Hindu “cow vigilantism” against Indian Muslims, is now threatening the social fabric of this multicultural, secular nation.
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A crackdown on the beef and leather trades has put hundreds of thousands of Indian Muslims and Dalits out of work, vexing already-tense religious relations and hurting India’s economy.
A scholar explains how yoga is being Christianized in different parts of the world. But some Hindus and Christians argue that yoga is fundamentally Hindu.
In many cultures and religions dogs are more than protection and security. But do they have an after-life?
In India, a series of vicious attacks by ‘cow vigilantes’ signals that Hindu extremism is on the rise.
Europe is at a crossroads in how it integrates religious minorities. But there are lessons to be learned beyond liberal secularism.
It’s like the Indian Mutiny all over again (but much less violent).
A recent poster displayed Donald Trump with the Indian spiritual symbol of ‘om.’ Here is the problem:
Tens of thousands of Dalits protested against a lack of freedom – on India’s Independence Day.
Religious conversion sometimes has the added bonus of upward social mobility. But for many in South Africa’s Indian community it had the opposite effect.
Since the 1920s Pentecostal churches have had a major impact in South Africa’s Indian community. Their converts have grown larger than all the other Christian denominations put together.
Indigo, pink, saffron: colour for India isn’t just for throwing. It’s political, too.
To know India’s future we must first understand Hindu nationalism’s past.
Can Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Dylann Roof be forgiven — and should they? Forgiveness is not an isolated, one-time act but a longer commitment to acceptance back into a community.
A high-level commission has been convened to consider the place of religion in British public life. But the way this commission has been put together makes it part of the problem rather than promising…
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