Religion in the Daily News

Religion in the Daily News

• Council sends proposed school, church accessory use ordinance back for review 9 October 2026 11 h 22 min WTIP - Minnesota City The city discussed ordinances and a review of its liability insurance at the Oct. 7 Grand Marais City Council meeting. One ordinance reviewed at the meeting concerned a proposal to allow permitted accessory uses for churches and schools in the city’s …
• It is a nuisance law; stop pretending it is a religious war 9 October 2026 11 h 13 min MyJoyOnline Fellow Ghanaians, there are people in this country who will never miss an opportunity to manufacture a crisis where none exists, who have developed a refined political instinct for taking the most straightforward and the most defensible regulatory decision …
• BBC Catholic Church to halve number of Glasgow parishes as priest numbers fall 9 October 2026 11 h 04 min Yahoo News The Catholic Church is to halve the number of parishes it has in Glasgow and Dunbartonshire as part of a major restructuring that will see 24 churches close. Archbishop William Nolan said the move was forced by "too many parishes but too few people…
• The New Fight to Legitimize Conversion Therapy 9 October 2026 10 h 53 min TIME Magazine When I finally dropped out of conversion therapy, I walked away carrying anxiety, depression, religious trauma, and a substance abuse problem I had to fight my way out of. Today, the promise that drew me into those rooms—that I could pray the gay away—is …
• Sri Lanka’s Forgotten Clerical Toll: 724 Buddhist Monks and Clerics Killed 9 October 2026 10 h 49 min Sri Lanka Guardian The number of Buddhist monks killed by insurgents operating under the rebels’ Kudahapola Force during the JVP’s second insurrection was 41. During the second insurrection, from 1986 to 1990, government security forces and paramilitary groups killed 681 …
• Mayes Middleton, running for Texas attorney general, wants to “put God back in government” 9 October 2026 10 h 46 min KSAT - Texas When a group of parents sued earlier this year over a new state law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, state Sen. Mayes Middleton was ready. “There is no such thing as ‘separation of church and state’ in our Constitution, …
• Durga Puja countdown begins tomorrow with Mahalaya celebration 9 October 2026 10 h 10 min The Business Standard The countdown for Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the country's Hindu community will begin with celebration of Mahalaya across the country tomorrow (10 October). Various religious and cultural ceremonies will be organized at temples …
• Some churches are turning their empty lots into affordable housing 9 October 2026 10 h 07 min CNN The grassy plot of land across the street from Trinity East United Methodist Church sat empty most of the time. The land had been occasionally used for outdoor events, food pantries and other gatherings for decades. When the Rev. Marilyn White was …
• Nana Patekar’s words on Hindu-Muslim unity resurface after demise 9 October 2026 8 h 55 min The Siasat Daily Hyderabad: As tributes pour in for Nana Patekar, an old interview clip is bringing renewed attention to his words on Hindu-Muslim unity. The actor, who passed away on October 8 at 75, spoke candidly about the warmth he experienced in Muslim neighbourhoods …
• A Life of Art and Compassion 9 October 2026 8 h 16 min Greater Kashmir One of my earliest memories of Nana Patekar is his National Award-winning performance in Krantiveer. I still remember the scene where he confronts a frenzied crowd with those unforgettable lines: “Yeh Musalman ka khoon, yeh Hindu ka khoon... bata, ismein …
• The Genius of Bharat 9 October 2026 8 h 14 min Greater Kashmir Diversity, by itself, does not produce unity. A society may contain many languages, religions, customs and communities without granting them equal dignity or a meaningful place in common public life. Diversity becomes pluralism only when difference is …
• Targeted violence against Christians in South Asia – exclusive interview with Bert-Jan Ruissen MEP 9 October 2026 7 h 53 min Polity Press Christians and other religious minorities across South Asia continue to face violence, discrimination and intimidation, raising serious questions about whether the international community is doing enough to protect fundamental religious freedom. With the …
• If Muslims study Hinduism and Hindus study Islam, prejudices will disappear: Malik Motasim Khan, National Vice-President, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind 9 October 2026 7 h 41 min Sanatan Prabhat Malik Motasim Khan New Delhi – Religious prejudice arises from ignorance and a lack of accurate knowledge. Many non-Muslims do not have sufficient knowledge about Islam and Muslims, while Muslims too often lack accurate information about Hinduism and Hindu …
