Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Oct 2, 2018

  Turkey Airstrikes Target Iraqi Christian Villages; Activists Call for War Crimes Investigation

  The Turkish military launched airstrikes targeting Iraqi Christian villages in northern Iraq, a rights group warned.

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  Oct 1, 2018

  Trump Admin Transporting Hundreds of Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids to Texas Tent City

  The Trump administration has moved hundreds of undocumented immigrant children in the middle of the night from foster shelters to a tent city in Texas designed to house as many as 3,800 kids.

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  Sep 30, 2018

  African-American Men More Religious Than White Women Despite Gender Gap, Data Shows

  While data has shown that women tend to be more religious than men, a new analysis shows that black men tend to be more "highly religious" than white and Hispanic women.

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  Sep 29, 2018

  New Jersey's Transgender School Guidance Usurps Parents' Rights, Ex-Gay Activist Warns

  The state of New Jersey instructed schools Wednesday to use the preferred names and pronouns of transgender students without the need for parental consent.

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  Sep 29, 2018

  Evangelical Groups Spending Millions to Drive Social Conservative Turnout for 2018 Midterms

  Conservative evangelical grassroots organizations will spend millions of dollars in the coming weeks in an attempt to drive conservative Christian turnout for the 2018 midterm elections this November.

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  Sep 28, 2018

  China Trying to 'Rewrite the Bible,' Force Churches to Sing Communist Anthems

  The Chinese government is supervising a five-year plan to make Christianity more compatible with socialism in which there will be a "rewrite" of the Bible, a prominent religious freedom activist has told Congress.

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  Sep 28, 2018

  Norway Returns Son, Daughter to Mom After Psychiatrist Is Convicted of Child Porn Charges

  The Norwegian government has agreed to review several cases of children who were separated from their parents following the recommendations of a psychiatrist who was later convicted of child pornography crimes.

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  Sep 27, 2018

  Dallas Theological Seminary Settles Lawsuit After Graduate Sexually Abused Boys as Pastor

  Dallas Theological Seminary in Texas has settled another lawsuit accusing the evangelical institution of allowing a child molester to graduate and not informing police or his future employer of his past.

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  Sep 26, 2018

  Town Recites Lord's Prayer, Wears 'We Believe' T-Shirts After Prayer Banned at Football Games

  An Alabama school district has banned prayer over loudspeakers before the start of high school football games and Christian residents have responded with a t-shirt campaign and a mass recital of the Lord's Prayer.

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  Sep 26, 2018

  India: Police Arrest 10 Pastors, Families in Mass Raid on Churches

  At least 10 pastors were reportedly arrested with their families last Sunday as they worshipped in church services across the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a leading persecution watchdog has reported.