Tag Archives: Religion

• Supreme Court ends hearing on Hindu-Muslim land dispute, decision in weeks 16 October 2019 | Zeba Siddiqui and Suchitra Mohanty This post has no comments yet

  The SC ordered an end to hearings in a long-running dispute between Hindus and Muslims over a place of worship, laying the ground for a verdict that could lead to further divisions. ...

• Dalai Lama to be invited for Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary 23 August 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will be among a host of dignitaries who will be invited to join the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak Dev. ...

• Three Muslims tortured over rumours of carrying beef in Madhya Pradesh 25 May 2019 | Outlook Web Bureau This post has 3 comments

  Cow vigilantes mercilessly thrashed two Muslim men and made one of them hit his wife with a slipper and forced them to shout "Jai Shree Ram", on suspicion they were carrying beef. ...

• Man killed over allegation of cow smuggling in Kashmir 16 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  A Muslim man was fatally shot and another was injured by Hindu vigilantes in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday over allegations of cow smuggling. ...

• Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi acquitted of blasphemy flees to Canada 9 May 2019 | Michel Comte, with Gohar Abbas in Islamabad This post has no comments yet

  Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who escaped a death sentence for blasphemy, began a new life in Canada Wednesday following a decade-long saga that sparked violent unrest. ...

• ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi may still be alive 1 May 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who purportedly appeared for the first time in five years in an IS propaganda video released Monday, remains the world's most wanted man. ...

• Dalai fears losing influence in Tibet: experts 20 March 2019 | Liu Caiyu This post has one comment

  The reincarnation of living Buddhas, including the Dalai Lama, should abide by the laws and regulations of the state, as well as religious rituals and historical conventions. ...

• Hero refugee chased gunman away from New Zealand mosque 17 March 2019 | Glenda Kwek This post has no comments yet

  When Afghan refugee Abdul Aziz saw a man brandishing a gun outside his mosque in Christchurch, he ran towards the attacker armed with the only weapon he could find -- a hand-held credit card ...

• New Zealand mosque massacre sparks global horror 16 March 2019 This post has one comment

  Attacks on two mosques in New Zealand which left at least 49 people dead on Friday -- the Muslim day of prayer -- have sparked horror, revulsion and dismay around the world. ...

• Pope Francis admits sexual abuse of nuns by priests 6 February 2019 | Nicole Winfield This post has one comment

  Pope Francis on Tuesday publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns and vowed to do more to fight the problem, the latest sign that there is no end in sigh ...