Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Jul 29, 2020

  Christian groups oppose new DHS policy denying new DACA applicants: 'Unconscionable'

  Some Christian advocacy organizations have condemned the Trump administration’s announcement that it will reject new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a plan to scrap the program last month. 

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  Jul 29, 2020

  Anti-Christian incidents in France rose 285% since 2008: Observatory

  There’s been about a 285% increase in the number of “anti-Christian incidents” reported in France over the last decade-plus, according to the head of the Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians in Europe.

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  Jul 24, 2020

  Iranian Christian convert loses appeal of prison sentences 18 months after arrest

  An Iranian Christian convert convicted of being a member of a “zionist” evangelical group has lost his appeal against two prison sentences he received earlier this year, according to a London-based Iranian human rights watchdog organization. 

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  Jul 23, 2020

  Churches sue Calif. Gov. Newsom over COVID-19 order banning in-home Bible studies

  A multicampus church has filed a complaint in federal court against California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 executive order that it believes effectively bans church members from holding Bible studies and other small group meetings in their homes. 

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  Jul 22, 2020

  Joe Biden wants Islam taught more in schools, decries 'rise in Islamophobia'

  Democrat presidential hopeful Joe Biden said Monday that he wants schools in the U.S. to teach more about Islam and claimed that there is an “unconscionable rise in Islamophobia” under the Trump administration.

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  Jul 22, 2020

  Tony Perkins refutes claim that Biden is 'more acceptable choice' for Christians in 2020

  Prominent evangelical activist and pastor Tony Perkins has pushed back against the claim that Joe Biden is a “more acceptable” presidential candidate for Christians in 2020 than President Donald Trump as the Biden campaign positions itself to appeal to evangelicals.  

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  Jul 22, 2020

  Suspected Fulani radicals open fire at wedding party in Nigeria, killing at least 21

  At least 30 people have reportedly been killed in separate attacks carried out by suspected Fulani militants in the Kaduna State of Nigeria in recent days, including over 20 who were killed in an attack on a wedding venue on Sunday. 

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  Jul 21, 2020

  Christian girl kidnapped in Pakistan now pregnant, confined to 1 room: lawyer

  A Pakistani Christian teenager who was kidnapped and forced into an Islamic marriage last year is now pregnant and confined to one room by her abuser, an attorney representing her family has said. 

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  Jul 21, 2020

  'Trump is using us': TV ads pressure Christians as GOP group spends millions in 2020

  Never Trump Republican groups are spending millions this year in a bid to sway conservative and faith-based voters in battleground states away from voting for Donald Trump in November, with one group running commercial advertisements telling Christians that Trump is “using” them. 

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  Jul 17, 2020

  Ex-SWBTS professors launch new archaeology program at Nashville liberal arts university

  Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors are launching a new archeology program at a liberal arts university in Tennessee and will take their research with them after their degree programs and positions were axed by seminary budget cuts.