カテゴリー: Religion
Nuns mark opening of Druk Amitabha nunnery with performance, five years after Covid closureAbout a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art skills to hundreds of cheering wellwis…
Exclusive: Dan Jarvis has written to the Sikh Federation after allegations of people being stopped at UK airportsThe UK will not tolerate attempts by foreign countries to harass or intimidate British citizens, the security minister has warned, after a …
Exclusive: Preet Gill says a number of Sikhs have been stopped at border, raising concerns over Delhi’s influenceBritish Sikhs are being stopped at airports and questioned about their attitudes towards India, a Labour MP has said, raising concerns abou…
Allegations of violence against Hindus prompt mass protests in India and attack on Bangladeshi consulateGrowing tensions between India and Bangladesh have erupted amid accusations of attacks on Bangladesh’s Hindu minority, which have prompted mass prot…
Violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa follows killing of dozens of people in clashes between Sunnis and minority ShiasAt least 42 people have been killed and 20 wounded after gunmen opened fire on vehicles carrying Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s restive north-wes…
Dr Gillian Hughes, Dr Charlotte Burck, Dr Julia Nelki and Julia Granville the on the Uyghur Tribunal and David Lammy’s visit to ChinaWe were deeply disturbed to read your report about David Lammy’s visit to China that highlighted how our Labour governm…
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Officials point to a string of cases they suspect are part of a cross-border effort sanctioned by Delhi to silence separatistsOn one summer night in Ontario, a Canadian Sikh activist received a panicked call from his wife: police had come to the family…
Pope Francis has drawn huge crowds during a 12-day visit to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and SingaporePope Francis welcomed to remote Papua New Guinea as he seeks ‘to break down distances’ Continue reading…
Report reveals how US Christians, Catholic schools and Islamists fight sex education, LGBTQ+ and equal rightsExtreme religious groups and political parties are targeting schools around the world as part of a coordinated and well-funded attack on gender…
Apollo Quiboloy, who is also wanted in US on child trafficking charges, hands himself over to police after ultimatumAn influential pastor wanted in the US on child trafficking charges has been arrested in the Philippines, after a 16-day manhunt across …
The pontiff visited the small town of Vanimo after delivering mass to an estimated 35,000 people in the capital of Port MoresbyPope Francis travelled to Vanimo, on Papua New Guinea’s remote north-west coast, after celebrating a mass in the capital of P…
Pope met the grand imam and representatives from Indonesia’s six officially recognised religions at Jakarta’s Istiqlal mosqueWhen Pope Francis stepped on to the hallowed grounds of the Istiqlal mosque in the Indonesian capital on Thursday, he marked a …
Pontiff lands in Jakarta before travelling on to Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore over 12 daysPope Francis arrived in Muslim-majority Indonesia on Tuesday to kick off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest and farth…
Pontiff’s itinerary, including visits to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, reflects importance of Asia to Catholic churchPope Francis is to embark on the longest, farthest and perhaps most challenging trip of his pontificate as he begins a 12-day Asia-Pa…