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India
Fr. Stan Swamy: The Jharkhand Priest who made People his Religion
New Delhi: On the morning of August 28 just as the people of Ranchi city were waking up to a clear sky after heavy downpours in the previous days, and…
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Where science and religion meet, from an Islamic perspective
BY Colleen Walsh Harvard News Office Where and how science and religion intersect is a debate that dates back centuries; it’s also a regular part of contemporary discourse. The discussion took…
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Swami Agnivesh passes away; used religion to end socio-political inequalities
New Delhi: Arya Samaj leader and a renowned social activist Swami Agnivesh breathed his last on Friday evening. The 80-year-old ‘secular swami’ was on the ventilator and succumbed to multiple-organ failure at…
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India
SC plea seeks re-opening of religious places of all faiths
New Delhi: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the re-opening of religious places of all faiths across the country, which have remained closed or restricted for access due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.…
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India
Hospital denies segregation of patients on the basis of religion
Ahmedabad: Professor Dr GH Rathod, General Surgeon and Medical Superintendent of Civil Hospital, Asarwa, refuted reports making the rounds in certain sections of the media that patients were being segregated…
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News
Inventing new enemies in times of pandemics
Talmiz Ahmad The author, a former diplomat, holds the Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis International University, Pune, and is Consulting Editor, The Wire. Siasat.com is reproducing his article from The…
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Rising above Religions, Let’s Resist Coronavirus Pandemic!
The humankind is engulfed by Coronavirus. People are dying. Many are struggling between life and death … While death is one form of tragedy, the hell of life without livelihood…
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Inventing new enemies in times of pandemic
Talmiz Ahmad Talmiz Ahmad, the author, a former diplomat, holds the Ram Sathe Chair for International Studies, Symbiosis International University, Pune, and is Consulting Editor, The Wire. Siasat.com is reproducing his article from The Wire.…
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Religion in conservative Mideast adapts to coronavirus
JERUSALEM: In the Middle East, where the three main monotheistic faiths shape daily life, the coronavirus pandemic has seen religious leaders support constraints unthinkable just a few weeks ago. Top…
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Delhi
Journalist forced to drop pants to prove religion
New Delhi: A journalist associated with a Hindi news portal narrated his ordeal that he faced while filming in a riot-hit area of Delhi. Susheel Manav, the journalist said that…
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Top Stories
Conversion through fear or lure is biggest sin: Rajnath Singh
Lucknow: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh speaking at an event in Lucknow on Tuesday said that luring someone forcefully into religion is a sin. “We believe that anyone who is…
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Crime
A Hindu divorcee booked for baptising her son
Gujarat: A Hindu mother, who is separated from her husband changed the religion of her minor son to Christianity in 2013. FIR has been booked against her nearly after eight…
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Bollywood News
I belong to no religion, I’m Indian: Amitabh Bachchan
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he does not belong to any religion. On the Gandhi Jayanti special episode of “Kaun Banega Crorepati”, host Big B will be seen sharing an anecdote…
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News
Religion has nothing to do with terrorism: Imran
New York: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has emphasised that religion has no link to terrorism and that it is “marginalisation of communities (that) leads to radicalisation”. Pakistan and Turkey…
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Hyderabad News
Religion is nowhere mentioned in Indian citizenship laws: Owaisi
Hyderabad (Telangana): After a war of words broke out with Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Twitter over the National Register of Citizens (NRC), AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on…
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Technology
Twitter bans religion-based dehumanizing posts
San Francisco: Twitter has expanded its rules against hateful conduct to include language on its platform that dehumanizes others on the basis of religion. Tweets that go against the new…
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Hyderabad News
Don’t link crimes to religion: Asaduddin Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said the heinous crimes taking place in different parts of the country should not be linked to religion and the guilty, irrespective of…
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World
‘Hello brother’: Words that countered a gunman’s hate
Christchurch:”Hello brother.” The warm-hearted words an elderly Muslim reportedly used to greet a white supremacist gunman have become Christchurch’s answer to his volley of hate. Mohemmed Daoud Nabi, a 71-year-old…
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