Taking a Digital India Mission a further step ahead, the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Uttar Pradesh has initiated a single window system from today for devotees. From now on any devotee can do advance booking of rituals related to Lord Shiva...
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Hey Sisters! This year tie Rakhis on your brothers’ wrist which will be indirectly to the environment as we have eco friendly Rakhis. Eco-friendly Rakhis are being sold by TRIFED, an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Tribal Affairs...
The Church leaders have unreservedly mourned the death of Karunanidhi. The Church and Christian leaders are not so univocal. On such sentimental issues, their responses are customarily very much formal or official. But in the case of expressing about the death of Kalaignar, their mourning is visible when they say: “Karunanidhi's death is a big loss to religious minorities and other oppressed groups like Dalits.”..
Tarnishing the image of Hinduism is their main goal. Not unexpectedly, some stories even proclaim that in India “women” are thus demonized and their menstruation is abhorred...
Union Ministry of Culture has launched a scheme to reimburse the central share of CGST and IGST on food, Prasad, langar or Bhandara offered by religious and charitable institutions on Wednesday...
Sadhguru..
The National Commission of Women (NCW) has called for abolishing the ritualistic practice of confession in the churches in view of the growing incidents of molestation of women by the priests in the churches. The advise of the NCW has come under fire from the Church...
Our Security forces on Tuesday said “Mission Accomplished” when they evacuated all the stranded pilgrims of the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra in Uttarakhand's Gunji. And also the normal movement of Yatris has again started...
Swami Agnivesh, who faced the people’s wrath for denigrating Hindu deities and insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has found a global sympathiser in World Council of Churches (WCC) that condemned the attack on this ‘renowned social activist’ in India...
s many as 168 leading Catholic figures and lay people have darted letters to the Vatican urging the Pope to sack the Indian Bishop accused of raping a nun even as Bishop Franco Mulakkal who is accused of raping a nun in Kerala, pleaded that he was being fabricated by the nun...
Exposure of child trafficking activities following arrest of a nun from Missionaries of Charity, founded by Mother Teresa, the investigating cops and tax officials have sought to freeze the bank funds of the nuns associated with Missionaries of Charity...
The VHP says that the establishment of Sharia Courts in all the districts of the country will be detrimental not only for the Muslim women but the entire nation. ..
The whole episode has put a big questionmark on the system of Confessions and its relvance and trustworthyness. No one can deny that the 'Thiruvalla' incidance is a an isolated and rare one... this is the only which has got voice...there might be thousands buried under the suppression and threats by the Holy Priests!..
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has planned to set up Sharia Courts i.e. Darul-Qaza in all the districts of the country. With this move the AIMPLB wants to spread awareness about Sharia law among the lawyers, judges and the common man by activating its Tafheem-e-Shariyat (TeS)...
Maharashtra's 700 years old tradition, "Pandharichi Wari" in which devotees of Lord Vitthala called Varkari trace the route to Pandharpur. Wari for this year will resume from today. For this holy function Devotees from all over state gathers in Dehu and Alandi, the native places of Sant Tukaram Maharaj and Sant Dnyaneshvar Maharaj in Pune district and the procession starts for its final destination, Pandharpur...
A Kerala Bishop has been accused of sexually exploiting a nun for years. In another case some priests were alleged to have 'blackmailed and sexually abused' a married woman in Kerala for years. And the Catholic Church is just sitting idle. There is no reaction from the progressive intellectuals and media. This silence is criminal...
Frequent disruptions caused by heavy rains have caused to suspend the Amarnath Yatra from Jammu. While the over 2,000 pilgrims who were stranded in Udhampur, left for the Pahalgam base camp this morning, a police officer said. ..
Close to the much awaited destination of Kailash Mansarovar, many dreams have about to come true. India’s first officially organized group of Indian pilgrims has entered China through Nathula Pass. The Tibet autonomous region welcomed the pilgrims on Wednesday...
Hindering the journey of many pilgrims to the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra due to landslide and unfavorable weather conditions, the Indian Air Force came in as a rescue squad. The Indian Air Force worked as an air bridge between Pithoragarh and Gunji in effort to airlift 1,080 registered passengers to Gunji for annual Kailash Mansarovar Yatra...
Senior columnist and President of PCML R L Francis alleged that the Protestant and Catholic Churches are spreading falsehood and canard against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and also against the Union Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
India has always believed in ‘Unity in Diversity’ and with this the people in the country celebrate each and every festival with the same traditional fervor and gaiety across the country. Today on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, let us all come together and celebrate this auspicious day with contentment and love of brotherhood. ..
Against the background of countrywide criticism over their letters for prayer to ‘save constitution’, ‘to elect a new government that would protect plurality of India’ and ‘to protect the human rights’ the Catholic Bishops have decided to teach constitution in their schools to educate the students...
The World Council of Churches (WCC), a global Church conglomerate has extended its warm greetings to the Muslim community on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. WCC general Secretary Dr Olav Fykse Tveit offered written greetings of peace...
