Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Feb 25, 2020

  Christian leaders speak out as Trump's extended travel ban goes into effect

  Christian leaders have spoken out in response to President Donald Trump’s expanded travel ban that went into effect last Friday, expressing concern over its impact on countries where religious persecution is severe. 

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  Feb 24, 2020

  Supreme Court to weigh ban on foster agencies that don't work with LGBT couples 

  The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a case that could have huge implications on the rights of Christian and other faith-based adoption and foster care agencies to turn away LGBT couples on grounds of religious beliefs. 

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  Feb 24, 2020

  Christian group pushes for paid family leave as Congress considers 3 proposals

  An evangelical advocacy organization is supporting a push in Congress to ensure working families  — in the government and private sector — are ensured paid parental and family leave as hope builds that bipartisan legislation will be passed this election year.

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  Feb 22, 2020

  2 Christians executed in al-Shabaab bus attack for not reciting Islamic declaration of faith

  Two Christians are reported to be among three people killed after suspected al-Shabaab militants attacked a bus in Kenya on Wednesday morning. 

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  Feb 22, 2020

  UPS accused of banning drivers' prayer meetings, claims there's a 'misunderstanding'

  The United Parcel Service — better known by its initials UPS — is being accused of banning drivers at a shipping center from holding prayer meetings prior to their shifts. However, the shipping giant contends that a “misunderstanding” has occurred. 

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  Feb 22, 2020

  Iran threatens to destroy tomb of Esther and Mordechai

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is raising concerns over unconfirmed reports that authorities in the Islamic Republic of Iran are threatening the destruction of the tomb of Esther and Mordechai in response to President Trump’s Middle-East peace plan. 

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  Feb 21, 2020

  Judge rules in favor of Wheaton College students barred from evangelizing at park

  A federal judge ruled Thursday that Wheaton College students who were barred from evangelizing in a downtown Chicago park must be allowed to exercise their First Amendment rights until the legal dispute is resolved. 

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  Feb 21, 2020

  Dirty Dozen List: TikTok adds family safety features helping parents control kids' accounts

  After being ranked one of the worst corporate entities complicit in “perpetuating” sexual exploitation, the social media giant TikTok is giving parents more control over their children’s use of the app through new family safety control features.  

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  Feb 21, 2020

  Museum commemorating 21 Coptic martyrs beheaded by ISIS opens in Egypt

  A Coptic martyrs museum has opened in Egypt to commemorate the 21 Christians beheaded by the Islamic State on a Libyan beach in 2015 because they refused to renounce their faith in Christ.

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  Feb 21, 2020

  Islamic terrorism spreading in majority-Christian Mozambique; 700 dead, 100,000 displaced

  Over 100,000 people have been displaced and at least 700 have died in the majority-Christian country of Mozambique since 2017, as the spread of radical Islamic extremism in Africa is starting to plague the continent’s southeast region.