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A virus that hits all faiths tests religion's tie to science

by Associated Press
| April 15, 2020 8:27 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — Tanzania’s president claimed the coronavirus “cannot sit in the body of Christ.” Israel’s health minister dismissed a potential curfew by saying that “the Messiah will come and save us.” A global Muslim missionary movement held mass gatherings — and took blame for spreading the disease.

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