Religion in the Daily News

• Chief justice takes notice of attack on Hindu temple in Rahim Yar Khan 5 August 2021 12 h 39 min Dawn Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Thursday took notice of the attack on a Hindu temple by a charged mob in Bhong village of Punjab's Rahim Yar Khan district, a statement said. The top judge took cognisance of the incident after MNA Dr Ramesh …
• Trade Rep Tai and Major Religious Leaders Hold Historic Meeting on COVID, Vaccines, Trips 5 August 2021 12 h 36 min Indybay - California Trade Rep Tai and Major Religious Leaders Hold Historic Meeting on COVID, Vaccines, Trips by Olivia Engling Wednesday Aug 4th, 2021 12:34 PM Some of the highest ranking religious leaders met with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai to express support for …
• Catholic, Aglipay churches on path to ‘healing’ 5 August 2021 12 h 03 min Inquirer.net Facade of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)in Intramuros, Manila. PDI PHOTO / RUDY ESPERAS MANILA, Philippines — The Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) have taken the road to reconciliation and …
• Pakistan mob sacks Hindu temple over blasphemy row 5 August 2021 12 h 01 min Punch Dozens of people attacked a Hindu temple in central Pakistan over blasphemy allegations, police said Thursday, in the latest incident of religious-fueled violence targeting a minority group in the Islamic republic. Police said the mob attacked the temple …
• Hindu temple ransacked in Pakistan over desecration of Islamic seminary 5 August 2021 11 h 07 min La Prensa Latina - Tennessee Islamabad, Aug 5 (EFE).- A group of people in the eastern Punjab province of Pakistan demonstrated Thursday and tried to vandalize a Hindu temple again after it was partially damaged a day ago over an alleged desecration of an Islamic religious school by a …
• Pakistan orders probe into Hindu temple vandalism 5 August 2021 10 h 15 min Deutsche Welle Pakistan's prime minister office has ordered an investigation into the vandalism of a Hindu temple, an official said Thursday.  The attack is the latest incident of religious-fueled violence against a minority group in the town of Rahim Yar Khan in the …
• Mob vandalises Hindu temple in Rahim Yar Khan – Press Release 5 August 2021 8 h 51 min Caymanmama.com Social media clip showing men armed with sticks vandalising Hindu temple goes viral on social media.  Ministry of Human Rights in touch with police to ensure action against perpetrators, says Shireen Mazari.  Act a violation of Constitution and basic human …
• Free State churches push the limits on COVID-19 restrictions 5 August 2021 8 h 44 min Health-E News Several Free State churches have ignored President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call to safely resume religious gatherings where church services are allowed to only accommodate 50 worshippers indoors and a maximum of 100 outdoors. This forms part of the adjusted …
• Pakistan: Another attack on Hindu religious site 5 August 2021 6 h 10 min Big News Network Rahim Yar Khan [Pakistan], August 5 (ANI): A frenetic mob attacked a Hindu temple in Bhong city in Rahim Yar Khan district of Pakistan on Wednesday. Pakistani lawmaker and Hindu community leader Ramesh Kumar Vankwani shared videos of the incident. In one …
• US: Hindu advocacy group spotlights religious minorities pe 5 August 2021 5 h 10 min Big News Network Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): An American Hindu advocacy group has hosted a Capitol Hill Speaker Series for US members of Congress and congressional staff to highlight the persecution of religious minorities in Pakistan by state and non-state actors. …
• 'Religious freedom' is not just for Christian conservatives. Liberals must take it back. 5 August 2021 2 h 53 min Jakarta News.Net A nun in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 21, 2021.Religious freedom seems to be on a winning streak. Victories are piling up at the Supreme Court: for churches to reopen contrary to coronavirus restrictions, for a publicly funded faith-based …
• Up and down the Kennebec Valley: Churches – Part 6 4 August 2021 22 h 16 min The Town Line - Maine Asa Bates Memorial Chapel The Asa Bates Memorial Chapel, also called the Ten Lots Chapel, in the southwestern part of Fairfield, was built between 1916 and 1918 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on Oct. 31, 2002. PART ONE: TEN LOTS Ten …
• Australian churches received millions in JobKeeper and stayed in the black – and are urged to return the money 4 August 2021 20 h 43 min ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Dozens of Australia's biggest churches and other religious institutions pocketed millions of dollars in JobKeeper payments while remaining in the black during 2020. Key points: Labor MP Andrew Leigh says entities that remained in surplus while …