Addressing the Muslim gatherings on the occasion of ‘Roja Iftar’ organised by Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) activists across the country, Indresh Kumar, Patron of the MRM and senior RSS functionary reiterated that the Muslim Rashtriya Manch has been busy since its inception in 2002 to maintain the communal harmony in the country...
Hoping the pilgrims of the much awaited Kailash Manasarovar yatra 2018 conclude their journey smoothly, Union Minister of External Affairs general V K Singh flagged off the first batch comprising 60 yatris...
The fast-pious devotees who have reached the Kedarnath shrine in the last one month have been convinced that the number of pilgrims who reached Kedarnath Nath Dham this time will be much higher than the previous years...
Scientists have identified a possible neurobiological home for the spiritual experience—the sense of connection to something greater than oneself...
The Charitable trusts who provide Food/Prasad/Langar (Community Kitchen)/Bhandara free of cost without any discrimination to Public/Devotees, for them government has introduced a new scheme named ‘SevaBhojYojna’ in which envisages to reimburse the Central Government share of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) on purchase of raw items such as ghee, edible oil, atta/maida/rava/flour , rice pulses, sugar, burra/jiggery etc which go into preparation of food/Prasad..
I implore all patriots, if his or her religion happens to be Christianity, to look deep into the meaning and significance of the act of conversion; the convert learns to look down upon his parents’ religion and culture; the significance of conversion is divisive for the family of the convert and the society at large. ..
The National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), an apex body of the protestant churches in India, has expressed serious concern over the “worsening situation of violation of human rights in the country”...
The letter of Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto asking the church leaders and members of the Catholic community to pray and observe fast on every Friday till the 2019 elections are held to defeat the ‘nationalist groups’ has evoked nationwide criticism from various organisations, political parties and lay people...
In a letter sent to the ECI, LRO Convener Vinay Joshi has slammed the body for its languorous approach to tackle the Christian groups which are tampering the very spirit of democracy by spreading nefracious propoganda. ..
After the Delhi Archbishop’s letter to the ‘faithful’ in Christian community to pray and observe fast on every Friday in the churches to defeat the ‘nationalist forces and parties’ coming to power in 2019 general elections again, the Catholic Church leaders have taken objection to chanting of ‘Jai Hind’...
Archbishop of Delhi Anil JT Couto called on the faithful in every parish to recite the prayer and fast for a year starting May 13, 2018 and perform the Eucharistic adoration every Friday until the 2019 elections...
Looking at the wreath of devotees in Kedarnath, time of observation has been extended in the afternoon. For the first time after the calamity of 2013, such a large number of passengers are reaching Kedarnath. Mangesh Ghildiyal, District Magistrate of Rudraprayag, said that after watching the number of passengers, Badrinath-Kedar in the afternoon, after the talk of the temple committee, the time of Darshan has been extended for more than one and a half hours...
France has again raised its voice against Islam and its Quran by opining to eliminate the verses from that incites violence and legitimizes the killings of Jews Christians, and nonbelievers in particular...
Faith has no boundaries whether it may be physical or geographical; the true devotion towards religions makes any environment sacred. Something same happened on the land of Pakistan on April 28th as in Karachi celebrated a Hindu festival that is Narasimha Chaturdashi with grace and devotion...
Much awaited Char Dham Yatra has been started for its devotees as the Two Dhams that is Kedarnath and Badrinath have opened their holy portals and now all the four temples are open for pilgrimage...
Lord Kedarnath will open his sacred portals for his worshipers from April 29. During this ceremony of portal opening of Kedarnath, PM Narendra Modi will be present over there to perform puja of Baba Kedarnath. Information from this program has been received from Uttarakhand Government...
A sanyasi from the ‘Dalit’ community will be designated as “Mahamandaleshwar” of the Juna Akhada for the first time in the history of this largest organisation of the sadhus...
We have seen many things going online like shopping, entertainment etc but now even religion goes online as the Badri-Kedar Temple Committee has opened the option of worshiping this year for devotees online. Not only this, devotees can now send donations and offerings to these Dhams through Paytm from anywhere in the country and the world...
Contrary to the general belief and perception that there is no discrimination in Christian faith and that all are treated with equal respect, the Dalit Christians of Sivagangai Diocese in South Tamil Nadu have alleged widespread caste-based discrimination...
Today, worshippers will be seen queuing up carrying small, tiny vessels of oil to have a single glimpse of super strong, a symbol of strength deity, Hanuman. Full moon day of Chaitra month marks as the birth anniversary of Hindu Deity Hanuman. He is the symbol of true devotion, true friendship, and backbone of a powerful soul...
The Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM) on the occasion of Good Friday demanded form the Pope Francis to bring reforms in the Catholic Church in India...
Mahavira Jayanti, a significant day for the Jain community across the world, is being celebrated today this year. The festival is considered to be the most important one for Jains and marks the birth anniversary of Lord Mahavira, the last and 24th Tirthankara...
