Religion in the Daily News
- 6 Killed in Stampede at Hindu Festival in India 4 May 2025 20 h 33 min Sada Elbalad Sun 04 May 2025 | 06:11 PM At least six people were killed and 55 others injured in a tragic stampede during a Hindu religious festival in the coastal Indian state of Goa, police confirmed on Saturday. The incident occurred late Friday during the annual …
- Demise of foreign aid in India 4 May 2025 20 h 26 min The Hindu Indian attitude to official and private foreign aid has always been ambivalent — sometimes welcoming, at other times hostile. With U.S. President Donald Trump’s targeting of USAID, the death knell, at least for official aid, seems to have been rung. Other …
- Tamil Nadu: VHP, Hindu Munnani demand security for Madurai Adheenam following suspicious road accident 4 May 2025 20 h 09 min Organiser Weekly Madurai: The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Hindu Munnani have voiced serious concerns regarding the safety of the Madurai Adheenam, Sri La Sri Harihara Sri Gnanasambanda Desika Swamigal, following a recent road accident involving his vehicle. The …
- Rahul Gandhi Calls Lord Ram ‘Mythological’, BJP Slams ‘Anti-Hindu’ Mindset 4 May 2025 19 h 54 min The CSR Journal The leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and senior Congress figure, Rahul Gandhi, has stirred a new political controversy. This comes following his comments on Lord Ram during a recent interaction at Brown University’s Watson Institute for …
- Braiding Faith: Weaving Together Islam and Indigenous Identity 4 May 2025 18 h 15 min Amaliah People don’t often expect to meet a Muslim Indigenous woman. It is an intersection that is rare and far outside of many people’s imaginations. I do not typically write about being Indigenous in the broad sense, for my people have a name. We are the …
- Our Schools May Destroy Our Country 4 May 2025 17 h 43 min Yellow Scene Magazine - Colorado The most dangerous dimension of the right wing takeover of America is hiding in plain sight. While illegal deportations, tariff idiocy, Hegseth incompetence, egg prices, ad infinitum . . . dominate the headlines, the makeover of our education system is …
- Sita Navami 2025 Date and Time: Know Puja Vidhi, Rituals and Significance of the Hindu Festival That Celebrates the Birth of Goddess Sita 4 May 2025 17 h 39 min Latestly Sita Navami, also known as Sita Jayanti, is an auspicious Hindu occasion that celebrates the birth of the Goddess Sita. The Goddess is considered an incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi and is revered for her virtue, devotion, and strength. Sita Navami is …
- Baglamukhi Jayanti 2025 Date and Time: Know Significance of the Hindu Festival Dedicated to the Worship of Goddess Bagalamukhi 4 May 2025 17 h 38 min Latestly Bagalamukhi Jayanti is an annual Hindu occasion dedicated to Goddess Bagalamukhi, who is the eighth of the ten Mahavidya Goddesses and belongs to the Shri Kula. According to the Hindu calendar, Bagalamukhi Jayanti is celebrated every Vaishakha Shukla …
- ‘Terrorism will stay as long as Islam is there’: Taslima Nasrin on Pahalgam 4 May 2025 17 h 23 min Hindustan Times Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin on Sunday compared the Pahalgam terror attack to the 2016 Dhaka cafe siege, saying “terrorism will stay as long as Islam is there.” Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin According to news agency PTI, while …
- The Jihadi General Zia-ul-Haq: The Man Who Drenched Pakistan’s Army and Society in Radical Islam 4 May 2025 16 h 58 min Newstrack The current condition of Pakistan—its transformation into a hub of terrorism and the fact that its military generals now speak the language of hardline clerics—can be largely attributed to Pakistan’s sixth President, General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. Ruling …
- A Lack Of Accountability For The Legal Community Is Making Religious Vigilantism Worse 4 May 2025 15 h 09 min Friday Times The Justice Munir Commission Report came in the wake of the Ahrar violence of 1952-53 in Lahore. Among many things, it reported of an education fund that was supposed to have been spent on the government’s adult education program, but was diverted towards …
- Rahul Gandhi Expelled From Hinduism: Shankaracharya Declares Him Non-Hindu 4 May 2025 14 h 21 min OneIndia India oi-Ruchika Pareek Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been branded a "non-Hindu" and banished from the Hindu religion by Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand. He has also demanded that Rahul…
- Weldon Celebrates Its Religious Roots 4 May 2025 13 h 28 min Lake Gaston Gazette-Observer - North Carolina WELDON’S RELIGIOUS ROOTS was the theme of the sixth installment of The Irvin Francis Kyle III Speaker Program hosted by Weldon In Action on March 20 at Halifax Community College. An audience of about seventy attendees ignored thunderstorms to learn the …
