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Masab Hassan Yousef, the son of a prominent Hamas leader who became a Christian, is facing a deportation hearing on June 30 in San Diego because the U.S. Department of Homeland Security views him as "a threat to America's national security".

Yousef, 32, authored the globally circulated book "Son of Hamas" in which he recalls how he embraced Christianity and how he worked as a secret agent for the Israeli intelligence agency Shin Bet for over a decade to halt "terrorist attacks throughout Israel." Israeli officials have not commented on the case.

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A St. Petersburg Times investigation found that more than a dozen women said the culture in Scientology's Sea Org pushed them or women they knew to have abortions, in many cases, abortions they did not want.

Some said colleagues and supervisors pressured them to abort their pregnancies and remain productive workers without the distraction of raising children. Terminating a pregnancy and staying on the job affirmed one's commitment to the all-important work of saving the planet.

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Three members of the "Ithaca" cult were charged with the severe abuse of their children, according to an indictment submitted to the Peta Tikvah District court on Sunday.

Sect leader Shay Abramov took his own life while in custody in the Hadarim detention center, just four days after being arrested for the alleged abuse.

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