Sadhguru..
Prophet of Secular minorytism, Siddaramaiah, has shown us Hindus the light. By making Lingayats a minority religion he has told us that the best way to save ourselves from vagaries of politicians and excesses under Article 30 and 93rd Amendment of Constitution on RTE is to become a minority...
When politicians like Asaduddin Owaisi and his All India MIM are organising marches by Muslim women in support of triple talaq practice in various parts of the country, hundreds of Muslim women took to street in Varanasi denouncing the inhuman practice of triple talaq and demanded that the government bring legislation to end this practice that insults the womanhood...
Stirring a controversy yet again, the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Wakf Board Chairman Wasim Rizvi asked the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to hand over those nine sites where mosques were built after demolition of the then existing temples...
The registration of pilgrims for this year’s Amarnath Yatra began on Thursday through the notified bank branches. Notably, the 60-day long annual yatra to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in South Kashmir Himalayas will commence on June 28 via both Baltal and Pahalgam routes and will last till August 26 of this year. This year's yatra will be longer by 20 days against last year's 40 days which has brought a joy to the devotees...
Islam is most tight knit religion and the followers are regimented just like military units. Expressing feelings antagonizing basic tenets of Islam is heresy. Harsh punishment is prescribed for such crime. Clerics have control over psyche of common Muslim. Least religious conversions are reported from Islam to other religions in its 1400 year old history. But things are changing rapidly. Believers of Islam from its native place, i.e. Middle-East are either returning back to their ancestral faith like ..
With the lead and initiative taken by Sunni Social Forum, over 30 social organisations have pledged their support in the construction of a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya...
Two additional schemes - one for Muslim children and another for poor families launched..
The Holy Kailash Manasarovar Yatra which commences during June to September each year. The Ministry of External Affairs has started its online registration process from 20 February and Last Date to apply is 23 March 2018...
Repeating what Archbishop Thomas Macwan did in Gujarat assembly elections, the Nagaland Baptist Church Council (NBCC) went a step ahead asking the Nagaland voters to choose between the ‘Trishul’ and ‘Cross’...
Shia Wakf Board President Wasim Rizvi on Monday demanded a ban on All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) calling it a part of the global terror network manged and controlled by Pakistan...
For every Hindus across the globe, one of the most sacred day falls today, on the day of auspicious Maha Shivratri. Lord Shiva, is not only a religious figure but also works as a spiritual guide for thousands of devotees inspiring them to destroy all the evils from the way and create a new world. Before the arrival of spring, the ‘great night of Shiva’ is celebrated every year...
Sudarshan Pattnaik, without him, we could not know how many beautiful masterpieces can be made out of Sand. The artist who took Sand Art to a new height has created a new one showing respect to Lord Shiva. Among Hindus, it is believed that Shiva is a creator, transformer. So, this new art can be said a tribute from on creator to another...
The Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia taking a historic decision on 28th January of this year had ruled that the unilateral conversion of M. Indira Gandhi’s three children to Islam is null and void...
Spirituality or devotion is something which is based on one’s faith but religion is something which has connected each other in some ways. Same is the situation with the countries, they are only bordered with boundaries but the values, traditions are spread like air. Hindu deities are always imagined wearing dhoti, gold ornaments and if it is female goddess then a Saree, long hairs, full gold ornaments, but there are some nations who worship the same goddess but in a different form...
With Folklore, Bhangra, Sarso da Sag, myth- Lohri, one of the most colorful festivals in the country is back to bring cheer to people across India, especially North India. Bidding bye to winter, Lohri welcomes the longer days of summer. This festival is highly associated with the harvest of the rabi crops. North India is submerged to welcome a new harvest season...
Kerala been a hotbed of terrorism and radical Islamisation two people were arrested for helping Muslim man ‘forcibly’ converting a Kerala 25- year old woman further to take her to Syria and enroll her in Islamic State IS. Fortunately after the woman files complaint she was flown back to her family with the help of her friends...
The strengthened diplomacy from New Delhi led Saudi Arabia to increase India's Haj quota for the second consecutive year. Notably, Saudi Arabia has increased India's Haj quota by 5,000 taking the number of pilgrims who can perform Haj from the country to 1,75,025...
Despite strict laws that ban religious conversion, Christianity has spread rapidly over the last two decades in Nepal, where many see it as an escape from the deeply entrenched caste system...
The author asks some very pertinent and disturbing questions to the President of Catholic Bishop's Conference of India, the top body of Indian Catholics...
While devotees are immersed in birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Govind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs, special trains to Patna Sahib in Bihar from various Punjab and Haryana railway stations have been flagged off. Patna, the capital city of Bihar is the birthplace of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and host city for 351st-anniversary celebrations...