- Newly elected President of the Council of Churches Danald Jute urges Church to be ‘prophetic, serve all’ 4 May 2025 13 h 27 min Borneo Post Right Reverend Datuk Danald Jute KUCHING (May 4): The Right Reverend Datuk Danald Jute has called on the Church in Malaysia to be prophetic and to embody a spirit of service to the community. By “prophetic,” Danald explained that the Church needs to speak …
- Ukrainian Drones Have Been Targeting Historic Orthodox Churches In Russia 4 May 2025 13 h 02 min Zero Hedge Throughout over three years of the Russia-Ukraine war, there has been a sad and tragic trend of churches being struck by missiles, drones, or bombs on both sides of the conflict. But attacks on religious sites have gone all the way back to 2014, and the …
- Racial, religious harmony in Singapore the result of persistent hard work: PM Wong 4 May 2025 13 h 00 min The Straits Times Prime Minister Lawrence Wong attending a Vesak Day event organised by the Singapore Buddhist Federation at the Singapore Expo on May 4.PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO SINGAPORE - The racial and religious harmony Singapore enjoys did not happen automatically but is …
- A second Herzl moment: Why Zionist institutions must reform now 4 May 2025 11 h 37 min The Jerusalem Post When Theodor Herzl convened the First Zionist Congress in 1897, he built a streamlined apparatus with a singular mission: to garner international support for a Jewish homeland. Over a century later, the institutions he established still operate—but the …
- HINDU MANTRAS TO START THE DAY OF NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE 4 May 2025 11 h 02 min face2news Face2News/Nevada Hindu prayers will open the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature in Lincoln on May seven, containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit …
- Serbian and Russian Orthodox Churches Unite Against West 4 May 2025 10 h 25 min Kyiv Post In late April, the patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC), Porfirije, was on an official trip to Russia. While there, he seized every opportunity to highlight the close ties between the two nations, a reminder that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) …
- Opinion: Supreme Court might allow publicly funded religious schools 4 May 2025 10 h 05 min The Gazette - Iowa The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a potentially seismic case on education funding. Originally a state matter in Oklahoma about a proposed …
- Hikers discover 7kg Of Gold, artefacts worth $340,000 in the mountains of Czech Republic 4 May 2025 7 h 55 min WION Two hikers exploring the outskirts of a forest in the Czech Republic made a jaw-dropping discovery when they stumbled upon treasure worth over $340,000. While exploring the Podkrkonosi Mountains, they came across 598 gold coins, jewellry, tobacco bags, and …
- Islam to rule the world by 2060 - Muslim Population Will Rise By... 4 May 2025 7 h 22 min India Herald islam is currently the religion with the fastest rate of growth in the world, and several causes are contributing to the fast growth of the Muslim population worldwide. According to a recent Pew Research Center research, the number of Muslims will increase …
- Bihar - Mohd Sahil Trapped Hindu Girls, Made Vulgar Videos and Sold Them On Porn Sites 4 May 2025 6 h 22 min India Herald Vaishali in bihar has been implicated in a startling case of love jihad. With the assistance of his lover Gulshan Khatoon, Mohammad Sahil used to trap ladies and then blackmail them after creating their pornographic recordings. In addition, he used to sell …
- Religious parties in Bangladesh hold rally 4 May 2025 3 h 20 min Dawn DHAKA: Thousands of activists of Bangladeshi religious parties rallied in Dhaka on Saturday, one of their biggest public shows of strength in years. Religious groups have gained strength after the toppling of the iron-fisted regime of Sheikh Hasina in …
- Islam and Judaism Reject Original Sin for Religious Pluralism 4 May 2025 0 h 00 min The Times of Israel Both Islam and Judaism agree that the Christian belief in ‘Original Sin’ is an unwarranted and overly negative and pessimistic evaluation of the nature of human beings. We can say that the Qur’an and the Torah alike teach that Allah/God made humans …
- India: Deadly stampede leaves six dead and dozens injured at religious festival in Goa 3 May 2025 22 h 56 min Entrevue India: Deadly stampede leaves six dead and dozens injured at religious festival in Goa A mob incident early Saturday morning in the village of Shirgao in the western Indian state of Goa left at least six people dead and dozens injured, according to the …
- No amount spent on propagating Islam is too much – Sokoto Govt 3 May 2025 16 h 32 min National Accord Newspaper By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, has come out in strong defense of investments in religious propagation, asserting that every amount spent on the cause is worthwhile. The governor stated this during the official inauguration …
