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Modi’s promised Ram temple is set to open and resonate with Hindus ahead of India’s election
By Biswajeet Banerjee and Sheikh Saaliq — January 18, 2024
NEW DELHI (AP) — Some top leaders from India's main opposition Congress party have turned down invitations to attend, with many opposition lawmakers calling the temple a political project.
India’s transnational extrajudicial murders are global religious nationalism
By Tarunjit Singh Butalia — December 1, 2023
(RNS) — But there is a deeper issue in US-India relations that needs parsing.
How a Hindu architect became the ‘mosque man’ of Kerala
By Priyadarshini Sen — October 31, 2023
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (RNS) — With no formal training, Govindan Gopalakrishnan built at least 114 mosques, four churches and a Hindu temple.
Why some Indians want to change the country’s name to ‘Bharat’
By Phillip M. Carter — September 29, 2023
(The Conversation) — The government’s use of the Hindi word for ‘India’ revives debates over whether Hindi should be the national language – and reopens some old wounds.
Shashank Sharma sets record for visiting most houses of worship in one month
By Bhavya Dore — June 28, 2023
MUMBAI (RNS) — From temples to mosques to churches, Sharma earned a Guinness World Record when he visited 76 in one month.
A ‘pilgrimage of love’ seeks Indian Hindu leaders willing to condemn Hindu nationalism
By Nikhil Mandalaparthy — April 24, 2023
(RNS) — Past religious leaders have spoken against hate originating from their own religious traditions.
Hindus only: How religious nationalism has spread through India’s villages
By Priyadarshini Sen — February 15, 2023
KADAPA, India (RNS) — A village of just 250 families put up a clear warning to non-Hindus wanting to enter.
Why Muslim countries are quick at condemning defamation – but often ignore rights violations against Muslim minorities
By Ahmet T. Kuru — June 16, 2022
(The Conversation) — A scholar of Islam writes about how widespread authoritarianism in the Muslim world shapes governments’ foreign policy toward Muslim minorities abroad.
Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
By Krutika Pathi and Sheikh Saaliq — May 26, 2022
NEW DELHI (AP) — A group of Hindus seeks access to pray inside the Gyanvapi mosque, arguing it was built on top of the ruins of a medieval-era temple that was razed by a Mughal emperor.
Hijab bans deepen Hindu-Muslim fault lines in Indian state
By Sheikh Saaliq — March 15, 2022
UDUPI, India (AP) — The issue has become a flashpoint for the battle over the rights of Muslims, who see hijab restrictions as a worrying escalation of Hindu nationalism.
A school where Muslims and Hindus pray together stirs strife in divided India
By Priyadarshini Sen — September 11, 2019
ALIGARH, India (RNS) — Founded to help poor children of both of India's predominant faiths, the Chacha Nehru's inclusivity has irked Muslim and Hindu leaders alike.
MIT faces backlash over invited speaker’s anti-Muslim comments
By Aysha Khan — February 12, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) — Indian and Muslim groups are pushing MIT to disinvite a prominent Indian politician over his record of anti-Muslim remarks.
India bans instant divorce by Muslim men
By The Associated Press — September 20, 2018
NEW DELHI (AP) — The government will have another six months to get Parliament's approval for the ordinance, which bans husbands from divorcing their wives by uttering an Arabic word three times.
Indian court raises LGBT hopes of finding home in traditional faiths
By Priyadarshini Sen — September 11, 2018
NEW DELHI (RNS) — Fearing censure, gay and transgender Indians have long kept away from mainstream religious spaces. But a Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on homosexuality has galvanized many to practice their faith more openly.
Hinduism and its complicated history with cows
By The Conversation — July 18, 2017
... and people who eat them.
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