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Terrified Christians in Afghanistan brace for attacks: ‘We are coming for you’

On: August 22, 2021

Washington: Afghanistan’s terrified Christians are bracing for a new round of persecution in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of the country, Christian leaders and aid organizations warn. “We are telling people to stay in their houses because going out now is too dangerous,” one Afghani Christian leader told theContinue Reading

US army allows turbans, beards, hijabs in military

By: Matters India

On: January 5, 2017

In: International

Washington: The US Army has issued a new regulation under which servicemen who wear turbans, hijabs or beards can now be enrolled in the military, making the force more inclusive of minority religions and cultures. The new set of rules, issued by Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning, allows religiousContinue Reading