Anugrah Kumar

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  Apr 4, 2021

  Christians in Indian village beaten, forced to reconvert to tribal religions

  Christian families in a village in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh fled after villagers belonging to a tribal religion ostracized and threatened to kill them if they did not convert back to their ancestral religion, but the 10 Christians who could not flee were beaten and forced to “reconvert,” according to a report.

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  Apr 4, 2021

  Church accuses London police of ‘brutally exceeding their powers’ after shutting down service

  Police in Britain shut down a Good Friday service at a Roman Catholic church in London, claiming violation of COVID-19 rules, and threatened to impose a fine of $280 on each person sitting on the pews, according to media reports.

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  Apr 4, 2021

  Rare coin from 2nd Temple period discovered in Jerusalem’s Tower of David

  Archeologists in Jerusalem’s Old City have discovered a box containing artifacts including a rare silver “Tyre Coin,” which, they believe, might have been used by pilgrims to pay the Temple tax during the reign of King Herod.

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  Apr 3, 2021

  Judge orders Lil Nas X’s Satan Shoes pulled from the market

  A federal judge has blocked the shipment of “Satan Shoes,” a collaboration between rapper Lil Nas X and New York-based company MSCHF that purportedly contain a drop of human blood in the sole, in response to a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Nike.

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  Apr 3, 2021

  Remains of kidnapped evangelical missionary recovered in Mali

  The body of Beatrice Stockli, an evangelical missionary from Switzerland who was held captive by Islamist extremists in Mali since January 2016, has been found and identified, Mali’s foreign ministry has said.

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  Apr 3, 2021

  Indonesia steps up security at churches for Easter after suicide bombing attack

  The Christian minority in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, will attend Easter service under heavy security following last week’s suicide bombing outside a church carried out by a married couple affiliated with a homegrown terror network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State.

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  Mar 30, 2021

  Baltimore will no longer prosecute prostitution, drug possession and other low-level offenses

  After a one-year experiment aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 in prisons, Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn ...

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  Mar 29, 2021

  James Dobson ‘outraged’ by Biden’s first press conference: ‘Outright lies’

  James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, called President Joe Biden’s first formal press conference held last Friday after over two months in office “an hour of misrepresentations and outright lies."

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  Mar 29, 2021

  Myanmar military fires at funeral after killing 114 in the bloodiest day since coup

  Myanmar army on Sunday opened fire at people gathered for the funeral of one of the at least 114 people who were killed by its troops the previous day for protesting against last month’s military coup. 

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  Mar 29, 2021

  Chinese authorities seize church property days after raiding house church

  Communist authorities in China removed all the belongings of a house church in China’s Chongqing municipality without showing any legal documents, days after raiding the building during a worship service, according to reports.