Hindu hardliners clash with police over women at shrine
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindu hardliners vandalized shops, shut businesses and clashed with police in a southern state Thursday to protest the entry of two women in […]
Protests break out in India after two women enter temple
Source: The Guardian BY Amrit Dhillon in Delhi Protests have broken out in the Indian state of Kerala, where groups of angry traditionalists waving black flags blocked traffic and staged demonstrations […]
Indians reject politics of division and hate
Source: Australian Muslim Times Posted by Zahid Jamil The opposition Congress Party has beaten PM Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party in three key northern states indicating that the Indian electorate is […]
Menstruating Women Are Blocked From Temple In Video Game — And In Real Life
Source: NPR BY SUSHMITA PATHAK Two years ago, Padmini Ray Murray created a controversial video game at a hackathon contest. But it’s not just a game. It a microcosm of […]
Sacred and political: world’s largest religious festival to kick off in India
Source: Reuters By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Spirituality, politics and tourism: welcome to the Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest gathering of humanity, that begins next month in India. […]
Sacred and political: world’s largest religious festival to kick off in India
Dec 21, 2018 – SWISSINFO.CH Labourers work on an under-construction pontoon bridge spanning the river Ganga ahead of the “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Allahabad, India, November 20, […]
Transgender women pray at India’s Sabarimala temple
Source: BBC News Four transgender women have been allowed to pray at an Indian temple at the centre of a bitter row over whether women should be permitted to enter. […]
Leopard kills Indian Buddhist monk meditating in forest
Source: BBC News A monk meditating in a forest in the Indian state of Maharashtra has died in a leopard attack, officials say. Rahul Walke had been “meditating under […]
Ayodhya: Thousands rally in Delhi over disputed religious site
Source: BBC News Tens of thousands of Hindus have marched in the Indian capital, Delhi, to call for a temple to be built on a hotly contested religious site. Organisers […]
Evangelical, Muslim, Jewish. It’s time we all renew our commitment to religious freedom.
Source: USA Today BY Oliver Thomas and Charles C. Haynes, Opinion contributors In the turbulent 1960s, John Courtney Murray famously reminded Americans that the Constitution begins with “we the, people,” […]
Twitter CEO upsets Hindu nationalists during India visit
Source: The Guardian BY Michael Safi in Delhi Twitter’s chief executive, Jack Dorsey, has upset Hindu nationalists and some members of the Brahmin caste in India by posing for a picture with […]
‘Tell Everyone We Scalped You!’ How Caste Still Rules in India
Source: The New York Times By Jeffrey Gettleman and Suhasini Raj THATI, India — When Sardar Singh Jatav set out walking on a muggy night in early September to talk with the men […]
President Trump Leaves Out Hindus in Diwali Tweets
Source: Time By MAHITA GAJANAN November 13, 2018 It took President Donald Trump three tries before he recognized Hindus in a White House celebration of Diwali on Tuesday. Earlier in the […]
India court to review lifting of temple ban on women of menstruating age
Source: Reuters BY Malini Menon, Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s top court on Tuesday agreed to review its ruling that removed a ban on women of menstruating age from entering […]
Gloves off: India’s ruling party underlines Hindu ambitions as elections near
Source: Reuters By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has been turning up the heat on some controversial and potentially […]
Protesters burn Hindu religious center in southern India
Source: Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Protesters on Saturday set fire to a Hindu religious center in southern India for supporting a Supreme Court decision allowing women of menstruating […]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan reacts to India train accident
Source: Khaleej Times Around 59 people were killed in the tragedy. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan recently reacted to India’s train tragedy which claimed the lives of 59 revellers. The […]
Hindu nationalist-led state changes Muslim name of Indian city
Source: The Guardian By Michael Safi in Delhi An Indian city in a state led by a hardline Hindu nationalist preacher accused of instigating violence against Muslims has had its Muslim name changed to […]
Indian court gives life sentence to guru, 14 followers
Source: Associated Press HISAR, India (AP) — A court in northern India sentenced a Hindu guru and 14 followers to life imprisonment on Tuesday in the deaths of four women […]
Sabarimala temple: India’s top court revokes ban on women
Source: BBC News India’s Supreme Court has said women can no longer be barred from entering the Sabarimala temple, considered to be one of the holiest for Hindus. The temple […]
