‘Mass Hindu grave’ found in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Source: BBC News The Myanmar authorities have accused Muslim Rohingya militants of killing 28 Hindu villagers whose bodies were allegedly found in a mass grave. The army says the bodies […]
India raises ‘offensive’ lamb advert with Australia
Source: BBC News India has lodged a diplomatic protest with Australia over an advert depicting the Hindu god Ganesha enjoying lamb. The TV advert, by a meat industry lobby group, […]
TED Talk: Dare to Refuse the Origin Myths that Claim Who You Are
By Chetan Bhatt, who teaches and writes about the numerous dangers human rights face today from resurgent Far Right movements We all have origin stories and identity myths, our tribal […]
Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow
Source: The Atlantic BY SABA IMTIAZ For the first 16 years of her life, Ravita Meghwar was a Hindu girl living in a village in Pakistan. But today her name […]
Two years in prison if you kill people but 14 years if you kill cows: Indian judge
Source: Tribune A judge in Delhi, India sentenced the son of an industrialist to two years’ imprisonment on Saturday for mowing down a motorcyclist with his luxury BMW car in […]
Indian censors demand removal of ‘Hindu’ and ‘cow’ from film about Nobel laureate
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi Director of documentary about Nobel laureate Amartya Sen says he is shocked by list of words that must be bleeped out Amartya Sen has […]
A Great Victory for Secularism in India: Supreme Court suspends cattle slaughter ban
Source: Guardian India’s Supreme Court has suspended a law that would have banned the sale of cattle for slaughter nationwide. The government order aimed to “prevent uncontrolled and unregulated animal […]
India: The Unheard Story Of Delhi’s Ahmadi Muslims, Islam’s Most Marginalised Community
Source: https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2017/07/ahmadi-muslims-in-delhi/ Posted by Sourodipto Sanyal in Society, Staff Picks “According to the Muslims, Hindus are bad. But for them, Ahmadis are even worse than Hindus,” says Mohammad Anwer Raza, who converted from being a Sunni to an Ahmadi in 1984 “I particularly remember this incident when a stone thrown inside a mosque just missed […]
Modi’s Push for a Hindu Revival Imperils India’s Meat Industry
Source: The New York Times By SUHASINI RAJ and ELLEN BARRY MEERUT, India — When Uttar Pradesh’s state government began a crackdown on unlicensed slaughterhouses in March, Sanjay Chaturvedi, a […]
Is India’s ban on cattle slaughter ‘food fascism’?
Source: BBC News BY Soutik Biswas India correspondent Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionBeef kebabs are popular with millions of Indians A lawmaker from India’s southern state of Kerala has announced that he […]
Eight held in India over calf slaughter
Source: BBC Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionCows are considered holy by India’s majority Hindu population Police in the southern state of Kerala have arrested eight men who publicly killed a calf […]
HINDU NATIONALISTS ARE PROTECTING COWS OVER PEOPLE IN INDIA
Source: World Religion News VIGILANTES KILL TO PROTECT COWS IN INDIA Hindu nationalists are accused of vigilantism to forcefully promote their distorted Hindu vision of India. The cow, which is […]
Pakistani Hindu wins Emerging Young Leaders Award
Source: https://www.rabwah.net/pakistani-hindu-wins-emerging-young-leaders-award/ A Pakistani Hindu has become the first Pakistani to be awarded the Emerging Young Leaders Award. The award is granted by the U.S. Department of State to a group of young leaders in recognition of their efforts to promote positive social change in their communities. Raj Kumar who is […]
THE CONTRADICTIONS OF REZA ASLAN’S “BELIEVER”
Source: The New Yorker By Elias Muhanna April 9, 2017 A few years ago, a friend sent me an e-mail with the subject line “Reza Aslan is insulting you!” The […]
Hindu Group Claims Christians Tried Forced Conversions in India
Source: The New York Times By SUHASINI RAJ and NIDA NAJARAPRIL 8, 2017 Yogi Adityanath, the new chief minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, during a news conference […]
Indian police: Mob kills Muslim man who was transporting cow
Source: Associated Press By NIRMALA GEORGE NEW DELHI (AP) — A Muslim man beaten by a mob that accused him of transporting cows for slaughter has died in western India, […]
Most college head chaplains are Christian. At USC, a Hindu leads the way
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Rosanna Xia Contact Reporter Varun Soni straightened his shoulders and grasped the podium, his dark suit flanked by the stately white robes of priests and ministers. A […]
Urdu Video: Hindu Sadhu about the Prophet Muhammad
This Hindu Sadhu is Acharya Pramod Krishnan Ji Suggested Reading How can Hindus think like a Muslim or a Jew, despite the mention of 330 million gods?
Gujarat: India state approves life term for killing cows
Source: BBC The western Indian state of Gujarat has passed a law making the slaughter of cows punishable with life imprisonment. Under an amendment to the state’s Animal Preservation Act, […]
BJP’s crackdown on abattoirs spreads, stoking Muslim unease
Source: Reuters By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj | MUMBAI/NEW DELHI A crackdown on unlicensed abattoirs in India’s most populous state has spread to other states ruled by Prime Minister […]
