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(Pew Research Center) Polygamy is rare throughout most of the world. In the U.S., having spouselike relationships with more than one person under the same roof was criminalized in 1882. Today, people in the U.S. are rarely prosecuted for living with multiple romantic partners, but every state has laws against getting married while already being married to someone else. In … [Read more...] about Polygamy Is Rare Around the World and Mostly Confined to a Few Regions

(Morning Star News) A Catholic family’s five-month search for their 12-year-old daughter who was kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and married to a 45-year-old Muslim in Faisalabad, Pakistan, ended on Saturday (Dec. 5) when police found her chained in her abductor’s house, sources said. The discovery came on the heels of the killing of a young woman in Rawalpindi, … [Read more...] about Police in Pakistan Find Christian Girl Chained in Kidnapper’s Home

(CBN News) Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) on Thursday warned that Iran could be planning to attack Israelis and Jewish centers abroad following the assassination of its top nuclear scientist. The travel advisory said Iran may carry out attacks in Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Kurdish areas in Iraq, as well as countries throughout the Middle … [Read more...] about Israel Warns Iran May be Planning Attacks Against Israelis, Jews Abroad

(Morning Star News) Several families are in hiding after tribal animists in Chhattisgarh state, India threatened to kill them for reporting a mob attack to police last week that sent 21 Christians to hospitals, sources said. Armed with bamboo sticks, iron rods, bows and arrows and iron sickles, the large mob at 1 a.m. on Nov. 25 attacked a home and adjoining church hall in … [Read more...] about Christians in Hiding after Brutal Mob Attack in Central India

(Open Doors) The violent darkness of persecution surfaced in an Indonesian community in the Central Sulawesi province on Friday morning, November 27, when Islamic extremists viciously attacked a remote Christian village, leaving a trail of destruction and grief. The details are difficult to report and read. In one day, four men—all leaders of families and the small … [Read more...] about Christians in Indonesia Beheaded and Burned Alive in Attack