Samuel Smith

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  Oct 3, 2019

  Trump admin sued over new refugee executive order; advocates want clarity

  The International Refugee Assistance Project filed a lawsuit seeking answers on how President Donald Trump’s executive order giving states and localities the ability to block refugee resettlement was created as questions remain about how it’ll be implemented. 

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  Oct 2, 2019

  Court gives Norway's CPS 'permanent' custody of 3 American children taken away from parents

  A child welfare court in Norway has awarded custody of three American children who were removed from their parents’ home this year to the state child services agency even though the criminal case against the parents was dropped, the mother told The Christian Post. 

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  Oct 2, 2019

  Betsy DeVos backs Prison Fellowship push to increase inmates' access to college education

  U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos on Monday endorsed a legislative effort backed by evangelical prison ministry Prison Fellowship to make incarcerated inmates eligible to receive federal grants for higher education. 

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  Oct 1, 2019

  3 'best’ and ‘worst' new TV shows for families this fall: Parents Television Council

  The Parents Television Council has released its annual guide to help parents determine which shows premiering this fall are appropriate for families and which shows their children should stay away from.  

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  Oct 1, 2019

  Imprisoned Iranian pastor's kids denied school certificates for refusing to study Islam

  Imprisoned Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has gone on a hunger strike to protest the regime's attempt to bar his children from completing their education because they refuse to study Islam and read the Quran. 

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  Sep 30, 2019

  Evangelicals more concerned about healthcare, economy than religious liberty, abortion: poll

  Americans with evangelical beliefs are more likely to care politically about healthcare and economic issues than they are about issues typically associated with evangelical political engagement such as religious liberty and abortion, a new survey has found.

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  Sep 28, 2019

  8 Christians arrested in Hindu mob's brutal crackdown on house churches: report

  A massive crackdown on house churches by radical Hindu groups has led to the jailing of at least eight Christians on charges of forced conversion in the Lakhimpur Khere district of Uttar Pradeshafter, according to the persecution advocacy group International Christian Concern.

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  Sep 27, 2019

  Judge spares Catholic adoption agency from violating beliefs on gay marriage amid ongoing litigation

  A federal judge in Michigan has ruled that faith-based adoption organizations that contract with the state can refuse to place children with same-sex couples until their lawsuit against the state is fully litigated. 

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  Sep 27, 2019

  Over 1,000 incidents of Christian persecution in India reported since 2014; 219 in 2019

  Over 1,400 incidents of persecution against Christians in India have been reported since the year Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party rose to power, according to an initiative of ADF India. 

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  Sep 26, 2019

  Pakistan high court frees man imprisoned 17 years on death row for blasphemy

  Pakistan’s highest court has acquitted a Muslim man who’s been imprisoned for 17 years and was sentenced to death after being accused of authoring blasphemous letters.