Ravi Zacharias, Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation, Jehovah's Witnesses, Faith Healing, Covid-19
CNN: Ravi Zacharias, Christian evangelist, dies at 74
NY Times: In a Victory for Women in Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation Is Outlawed
Advocates for Jehovah's Witness Reform on Blood: Treating Jehovah's Witness COVID-19 Patients with Convalescent Blood Products
Patheos: Pastor Who Claimed to Cure COVID By Laying On of Hands Dies of COVID
CNN: Ravi Zacharias, Christian evangelist, dies at 74
"Ravi Zacharias, who spent his life defending Christianity through books and lectures, has died. He was 74.
Zacharias had been battling sarcoma and died at his home in Atlanta on Tuesday, Zacharias International Ministries said.
He was a leading figure among Christian Apologists -- a branch of Christian theology that defends Christian doctrines against objections.
Zacharias founded Zacharias International Ministries in 1984, and "launched a global team of nearly 100 Christian scholars and authors who continue to speak, resource, train and address the questions of millions around the world," a news release said."
NY Times: In a Victory for Women in Sudan, Female Genital Mutilation Is Outlawed
"Sudan's new government has outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation, a move hailed as a major victory by women's rights campaigners in a country where the often dangerous practice is widespread.The United Nations estimates that nearly nine in 10 Sudanese women have been subjected to the most invasive form of the practice, which involves the partial or total removal of external female genitalia and leads to health and sexual problems that can be fatal.Now, anyone in Sudan who performs female genital mutilation faces a possible three-year prison term and a fine under an amendment to Sudan's criminal code approved last week by the country's transitional government, which came to power only last year following the ouster of longtime dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir."This is a massive step for Sudan and its new government," said Nimco Ali of the Five Foundation, an organization that campaigns for an end to genital mutilation globally. "Africa cannot prosper unless it takes care of girls and women. They are showing this government has teeth."Genital mutilation is practiced in at least 27 African countries, as well as parts of Asia and the Middle East. Other than Sudan and Egypt, it is most prevalent in Ethiopia, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Djibouti and Senegal, according to the United Nations Population Fund."
"As scientists and clinicians search for therapeutics and a cure for COVID-19, there is one tried treatment that is consistently being cited for its potential: convalescent plasma. (https://covidplasma.org/)Plasma is a product rendered from blood. In medical settings, this is often called fresh frozen plasma (FFP). Individuals who have survived COVID-19 and whose blood has sufficient levels of antibodies for COVID-19 can donate blood. Medical providers can then render plasma from this donated blood to share these antibodies with current COVID-19 sufferers, helping them fight the disease. This plasma can be frozen and when needed, thawed for treating COVID-19 patients.Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) may be acceptable to some Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) who are willing to accept a blood product currently prohibited by their religion's leadership, in particular younger members. But it is likely that a majority of members would not accept FFP. However, all plasma "fractions" are permitted as shown in the following diagram from Watchtower (WT). This leaves physicians a potential alternative for JW patients."
Patheos: Pastor Who Claimed to Cure COVID By Laying On of Hands Dies of COVID
"A popular Cameroon "prophet" who claimed he could cure COVID-19 has died of the disease, Voice of America reports. Frankline Ndifor, a presidential candidate in the country's most recent elections, delayed getting medical treatment after developing symptoms consistent with coronavirus infection.
Doctor Gaelle Nnanga said … that Ndifor died less than a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He says that some members of Ndifor's Kingship International Ministries Church called him to come to the pastor's aid when they found out Ndifor was in agony, and that when the medical team he leads arrived, Ndifor was having severe respiratory difficulties."
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