There’s not a single person in India who does not know about Kumbh Mela. The name itself instantly evokes an image of divinity, holiness. The power of faith attracts lakhs of pilgrims in one of the largest congregation of the world, Kumbh Mela. Now, UNESCO has inscribed on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity...
The Assam Christian Forum (ACF) has come out openly in support of the Archbishop of Gandhinagar Archdiocese Thomas Macwan and appealed to all the people to pray for the defeat of “nationalist forces” in Gujarat elections...
he activists of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) celebrated the birthday of Prophet Mohammad – Eid-e-Miladunnabi with religious and traditional fervor at various places in the country...
The Archbishop of Gandhinagar Thomas Macwan had issued a letter to voters directing them to vote against the ‘nationalist forces’ and ensure victory of those who ‘remain faithful to Indian Constitution and respect every human being without any sort of discrimination’...
In a shocking way, Hyderabad police busted a racket of Islamic conversion. Hyderabad Police arrested Mohammad Siddique who was working as forest officer and also as the head of Peace Orphan Home Society, for luring children from poor families & converting them to Islam without changing their Hindu names. Total 9 people arrested so far. 3 of them were Hindus who had converted to Islam. During the raid, the police rescued 10 boys and 7 girls...
The Narendra Modi government is weighing an idea of bringing legislation in the winter session of the Parliament to put an effective end to the instant triple talaq. This inhuman practice is in vogue until recently in the Muslim community to divorce spouse...
As we all are equal before God, no devotee will be offered ‘close-up’ darshan of the deity after paying money, ruled the Madras High Court.The Madras HC has ruled that while those willing to pay more can be allowed to cut the queue to get darshan faster, they cannot be taken closer to the deity. The court ordered that irrespective of paid or unpaid darshan, all devotees must witness and pray to the deity from the same spot...
While passing the new direction, the National Green Tribunal has fixed the number of those who visited Vaishno Devi. The NGT has said that Vaishno Devi will not have any new construction near it...
The pride of Northern Bihar , Sonepur Cattle fair has started from Thursday. One of the prominent events of Bihar, the month-long cattle fair has been inaugurated by Bihar deputy minister Sushil Modi. This fair is one of the largest cattle fairs in Asia and famous for its rustic charm and cattle trade...
Under the Ramayana Circuit Scheme, a program for connecting the cultural heritage of Mithila and Awadh is being started by inauguration of a two day international conference in Janakpur of Nepal, today. The conference is organised by NGO Mithila Awadh Cultural Preservation Council. Experts of India and Nepal have participated in this international conference..
Islamic scholars in Kerala have hailed the initiative by Saudi Arabia to set up a panel of scholars to study and scrutinize Hadiths or Hadis “with a view to preventing their use to justify violence or terrorism in the name of Islam”...
Nepal joined India and Pakistan in banning religious conversions and as expected the Christian organisations worldwide came out openly displaying their displeasure over this new law...
On the occasion of auspicious Chhath Puja, the Hindu festival dedicated to the Sun, devotees in Bihar have gathered in various Sun temples in Aurangabad, Nalanda and Paliganj to observe the festival. President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have conveyed their wish to the devotees. The festival is dedicated to Suryadev and thanks him for rewarding earth with life...
Continuing the month-long festive season of Dushera, Diwali, the celebration of Chhath Puja has started in Bihar. Though manly Bihar celebrates this ancient Hindu festival spectacularly, many other states like Jharkhand, Uttarapradesh and India capital Delhi also celebrate the festival. Dedicated to Surjya (the Sun), the eve is to seek the blessings of the Sun God Surya to live a long and healthy life. Starting from 24th October this year’s Chhath Puja will continue till 27th October...
Nearly one lakh 70 thousand pilgrims from India are performing Haj in Saudi Arabia this year with a hope that Allah will forgive their sins, and to have a new start with their God. Till now, at least two million Muslims from all around the world has gathered in Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year...
Adopting a safe posture on triple talaq, All India Muslim Personal Law Board said that it will figure out the future line of action in the working committee meeting scheduled on September 10 in Bhopal. Speaking to the media, a senior member of the Board's working committee Zafaryab Jilani said it will not be appropriate to comment on the Supreme Court's decision without studying it in detail...
These great Sanskrit epics will be focus of the graduate level “Indian Religions Through Their Narrative Literatures: The Epics” class taught by Professor Anne E. Monius of Harvard Divinity School starting August 30...
At least 13 persons were killed in a terrorist attack allegedly carried out by the Islamic State (IS) on Thursday in the heart of this Spanish city. The police have arrested two persons in this connection...
Taking a strict action for the crimes against sharia law, a state of Malaysia has amended its laws to allow public canings. The amendment was passed by the assembly of Kelantan. Kelantan a state of Malaysia is governed by a conservative Islamic party...
Ayodhya, June 15: In an attempt to sensitise the Muslim community about the significance of cow in the holy month of Ramzan, Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) setting up the new president today hosted an Iftar party in Ayodhya, where Muslims broke their fast..
