Anugrah Kumar

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  Jan 27, 2020

  3 church properties attacked again in Sudan, burned down by radical jihadists

  Suspected jihadists burned down makeshift buildings of three churches that were razed weeks earlier in the southeastern Blue Nile state of Sudan, a Christian persecution watchdog reported.

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  Jan 26, 2020

  Malaysia: Task force needs more time to release report on pastor’s abduction by police

  A special task force in Malaysia that was set up to act upon findings that Pastor Raymond Koh, who had been accused of proselytizing to Muslims, was abducted by police has asked for more time to prepare its report.

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  Jan 26, 2020

  British scientists accidentally discover cancer breakthrough

  British scientists say they have accidentally discovered a new type of immune cell which may help in developing a therapy to treat all cancers.

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  Jan 26, 2020

  Coronavirus: Millions on lockdown in China as virus spreads worldwide

  Authorities in China have imposed severe travel restrictions on 18 cities in and around Hubei province, including the city of Wuhan where the new coronavirus originated and killed at least 15 people on Friday alone.

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  Jan 25, 2020

  Aaron Rogers' family hurt by his anti-Christian comments on God, Bible

  The estranged family of NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers is upset about comments he recently made against church and the Christian faith while speaking to his girlfriend and former professional race car driver Danika Patrick on her podcast, “Pretty Intense,” according to reports.

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  Jan 25, 2020

  Denver school board votes to require gender neutral bathrooms in all public schools

  A new school board for Denver Public Schools unanimously passed a resolution in its first meeting requiring all district schools to have at least one all-gender bathroom. The board has also made it mandatory for staff to use students’ preferred names and pronouns irrespective of their official names or gender.

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  Jan 25, 2020

  Iran sentences Christian convert to prison on charge of ‘insulting Islamic beliefs’

  A court in Iran has sentenced a 65-year-old convert to Christianity to three years in prison for “insulting Islamic sacred beliefs” even as he is yet to be tried in the court for two other charges, a religious freedom watchdog group has reported.

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  Aug 6, 2018

  Facebook Blocks Republican Congressional Candidate Ad

  Facebook has restricted Republican congressional candidate Elizabeth Heng's campaign from placing a video ad, deeming it too "shocking, disrespectful or sensational" because it features her American immigrant parents, who survived brutalities by the Khmer Rouge communists during the Cambodian Civil War.

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  Aug 6, 2018

  Trump Admin. Seizing Bibles, Violating Religious Freedom of Detained Immigrants, ACLU Says

  Immigration and prison officials have seized Bibles and other holy books from immigrants detained at a federal prison in California, where they are being subjected to dangerous and inhumane conditions with no freedom to practice their respective faiths, the American Civil Liberties Union says in a lawsuit.

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  Aug 5, 2018

  Church Votes to Leave Scottish Episcopal Church Over Same-Sex Marriage Support

  An evangelical parish with a large congregation in Edinburgh has voted to quit the Scottish Episcopal Church over its decision to be the United Kingdom's first Anglican body to endorse same-sex marriage.