CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Government demands $20,000 fine against church that held worship
• Faith Leaders: China’s Persecution of Uyghurs One of Most Egregious ‘Since Holocaust’

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• ‘Holy warrior’ selfies: Pakistan teen feted for killing U.S. blasphemy suspect
• Nigeria: Singer Sentenced to Death for ‘Blasphemy’

SANCTITY OF LIFE

• Survey: 89% of neonatal medics accept abortion AFTER birth
• Uyghur Doctor Accuses Chinese Hospitals of Forced Abortions in Xinjiang

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Report: Hamas launched war against Israel – on Turkey’s orders
• US Vows to Ensure Israel’s ‘Military Edge’
• Iran, Hamas and Islamic Jihad call for ‘uprising’ after UAE-Israel deal
• PA: Israel is ‘the main enemy’
• Former Hamas leader: Zionism is a foreigner in the region
• Nasrallah threatened to blow up Israel with same chemicals as Beirut blast
• Hamas fires rockets into sea in ‘message’ to Israel

TEMPLE MOUNT TROUBLES

• PA Mufti prohibits visits to Al-Aqsa
• Radical cleric: Al-Aqsa will return to Muslims
• Jordan reiterates to Israel, Al-Aqsa is a place for Muslim worship only
• Israeli archaeology destroys Palestinian myths

CONTENDING FOR THE FAITH

• Nigerian Christians executed in cold blood by Islamist extremists
• Over 1,200 Christians killed in Nigeria in first half of 2020 – human rights group
• Nigeria: Over Fifty Boko Haram Attacks on Christians in Six Months Go Unreported
• Christians told to renounce Jesus or be refused coronavirus aid – ‘Let your God take care of your family’
• Report: China Forcing Poor Citizens to Trade Faith for Welfare Checks
• Major power orders Christians: Renounce God or we’ll cut off food and housing

TEMPLE MOUNT TROUBLES

• Al-Aqsa director: The site will remain Islamic
• Al-Aqsa is not subject to Israeli law’
• Hamas: ‘Attacking al-Aqsa will ignite war’

NEWS FROM ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST

• Hamas: We will never recognize ‘the enemy’
• Balloons carrying rocket explosives land in southern Israel
• Netanyahu: Hezbollah should know IDF prepared for any scenario
• CENTCOM chief: A war with Israel would not end well for Hezbollah
• Iran brags that new ‘missile cities’ are nightmare for enemies
• Multiple attacks on Iran by unseen adversary send clear warning to regime
• Jordan could support Israeli-Palestinian binational state, its PM says
• Egypt, France, Germany, Jordan warn Israel on annexation
• Anti-Israel protesters in US declare ‘day of rage’ against Israel’s sovereignty plan

PRESIDENT PUTIN FOR LIFE

• Putin scores victory, will hold power until 2036

THE KINGS OF THE EAST

• Pompeo urges ‘entire world’ to stand up to China
• Kim: Our nuclear weapons guarantee our safety

THE RELIGION OF PEACE?

• Mawla the ‘Destroyer’, brutal new head of Islamic State group
• French Senate Report Describes ‘Alarming’ Spread of Islamism

SIGNS IN THE SUN MOON AND STARS

• Russia conducts space-based anti-satellite weapons test
• France steps up space spending to gird for ‘unfriendly’ moves