last year, a federal judge ruled this week that a school district in Washington state was within its right to prohibit high school football coach Joe Kennedy from kneeling in prayer on the 50-yard-line after games.

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  Mar 6, 2020

  Muslims' fear of losing citizenship in India is 'genuine,' lawyer tells USCIRF

  Over a week after President Donald Trump praised India Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his commitment to promoting religious freedom, experts issued dire warnings to the United States’ top religious freedom body about the future for Muslims in the Hindu-majority country. 

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  Mar 5, 2020

  Evangelicals view Supreme Court most favorably amid big term for religious freedom cases: poll

  With the U.S. Supreme Court set to hear a handful of religious freedom-related cases in 2020, a new report from Pew Research suggests that Christians are more likely than religiously unaffiliated Americans to hold a positive view of the nation’s high court. 

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  Mar 4, 2020

  Mike Pence mocked for praying with coronavirus task force at White House

  Vice President Mike Pence received a new round of criticism this week by some on the political left after the White House released a picture of the vice president praying with the coronavirus task force in his West Wing office. 

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  Mar 4, 2020

  Pakistani Christian man tortured to death for bathing in well water; family wants justice

  A 22-year-old Christian man was beaten to death in Pakistan’s Punjab province by men who accused him of “contaminating” water in a well owned by a Muslim farmer. 

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  Mar 4, 2020

  Televangelist wonders if liberal whitewashing of sin is the 'Great Apostasy' before Christ's return

  Georgia megachurch pastor and televangelist Michael Youssef fears that the tendency today among some Christian leaders to water down the Gospel to make it “palatable” for today’s culture could be a sign of the “great apostasy before the return of Christ.”

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  Mar 3, 2020

  'Great Awokening': CPAC panelist says 'woke' culture is seeking 'salvation from the mob'

  A panelist at the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference warned Friday that being “woke” is like seeking “salvation from the mob” as liberal activists are promoting “authoritarianism” to push their political agenda. 

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  Mar 3, 2020

  Asia Bibi says imprisonment was a 'trial sent by God,' refused to renounce her faith

  During a trip to France to promote her new book, Christian mother Asia Bibi opened up about how prayer and Scripture sustained her throughout a decade of imprisonment over allegations that she insulted Islam and its prophet, Muhammad.