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ISIS Three Times Larger Than Previously Believed

ISIS is reportedly much larger than many world leaders had previously believed when decisions were being made to create an international coalition.

The CIA has released a new study showing that ISIS could have as many as 31,000 terrorist fighters, three times higher than previously thoughts by intelligence agencies.

“This new total reflects an increase in members because of stronger recruitment since June following battlefield successes and the declaration of a caliphate, greater battlefield activity, and additional intelligence,” CIA spokesman Ryan Trapani told the BBC.

The announcement comes on a day that 10 Arab countries formalized their pledges to help the U.S. stop the Islamic terrorist group. Ministers from Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates all pledged military support and humanitarian aid.

“The region recognizes the danger that has been unleashed and they are full-throatedly ready to deal with that and that is why they committed today to take the actions they have committed to,” Secretary of State Kerry said to reporters.

Maryland College Hit With Second Lawsuit Over Rejecting Christian Students

A Maryland community college is again facing a lawsuit for rejecting a student due to his Christian faith.

The American Center for Law and Justice has filed suit against Community College of Baltimore County on behalf of Dustin Buxton after they denied him permission to enter their radiation therapy program.

Buxton had cited his faith during his interview as an applicant.

“During that interview in 2013, Dustin was asked by the CCBC interview panel, ‘What do you base your morals on?’ Dustin replied, ‘My faith,’” ACLJ attorney Michelle Terry outlined in a report this week. “His faith was not mentioned again, yet, in a written review of his interview, the program director, Adrienne Dougherty, stated that Dustin had lost points because ‘[Dustin] also brought up religion a great deal during the interview. Yes, this is a field that involves death and dying; but religion cannot be brought up in the clinic by therapist or students.’”

The ACLJ had filed suit against the same school for denying Brandon Jenkins entry into the same program because of his Christian beliefs.

Pakistani Christian Arrested Accused Of Burning Koran

A Pakistani man who converted from Hinduism to Christianity has been arrested on charges that he burned a Koran and a chart of Koranic verses.

The family of the accused man says however that Islamic extremist groups have falsely accused the man and a co-worker because a large amount of Hindus are converting to Christianity in their region.

Javed Masih, the Christian convert and his co-worker Anana Lal who is Hindu worked as janitors at the Government Excellent High School in Satellite Town. The school’s headmaster, a Muslim, filed a report on August 29^th claiming that he found the charred Koranic verses.

The moment the men were arrested, a mob made up of the Islamic extremist group Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam and Tahafuz Khatan-e-Nabuvat went to the men’s homes and called on the mob to burn the houses and kill the man’s children.

Masih’s wife was able to escape with their three children and is now in protective custody.

“Almost all Hindus who have converted, including us, accepted Christ as our savior not under any pressure, but of our free will,” she told Morning Star News. “The Hindu community is often targeted by Muslim groups, and our girls are forcibly taken and converted to Islam, so the community has a natural hatred for Islam.”

Police has repeatedly offered the Hindu man deals to set him free if he claims the Christian burned the Koran.

ISIS Working With Boko Haram

While the world is focusing on the Islamic terrorist group ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the terror unit is quietly working to help another extremist group set up their own “caliphate” in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Security Network has found connections between Boko Haram and ISIS that indicates the major terror network is helping the Nigerian outfit with military tactics, supplies and “spiritual” guidance.

“Unless swift action is taken, Nigeria could be facing a rapid takeover of a large area of its territory reminiscent of ISIS’s lightning advances in Iraq,” the NSN said.

The Christian Association of Nigerian-Americans is calling on President Obama to look beyond ISIS to the terror groups that are receiving their assistance as he builds a world coalition against terrorism.

“As the US President Barack Obama is articulating a strategy to degrade and destroy ISIS, we urge him not to forget Boko Haram as well. Every moment we leave Boko Haram alone empowers the terrorists to become even more devious and devilish,” CANA Executive Director Pastor Laolu Akande said in a statement.

Boko Haram followed in the footsteps of ISIS in declaring an Islamic Caliphate in northern Nigeria. Some local leaders are now calling Boko Haram the “Islamic State Nigeria Branch”.

Nigerian Bible College Shuts Because of Terrorists

A Nigerian Bible College has been forced to close because of the Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram.

The leaders of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria announced the closure of Kulp Bible College and also many churches because of the terrorist attacks in the last few weeks that have left more than 300 Christians dead.

“Boko Haram violence has been getting worse every day, and our members are fleeing the area by the thousands,” EYN President Samuel Dali said. “Recent attacks in Borno and Adamawa states where are our churches are located have seen Boko Haram take over the Army base. As a result, about 350 Christians have been killed.”