Syed Zainul Anedin, spiritual head of famous Ajmer Dargah, finds himself in a trouble as a ‘fatwa’ has been issued against him for denouncing beef consumption and criticizing instant triple talaq...
KCBC president Archbishop Soosa Pakiam of Thiruvananthapuram said the bishops’ meeting with Shah last week was cordial...
The central office of the historic Gau Seva Sadbhavana padayatra' to be undertaken by Muslim Rashtriya Manch Gau Seva Prakoshth national convener Mohd Faiz Khan was inaugurated at Sangat Bhavan, in New Delhi on Wednesday...
The Muslim Rashtriya Macnh (MRM) organised a Roja Iftar party at Delhi's prestigious Jamia Milia Islamia on Monday. The participating ‘Rojedars’ were served cow milk to break their fast (Roja)...
Ramadan is a holy month for Islam which we all must respect. More so, when it’s observed with the rigorous austerity, renouncing the material indulgences, dedicating this to the Almighty who is “common” to all and one...
Describing those indulging in organising beef parties and creating tension in the countyr as 'satans, senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar said that these people were murderers of humanity...
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch has appealed to all the Indian Muslims to break the Roja during the holy month of Ramjan with cow’s milk...
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined to host a Ramazan reception, apparently breaking a nearly two-decade long bipartisan tradition...
A group of masked gunmen attacked a group of Coptic Christians when they were driving to a monastery located south of Cairo on Friday and killed 26 of them while injuring 26 others, Reuters reported quoting the Governor of Egypt’s Minya Province Essam al-Bedaiwy...
Worshipping God in India takes you to different cultures and roots. Every individual who prays to God differs in the means he uses, the way he prays but ‘Faith’ remains constant universally. In a very unique way, the mosque in Malappuram in Kerala will render the sermons and speeches offered during the Friday ‘Namaaz’ in sign language for the benefit of the hearing-impaired believers...
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) Monday submitted before the Supreme Court that it will issue an advisory on the triple talaq issue and the Qazis will be asked to advise the bridegroom and bride during the nikah not to use triple talaq for annulling the marriage as it is undesirable in the Sharia law...
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu did not rule out the possibility of central government stepping in to make a legislation to ban the practice of triple talaq if the Muslim community failed to change it...
Today while hearing on ‘Triple Talaq’ the Supreme Court reserved its verdict which challenged the ‘fundamentalism’ of practicing ‘Triple Talaq’ amongst Muslim women. The five-judge bench earlier had made it clear that it would examine whether the practice of ‘Triple Talaq’ among Muslims is fundamental to their religion...
Today the Supreme Court while hearing on Triple Talaq, asked Centre “whether women can be given option of saying no to Triple Talaq”. While Muslim bodies asserted saying that ‘Triple Talaq’ is ‘Fundamental’ and ‘Part of religion’, SC squashed this saying that how the practice can be "fundamental" to Islam when the religious and scholarly texts themselves call it "worst" and "sinful"...
The novel initiative was organised by the Muslim Mahila Foundation (MMF), a NGO of Muslim Women in this holy city at Patalpuri Mutt in the city...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed the Muslim community and its leaders not to politicise the delicate and sensitive issue of triple talaq and shoulder the responsibility of initiating reform in this regard...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday appealed the Muslim community and its leaders not to politicise the delicate and sensitive issue of triple talaq and shoulder the responsibility of initiating reform in this regard...
Former Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and former Dean of the Law Faculty Prof Mohammad Shabbir lambasted at All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) for ‘misleading the society’ on the sensitive issue of triple talaq...
Pope Francis, the highest spiritual mentor of Catholics worldwide, will be arriving today in Egypt by a special Alitalia plane on a peace mission and to boost the peace initiatives in that strife-torn Islamic country...
The woman complained that her husband Arif Ali who she married in June 2014, gave her triple talaq through the speed post. ..
The author argues about the Loss and Gains of the Muslims in India tracing their history of the past hundred years...
The author argues about the Loss and Gains of the Muslims in India tracing their history of the past hundred years...
Triple talaq is crime and excess against Muslim women. This should be abolished as early as possible, said Indresh Kumar here on Monday...
A custom like triple talaq is not in vogue in any of the Islamic countries in the world, said Jamaat-e-Ulema-e-Hind President Moulana Suhaib Qasmi here on Sunday...
The need of the hour is to deliver justice to a hapless lot of Muslim women whose future is blackened by the social virus called instant triple talaq. They are looking with great hope in their eyes to Prime Minster Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Aadityanath with a firm belief that they will free them from this inhuman practice and restore their honour and respect in the society. With this hope, they defied the diktats of their menfolk and voted for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections...
Sonu Nigam, a prominent singer in the Indian film industry, experienced similar kind of distress when yesterday he was woken up early in the morning due to the deafening noises of azan...
Senior RSS leader and patron of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) Indresh Kumar interacted with the participants on various national and social issues...
