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Christian Group In Legal Battle Over Sunday Beach Access

New Jersey town faces violation notice for restricting beach access on Sundays for church services

Zenger

‘Secularism is also to protect Hindus from their own orthodoxies’

India's founding ideals of multi-religiousism are being replaced by a majoritarian view of state-religion relations. Rajeev Bhargava, author of Reimagining Indian Secularism (2023), examines the merits and flaws of India's unique secularism. Edited excerpts from an interview with The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy.

The Hindu

The two heroes of ‘Sanatana Dharma’, their insights

Vain attempts have been made to distance Swami Vivekananda and Subramania Bharati from their ‘Dharmic’ background

The Hindu

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Soccer star Paulinho becomes torchbearer in Brazil for his sometimes-persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith

When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he celebrated by pointing an imaginary arrow at the flashing cameras as homage to a deity in his persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith

The Independent UK

Kolbe House Jail Ministry: Meeting The Material And Spiritual Needs Of Chicago’s Troubled Cook County Jail

Amid violence, overcrowding, and a lack of resources, Kolbe House Jail Ministry provides support and hope to inmates

Zenger

‘A jealous god’: China remakes religions in its own image

Authorities are violating religious freedoms across China as the leadership seeks to assert control.

Al Jazeera

College football coach under fire for participating in mass baptism of 200 students

The mass baptism that many students hailed as a ‘beautiful’ event has been condemned by the FFRF as ‘unconstitutional’

The Independent UK

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Polish Artist Challenges Blasphemy Laws, Stifling Freedom Of Expression

Krzysztof Soroka's painting sparks debate on the role of the Catholic Church in Polish society

Zenger

Carrots over caviar | Why India’s urban young are adopting more plant-forward dining options

The ‘new vegetarianism’ that’s becoming popular among India’s younger metropolitan consumers is not rooted in religion or caste. It is also different from the fad diets of five years ago

The Hindu

Suit Over Houston Park's Restriction on Displaying Videos of Animals Being Killed and Otherwise Unpleasantly Treated

From FIRE's press release (and you can read the Complaint here): Today, the Law & Religion Clinic at the University of Texas and the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed a lawsuit against the City of Houston, several Houston police officers, and Discovery Green Conservancy after police officers arrested…

Reason

ABVP demands probe into student insulting Vivekananda in Central University of Kalaburagi

ABVP State Sec. Kalasa demands fair probe into Central Univ. of Karnataka student's insult of Swami Vivekananda; seeks strict action against student. Adarsh D. Kumar pasted stickers to dustbin with offensive remarks on Sept. 11, same day Swami Vivekananda addressed Parliament of World Religion Congress. University suspended student for two…

The Hindu

Delphi murders suspect makes bombshell claim that victims were ‘sacrificed’ by white nationalist cult

In sensational court documents, attorneys for the accused killer claim the brutal 2017 murders were actually carried out by members of a pagan Norse religion and white nationalist group called Odinists

The Independent UK

Delphi murders suspect makes bombshell claim that victims were ‘sacrificed’ by white nationalist cult

The Independent UK

Vivek Ramaswamy likens 'wokeness' to quasi-religion in US

Indian-American entrepreneur and Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has emphasized his commitment to enforcing civil rights laws in the United States during an address at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition Town Hall.

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She chased 'ego death' — first in religion, then in parenthood

Jia Tolentino has a nuanced perspective on her religious upbringing and her subsequent rejection of that belief system. And then what it meant to become a parent.

The Hindu

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma dubs Rahul Gandhi a ‘chunavi Hindu’

Sarma dubs Rahul Gandhi "chunavi Hindu", claims INDIA would have reacted differently if remarks were made against another religion.

The Hindu

Religion of humanity will take us forward not divisions created by people: Gen. V.K. Singh

Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Road Transport and Highways General (retd.) V.K. Singh on Saturday asked youth to follow the religion of humanity as only that will take society forward and not the divisions created by people

The Hindu

A Minister does not have authority to speak about eradicating a religion: Nirmala Sitharaman

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stresses on responsible speech from Ministers, emphasizing Santana Dharma's peaceful response to provocation. She also urges CAs to alert authorities on tax evasion and highlights govt's digital infrastructure progress. Urges professionals to help make India a developed nation in the next 25 years.

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Gyanvapi dispute: ASI told to submit objects found in survey to District Magistrate

The Varanasi District Court has ordered the ASI to preserve all objects of Hindu religious and historical significance found during the Scientific Survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque premises. The objects will be submitted to the District Magistrate.

The Conversation

A constitutional revolution is underway at the Supreme Court, as the conservative supermajority rewrites basic understandings of the roots of US law

In a 2006 episode of the television show “Boston Legal,” conservative lawyer Denny Crane asserted that he had a constitutional right to carry a concealed firearm: “And the Supreme Court is going to say so, just as soon as they overturn Roe v. Wade.”

The Hindu

Sanatana Dharma is rashtriya religion of Bharat: Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath: Sanatana Dharma is Bharat's "Rashtriya" (national) religion. DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin's comments on Sanatana Dharma are unfortunate. God's existence has been questioned. U.P. Chief Minister praises British PM Rishi Sunak for proudly flaunting Hindu identity, saying Jai Shri Ram and Jai Siya Ram. Hindus are Bharat's cultural identity.…

The Conversation

1973: a golden year for film that rewrote the rules of cinema

Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets burst on to cinema screens 50 years ago, a cacophony of soundtrack, film styles, religion and violence which firmly established the young filmmaker as cut from a different kind of cloth.

Dynamite News

"Sanatan ... will be there forever": Delhi Mantri Saurabh Bhardwaj on Udhayanidhi Stalin's remarks

Tamil Nadu Mantri and DMK leader Udhaynidhi Stalin had said that the Sanatan religion should be eradicated. Read more on Dynamite News:

Evening Standard

OPINION - Suella Braverman is right: ban the bully XL dog now

There are few things that can come close to being described as a national religion in the UK. The NHS is, of course, the mostly commonly cited example, but I’d hazard a guess that another issue evokes a loyalty on a similarly visceral level — dogs.

The Hindu

‘Most writers are engaged in speaking about the dangers created by the global military industrial complex’

Satish Chapparike's novel Ghandruk is multi-dimensional, exploring themes such as love, longing, infidelity, LGBTQ, geo-politics, corporate culture and family values. At a meet-the-author event, Chapparike discussed the dangers of the global military industrial complex and how it supports unending rule of despots. He argued that religion should preach equality, love…

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