The headquarters of the church is also under threat from the terrorist group.

“Every night at the EYN headquarters, our staff and their families go to bed with hearts bound in fear for their lives,” Dali said. “This has forced them to be prepared to flee at any time of the night in an event an attack occurs during the hours of darkness.”

The Bible College is in Kwarhi which is one of the towns claimed in the “caliphate” that Boko Haram says they have set up in northern Nigeria.

A witness who escaped a Boko Haram attack on a Christian village said they are progressing through the area using the same tactic.

“They went from house to house shooting and killing those they came in contact with,” Luka Sabo said. “I have seen bodies of some of those killed, but it is difficult to say how many have died.”

United Nations Says ISIS Has Killed Hundreds of Children

The United Nations is calling out the terrorist group ISIS for the killing of hundreds of children in their campaign of terror across Iraq and Syria.

The UN’s Envoy on Children testified Monday that many children were simply executed on the spot by the terrorists.

“Up to 700 children have been killed or maimed in Iraq since the beginning of the year, including in summary executions,” Leila Zerrougui told the UN Security Council. She added that in addition to the children who have been killed by the group, they are also forcing children as young as 13 to be soldiers.

“Other children are used as suicide bombers,” Zarrougui said.

Zarrougui was not the only UN official condemning the terrorist outfit on Monday. The new head of the UN’s Commission on Human Rights called out the group while speaking in Geneva.

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said that ISIS is creating a “house of blood” in the areas under their control.

The UN has committed to making sure there are no child soldiers anywhere in the world by the end of 2016.

California University System To Discriminate Against Christian Groups

The California State University system has openly announced they will be discriminating against Christian groups on their campuses.

The apparent attempt to drive Christians from their schools was exposed when InterVarsity Christian Fellowship lost their recognition at 23 schools in the state because they require their leadership to be Christians.

The California State University system issued an executive order in 2011 that reads “No campus shall recognize any fraternity, sorority, living group, honor society or other student organization that discriminates on the basis of race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, color, age, gender, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation or disability.” A spokesman for the CSU system said InterVarsity would not sign the agreement which meant a vehement anti-Christianist would have to be allowed in the group and run for leadership positions.

The organization showed no concern about infringing on the religious rights of the students.

InterVarsity spokesman Greg Jao said they will keep fighting on behalf of their student’s rights but that the hostile attack by the school system can be a benefit as well.

“Our campus access challenge is actually forcing us, or inviting us, to fully release the ministry into the hands of college students to say the best way students are going to hear the gospel is not by drawing them to a large group meeting—which we may or may not have access to—but in your dorm rooms, in your cafeterias, in your laboratories,” he said. “I think, most importantly, we’re mobilizing students to be missionaries. I’m convinced college students are there to be good students, absolutely, but also to be missionaries wherever they are.”

Boko Haram Prevents Burial Of Slaughtered Christians

The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram is refusing to allow Christians to bury the bodies of other slaughtered Christians, leaving them strewn all over roads and buildings.

Residents of the city of Bama say that the stench of the rotting bodies is overwhelming.

“So many bodies litter the streets, and people are not allowed to even go and bury the dead ones. So the situation is getting worse and worse,” Borno senator and lawmaker Ahmed Zanna told the BBC..

The Nigerian government had initially denied the terrorists had overtaken Bama but later admitted the 26,000 people had fled the town because of the terrorists. The Nigerian Security Network says that Boko Haram is making what they call “lightning territorial gains” over the last two months.

Andrew Noakes of the NSN says that the danger is growing from Boko Haram because they are “beginning to operate like a conventional army.”

Iranian Christian Pastor Facing Bizarre New Charge

An Iranian pastor who has been imprisoned for his faith is now facing the death penalty after he’s been charged with “spreading corruption on Earth.” The charge has never been issued in the past and is not on the legal books in Iran.

Pastor Behnam Irani, who had been sentenced to six years in prison for being a Christian in 2011 and for leading a 300 member evangelical congregation in a suburb of the capital Tehran.

The pastor has been held in solitary confinement according to Iranian officials. Somehow, he has been beaten by other prisoners according to jailers and is suffering from internal bleeding and other injuries. Advocacy group Christian Solidarity Worldwide has confirmed the injuries.

“The charges leveled against Pastor Irani and other Christians are tantamount to an indictment of Christianity itself and mark a renewed escalation in Iran’s campaign against Persian Christians under the Rouhani presidency,” CSW Head Mervyn Thomas said in a statement.

CSW reported that five other Christians were arrested last week because of their faith and have been held in secret locations.

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