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Commercialization of religion is nothing new. In the past, numerous protests have arisen over what some have termed the disrespectful or even blasphemous portrayal of Hindu deities on consumer items. And www.cafepress.com recently reignited that debate on the invasion of Hindus’ sentiment.
A new website has been launched in Singapore to counter the use of the Internet as a recruitment tool for terrorists inspired by radical versions of Islam, organisers said. The Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) website aims to elaborate on correct Islamic messages and debunk defiant teachings found online.
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Indicative of changing times, a traditional Muslim family in this Uttar Pradesh capital arranged their daughter’s nikaah ceremony over the Internet.
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Chinese web-users are denied access to a range of religious sites based abroad, Forum 18 News Service has found after a two-month survey of how far the Chinese government’s Golden Shield firewall, used to censor the internet, affects access to religious websites. Certain religious sites appear to be consistently blocked because the Chinese government does not like their content.
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India’s most famous temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, has decided to go hi-tech and will be launching online booking services from next month.
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Access to two more foreign-based websites that carry news on religious developments in Uzbekistan has been barred by the authorities.
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A popular Hindu temple in Jharkhand has opened its doors online, giving devotees around the world a chance to pay their respects. But priests at the shrine are far from happy.
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Indians settled abroad who can’t rush back home on hearing of a loved one’s death can now bid a final goodbye from across the seven seas while watching live webcast of the cremation.
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Despite authoritarian rule, high levels of censorship of the local media and periodic barring of access to foreign-based political opposition websites, Central Asia’s governments have so far only enacted limited censorship over access to religious websites based outside the region.
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Website: http://www.forum18.org/index.php
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