- Hindu activist’s death latest in a long list of tit-for-tat killings. Mangaluru is a communal tinderbox 3 May 2025 15 h 32 min The Print Mangaluru: The Mangaluru police Saturday said the murder of Hindu activist Suhas Shetty was an act of retaliation and revenge, refuting rumours that gave the gruesome incident communal colour. Mangaluru city Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal said Shetty’s …
- Veteran religious scholar and senator Prof Sajid Mir passes away 3 May 2025 15 h 09 min Samaa Senator Prof Sajid Mir - the head of Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith and former senator - passed away in Lahore on Saturday. He was 87. According to family sources, Prof Mir had been unwell for several months, having undergone spinal surgery and a heart …
- Taliban claim efforts to preserve Afghanistan’s Buddhist heritage 3 May 2025 14 h 40 min Phayul Tsering Dhundup DHARAMSHALA, May 3: Afghanistan’s Taliban government has announced initiatives to protect the country’s Buddhist heritage sites and artefacts, departing from their previous stance during their first period of rule. The announcement comes …
- Jihad in the Classroom? IIT Gandhinagar pushing pro-Islamist discourse, Hindu students threatened 3 May 2025 13 h 29 min Organiser Weekly On 29 April 2025 , ‘X’ was abuzz in the morning with posts on an anonymous account with snippets and screenshots of MA dissertation defense titles of one of the leading IITs of the country. These dissertation defense invitations were from the MA Society …
- Myanmar Embassy in the Czech Republic invites donations for repairing quake-affected religious buildings 3 May 2025 12 h 09 min Global New Light Of Myanmar Myanmar Embassy in the Czech Republic Myanmar Embassy in the Czech Republic has urged to contribute for repairing quake-affected pagodas, temples and other religious buildings in Myanmar. Mandalay earthquake hit on 28 March destroyed 5014 pagodas and …
- Various Buddhist cultural activities held ahead of UN Day of Vesak 2025 3 May 2025 11 h 18 min VietnamPlus HCM City (VNA) – In the lead-up to the 20th United Nations Day of Vesak, a range of Buddhist cultural activities were held on May 3 around the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City. Events included the ceremonial opening of a …
- The danger of a double standard for Islam 3 May 2025 10 h 49 min Le Monde In international politics as on societal issues, the rhetoric of double standards is too powerful to be used lightly. However, it is difficult not to refer to it regarding the way French political leaders, particularly Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, …
- Voices from the Arab press: Pope Francis and peace with Islam 3 May 2025 9 h 58 min The Jerusalem Post Pope Francis and peace with Islam Asharq al-Awsat, London, April 25 For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org We, Arabs and Muslims, often exaggerate both in our celebration of positives and in our lamentation of negatives. The positive …
- Peshawar Radio broadcasts talk show on religious harmony 3 May 2025 9 h 32 min The Nation Peshawar - In a significant step toward promoting religious harmony and curbing religious intolerance in society, Pakhtunkhwa Radio Peshawar, under the special instructions of Station Director Haroon Khan Daudzai, broadcast a special talk show on the …
- Nevada Assembly to feds: ICE raids don’t belong in schools, churches 3 May 2025 9 h 29 min Vegas INC - Nevada Saturday, May 3, 2025 | 2 a.m. Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. Nevada lawmakers are weighing a resolution that urges Congress to prohibit federal agents from entering schools and places of worship with the intent to enforce …
- Sarnath’s sacred Buddha relic arrives in Vietnam for UN Vesak 2025: A deepening of Indo-Vietnamese Buddhist ties 3 May 2025 9 h 09 min Organiser Weekly The sacred relic of Shakyamuni Buddha, enshrined in the Mulagandha Kuti Vihara of Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, arrived in Vietnam on May 2, 2025, as part of the United Nations Day of Vesak celebrations. Escorted by a high-level delegation from India led by …
- Six Dead, At Least 55 Injured in Stampede at Hindu Festival in Goa 3 May 2025 8 h 40 min Arise News At least six people have died and 55 others were injured following a stampede during a major Hindu festival in India’s western coastal state of Goa, according to police officials. The incident occurred late on Friday night during the annual Shri Lairai …
- Turkish Cypriots tell Erdogan 'no' to political Islam 3 May 2025 8 h 36 min Knews Kathimerini Hundreds of Turkish Cypriots marched through occupied Nicosia on Friday to protest what they call Ankara’s imposition of political Islam and interference in their secular way of life, ahead of an expected visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. …