カテゴリー: Hinduism
Thousands of buffalo will be slaughtered in Hindu festival despite efforts to end traditionHindu worshippers have begun killing thousands of buffalo in what is reputed to be the world’s biggest animal sacrifice, held every five years in a remote corner…
Police ‘looked on and watched’ during assault as activists tried to enforce right to visit shrineFemale activists in India were violently attacked by protesters and stopped by police as they attempted to make a pilgrimage to a Hindu temple which was co…
Feroz Khan flees after Hindu nationalist group says: ‘A Muslim cannot teach us our religion’A Muslim scholar of Sanskrit has gone into hiding after protests from some rightwing Hindu students claiming that, as a Muslim, he cannot teach Sanskrit, the an…
India’s supreme court has ruled that a Hindu temple can be built on the country’s most hotly contested religious site, ending a legal dispute that has run for decades between Hindus and Muslims.The restoration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya was a key ple…
Supreme court says five acres where mosque was torn down in 1992 should become site of Hindu temple, with Muslims given other landThe Indian supreme court has ruled that India’s most hotly contested piece of religious land rightfully belongs to Hindus,…
Supreme court says five acres where mosque was torn down in 1992 should become site of Hindu temple, with Muslims given other landThe Indian supreme court has ruled that India’s most hotly contested piece of religious land rightfully belongs to Hindus,…
Supreme court decides fates of holy site where mosque was torn down by Hindu hardliners in 1992India’s supreme court has ruled on the disputed religious site of Ayodhya – deciding the case in favour of Hindus, with alternate land to be provided for Mus…
Narendra Modi’s nationalist takeover runs roughshod over Kashmir’s special status and its people’s rightsI haven’t been able to hear the voices of my parents for more than a week now. We usually talk or exchange messages a few times during the day, mos…
India claims it killed five militants trying to attack its forces in disputed region Tens of thousands of tourists, pilgrims and workers have begun leaving the disputed region of Kashmir after local officials issued a security alert and India said it h…
Tensions rise in Indian-administered region following intelligence warning of attacks Tourists and Hindu pilgrims visiting a Himalayan cave shrine in Indian-administered Kashmir have been advised by the government to leave the area immediately, amid he…