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  Nov 12, 2020

  Robert Jeffress denies calling Biden 'president-elect,' refutes media reports

  Texas megachurch pastor and prominent Trump supporter Robert Jeffress has refuted reports suggesting that he declared former Vice President Joe Biden the president-elect.

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  Nov 12, 2020

  Gov't restrictions on religion worldwide set record high in annual Pew study

  Newly released data from an ongoing Pew Research Center study shows that government restrictions on religion around the world have risen to a record level amid increases in government restrictions on religion in Asia and Pacific countries, most notably. 

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  Nov 11, 2020

  Nearly half of Protestant pastors say churches negatively impacted during COVID economy

  Nearly half of Protestant pastors say that the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting their churches, but only a small fraction of them say the impact has been “very” negative, according to a new survey. 

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  Nov 11, 2020

  Over 50 beheaded by ISIS-aligned extremists in Mozambique raid

  Suspected Islamic State-aligned militants beheaded dozens of people and abducted others in weekend raids in the southern African country of Mozambique, according to state media. 

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  Nov 10, 2020

  COVID-19 outbreaks reported at school districts in multiple states as virus cases spike

  School districts in multiple states have reported COVID-19 outbreaks among students and staff and some districts and schools that have returned to in-person learning are being forced to temporarily return to online-only as cases of virus cases are spiking across the country.

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  Nov 9, 2020

  Ugandan pastor ambushed, killed by suspected Muslim radicals after radio broadcast

  A Christian pastor was reportedly killed in northern Uganda at the end of October after he compared Christianity and Islam during his radio broadcast. 

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  Nov 6, 2020

  India officials raid KP Yohannan's Believers Church over accusations of foreign funding

  Government agents in India have reportedly raided the offices of Believers Eastern Church and its leader, Bishop K.P. Yohannan, in the Kerala state over accusations that the church network accepted illegal foreign donations and evaded taxes.

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  Nov 6, 2020

  12 Christians, pastor killed in suspected Boko Haram attack; others kidnapped

  Islamic extremists believed to be affiliated with Boko Haram reportedly killed several Christians, including a pastor, and kidnapped several others in an attack carried out in Nigeria’s conflict-ridden northeast earlier this week. 

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  Nov 5, 2020

  Cuban church leaders under pressure to sign document claiming gov’t demolition of church was legal

  Christian leaders in a southern Cuban town have faced pressure from government agents to sign a statement declaring that the recent destruction of the Assemblies of God Church was legal.

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  Nov 5, 2020

  Supreme Court weighs religious freedom arguments in LGBT foster care case

  The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a religious freedom case on whether the city of Philadelphia acted unlawfully when it stopped placing foster children with a Catholic foster agency because it does not certify same-sex foster parents.