カテゴリー: Religion
With elections due next year, there are fears unrest will grow as the ruling BJP faces criticism over its alleged inactionAn imam stabbed and shot to death in a mosque that was then burned to the ground. A young doctor, walking home, set upon by an ar…
As violence between the Meitei and Kuki communities continues in north-east India, campaigners criticise the authorities’ reaction and both sides warn of civil war Manipur is a state in north-east India with a population of more than three million. It …
Number of visitors up 367% at start of year with about half born after 1990, according to travel websitesIn the search for a job in a gloomy economy, many young people in China are hoping for divine intervention.According to data released by the Chines…
Hardeep Singh Nijjar, president of temple in British Columbia, found fatally injured in car parkA campaigner for a Sikh nation to be carved out of India’s Punjab state who was wanted by Indian authorities has been shot dead in Canada, police have said….
Buddhists across Indonesia commemorate the birth, enlightenment and passing of the religion’s founder with light, prayer and lanternsGetxophoto festival – in pictures Continue reading…
The controversial film championed by the BJP is an Islamophobic fantasyTwo weeks after I was born in the curfewed town of Aligarh, in Uttar Pradesh, the Aligarh riots of 1990 broke out. What began as skirmishes exploded into widespread bloodletting aft…
Different faiths were once able to celebrate together in Karnataka. Now Hindu vigilante groups are targeting those who don’t share their beliefsFor 800 years, Bappanadu Sri Durgaparameshwari temple had stood as a symbol of India’s cohesive religious pa…
Singh surrendered in Punjab town of Moga, says a Sikh leader, as police appeal to public for calmIndian police have arrested a separatist leader who revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland and the secession of India’s northern Punjab state, whic…
As his country overtakes China as the world’s most populous, Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is escalating its attack on civil rightsIndia has many things going for it these days but the growing authoritarianism of prime minister Narendra …
Interaction at temple in India seen in video that has gone viral condemned as ‘inappropriate’ and ‘scandalous’The Dalai Lama has apologised after he faced allegations of inappropriate behaviour after kissing a young boy on the lips and asking him to “s…
Tourists gather in Philippines for cross nailings north of Manila despite church leaders frowning upon the traditionEight Filipinos have been nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that draws thousands of …
References to Muslim rulers, deadly riots connected to PM and Gandhi’s dislike of Hindu nationalism removedThe Indian government has been accused of rewriting history to fit its Hindu nationalist agenda after school textbooks were edited to remove refe…
Matiullah Wesa, head of Pen Path, beaten and arrested outside a mosque after prayersThe founder of a project that campaigned for girls’ education in Afghanistan has been detained by Taliban authorities in Kabul, his brother and the UN have said.The Tal…
Nisar Ahmed was almost killed in the Delhi riots. But when he became a witness in court cases against the alleged perpetrators, he realised that was only the start of his troublesArchive: The Guardian Continue reading…