Senior RSS leader and patron of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) Indresh Kumar interacted with the participants on various national and social issues...
The World Council of Churches (WCC) condemned the vicious attacks on innocent worshippers in St George (Mar Girgis) Coptic Church in Tanta and in front of St Mark´s church in Alexandria, Egypt, an official release said...
Vice-President Mohd Hamid Ansari’s wife Salma Ansari asked the Muslim women not to listen to the Maulanas and other clergy on Triple Talaq issue...
The Indian Catholic Church believes that yoga is not needed to experience the supreme bliss or divine spirit. It is only a way to keep your body in perfect health condition, the Church believes...
The Shia Personal Law Board has come out strongly in favour of the ban on Triple Talaq and cow slaughter, the issues dear to Narendra Modi government...
When a talent sprouts Ofcourse its wings fly high to achieve more success and blessings. But often there comes the time that many become the reason for cutting down those wings of hopes. Top Indian Idol contestant Nahid Afrin, a 16 year old, who has already secured her wings in Bollywood when she did a playback for Akira film, faced terrible obstruction...
Former President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff was given a warm reception and welcome at the Ecumenical Centre of the World Council of Churches (WCC), on Friday...
A high school in the Germany’s Western Wuppertal city has banned the Muslim students from praying within the premises...
Turkey’s Defense Ministry has lifted the ban on female officers wearing Islamic headscarves. After the announcement was made on Wednesday Turkey will allow female military officers and cadets to wear headscarves with their uniforms...
The existence of evil practices like ‘triple talaq’ only highlighted the most unacceptable inequality between men and women prevailing in the Muslim society in India, said senior BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy...
The recent decision of US President Donald Trump has come under severe criticism at home. The author analyses the decision vis-a-vis situation in India...
In response to the accusation hurled by the Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee against Narendra Modi government of trying to convert Arunachal Pradesh into a ‘Hindu State’, the Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju Monday said that Hindu population was reducing as they (Hindus) “never convert people”...
Senior RSS leader and Patron of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) Indresh Kumar emphasised that education was must for the progress of the Muslim community. ..
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) launched its 10-day ‘Insaniyay Jagao Abhiyan’ (Arouse Humanity campaign) in a simple yet attractive ceremony held at various places in the country, informed Girish Juyal, National Convener (Organisation)...
A three-member delegation of Catholic Cardinals called on the Prime Minister on Wednesday to discuss regarding the visit of the Pope to India and kidnapping of Father Tom...
Citing security concerns, Morocco has banned the burqa, a whole body veil used by the Muslim women, according to some local media reports, the New York Times said...
Saudi Arab and India on Wednesday signed the bilateral Haj agreement. According to this agreement, India's annual Haj quota is increased by 34,500 which is the biggest hike in nearly three decades. The Indian delegation led by Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and the Saudi delegation led by Umrah Minister Dr. Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten inked an agreement in this regard in Jeddah, increasing the size of India's Haj quota from 1,36,020 to 1,70,520...
The author writes about his first hand impressions about RSS after participating in the meeting of Muslim intellectuals organised by Muslim Rashtriya Manch on November 3 last year...
The police in Lahore arrested as many as 110 imams on Thursday while they were celebrating the murder of Salman Taseer, Governor of Pakistan’s Punjab province. ..
The Hindraf Chairman P Waytha Moorthy has sought to know from the Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi whether the government has granted PR to the Zakir Naik?..
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) has announced a signature campaign against 'triple talaq'. This announcement was made during the two-day national executive meeting of the MRM which concluded here on December 20, 2016...
MRM Patron and senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar suggested to having a common national law for all the citizens of the country...
The report on Dalit Christians recently promulgated by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) is far from reality and merely public relations exercise, alleged the Poor Christian Liberation Movement (PCLM)...
Former Dean of Law Department of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) Prof Mohammad Shabbir revolted against the All India Muslim Personal Board on the issue of Triple Talaq severing his association with the Board...
Muslim Rashtriya Manch, Indresh Kumar, Journalist Tufail Ahmad and VHP have welcomed the Allahabad High Court decision on Triple Talaq...
Church organisations in Northeast India opposed NDA government’s decision of holding good governance day on December 25...
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) will launch a nationwide campaign for one national law for all citizens of the country irrespective of their religions or castes...
The National Company Law Tribunal has removed all the directors and office-bearers managing the country’s largest protestant group – The Church of South India (CSI) -and installed retired judge K Sampath ..
Slovakia, a former Communist state has passed a legislation banning Islam from being registered as a religion...
As a response to a journalist asking whether the church might see female priests in the coming decade, the Pope Francis recited an apostolic letter written in 1994 by Saint Pope John Paul II, saying that ordaining women was not possible because Jesus chose only men as his apostles. The Pope also said that Catholic Church's ban on female priests will remain forever. The remarks came in during Pope’s travel from Sweden to Rome. Pope said, "St. Pope John Paul II had the last clear word on this and ..