• These 10 albums have surprising ties to cults and unconventional religions 9 October 2026 7 h 12 min The Springfield News-Sun - Ohio Every religion has a musical tradition no matter how small the church or strange the belief. Some of this music was recruitment propaganda, some was not. Either way, fringe faiths among musicians is not a new phenomenon. Space Jazz (1982) L. Ron Hubbard …
• Jashore prepares for Durga Puja with 737 mandaps 9 October 2026 6 h 48 min United News of Bangladesh Preparations for Durga Puja are in full swing across Jashore, with artisans working day and night to give final touches to idols ahead of the Hindu community’s biggest religious festival. This year, the Chanchra Srihari Temple is drawing particular …
• Why a section of Muslims opposes UCC? 9 October 2026 6 h 22 min Awaz The Voice Grace Mubashir India’s relationship with the Uniform Civil Code has always been as much political as it has been legal. In recent years, the implementation of a UCC has generated intense debate and disagreement. Supporters argue that the existence of …
• “The judgment you give is the judgment you get:’ Andrew Young urges listeners to do better at democracy 9 October 2026 5 h 26 min Birmingham Watch - Alabama Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young spoke Oct. 8, 2026, to the Christian Churches Together forum at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. (Photo by Solomon Crenshaw Jr.) Your support helps us grow and sustain a newsroom for the City Built to …
• Pitru Paksha Amavasya 2026 today: Is it on October 9 or 10? Check correct date, Shraddha timings, rituals and significance 9 October 2026 5 h 04 min The Economic Times Pitru Paksha Amavasya 2026 Today: Sarva Pitru Amavasya, also known as Mahalaya Amavasya or Amavasya Shraddha, is being observed on Friday, October 9, 2026. It marks the final day of Pitru Paksha, the Hindu period dedicated to remembering and paying homage …
• Buddhist Art in Japan: Pre-Edo to Contemporary Art 9 October 2026 4 h 45 min Modern Tokyo Times Buddhist Art in Japan: Pre-Edo to Contemporary Art Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times The flow of Buddhism — despite indigenous Shintoism and the profound influence of Confucianism and Taoism — continues today, just as it did yesterday, in the land of the …
• Madras High Court Orders Inquiry Into Unauthorised Auction Of 200 Buffaloes Offered By Devotees, Action Against Temple Executive Officer 9 October 2026 4 h 23 min Live Law The Madras High Court recently directed the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department to conduct an enquiry into the unauthorised sale of 200 buffaloes that were donated by devotees to the Arulmigu Pathrakaliamman Temple in Salem District. …
• Decolonial Endurance on China’s Margins: Lisu Lives Under Chinese “Development” 9 October 2026 4 h 01 min Bitter Winter by Massimo Introvigne Lau Ting Hui and her new book. National University of Singapore’s anthropologist Lau Ting Hui’s book, “Decolonial Endurance: Lisu Worldmaking Against Chinese Settler Colonialism” (Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press, 2026), is …
• Calcutta, after all these years 9 October 2026 3 h 46 min The Kathmandu Post It was superb to be back in Calcutta, the city of joy. I have been visiting Calcutta for various reasons since 1985. I first visited the city during Durga Puja and remember going around to different pandals (ceremonial structure used for religious …
• St Peter’s Evangelical Church: Iran Faces UN Scrutiny After Confiscation Threat 9 October 2026 2 h 35 min Bitter Winter by Massimo Introvigne St Peter’s Evangelical Church, Tehran. Credits. The United Nations has released a communication addressed to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the imminent confiscation of the compound of St Peter’s Evangelical …
• GAMBIA-SENEGAL BOUNDARY SENSITISATION SET FOR FRIDAY 9 October 2026 2 h 29 min GRTS President Adama Barrow on Friday inaugurated a new mosque in Gunjur, a project funded by the Presidency. The ceremony drew cabinet ministers, senior government officials, religious leaders, elders, and residents of Gunjur and neighbouring settlements.On …
• Tragic chapter 9 October 2026 2 h 13 min The News International It was exactly 76 years ago, on October 8, 1950, that Pakistan’s first prime minister, Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan, received the resignation of a cabinet minister. Jogendra Nath Mandal, a prominent Pakistani Hindu leader and close associate of Quaid-e-Azam …
• 37 Maryland churches suing UMC over property dispute suffer another court loss 9 October 2026 2 h 05 min The Christian Post - Washington D.C. The Baltimore-Washington Conference Center in Fulton, Maryland, serves as headquarters for the Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist Church. | The Baltimore-Washington Conference of The United Methodist ChurchAn appeals court panel in …
• Beyond Ram Mandir: Ashok Singhal’s vision with five aspects for Ayodhya 9 October 2026 1 h 34 min Organiser Weekly Ashok Singhal served in leadership roles in the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) from 1980 until 2011. His contribution to Hindu society and to the Ram Mandir movement in Ayodhya is well known. Though he is no longer with us, his work and achievements speak for …
