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Police have been called to the Stamford Hill area to try to stop a small number of people within the Charedi Jewish community continuing to meet to pray.
Whether in the Iranian shrine city of Qom or the Bible Belt of the United States, the zealots are even claiming they hold the cure to the pandemic, writes
Borzou Daragahi.
Australia's prime minister has offered a prayer for the national cabinet to stay "strong and united" and committed the nation to God during times of "great
need and suffering" as it responds to Covid-19.
Israel's cabinet has approved a set of new measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, including a ban on prayer quorums and
limits on funerals and Jewish circumcision ceremonies.
Israeli police wearing masks raided synagogues in Jerusalem and other ultra-Orthodox areas yesterday which have flouted social distancing rules and become
coronavirus hotspots.
An appeals court in the US is allowing an executive order that blocks elective abortions in Texas during the coronavirus pandemic to remain in effect for
now.
India and Pakistan sealed off centres belonging to a Muslim missionary group on Tuesday and began investigating how many coronavirus cases were linked to its
activities.
Most NSS supporters will now be confined to their homes over the coming weeks. But there's still plenty you can do to learn about secularism and promote our
campaign for secular democracy.
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