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  Repression of women points to worsening religious freedom trends abroad

  Nury Turkel, Abraham Cooper | Thu 4 May 2023 6:29 BST

  Denying religious freedom and women's rights go hand-in-hand.

• Iran, 27 other countries critiqued by watchdog for religious freedom violations

  | Tue 2 May 2023 9:38 BST

  The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom decried Iran's use of violence against protesters in the wake of Mahsa Amini's death.

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  Christian banned from Turkey appeals to European Court of Human Rights

  Anugrah Kumar | Tue 2 May 2023 7:52 BST

  A British woman has joined a growing list of Christians banned from entering Turkey and is now challenging her de facto ban before the European Court of Human Rights, countering the country's unlawful practice of banning foreign Christians and missionaries by designating them as security threats.

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  Most adults globally say belief in God is not necessary to be moral - study

  Ryan Foley | Mon 1 May 2023 10:57 BST

  Majorities in the UK, US and other countries agreed that it was not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral or have good values.

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  A life well-lived: the legacy of Dr Keith Thomson

  Mercy Ships | Fri 28 Apr 2023 6:08 BST

  British anaesthetist Keith Thomson who dedicated himself to improving medical and surgical care in West Africa for more than 30 years through charity Mercy Ships, has passed away, aged 75.

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  Islamist extremists kill pastor, herdsmen slaughter 134 Christians in Nigeria

  Morning Star News | Thu 27 Apr 2023 6:25 BST

  Terrorists are going unchecked in Borno and Benue states.

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  As death toll mounts in Kenya church, local clergy wonder at scale of indoctrination

  Fredrick Nzwili | Wed 26 Apr 2023 8:18 BST

  Most of the exhumed bodies have been children's, but the extreme indoctrination of their parents has shocked clerics and religious analysts.

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  Christians fear for their future in Sudan as conflict grows

  Anthony Baxter | Mon 24 Apr 2023 6:02 BST

  Christians in Sudan are appealing for prayer amid fears that Islamist extremists may exploit the growing conflict and instability in the country.

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  Calls for Colombia to protect religious freedom

  Anita Laryea | Sat 22 Apr 2023 6:33 BST

  Religious leaders and human rights defenders fear that proposed changes to FoRB laws will leave religious groups in rural areas and conflict zones even more vulnerable

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  Kinshasa's big plastic problem - and how the Church is helping to turn things around

  Seren Boyd, Bin Twinning | Sat 22 Apr 2023 6:22 BST

  The waters of the Congo are choked with rubbish and plastic, but churches are playing a key role in collecting this waste and turning it into something useful.

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  Majority of world's Anglicans formally reject leadership of Archbishop of Canterbury

  Susie Leafe | Sat 22 Apr 2023 6:18 BST

  "This failure of church discipline has been compounded by the current Archbishop of Canterbury who has himself welcomed the provision of liturgical resources to bless these practices contrary to Scripture. This renders his leadership role in the Anglican Communion entirely indefensible."

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  Charles Stanley, Baptist pastor and televangelist, dies at 90

  Michael Gryboski | Wed 19 Apr 2023 12:57 BST

  Charles Frazier Stanley, the popular televangelist preacher, author and founder of In Touch Ministries who once served as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, died at age 90 on Tuesday morning.