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Nine Years for Pastor, Armed Church Security? Interfaith Award, Truth or Guns? Sikhs Help in Fires, Evangelicals Polled, Falun Gong “Cult” Chinese Sentence Christian Pastor to…
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Jan 6, 2020
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Human Rights First coalition Members of faith-based groups, the Senate, and other human rights groups sent a strong message urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to…
Islam
China asks Pompeo not to interfere in its internal matters. Mike Pompeo, the United States Secretary of State, tamped down on U.S. demand to end China’s…
Religion News
One member of “regular media” was invited then disinvited. On March 18, the U.S. State Department announced a conference call to the media with Mike Pompeo,…
Islam
Washington claims Hoda Muthana is not a U.S. citizen. President Donald Trump announced via social media on February 20 that the Government of the United States…
Religion News
EU trade strategy with Iran is an effort to end the U.S. sanctions against “Iran’s murderous revolutionary regime” United States Vice President Mike Pence came down…
Christianity
The Turkish lira has suffered due to US retaliatory action. President Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, during his visit to New York to attend the United Nations…
Judaism
At one point VP Pence warned Turkey against the further detention of Pastor Brunson. The last day of the three day long Ministerial for the Advancement…
Religion News
A total of 350 people from 80 countries participated Sam Brownback, the Ambassador-at-Large of the United States for International Religious Freedom inaugurated a government summit[/tweetit] organized…
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U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is included in the persecuted countries list. Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom informed reporters on May 29 that…
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The May 29 announcement puts the issue right at the heart of the U.S. human rights agenda. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be the…
Judaism
Gina Haspel has served the CIA for more than 33 years. Gina Haspel, President Donald J. Trump's nominee to the CIA directorship, has no dearth of…