Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jul 12, 2019

  ISIS bombing outside Syrian church wounds 11; 13 others killed by car bombing in Afrin

  At least 11 people were injured in a car bombing outside of a Syriac Christian church in a Kurdish-majority city in northeast Syria on Thursday while at least 13 others were killed in another car bombing in Afrin.

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  Jul 12, 2019

  Only 38% of Brits identify as Christian; lowest proportion in poll's history

  The proportion of Brits who identify as Christian has hit its lowest point in over three decades of polling, as more than half of respondents said they no longer affiliate with a religion, a new study suggests. 

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  Jul 11, 2019

  Top European court to hear Christian family’s case after Norway removed kids from home

  Europe’s top human rights court has agreed to hear the case of a Christian family that fled Norway after their five children were seized for months by the Scandinavian country’s controversial child protective services agency. 

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  Jul 10, 2019

  'Shackled' and 'beaten': An inside look at China’s ‘concentration camps’ for Muslims

  The Chinese government recently allowed journalists to tour high-security facilities housing countless Muslim religious minorities in an attempt to paint institutions that the U.S. government labels “concentration camps” as “training” schools helping terrorists get on the right path. 

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  Jul 10, 2019

  Answers in Genesis to operate Christian school, will teach 'biblical worldview'

  Answers in Genesis, a Young Earth creationism apologetics organization that owns and operates the Ark Encounter tourist attraction and Creation Museum, is taking over control of a local K-9 Christian school in northern Kentucky.

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  Jul 10, 2019

  How Chick-fil-A’s Christian purpose statement helped revitalize chain on ‘brink of going under'

  While Chick-fil-A has blossomed over the last several decades to become America’s third-largest restaurant chain, there was a time during the financial recession in the 1980s when it looked as though the Christian-run business was on the “brink” of closing as mall development stopped. 

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  Jul 9, 2019

  State Dept. launches new Commission on Unalienable Rights; liberals voice opposition

  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced this week the formation of a controversial State Department Commission on Unalienable Rights, which will help him define human rights as the definition has “drifted” through the years to accommodate abortion and LGBT rights.  

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  Jul 8, 2019

  2 Christian students suspended for alleged homophobic comments; parents outraged

  Two 10-year-old Christian students were suspended for five days last month after they were accused of using “homophobic” language when objecting to an LGBT Pride Month primary school assignment. 

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  Jul 8, 2019

  Christian student expelled over views on homosexuality in UK wins court appeal

  A Christian student who was expelled from his master’s degree studies in social work by the University of Sheffield over a Facebook post about his religious beliefs on homosexuality got a legal victory at the Court of Appeal in England. 

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  Jul 7, 2019

  Ethiopian authorities order evangelical church to shut down, Christians forced to leave

  An evangelical church in central Ethiopia has been ordered to vacate its building, 10 years after it started meeting there, and churches elsewhere in the region say pressure is increasing on them too.