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Sudan has criminalised female genital mutilation, making it punishable by three years in jail, a move campaigners said ushered in a "new era" for women's
rights in the African nation.
The long-awaited opening of Pope Pius XII's wartime records only lasted a week before the coronavirus shut the Vatican archives down again, but that was long
enough for documents to emerge that reflect badly on the pontiff accused of silence during the Holocaust, according to published reports.
The 1970s singer-songwriter formerly known as Cat Stevens, who converted to Islam and renounced his life as a musician, is to lead a series of spiritual
reflections for the BBC during Ramadan.
Tensions between police and members of New York City's Hasidic Jewish community flared again on Thursday as officers interrupted a crowded funeral procession
to crack down on social distancing violators.
Dozens of pastors across the Bible Belt have succumbed to coronavirus after churches and televangelists played down the pandemic and actively encouraged
churchgoers to flout self-distancing guidelines.
The Canadian city of Ottawa is exempting mosques from local noise bylaws during Ramadan to allow them to play a five-minute call to prayer at sundown, as the
pandemic prevents people from gathering and hearing it inside.
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