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PM Modi hails contributions of Sree Narayana Guru

‘The saint-reformer had refined the religion and changed it according to the times,’ says the PM

The Hindu

Atmanirbhar Bharat is Shri Narayana Guru's philosophy, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the message of 'One Caste, One Religion and One God' of the legendary social reformer lays the foundation of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat’. More on Dynamite News:

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The lost Jews of Nigeria

The long read: Until the 1990s, there were almost no Jews in Nigeria. Now thousands have enthusiastically taken up the faith. Why?

The Guardian - UK

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Supreme Court conservatives lean toward allowing football coach’s postgame prayers

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court gave a mostly sympathetic hearing Monday to a former high school football coach whose prayers on the field may open the door for broader expression of religion in public schools.

Los Angeles Times

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to St. Olaf College

Religion and philosophy professor removed from directing a scholarly center for inviting Peter Singer to give a public lecture.

Reason

Fraud Prosecution for Specific False Statements About Meat Claimed to Be Halal Allowed,

though laws generally banning mislabeling food as “halal” (or “kosher”) violate the Establishment Clause.

Reason

What Is Church Autonomy?

A primer on a religious liberty issue that went from a backwater to a hot topic in the last decade.

Reason

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Ketanji Brown Jackson Says Her Faith Sustains Her But Won’t Impede Judgments On Supreme Court

Senator Graham made religion and rulings on it a fiery focal point during confirmation hearings.

Zenger

OnlySky Has A Singular Mission: Unite The Nonreligious

The site's idea is to tell stories about what it means to be human without religion.

Zenger

Lael Weinberger Guest-Blogging About "The Limits of Church Autonomy"

I'm delighted to report that Lael Weinberger (Olin-Searle-Smith Fellow in Law & Lecturer, Harvard Law School) will be guest-blogging this coming week on this forthcoming Notre Dame Law Review article of his; the abstract: American courts apply "church autonomy doctrine" to protect the self-governance of religious institutions, based on both…

Reason

Carolyn Chen: ‘The tech company offers the most efficient solution to providing a meaningful life’

A new book exposes Silicon Valley’s use of spiritual concepts and practices to optimise their workers’ productivity

The Guardian - UK

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi flays razing of temple in Rajasthan

HYDERABAD: AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday took up cudgels for a temple in Rajasthan while blaming both BJP and Congress for demolition of the old Shiva temple in Alwar. Demanding that both parties tender an apology to the people, he said the AIMIM believes in freedom…

The Times of India

Tensions over race, religion in France's presidential race

France’s presidential campaign has been difficult for voters of immigrant heritage and religious minorities

The Independent UK

Azhar’s Sheikh: Congratulating Christians on Holidays Comes from Understanding Islam

Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed al-Tayyeb announced that congratulating Christians on holidays is not out of courtesy or formalities but rather "comes from our understanding of the teachings of our true religion." The Grand Imam explained that the relationship between Muslims and Christians is a true embodiment of unity and brotherhood…

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Bulldozers being run in Jahangirpuri under guise of illegal construction: Mayawati

BSP president Mayawati said, using religion as a tool in such exercises can harm mutual harmony and anti-national forces can take advantage of the situation

Newslaundry

How Saffron Supremacists are using religion to polarise India

Interrogating the mechanics of power in security, territory and population, French philosopher Michel Foucault coined the term “governmentality” to explain how governments try to produce citizens who obediently follow policies and practices through which subjects are governed. In the modern day, it translates to the state legitimising its power through…

Newslaundry

This is Bhatkal, where commerce & religion play chicken

Out here, it is illegal for anyone on a bike to wear a helmet. That doesn’t seem right and it isn’t. “Not illegal, but can you see even one person wearing a helmet?”

Newslaundry

Finding Basava: The poet? Philosopher? Saint? Social reformer?

He’s the man on the street. Literally. The street is a highway, NH50, formerly NH13, four lanes of traffic, four lanes moving fast between Bijapur and Chitradurga, a fifth for a median that dissolves at intersections, or “crosses”, like the Kudala Sangama Cross we’re at.

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#KarnatakaElections: Politics of privilege driving Lingayat movement?

In Karnataka, the Lingayats are fighting a battle to get the status of a separate religious community. They claim that the religion of the followers of 12th century philosopher Basavanna should be recognised as Lingayatism.

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