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Activists and film producers criticized the Kenya Film Classification Board’s decision to ban a documentary that tells the story of a Kenyan struggling with his sexuality. They said banning the 52-minute film, I Am Samuel, amounted to “discrimination and persecution” of LGBTQ + people. The film – which was shot over five years and took …

Martin Luther King III on Tuesday challenged Brigham Young University students to stand up and become citizens of the beloved community his father envisioned. They responded with a rousing standing ovation. “Your leadership is urgently needed to guide our world to a greater destiny,” King said, his voice strengthening near the end of a moving …

Pope Francis sent a letter to the bishops of Mexico on the occasion of the celebration, on September 27, of the 200th anniversary of the definitive independence of the Latin American nation from Spain. By Vatican News reporter “The anniversary you are celebrating invites you to look not only to the past to strengthen the …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge on Monday ordered all employees entering California jails to be vaccinated or given a religious or medical exemption, as he attempts to avert another coronavirus outbreak like the one that killed 28 inmates and a correctional officer at San Quentin State Prison last year. Inmates who wish to …

Pretoria – The march by women on Saturday at the Union Buildings against the lockdown restriction on the number of people attending churches was just the start of efforts to pressure the government to allow churches to operate at 50% of their capacity. capacity. This is according to Pastor Thobile Magerman on behalf of walkers …

Israel’s Independence Day and Jerusalem Day are two of the most recent celebrations added to the Hebrew calendar. Holocaust Remembrance Day is another recent addition mandated by the Knesset. But these days are not universally recognized by all Jews. You have to go back a thousand years to find a holiday added to the calendar …

JTA – At a political rally in Berlin in June, a young gay Jewish man wearing a turquoise kippah launched his campaign to represent one of Germany’s most ethnically diverse constituencies in parliament. The man, Marcel Yaron Goldhammer, 34, vowed to stoke the “embers of unity, justice and freedom” during his announcement speech to around …

In the run-up to the 2017 legislative elections in Punjab, an opinion poll on the suitability of PAA leader Arvind Kejriwal as chief minister made an interesting discovery. The majority of respondents rejected the idea for one reason only: he was not a Punjabi. His religion, they clarified, was irrelevant. Five years later, as the …

When discussing heretics, the early Christians used the Greek term “hypostasis” – meaning “substance” and “sustenance” – to help define their belief in the Incarnation of Jesus as one person, but with divine natures and human. This “hypostatic union” is not the sort of topic a comedian typically brings up on a TV talk show …

The delegation will submit a memorandum demanding a caste census and a separate column for the Sarna tribal religion in the 2021 census. POSTED SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 5:15 PM IST Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will lead a delegation that will meet with Union Home Secretary Amit Shah on Sunday to submit a memorandum demanding …