Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Feb 6, 2020

  Judge allows Boston to ban the flying of Christian flag outside City Hall

  A federal judge ruled this week that the city of Boston, Massachusetts, does not have to raise a Christian flag at City Hall Plaza even though the city has raised flags representing other cultural and social groups, including flags indicating support for LGBT rights. 

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  Feb 6, 2020

  Iranian Christian who met with Trump details how regime shut down her family’s church

  Persecuted Iranian Christian Dabrina Bet Tamraz vividly remembers the day that her family’s church was shut down.

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  Feb 5, 2020

  United Airlines to train flight attendants to stop passengers from watching porn onboard

  United Airlines is now training flight attendants to intervene when passengers watch pornography on their personal devices as part of an effort to curb the increase of porn viewing on planes, according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. 

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  Feb 5, 2020

  Abducted seminarian killed by kidnappers in Nigeria; 3 other seminarians released by captors

  The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) is mourning the murder of an 18-year-old seminarian abducted earlier this month along with three other seminarians who have since been released. 

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  Feb 5, 2020

  Boko Haram responsible for 59,311 orphans, 59,213 widows: Nigerian governor

  The governor of the Boko Haram-infected Borno state in northeast Nigeria has reportedly revealed that the extremist group is responsible for making tens of thousands of widows and orphans in the state as it continues its reign of terror. 

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  Feb 5, 2020

  11 featured guests at President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address

  President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress, honoring several Americans for their contributions and sacrifices that have helped make the United States and world a better place.

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  Feb 4, 2020

  Trump promises to grant Iraqi Christians facing deportation extensions to stay in US

  President Donald Trump vowed last week to grant “extensions” to stay in the United States to some Iraqi Christians that his administration had earlier sought to deport despite concerns they could face persecution upon return to the Middle East.

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  Feb 4, 2020

  Belmont U merger with art college raises concerns over Christian hiring policy

  The nondenominational Belmont University in Tennesse will absorb a nearby private art college suffering from low enrollment, creating questions about whether non-Christian faculty can keep their jobs once the merger is completed in the fall. 

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  Feb 4, 2020

  Nigerian church torched by suspected Fulani; over 2 dozen killed in attacks

  As many as 32 people were reportedly killed in attacks last week said to have been carried out in predominantly Christian areas of the Plateau state of Nigeria by radical Fulani militants who have been blamed for a series of deadly attacks in Plateau this month. 

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  Feb 3, 2020

  20 trampled to death during church stampede for 'anointed oil' in Tanzania

  At least 20 people were killed and as many as 16 others injured when a frenzy for “sacred oil” broke out at a Pentecostal outdoor worship service in Northern Tanzania over the weekend. The pastor of the service has been arrested, according to officials.