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  Oct 3, 2020

  USCIRF report examines role religion plays in Fulani attacks on Christians

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released a new report examining the claims of religious persecution involving Fulani herding communities in Africa, amid increasing calls for the violence, in Nigeria specifically, to be called “genocide.”  

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  Oct 2, 2020

  Turkey sends ISIS commander, Syrian rebels to aid Azerbaijan in Armenia conflict: reports

  Reports say that hundreds of Syrian Islamic rebel fighters, including a high-ranking Islamic State commander, have been sent to help prop up Muslim-majority Azerbaijan in its recently re-sparked border conflict over a region populated predominantly by Armenian Christians. 

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  Oct 2, 2020

  Civil rights attorney: Trump has done more for blacks in 3 years than Obama did in 8

  Lifelong Democrat and civil rights attorney Leo Terrell said Thursday that he thinks President Donald Trump has done more in three years for the black community than the Obama-Biden administration accomplished in eight. 

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  Oct 1, 2020

  Arkansas pastor exorcized 1-year-old child, took meth with churchgoers: police

  An Arkansas evangelical church pastor was arrested last week and has admitted to doing meth with congregants and exorcizing a toddler, according to police. 

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  Sep 30, 2020

  College football coach ousted for posting 'All Lives Matter to Jesus' sign

  A former Illinois State University football coach said his sudden departure from the program last week came after some players were offended by a sign he posted on his office door that read: “All Lives Matter to Our Lord & Savior Jesus Christ."

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  Sep 30, 2020

  Judge bars school district from deceiving parents about student's gender transition

  A court in Wisconsin has ruled that the Madison Metropolitan School District cannot deceive parents about their child's chosen gender identity at school.

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  Sep 29, 2020

  Minn. school district can't ban trans students from entering opposite-sex locker rooms: appeals court

  A school district in Minnesota must allow trans-identified students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity, a Minnesota appeals court ruled Monday. 

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  Sep 29, 2020

  Police investigating ballot harvesting allegations following Project Veritas videos involving Ilhan Omar

  The Minneapolis Police Department said it's investigating “allegations of voter fraud” after a conservative activist group released videos that provide insight into an alleged illegal vote-buying scheme tied to Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. 

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  Sep 28, 2020

  Trump proposes plan to increase black communities' access to funding by $500B

  President Donald Trump unveiled his “Platinum Plan” for promoting growth and opportunity for black communities, a broad outline that, among other things, pledges to increase access to capital for African-American communities by $500 billion. 

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  Sep 28, 2020

  Adopted child to be removed after Iranian court rules Christian parents are 'not fit'

  An appeals court in Iran has ruled that an adopted daughter with health problems must be taken away from her parents because of convictions related to their participation in a house church in southwestern Iran, watchdog groups have reported.