The crisis has seen Indians from all faiths and ethnicities coming together to save lives.
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May 25, 2021
People wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus line up to receive the vaccine for COVID-19 in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 25, 2021.
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Amid the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India, there’s a glimmer of hope. Strangers are responding to SOS calls on social media for oxygen, medicines, hospital beds, and even cremation spots. While some politicians are seeking to further divide the country on religious lines, many faith communities have opened up their places of worship and other institutions as “COVID care centers” and are providing critical food and oxygen supplies indiscriminately. A sense of fraternity that transcends plurality is emerging among the citizens, just as the framers of India’s Constitution had desired.
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A Killing Field of Christians: 8 More Killed, Church Burned to Ground in Nigeria - 1,470 Christians in 4 Months
05-25-2021
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Eight Christians were killed and a church was burned down on May 19 during an attack by gunmen in the Chikun area of Kaduna State of Nigeria.
International Christian Concern (ICC), a persecution watchdog, reports Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the report in a statement to the media.
Aruwan said bandits also burned down several homes during the attack, which consisted of unknown gunmen shooting sporadically at civilians.
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ECNS App Download Monks attend the debate activity, a part of the award ceremony of the degree of Geshe Lharampa held in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, capital of southwest China s Tibet Autonomous Region, April 5, 2021. Geshe Lharampa, which means intellectual in the Tibetan language, is the highest academic degree for the Gelugba School also known as the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)
Chinese religious circles slammed the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) for smearing China s freedom of religious belief in the commission s recent report.
The annual report, which viciously smeared China s religious policies, was met with general revulsion and indignation among Chinese religious circles and numerous religious believers, said a statement issued by the secretariat of the joint conference of China s nat
EU Appoints Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief
05/25/2021 Belgium (International Christian Concern) –After being vacated by Jan Figel in November of 2019, the position of Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief for the European Union was finally filled earlier this month by Christos Stylianides. Stylianides brings a wealth of experience to the role and has a robust understanding of humanitarian aid and other issues related to religious freedom. He previously served as an EU Commissioner in the areas of humanitarian aid and crisis management.
While the appointment was announced with calls for the continued advancement of religious freedom, critics voiced concern over the delayed appointment.
2021-05-24 10:35:49 GMT2021-05-24 18:35:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) A signed Chinese article urged certain U.S. politicians to face up to the United States own problems, do more self-examination and rectification instead of using religious and human rights issues to interfere in other countries internal affairs.
The article, released on Monday, hit back on a recent report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF).
The so-called commission, with its crooked and ill-intentioned nonsense about other countries governance of religious affairs, is nothing but a handy tool crafted by a certain gang of U.S. politicians to interfere in other countries internal affairs and satisfy their obsession for hegemony, it said.