Tag Archives: Religion

• Thousands protest in Pakistan over reprinting of Mohammad cartoons in France 4 September 2020 | Reuters Staff This post has one comment

  Tens of thousands of people protested across Pakistan on Friday against French magazine Charlie Hebdo's reprinting of cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad, chanting "Death to France" and calling for boycotts of French products. ...

• Wait of centuries is over, Modi says, as Ayodhya temple construction begins 5 August 2020 | Saurabh Sharma This post has 3 comments

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the construction of a Hindu temple on a site that has been contested by Muslims for decades in a dispute that has sparked some of India’s bloodiest communal violence. ...

• PM Modi to attend temple groundbreaking at disputed site 26 July 2020 | Emily Schmall This post has 3 comments

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend a groundbreaking ceremony next week for a Hindu temple on a disputed site in northern India where a 16th century mosque was torn down by Hindu hard-liners in 1992. ...

• US panel wants India on religious freedom blacklist 29 April 2020 | Shaun Tandon This post has 4 comments

  A US government panel on Tuesday called for India to be put on a religious freedom blacklist over a "drastic" downturn under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, triggering a sharp rebuttal from New Delhi. ...

• India political activist arrested for selling cow urine to combat virus 19 March 2020 This post has 2 comments

  An activist with India's ruling party has been arrested after a volunteer fell ill from drinking cow urine at a party to combat the novel coronavirus, police said Wednesday, as interest grows in home remedies amid the pandemic. ...

• What mindset to overcome carona fear? 16 March 2020 | NS Venkataraman This post has no comments yet

  In this difficult situation, the Hindu philosophy has an answer and shows the way, asking people to reconcile themselves to the pre-destined situation. ...

• Supreme Court gives government more time to explain divisive citizenship law 22 January 2020 | Sankalp Phartiyal and Suchitra Mohanty This post has no comments yet

  The Supreme Court declined calls to suspend the implementation of a new citizenship law on Wednesday, deciding that a constitutional bench of five judges was needed to hear all the challenges to legislation. ...

• Indian Christians protest against ‘anti-Muslim’ law 20 January 2020 This post has one comment

  More than 8,000 people from the Christian community took to the streets in eastern India Monday to protest against a citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims. ...

• Sikh youth killed in Pakistan; India condemns ‘targeted killing’ 5 January 2020 This post has no comments yet

  A 25-year-old Sikh man has been shot dead by unknown gunmen in the northwestern city of Peshawar in Pakistan, police and the victim’s family said on Sunday, a day after a mob attacked Gurdwara Nankana Sahib in Lahore. ...

• India celebrates New Year’s Eve with protests against citizenship law 1 January 2020 | Devjyot Ghoshal and Zeba Siddiqui This post has no comments yet

  Thousands of Indians ushered in the New Year by demonstrating against a citizenship law despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempts to dampen protests that have run for nearly three weeks. ...