• Muslim mob badly damages Hindu temple in central Pakistan 4 August 2021 20 h 40 min WTOP FM - Washington MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Muslim mob stormed a Hindu temple in a remote town in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province… MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Muslim mob stormed a Hindu temple in a remote town in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province on Wednesday, damaging …
• Vandals spray-paint historic and religious buildings in downtown Bratislava 4 August 2021 20 h 26 min Slovak Spectator Police already investigating the case. Several buildings in downtown Bratislava have been spray-painted with phrases like “trans is beauty,” “queer power,” “god is trans,” and “a queer revolution is coming.” They appeared on the streets near the Primate’s …
• Religious households give more support to charities than secular ones, study finds 4 August 2021 20 h 01 min The Washington Times Religious households are more generous than secular ones when they donate money to charity but they are less likely to give anything at all, a new study has found. A larger percentage of secular households donated to their favored groups than did the …
• A time of hope, reform to heal Israel's religious divides - opinion 4 August 2021 19 h 51 min Jerusalem Post It is the over the top inflammatory abusive rhetoric that contaminates debate in the Knesset. It is the mindless and sometimes incoherent derision directed at political opponents. It is the attention seeking false statements and sound bites used to wrongly …
• 'Pray Away' details trauma of LGBTQ conversion therapy – and new leaders are still emerging 4 August 2021 19 h 35 min USA Today You may think you know everything about LGBTQ conversion therapy because you read disturbing headlines and cringed at movies like "Boy Erased." But you don't even know the half of it. Netflix's newest documentary "Pray Away" ( …
• Ofori-Atta should’ve consulted churches – Catholic Bishops’ Conference 4 August 2021 17 h 29 min Ghana MMA President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale, Most Rev. Philip Naameh says Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta should have turned to the country’s churches for advise, before asking the populace to …
• Union Chapel at 150 4 August 2021 16 h 40 min Martha's Vineyard Times - Massachusetts The pipe organ at Union Chapel was built in 1924 and was recently completely refurbished. — Courtesy Bill Peek The organ before it was restored can be seen here when the Myrtle Baptist Youth Choir peformed at the Union Chapel. — Natasha Anna Petrakova A …
• Prophets, spiritual churches express pain over exclusion from c’ttee 4 August 2021 16 h 00 min Ghana MMA Leader of the Prophets and Spiritual Churches Council, Ghana, Prophet Nakoa Ansah Jamson says he is hurt they have no seat on the committee set up to oversee the construction of the National Cathedral. READ MORE: GH₵100 ‘Susu’ For Cathedral: Ken Ofori-Atta …
• Churches will one day be able to host virtual reality services on Facebook, says COO Sheryl Sandberg 4 August 2021 8 h 54 min Christian Today (Photo: Unsplash/Joshua Hoehne) Calling faith communities the "best of Facebook," the social media giant's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said she's looking forward to the day when churches and other religious groups begin …
• Christians and Muslims must support anti-LGBTQ Bill – Rev Adaletey 4 August 2021 3 h 14 min Ghana MMA Reverend Benjamin I.K. Adaletey, Head Pastor of Gateway Temple, Assemblies of God Church, has urged Christian and Muslim communities to rally behind the Anti-LGBTQ Bill to protect Ghana’s future. He warned that the activities of homosexuals were unnatural …
• US bill adds $50m to energy efficiency at religious orgs 3 August 2021 23 h 56 min Jerusalem Post WASHINGTON  — The $1 trillion infrastructure funding bill that is seen as a rare bipartisan breakthrough includes funding for energy efficiency measures at religious institutions, a measure long sought by Orthodox Jewish groups. The Nonprofit Energy …
• AFRICA/DR CONGO - Bishops condemn theft and attacks on churches in Mbujimayi and Kinshasa 3 August 2021 22 h 46 min Fides Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "These are deliberate acts of desecration, despicable and particularly revolting acts", said His Exc. Mgr. Bernard-Emmanuel Kasanda Mulenga, Bishop of Mbujimayi, about the recent thefts and attacks on a dozen churches …
• Army grants Christian an exemption to grow beard, citing religious beliefs 3 August 2021 21 h 41 min Fox News Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A U.S. Army sergeant became one of the first known Christian service members to receive the green light on letting his hair and beard grow out for religious purposes.  …
• Infrastructure Bill Includes $50M For Energy Efficiency at Religious Institutions 3 August 2021 19 h 49 min The Jewish Exponent - Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) Credit: Office of Senator Schumer. By Ron Kampeas The $1 trillion infrastructure funding bill that is seen as a rare bipartisan breakthrough includes funding for energy efficiency measures at religious institutions, a …
