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  Oct 20, 2015

  Candace Cameron Bure, Raven-Symoné Spar Over Coach-Led Prayer

  Outspoken Christian Candace Cameron Bure sparrs with co-host Raven-Symoné over a football coach's right to pray with student athletes.

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  Oct 20, 2015

  Christian Churches Demolished in Indonesia to Appease Mob of Enraged Muslims

  Authorities in the Aceh province of Indonesia destroyed a number Christian churches on Monday to appease hardline Muslims in the region.

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  Oct 17, 2015

  Pakistani Christian Man Imprisoned for Praying to God, Healing the Sick

  Policing authorities in the town of Sargodha in the Punjab province of Pakistan have arrested and charged a Christian man known healing the sick with allegedly committing the crime of blasphemy.

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  Oct 16, 2015

  Atheist Richard Dawkins Claims 'Bible as Toxic as Quran,' but 'Christians Don't Believe the Bible Literally'

  British evolutionary biologist and best-selling author Richard Dawkins asserted in a recent interview that the Bible is just as "toxic" as Islam's holy book, the Quran, but reasoned that the difference between Muslims and Christians is that most Christians are taught not to believe the Bible literally.

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  Oct 16, 2015

  Carly Fiorina Slams Carson, Trump for Whining About Debate Time; 'They Sound a Lot Like Politicians'

  Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina chastised fellow Republican candidates Dr. Ben Carson and billionaire Donald Trump for threatening to boycott the upcoming CNBC Republican debate if they are not given an opportunity to provide opening and closing remarks and if the debate is not capped at two hours.

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  Oct 15, 2015

  ISIS Beheads, Crucifies Man Accused of Helping People Escape Caliphate

  The Islamic State terrorist group has allegedly beheaded and crucified a man who was helping innocent people escape from the brutality and heinousness of the group's controlled areas in Syria.

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  Oct 15, 2015

  Tim Tebow's Alma Mater to Keep Bible Inscription Despite Atheists' Complaints

  The University of Florida announced this week that it will not be removing an inscribed Bible verse from one of its new campus buildings, even though an out-of-town secularist organization, as well as student groups, have complained that the inscription is a breach of the separation of church and state.

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  Oct 15, 2015

  Russell Moore: Churches That Don't Speak Against Abortion Are Like 19th Century Congregations That Stayed Silent on Slavery

  Christian ethicist Russell Moore has said that congregations too afraid of being political to speak out against acts of immorality, like abortion, are similar to churches in the 1800s that remained silent on the issue of slavery.

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  Oct 14, 2015

  Religious Persecution Exists Even in the US, Kerry Admits During Rollout of International Religious Freedom Report

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and State Department Ambassador at-large for International Religious Liberty David Saperstein introduced on Wednesday the 2014 International Religious Freedom Report, which highlights the disturbing trends of religious martyr and persecution that occurred in every continent in the world.

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  Oct 14, 2015

  Nun Too Crazy? Obama Trying to Hand Pick Opponent in Birth Control Battle, Little Sisters of the Poor Attorneys Say

  The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty urged the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear the Little Sisters of the Poor's religious freedom case against the intrusive accommodation to the Obamacare contraception mandate, a case the Department of Health and Human Services doesn't want the court to take on.