Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

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  Apr 18, 2017

  Franklin Graham: About 7 Christian Families Remain in Iraq's Largest Christian Town

  Evangelist Franklin Graham spent his Easter weekend touring churches and towns left desecrated and destroyed by the Islamic State terrorist organization in Northern Iraq and claimed that only about seven families remain in what used to be the largest Christian town in Iraq.

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  Apr 18, 2017

  Wisconsin Police Station Removes 'Officer's Prayer' Amid Pressure From Atheist Group

  A police station in Wisconsin has removed a "Police Officer's Prayer" display after the nation's largest secular legal organization filed a complaint that argued that such a display makes non-Christians feel like "outsiders in their own community."

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Christians Homes Set on Fire in Muslim Mob Attacks on Believers in Egypt

  Three homes were burned and eight Christians were injured when a Muslim mob attacked a Christian community in the town of Kom el-Loufy in Upper Egypt while on their way home from a prayer gathering, a leading persecution watchdog has reported.

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Pakistani Christian Woman Forced to Marry Muslim Kidnapper Wins Freedom in Court

  A Pakistani Christian mother of three who was abducted, raped, and forced into an Islamic marriage over two years ago has finally won her freedom after a court granted her a divorce from the man whom she was forced to marry.

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  Apr 17, 2017

  Muslims in Jordan Guard Churches on Easter Sunday

  Young Muslims across Jordan stood guard to protect churches on Easter Sunday so that Christians could celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ in peace.

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  Apr 15, 2017

  Mariam Ibraheem Deplores Saeed Abedini's Public Tirade: 'This Is Not What the Bible Taught Us'

  Mariam Ibraheem, the Sudanese Christian mother who was sentenced to death in 2014, says she's "disappointed" by Pastor Saeed Abedini's public "attacks" against leading evangelist Franklin Graham, church leaders, his ex-wife and others.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Muslim Prof. Resigns After Controversy Surrounding Suspended Christian Student

  A Muslim professor at a Florida liberal arts college has resigned following a controversy involving a Christian student who claimed he was suspended for voicing disapproval with statements she made in class and a grade he received on a paper.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Missouri Gov. Ends Policy Banning Church-Owned Schools From Receiving Funds for Safety Upgrades

  Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has instructed the state government to allow funding associated with a secular playground aid program to be awarded to religious organizations, a move that relates to a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 19.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Evangelical College's Entire Faculty Senate Resigns After LGBT Activist Professor Denied Promotion

  Every member of Gordon College's faculty senate resigned from their senatorship last week in what is being labeled as a show of solidarity for a professor who claims that she was denied a promotion because of her criticisms about the school's policy on homosexuality.

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  Apr 14, 2017

  Miss. Students Give Out Bibles at School Before Good Friday

  Students at a public high school in Mississippi handed out Bibles to their classmates on Thursday after school officials had previously prevented the Christian student group from doing so last month.