• CIA Director Warns ISIL Will Wage more Western Attacks, Global Terrorism 'Not Curbed'

  In an official address to U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee members Thursday, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan said Islamic State militants are attempting to deploy operatives for further attacks on the West, and will rely more on guerrilla-style tactics to compensate for their recent territorial losses.

  

• Orlando Shooter Claimed Religion Led to Police Academy Rejection

  The shooter that left 49 Americans dead and 53 wounded at an Orland, Fla., gay nightclub on June 12 graduated from community college with a criminal justice degree, worked as a security guard and apparently wanted to be a police officer. But when a police academy rejected Omar Mateen's application, he complained he was denied due to his Muslim faith.

  

• Proselytizers Stopped at Kentucky School District Per Freedom from Religion Complaints

  Fellowship of Christian Athletes representatives were asked this week to halt activities in the Jefferson County Public Schools system based in Louisville, Ky., after Freedom From Religion Foundation representatives, along with its 150 Kentucky chapter members, filed complaints.

  

• Grammy Gospel Singer Kirk Franklin Earns Second 'losing My Religion' Hit

  Ten-time Grammy award-winning artist, songwriter and producer Kirk Franklin garnered a second No. 1 hit with his latest single "123 Victory," which took the top spot on the Mediabase Gospel radio chart Monday. He celebrated by posting on a 123 Victory fan video on YouTube.

  

• Christian Girls Kidnapped in Egypt, Likely Forced To Marry and Convert to Islam

  A recent wave of kidnappings in upper Egypt of female teenagers has the local Christian community there "paralyzed," warns International Christian Concern representatives. ICC issued a news release, indicating at least seven disappearance cases now have happened, and that the missing girls were taken "likely to be forcefully married and converted to Islam."