• EU Parliament calls for tighter funding controls and scrutiny of Islamist networks 9 October 2026 0 h 39 min Insight EU Monitoring Strasbourg, 8 October 2026 An EU methodology to identify signs of Islamist entryism and network structures Stronger checks on EU funding, partnerships and beneficiaries that may benefit political Islam Council should assess Muslim Brotherhood-linked …
• Religious Violence and Other Failures 9 October 2026 0 h 33 min The Jewish Journal - California In January 2002, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks stood at Ground Zero with the Archbishop of Canterbury, a Muslim imam, a Hindu guru, and the Chief Rabbi of Israel, each of whom offered a prayer for the victims. Standing among them, he recognized that we must …
• Madras High Court’s Judgement on FCRA: Can a Court Declare One Religion “Inclusive” and Others “Exclusive”? 9 October 2026 0 h 29 min Muslim Mirror The most troubling aspect of the Madras High Court’s recent FCRA judgment may not be its decision concerning a Christian-founded trust, but the theological premise used in discussing it. When a constitutional court declares that “Hinduism is inclusive” …
• Ujjain Shahi Masjid: When a Mosque Becomes Expendable 9 October 2026 0 h 28 min Muslim Mirror There is something revealing in the language used to describe what happened to the Shahi Masjid in Ujjain. A mosque is partially demolished, and immediately the vocabulary of administration takes over: road widening, traffic management, public interest, …
• Hindutva extremists force Muslim woman off train, harass her in India 9 October 2026 0 h 27 min Muslim Network TV NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Members of the Hindu extremist group Bajrang Dal allegedly forced a Muslim woman off a train and subjected her to questioning and harassment at a railway station in central India, raising fresh concerns over the growing …
• Committee Appointed to Amend Laws on Imprisonment 8 October 2026 23 h 27 min Newsfirst COLOMBO (News 1st); President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says that a committee will be appointed to introduce new standing orders and regulations regarding how Buddhist monks remain in prison and how they are transported outside of prison, by amending …
• Trump Blamed Islam for France’s School Riots. The Shocking Videos Show Why 8 October 2026 23 h 12 min Newsweek President Donald Trump blamed Islam for France's school protests...and it sounded like exactly the sort of thing he would say. We laughed about it and even made clever jokes about the president writing his own French tragedy. Can you blame us? Students …
• Full list of 24 Glasgow Catholic churches facing closure as parishes halved 8 October 2026 23 h 06 min Glasgow Times The bombshell plans, which were revealed in a newsletter to parishes, Archbishop William Nolan, said the Archdiocese is facing "too few people, too many churches but too few priests" in its congregations. The proposal has now been drawn up which …
• ‘Heathens’ Trailer: Non-Believers Defy Their Religious Backgrounds, Resolving “To Reclaim Their Lives” 8 October 2026 22 h 50 min Deadline EXCLUSIVE: In the new documentary Heathens, five strangers meet at a retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains, each of them harboring a secret: they have eschewed their religious backgrounds, putting them at odds potentially with their families, communities, …
• Collective Tarpan to be performed tomorrow at 230 locations worldwide for Hindus who sacrificed their lives for Dharma 8 October 2026 21 h 55 min Sanatan Prabhat 10th year of initiative by ‘Ayodhya Foundation’ Main ritual to be held at Chandighat in Haridwar Several devout Hindu organisations to participate New Delhi – Over the past 1,400 years, crores of our ancestors endured innumerable unbearable atrocities for …
• Vijayasai Reddy promises prohibition in Tirupati 8 October 2026 21 h 24 min The Hans India Tirupati: Former Rajya Sabha Member V Vijayasai Reddy unveiled five new proposals for Tirupati on Thursday, adding them to 15 earlier announcements made in Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Anantapur. The proposals centre on protecting Hindu Dharma, promoting …
• New California law forces churches to provide ‘hate speech’ training 8 October 2026 21 h 02 min LifeSite News Starting in January, California will mandate employee 'anti-hate speech training' without religious exceptions or accommodations or a clear definition of what the state considers 'hate speech.' (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-family advocates in …
• Reconciling the Model with the Terrain 8 October 2026 20 h 33 min The Humanist We view our religions through lenses forged in early childhood. Because we grow intimately accustomed to these frames of reference, identifying internal flaws or systemic contradictions becomes an extraordinary cognitive challenge. Inherited dogmas feel …