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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) Swiss voters narrowly approved on Sunday a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters. The measure will outlaw covering one's face in public places like restaurants, sports stadiums, public transport or simply walking in … [Read more...] about Swiss Narrowly Back Proposal To Ban Face Coverings In Public

(Baptist News) Less than two months after being designated a Country of Particular Concern by the U.S. State Department over its religious record, Nigeria has again became the focus of another U.S. agency — the Commission on International Religious Freedom. A virtual event held on Feb. 16 with the theme “Engaging State and Local Government in Nigeria to Protect Religious … [Read more...] about U.S. Agency Calls For More Religious Freedom In Nigeria

(Christianity Today) Tanzania’s leader is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had been defeated by prayer. Populist President John Magufuli on February 21 urged citizens of the East African country to take precautions and even wear face masks—but only locally made ones. Over the course of the pandemic he … [Read more...] about Tanzania’s President Focused on Prayer as Coronavirus Cases Climbed

(Morning Star News) Armed Hindu extremists in Madhya Pradesh, India disrupted worship services at two churches on Feb. 7, beat congregation members and pressured police to arrest more than 20 Christians on suspicion of forcible conversion, sources said. Under a new anti-conversion ordinance that came into effect in the state on Jan. 9, Udaigarh police in Alirajpur District … [Read more...] about Police in India Allow Attack on Churches, Then Arrest Christians