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Concerns over ban on prayers for healing in India

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(Photo: Pixabay) Christians have criticised a controversial bill in Assam that bans prayers for healing.  The Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024, threatens people who conduct so-called “magical healing” with harsh fines and even imprisonment, Crux reports. It makes “inhuman, evil, or magical healing practices” illegal and offenders face up to five years in prison or a … Read more

Assam government's ban on healing draws flak from Christian groups

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(Photo: Unsplash/Jon Tyson) The Assam government’s recent move to ban “magical healing” practices in the name of treatment has drawn criticism from the Christian community in the state. The Assam cabinet recently approved the ‘Assam Healing (Prevention of Evil) Practices Bill, 2024’ which seeks to prohibit practices of magical healing for treating congenital diseases like … Read more