The Sixth Session of Ministerial Conference by Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), on the Role of Women is being held in Istanbul. The three day conference from 1st to 3rd November is conducted under the theme "Status of Women in the OIC Member States in light of Current Challenges”. The session aims at addressing sensitive issues like gender gap, gender equality, violence against women, poverty and women empowerment. The conference is organized by General Secretariat of the OIC, in collaboration ..
Attacks by fanatic and fundamentalist Islamists against the Hindus, their temples, and properties in Bangladesh are going on unchecked with the recent incident at Brahmanbaria where at least 15 Hindu temples were vandalized and looted on Sunday afternoon when the Hindus were celebrating Kali Puja and Diwali. ..
Condemning the All India Muslim Personal law Board’s (AIMPLB) stand for using sharia to perpetuate patriarchy, many Muslim women activists and organizations have now started their campaign for Uniform Civil Code in India...
The MRM aims at awakening Muslim community against terrorism, violence. The event will also be used to create awareness about education...
Islamic veil ‘burqa’ is to be banned in schools, colleges and universities in Norway as per the orders of the country's right-wing government informed the Norwegian education minister, Torbjorn Roe Isaksen on Wednesday. The Education minister said "I want a young Christian girl who wears a cross to be able to show it," he told parliament. "I want a Jewish boy who wears a kippa to be able to show it. And I do not want a ban on the hijab." Though the minister believes that every citizen of Norway ..
Pope Francis is planning to visit India, Bangladesh and Portugal in 2017 much to the excitement and delight of the Catholic Christians in these countries...
In view of the coming festival of Eid-Uz-Azha (Bakri Id) the MRM has taken up a mass awareness program among the Muslims community regarding cow slaughter...
Much to the dismay of the Vatican, an approx. 1500-2000-year-old bible was found in Turkey, in the Ethnography Museum of Ankara...
Union Minister and President of Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) Ram Vilas Paswan launched a frontal attack on the Bihar government and administration holding them responsible for the conversion of an entire village to Christianity...
A group of ideologically like-minded social activists has initiated a petition signing drive to appeal to the Government of India not to send their representative at Mother Teresa’s Canonisation as scheduled on September 4 this year. ..
Now Mulsim visiting Russia will get ‘Halal’ rooms in hotels. The Russian Council of Muftis and representatives of the hotel industry have embarked upon a plan to provide rooms in the hotels to visiting Muslim customers as per the standards of ‘Halal’...
The Barelvi Sunni sect chief has issued a religious edict (fatwa) stating that dreaded terrorist and mastermind of Mumbai terror attack Hafeez Saeed is not a “true Muslim”...
Unable to bear discrimination and inequality, some Dalit families in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district have threatened to follow the footsteps of their brethren in Meenakshipuram, who, in the early 1980s took the extreme step of deserting their ancestor’s religion and embraced Islam due to same indifferent attitude of the Hindu society...
Ahmad Al Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Egypt’s famous Al Azhar mosque, condemned the gruesome killing of a French Christian priest Fr. Jacques Hamel in France by the Islamic militants...
This is the first trial related to religious freedom since the country’s secular Constitution came into effect in 2015. The defendants are out on bail. Trial set to start on 23 July...
Radical and Moderate Islam are the two facets of the same ideology which are complementary to each other, the author argues...
The documentary titled “Voice from the ruins - Kandhamal in search of justice”, will be screened July 17 to 19 in theatres of Kerala. Fr. Ajaya Kumar who made this film traces the origins of the violence against Christians in Orissa...
Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s largest moderate group, has condemned the recent attacks in the month of Ramadan. Yesterday, a suicide bomber blew himself up in President Joko Widodo’s hometown. For NU president, Islamic leaders and ulama from around the world have a duty to work together to fight radicalism...
At the international iftar party hosted by Muslim Rashtriya Manch in the honour of the ambassadors of the Islamic nations, Indresh Kumar appealed for peace and brotherhood, warned Pakistan and called for respecting honour of women...
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) will be hosting the much discussed International Iftar Party to ambassadors of Islamic nations posted in the national capital on July 2 evening. MRM patron and senior RSS functionary Indresh Kumar will be delivering the welcome address at the event...
The Council of Baptist Churches in North East India (CBCNEI) has been included as new member of the World Council of Churches in its just concluded Central Committee meeting in Norway...
Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) has withdrawn the invitation it has extended to Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit for the July 2 International Iftar Party...
Given the reality of caste-based discrimination in the Church organisations, how far the NCCI’s demand of quota for converted Dalits is justified?..
When politics and religion get mixed up the combination becomes very deadly, often taking toll of wisdom and reason. This is what seems to be happening in Turkey over the issue of converting a heritage basilica into a mosque, that too during the holy month of Ramadan...
Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) will be hosting an international Roza Iftar Party for diplomats and envoys of Islamic countries in Delhi on July 2...
