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Violence Against American Muslims Highest In Over 15 Years

17 Nov 2017
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C Barnett

New Research Points To Historic Highs In Islamophobia The condition of minorities in the United States is getting worse. As per data extracted by Pew Research, many more Muslims were subjected to attack...

UN Condemns Iran’s Human Rights Violations for the 30th Time

16 Nov 2017
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Alison Lesley

The Baha'i faith is persecuted in Iran The Third Committee of General Assembly of the . The vote was passed by 83 for and 30 against. There were 68 abstentions. The resolution was five pages long....

Israel Protests After Polish Nationalist Rally Calls for Jews to Move Out of Poland

14 Nov 2017
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Elisa Meyer

Right-wing groups dominate Polish Independence Day March The predominantly Jewish nation termed the event a dangerous march of racist...

Imprisoned Chinese Christian Lawyer is Recaptured in Daring Escape

13 Nov 2017
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C Barnett

Gao Zhisheng Has Become Symbol Of Chinese Religious Persecution Chinese Christian and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng is believed to be in police custody in Beijing after he escaped his Shaanxi home...

Can Religion Help End Nuclear Weapons?

13 Nov 2017
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Nathan Glover

Vatican Conference Gathered Leaders to Discuss How to End Weapons of Mass Destruction This past weekend the Vatican hosted the “Prospects for a World Free from Nuclear Weapons and for Integral Disarmament.”...

Why We Need To Teach Religion in Schools

12 Nov 2017
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C Barnett

To Battle Ignorance We Need More Knowledge Can you explain the difference between a shia and a sunni? Can you explain the reason why there are multiple denominations of Christianity? Why are there multiple...

Russian Facebook Ads Targeted Christian Voters

11 Nov 2017
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Gary Nguyen

Attorneys for Facebook, Twitter and Google were present for a Federal hearing this week on the matter. after a series of discoveries made by American tech companies. There is widespread belief now that...

Meet God’s Private Police Force In America

10 Nov 2017
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Kelly Frazier

God's Army Carries Guns and Enforces God's Will “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have...

Should Disaster Aid Go To Religious Organizations?

08 Nov 2017
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Derek Welch

FEMA thinking of changing their policy Three churches in the Houston area have recently filed lawsuits against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The churches are suing FEMA for denying...

Trump Ally Pastor Jeffress Wants More Guns In Church

08 Nov 2017
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Derek Welch

Jeffress Claims Shooters Would Quickly be Shot Dead in his Church Pastor Robert Jeffress of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas has recently said an armed attacker in his church would quickly be stopped...