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Why India’s bishops want to get out the vote
19 Apr 2024 15:33 GMT
… belief among some Hindu extremists that Indians ought to be Hindu — and any faith … outside of Hinduism is not welcome in India.”
The United Christian Forum for … on Christmas Day.
For some Indian Christians, this has the whiff of …
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Can Sunil Kanugolu bring India’s Modi down, 10 years after helping him win?
19 Apr 2024 04:41 GMT
… 16th-century mosque demolished by Hindu extremist activists, and the Congress refused … strategy devised by Kanugolu [Courtesy Indian National Congres]
Battle of perception … , interacting with kids, Muslims and Christians — into carefully crafted images and …
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India elections – call to stop growing violence against Christians
17 Apr 2024 23:41 GMT
… encourage extremists and are fuelling violence.’
Yet rising nationalist sentiment in India …
And according to India’s United Christian Forum, Christians in 19 states … converting Hindus.
Estimates vary widely about the number of Christians in India, from …
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Radio Modi: How India’s prime minister sweet-talks the nation
17 Apr 2024 19:01 GMT
… , where he appeals to India’s Hindu majority, Mr Modi adopts … on the radio. Muslims, Christians and Sikhs are celebrated too. … a mosque demolished by Hindu extremists in 1992, and dressed it … the State Bank of India.
Indians are increasingly bullish about their …
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Jayal: Modi has been erasing India’s history — and now he’s gearing up to do it for another five years
17 Apr 2024 04:05 GMT
… for migrants of Hindu, Parsi, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain and Christian faith — but … by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a Hindu extremist, on January 30, 1948. Godse … targeted facts on Mughal India, its secularism and Hindu extremism.
Included in the …
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Indian Citizenship Law’s Exclusion of Sri Lankan Tamils
16 Apr 2024 14:04 GMT
… .e. Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, Parsis, Jains and Christians – who entered India on or … and separatist nationalism that condones extremism.
The exclusion of Sri Lankan … and separatist nationalism that condones extremism.
The exclusion of Sri Lankan …
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Justifying bigotry is as bad as bigotry
16 Apr 2024 18:26 GMT
… “Hindu extremist systematically and deliberately targets Muslims, Christians, Dalits and minorities” in India. Those Hindu extremists … perhaps are not born extremist but …
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Symbolic mix-up: Switzerland votes to ban Swastika, convoluted legacy of the symbol persists
19 Apr 2024 11:46 GMT
… many Asian countries like India to being appropriated by …
“Racially discriminatory, violent, extremist and especially National Socialist symbols … many Asian countries like India to being appropriated by … Hinduism but has been found in tombs of early Christians …
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Religion news 19 April 2024
18 Apr 2024 23:42 GMT
… for protection for religious minorities
India goes to the polls today … with 966 million Hindus, 172 million Muslims, 28 million Christians, 20 million … stop the identity rot and extremist fervour spreading”.
Teacher Nadeine Asbali …
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Mohammed Hijab: I demand apology from Norwegian MP’s libellous accusations
18 Apr 2024 17:01 GMT
… and prevent the influence of extremists” (referring to myself) visiting … by the MP’s own Christian religious beliefs which are … in India, so the fact that he conflates them and Hindus … and proponent of one faith (Christianity) against another (a Muslim), …