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Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Religion. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The rise of Buddhism in India: Growth of Buddhist population after Dr Ambedkar's conversion

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For centuries, Buddhism was a major religion in India. However, a period in Indian history, saw its downfall. In twentieth century, once aga...
Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Muslims must learn from own experiences under right-wing majoritarianism, shouldn't pester own minorities over sectarian, inter-community issues

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Shams Ur Rehman Alavi There is a context and it is important but first let me narrate this incident. Once there was an event & suddenly ...
Saturday, March 06, 2021

Fascinating Figures: Census report 1911, data over a century ago gives interesting insight about demographic and religious trends in India

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Shams Ur Rehman Alavi The latest Census for us is still 2011 Census, as the results of next count would take a few more years. The change wi...
Monday, October 15, 2018

Chunri Yatras: New traditions, new religious practices taking root in Hinduism

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The 'Chunri Yatras' have become too common in Madhya Pradesh over the last few years. The devotees bring huge chunris, walking ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Terror in Haryana: 38 killed in statewide violence after Dera chief's conviction in rape case

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38 people were killed after Dera Sacha Sauda chief was held guilty of rape and sexual exploitation. *Entire Haryana was on the boil, hu...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

BJP won election on development plank but doesn't know anything except divisive politics!

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The BJP came to power on the development plank. It had fought the Lok Sabha election, claiming that its slogan was, 'Sabka sath, Sa...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Tajul Masajid: India's biggest mosque is located in Bhopal

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Shams Ur Rehman Alavi The biggest mosque in India is located in Bhopal. Just because the mosque is not in a metropolitan city, this...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Lessons to Legislators: Jain saint Acharya Vidyasagar delivers discourse in MP Assembly, raises issue of commercialization of education

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Jain saint Acharya Vidyasagar visited the Madhya Pradesh Assembly and delivered a discourse. Vidyasagar, who is amongst most revered ...
Friday, January 29, 2016

Islam in United States: Muslim population in America estimated from 5 million to 7 million

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For years, there has been confusion over the population of Muslims in the United States of America  (USA). In the past, most of the es...
Sunday, June 07, 2015

When media terms a Terrorist attack as 'ambush' : Criterion for terming a violent attack as terrorism, another more severe attack as 'ambush'

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When 20 armymen were killed in attack by banned 'militant' groups in Manipur, the TV channels and newspapers termed it as 'am...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Malaysia's ban on non-Muslims' use of word 'Allah' must be condemned

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The Malaysian government's controversial decision to restrain non-Muslims from using the word 'Allah' for God, defies logic. ...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Criticism of Saudi Arabia regime either for destruction of Islamic heritage or on human rights, other issues remains a taboo in Media!

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Just a few days back a group of leading Shia clerics held a press conference in Lucknow. Amongst other issues, they spoke on the continuous ...
Thursday, April 13, 2006

RSS chief doesn't know, Indian Muslims respect Lord Rama, Lord Krishna and all major figures of Hinduism for ages

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Now, RSS Chief Sudarshan has asked Muslims to give respect to Krishna and treat him as a paighambars [one among the messengers of God]. ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2005

When sexual crimes against women are seen with a communal angle: Rapes and Religions!

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A five-year-old girl was raped and murdered in my City. It was a brutal and highly despicable crime. But the irony is that the first qu...