View from Pakistan: A distorted version of faith makes us blind to truth, beauty
Source: Deccan Chronicle BY IRFAN HUSAIN The Yogi was the chief priest of the main Hindu temple at Gorakhpur, so one would expect his worldview to be a bit limited. […]
What’s missing from our ‘evil’ debate
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor The day after the massacre in Las Vegas, President Donald Trump used the word “evil” three times during a brief speech at […]
India is working itself into a frenzy about interfaith marriages
Source: The Economist THE older woman’s slaps come quick and hard, followed by a shrill, “Have you no shame?” The younger woman sits still, eyes downcast, holding a hesitant hand […]
Diwali festivals grow in US, from Disney to Times Square
Source: Associated Press By BETH J. HARPAZ NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday of Diwali is starting to light up mainstream America. Diwali, a festival of lights celebrated by Hindus, […]
‘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 […]
Canada Post issues Diwali stamp to commemorate Festival of Lights
Canada Post and India Post mark Diwali, Festival of Lights Joint stamp issue is a historic first for these two postal services Posted on Sept. 21, 2017 by Canada Post in News Releases TORONTO […]
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 […]