• Union Gospel Mission seeks high court ruling on hiring case 3 August 2021 13 h 02 min Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Washington State Aug. 3, 2021Updated: Aug. 3, 2021 5:48 a.m. SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission filed a petition Monday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide a case in which the Washington Supreme Court ruled in favor of a bisexual lawyer who sued the mission …
• Religious oaths in Ireland ‘respect tradition’, Christian think tank says 3 August 2021 4 h 29 min Irish Times A conservative Christian think tank in Poland has made a third-party submission on the Irish oaths case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), saying the reason for preserving religious oaths is to “respect the tradition” that had a big part in …
• National Cathedral is a partnership between churches and the state -Secretariat 3 August 2021 2 h 45 min Ghana MMA The head of church relations at the national cathedral secretariat, Rev. Ebenezer Sakae Ameyaw, has disclosed that the building of the National Cathedral is a partnership between the state and the churches, not a command from anyone to put up a structure …
• DSA case filed against DU teacher for hurting religious sentiment 2 August 2021 23 h 44 min Daily Star A case has been filed against a teacher of Dhaka University under Digital security Act for hurting religious sentiment on a Facebook post. Amit Bhowmik, general secretary of Bangladesh Hindu Juba Parishad, filed the case against Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, …
• Chinese officials forcibly remove crosses, erase 'Emmanuel' from Christians' fishing boats. Victims say gov't did not do the same to other religions. 2 August 2021 20 h 14 min The Blaze The Chinese government has long been known to be hostile to Christianity and other religions. Now, the dictatorship is going after Christian Chinese fishermen. What's happening? Beijing's particular disdain for Christianity has not subsided, even …
• Religious groups eye legal challenges to Delta variant restrictions and vaccine mandates 2 August 2021 14 h 31 min KTVZ - Oregon By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The spread of the Delta variant has rekindled a debate that raged in the Supreme Court last term as houses of worship charged that state Covid-related restrictions were violating their religious liberty rights …
• Some Triangle churches making changes as COVID-19 cases surge 2 August 2021 12 h 10 min WNCN 17 - North Carolina RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — With COVID-19 cases on the rise, some churches are following advice from health officials and will require masks for their Sunday services. Members at Chestnut Grove Baptist Church haven’t met in person since March of last year but …
• Where do major US religions stand on the COVID-19 vaccination? 2 August 2021 2 h 59 min East Idaho News Aaron Dickey, 91, receives a COVID-19 vaccine while his wife, Marion, 83, left, looks on in Spanish Fork on March 25. Marion Dickey said she looked to President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when deciding whether to …
• Why Mohan Bhagwat’s call for Hindu-Muslim dialogue is a step in the right direction 2 August 2021 0 h 32 min The Indian Express I attended the launch, organised by the Muslim Rashtriya Manch, of Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmed’s book, The Meeting of Minds – A Bridging Initiative at the Mewar Institute, Ghaziabad on July 4. The author had assisted me, whilst I was Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh …
• Amit Shah accuses previous UP govts of neglecting development of Hindu religious centres 1 August 2021 16 h 01 min The Times of India
• India plans to make Kashmir a Hindu-majority state 5Pillars 1 August 2021 14 h 53 min Pakistan News.net Ahead of the second anniversary of the revocation of Kashmir’s autonomous status by India, Sajad Rasheed, an author and writer from Indian-occupied Kashmir, explains how Hindu nationalists are trying to change Kashmir’s demographic reality as a Muslim …
• Religious landscape of early Pensacola laid foundation for community of many faiths 1 August 2021 12 h 40 min Pensacola News Journal - Florida Editor's note: This is the 24th of a series of stories that will be featured in the Pensacola News Journal to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Escambia County. Look for these stories each Monday in print.  It is not surprising that there was one …
• From adorning Maltese churches to breaking glass 1 August 2021 11 h 57 min Times of Malta For the man in the street with some knowledge of Maltese art, Emvin Cremona’s name is synonymous with church commissions that are generally easy on the eye. Some believe that this commonly held perception detracts from Cremona’s position as one of the …