Anugrah Kumar

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  Dec 12, 2022

  China demands tech companies censor social media 'likes,' posts amid nationwide protests

  Authorities in China are tightening regulation of social media "likes" and comments this week to stamp out protests against the communist party's strict COVID-19 lockdown restrictions months after enacting more stringent regulations on who can post religious content online.

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  Dec 11, 2022

  Hillsong exec. tells court abuse by Frank Houston wasn’t reported because it's not a ‘current matter’

  The general manager of Sydney-based Hillsong Church has told a court that sex abuse committed by Frank Houston, the father of the leader of the global multisite church, was not reported to authorities because it wasn’t a “current matter.”

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  Dec 11, 2022

  Baltimore pastor blames breakdown of family, deteriorating education for city's demise

  What’s behind the declining population, increasing crime and persistent poverty in Baltimore, Maryland? A pastor in the city says it’s due to the breakdown of the family and deteriorating education, both of which he's trying to remedy through his ministry.

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  Dec 11, 2022

  2 in 5 Americans believe humanity is ‘living in the End Times’

  Nearly two in five Americans, including half of self-identified Christians and a quarter of the religiously unaffiliated, agree “we are living in the End Times,” a new study has found.

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  Dec 10, 2022

  Sen. Kyrsten Sinema registers as independent, says Democratic Party pulling to the 'extreme'

  Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent, citing a “disconnect” between what Americans want and what political parties offer as both parties have been “pulled further and further toward the extremes.”

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  Dec 8, 2022

  Myanmar's junta set to prosecute Baptist pastor over speeches, preaching in Bible classes

  Myanmar’s police and junta troops have detained a well-known Baptist bishop, Hkalam Samson, at an international airport as he was about to fly abroad for medical treatment and are preparing to prosecute him for an undisclosed offense related to his speeches and Bible classes.

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  Dec 5, 2022

  Rowan Williams: Moral debates over abortion, gay marriage are being ‘weaponized in culture wars’

  Moral debates on issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion “have become weaponized in the current culture wars,” wherein any opposing view is seen as “monstrous and oppressive,” former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, warns in a yet-to-be-aired radio talk show.

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  Dec 5, 2022

  'Prayer patrol': Activist takes legal action against town ordinance restricting free speech

  A pro-life activist has launched legal action trying to stop an English town's ordinance that authorizes police and community officers to prohibit prayer outside an abortion clinic.

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  Dec 5, 2022

  Matt Chandler receives standing ovation upon return to the pulpit

  The Village Church congregation gave a standing ovation to their pastor, Matt Chandler, who returned to the pulpit Sunday, more than three months after taking a leave of absence from his role as teaching pastor due to inappropriate social media messages with a woman who is not his wife.

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  Dec 5, 2022

  Bipartisan watchdog criticizes Biden State Dept.'s omissions in religious freedom designations

  A congressionally mandated religious freedom watchdog panel is "disappointed" in the U.S. State Department's decision Friday to leave Nigeria and India off its annual list of countries where religious freedom violations are most concerning, despite pleas from advocacy groups.