Samuel Smith

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  Nov 2, 2017

  Christian Leaders Arrested for Peaceful Capitol Hill Protest in Support of Dream Act

  Several religious leaders and activists were arrested for engaging in an unlawful demonstration inside a United States Senate office building on Wednesday afternoon. They demanded a "clean" passage of a legislation that would protect hundreds of thousands of undocumented "dreamers" from deportation.

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  Nov 1, 2017

  Cuba Blocks Religious Charities From Providing Aid to Hurricane Irma Victims, Pastor Says

  A Cuban pastor who was arrested last year when former U.S. President Barack Obama visited the nation is warning that the communist government has taken action against missionaries for trying to provide humanitarian support to those who have been victimized by Hurricane Irma.

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  Oct 31, 2017

  Georgia School District Bans Coach From Praying With Team After Atheists Complain

  A school district in Georgia has told a high school football coach and school district employees that they cannot participate in student-led prayer after the nation's largest secularist legal organization filed a complaint about coach-led prayer.

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  Oct 30, 2017

  2 Indian Christian Women Arrested, Slammed With False Charges of Forced Conversions

  Two more Christian women have been arrested in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on false charges of forced conversion of children and could face up to seven years in prison.

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  Oct 30, 2017

  Pakistani Christian Beaten By Muslims in UK After Displaying Cross, Poppies on Car

  A Pakistani Christian man who fled his homeland after being shot by a Muslim over a decade ago was hospitalized in the United Kingdom earlier this month after being beaten by a group of Muslim men because he was Christian.

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  Oct 27, 2017

  Hundreds of Iraqi Christian Families Forced to Flee Again After Resettling in Town Liberated From ISIS

  Hundreds of Iraqi Christian families who recently returned to their hometown after being displaced for years by the Islamic State were forced to flee again from a town in northern Iraq because of conflict between Iraqi government forces and the Kurdish peshmerga.

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  Oct 26, 2017

  'Smoking Gun' Email Shows Obama DOJ Blocked Conservative Groups From Settlement Funds

  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., says he has obtained an internal email that serves as a "smoking gun" proving that the Obama Justice Department under former Attorney General Eric Holder used legal settlements with banks as a "slush fund" that excluded conservative groups and only benefited liberal groups.

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  Oct 26, 2017

  Jerry Falwell Jr. to Evangelicals: Don't Vote Based Upon Faith, Back Steve Bannon's Effort Instead

  Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. is calling on evangelicals to join Breitbart Chairman Steve Bannon's war against "fake Republicans" in Congress, and not support candidates because they are also evangelicals.

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  Oct 25, 2017

  Mike Pence Announces Major Policy Change That Iraqi Christians Have Been Begging For

  Vice President Mike Pence promised a room filled with Christian leaders from the Middle East Wednesday night that their days of receiving little to no help from the U.S. government to rebuild their ancient communities "are over."

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  Oct 25, 2017

  Robert Jeffress Denies 'Anti-Catholic' Bias After Question Posed During White House Briefing

  Dallas megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress is denying accusations that he is "anti-Catholic" and assured that there will be millions of Catholics in Heaven after a question was posed during a White House press briefing Tuesday about President Donald Trump's recent tweet calling Jeffress a "wonderful man."