Hinduism

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Malaysian Muslim 'cow head' demo criticised

AFP Asian Edition 164 days ago

Malaysian lawmakers have condemned a group of Muslim protesters who trampled on a severed cow's head in protest at the building of a Hindu temple, and remained defiant on Sunday over the act. In the latest religious dispute to erupt in multi-cultural ...

Malaysia Muslims protest proposed Hindu temple

AP News 165 days ago

Muslims in Malaysia march with severed cow head to protest building of new Hindu temple Dozens of Malaysian Muslims paraded Friday with the head of a cow, a sacred animal in Hinduism, in a dramatic protest against the proposed construction of a ...

Indian artist says 'threatened' over Hindu god portraits

AFP Global Edition 175 days ago

An Indian artist said Tuesday that he had faced intimidation from hardline Hindu nationalists for depicting a popular god in unusual poses, including as an Oscar statuette. "I have been receiving phone calls which threaten me with dire consequences. They told me ...

Hindu epic Mahabharata retold -- tweet by tweet

Reuters Life! Online Report 188 days ago

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - An ancient Indian epic about princes, demigods and a cataclysmic war is getting a makeover on Twitter -- 140 characters at a time. Chindu Sreedharan, a U.K.-based lecturer, is retelling the Mahabharata using the micro-blogging service, hoping ...

Nepalese temple mulls electric cremations

AFP South Asian Edition 188 days ago

Nepal is looking to phase out the centuries-old tradition of open-air cremations by building a new electric crematorium at its main Hindu temple, authorities said Wednesday. For hundreds of years, families in majority-Hindu Nepal have brought their dead to the world-famous Pashupatinath ...

Indian troops foil attack on Hindu pilgrims

AFP South Asian Edition 232 days ago

The Indian army said Monday it had defused a bomb placed along a route used by Hindus taking part in an annual pilgrimage to a mountain shrine in Muslim-majority Kashmir. Troops discovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on a road south of ...

First state-funded Hindu school launched

AFP European Edition 285 days ago

The first state-funded school for Hindus in Britain began classes on Monday, aiming to teach Hindu customs and values alongside lessons in mainstream subjects, and denying it promotes segregation. The Krishna-Avanti Primary School in Edware, started teaching with a reception class of ...

Police arrest 3 Hindus for blast in western India

AP News 286 days ago

Indian police arrest 3 Hindus suspected in deadly blast at market crowded with Muslims Police have arrested three Hindus on suspicion of planting a bomb that killed five people in a market crowded with Muslim shoppers last month, an official said Friday. ...

Christians denounce attacks by Hindus in India

AP News 286 days ago

Indian Christian leaders denounce attacks by Hindus and call violence politically motivated Indian church leaders said Tuesday that Christians killed in recent clashes were "sacrificial lambs" targeted by hard-line Hindus seeking an advantage in upcoming national elections. The All India Christian Council ...

Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess

AP News 287 days ago

Hindu and Buddhist rituals herald appointment of 3-year-old living goddess in Nepal Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday. Wrapped in ...

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