The share of Christians in the Tamil Nadu population has been growing since 1951 when it was at 4.7 percent...
Keeping in view the growing threat of Islamic State in India, the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) is gearing up to set up an “Anti-Terrorist Youth Forum”, announced Indresh Kumar, MRM Patron and senior RSS functionary here...
By observing 'Roza' a person can earn more spiritual strength besides immunity from various diseases, said Indresh Kumar, Patron of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) and senior functionary of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)...
During the Congress government tenure the NGOs supported by Christian missionaries and Church organizations were shown favours by the government and were helped financially...
Cardinal Kurt Koch, who leads ecumenical relations for the Vatican, made the comments at an interfaith meeting held by Cambridge University’s Woolf Institute...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday offered warm greetings to the Muslims community on the Islamic Holy month of Ramadan from today...
In the final government offensive for the city, thousands of civilians are held hostage by jihadists. They cannot leave the area and are used as shields. Jihadist spokesman: ready to fight "to the death", even that of civilians. Activist speaks of possible "humanitarian catastrophe." ..
For the first time in 30 years, no citizen of the Islamic Republic will participate in the most important Muslim pilgrimage. Iran says insurmountable “obstacles” have been placed in the way, Riyadh wants to “block the path that leads to Allah.” Saudis says the conditions posed by Tehran are “unacceptable.”..
Eastern Germany is the heartland of the Protestant Reformation of Martin Luther, but today is one of the most secularized parts of the world, says German sociologist Monika Wohlrab-Sahr...
Eastern Germany is the heartland of the Protestant Reformation of Martin Luther, but today is one of the most secularized parts of the world, says German sociologist Monika Wohlrab-Sahr...
According to 'Al-Araby', the father went to the hospital in order to "thank" the doctor, only to pull out a gun and shoot him at close range...
Rev V A Anthony V, his wife Prabha and another woman were arrested after police; acting on the complaints made by Hindu activists took them into custody for involving in forceful conversions. The Christian world sees this incident as an attack on the religious freedom of the Christians in India...
More than 120 people from throughout the world have gathered in the eastern German city of Halle to reflect on how insights from the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago can contribute to transforming the world today...
The leaders of the Indian Catholic Church asked the prime minister to lead a government delegation to Rome for the canonization of Mother Teresa. The bishops praised the government's involvement in trying to get the release of Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil, who was abducted in Yemen. Modi pledged support for Ranchi hospital for the poor and Tribals, an initiative of local Catholics...
Taking a clear stand on the controversial Ayodhya issue, Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) National Convener Mohd Afzal stressed that Muslim community must support the demand for construction of a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya the birthplace of Lord Ram...
The National Executive meeting of Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) concluded at Nagpur recently on a very positive note...
The author takes a review of Sultan Shahin's book on Islam and Muslim Indians...
Jihadist who aims to establish an Islamic Caliphate in the Indian sub continent by driving out the non-Muslims poses a great security threat for Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and India...
World Sufi Forum, a four day event will be organised by All India Ulama and Mashaikh Board (AIUMB) which will mark the presence of more 200 Indian and international delegates, spiritual leaders, scholars, academicians and masters of Sufism. The Sufi scholars over 20 countries including Egypt, Turkey, Jordon,UK, America, Canada and Pakistan will take part in the event. Over one lakh people from the country will also take part in the event. The event will be held from 17th March to 20th March at Ramlila ..
The United States President Barack Obama has said for the first time that Islam needs a modernist reformation. In a speech that he delivered at Maryland mosque on February 3, he made his observation about reforms in Islam public...
SCIRF's principal responsibilities include reviewing, through the lens of international human rights law, the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and making policy recommendations to the President, Secretary of State, and Congress...
Shiya Muslim cleric Kalbe Javvad said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking the country in the right direction and expressed confidence that the country would progress under his leadership...
Extending reservation facility to Dalits converted either to Islam or Christianity will further encourage religious conversions in India feared Union Minister Thiwar Chand Gehlot...
Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) a social reform movement active amongst the Muslims in India has hit upon a novel idea to ward off the terror threat of Islamic State (IS) and to save youths falling into its trap...
Authorities allegedly uncovered a forcible conversion centre in Greater Noida and Meerut. The children rescued from the shelter home told counsellors that many of them were 'bought' from their parents...
Stressing that India’s culture is its true strength, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said all religions teach us to adopt the path of truth and non-violence...
Saudi Arabia's execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr has sparked anger and protests in Shia communities across the region. Shia-led Iran, Sunni-led Saudi Arabia's main regional rival, has led the official condemnation of the execution. Protests have taken place in Saudi Arabia's Shia-majority Eastern Province, in Bahrain and several other countries. Sheikh Nimr was a vocal supporter of mass protests in the province in 2011. He was among 47 people put to death yesterday after being ..
The Islamic State released a taped message on Saturday with a purported speech by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in which he threatened the Jewish State, reported the Jerusalem Post...
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