Anugrah Kumar

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  Aug 23, 2023

  Mob vandalizes Delhi church during Sunday mass and beats churchgoers, including women

  As the world focuses on Delhi due to the forthcoming G20 summit in the city, a church in the national capital was attacked and vandalized by a Hindu nationalist mob during Sunday service, leading to several Christians sustaining injuries, according to media reports.

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  Aug 21, 2023

  Earthquakes hit Southern California as Tropical Storm Hilary brings historic flooding

  A series of earthquakes rattled Southern California, coinciding with the landfall of Tropical Storm Hilary, which brought record rainfall and flooding to the region.

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  Aug 21, 2023

  Pakistani Christians attend worship services days after mobs burn churches

  Christians in eastern Pakistan gathered for worship services among the ruins of their vandalized churches on Sunday, days after a Muslim mob rampaged through their neighborhood, destroying more than 80 homes and 21 churches in Punjab province.

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  Aug 21, 2023

  Israel rejects prominent Evangelical Zionist group’s clergy visas, threatening future operations

  Israel's interior ministry has reportedly stopped issuing visas to prominent Evangelical Zionist organizations, including the influential International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, threatening the future operations of these groups in the country.

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  Aug 20, 2023

  1,000 school districts adopt policies to hide students' chosen gender identities from parents

  More than 1,000 school districts across the United States have adopted policies that permit or advise personnel to withhold information from parents about their child's desire to identify as trans or nonbinary, according to the advocacy group Parents Defending Education.

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  Aug 20, 2023

  Over 100 arrested after churches burned in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations

  Police in Pakistan have arrested more than 100 people for attacking at least 21 churches and vandalizing dozens of homes in Pakistan’s Punjab province over allegations that two Christian men had desecrated a copy of the Quran, the holy book of Islam.

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  Aug 19, 2023

  Kenya bans churches linked to starvation cult deaths of followers who wanted to 'meet Jesus'

  Kenya has banned five churches, including one led by a suspected cult leader accused of encouraging more than 400 followers to starve themselves to death, according to a government document released Friday.

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  Aug 18, 2023

  Nicaraguan court orders seizure of top Jesuit-run university and its assets

  A Nicaraguan judge ordered the confiscation of all assets belonging to the Central American University, a highly regarded Jesuit-run institution. The seizure occurs amid escalating government action against Catholic clergy and church-related organizations.

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  Aug 17, 2023

  Brazilian mom fined, threatened with loss of son's custody for homeschooling

  A Christian mother in Santa Catarina, Brazil, is facing legal fines and has been threatened with loss of her son’s custody because she withdrew him from public school in favor of homeschooling. 

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  Aug 17, 2023

  At least 8 churches set on fire by mob in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations

  A frenzied mob on Wednesday descended upon a Christian colony in Pakistan’s Punjab province, attacking and ransacking as many as eight churches, setting them on fire and vandalizing adjoining buildings.