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Women’s convention passes resolution seeking religion status for Lingayat

Delegates at the national women's convention in Belagavi adopt resolutions recognizing Lingayat as a religion and urging government action.

The Hindu

Keep religion and politics separate: Kharge

Maintaining that religion was a matter of personal faith, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that everybody believed in God and had faith in him. Religion and politics must be kept separate, he said, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to mix the two.

The Hindu

Education will be poorer if religion is banned from schools

Letters: Readers respond to Polly Toynbee’s article about the prayer row at Michaela community school in London

The Guardian - UK

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Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S.

28% of Americans are now religiously unaffiliated. A new study from Pew Research looks at how atheists, agnostics and those whose religion is "nothing in particular" view God, religion and morality.

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Banning prayer rituals in school? Just get religion out of education completely

Many who praise a headteacher for preventing Muslim prayers are oddly sanguine about the number of faith schools in Britain, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Modi in Ayodhya: an alarming new era for India

Editorial: The inauguration of the temple erased divisions between politics and religion in a theoretically secular state

The Guardian - UK

Britain's 'strictest headteacher' on prayer ban court fight: 'You can't divide children by race and religion'

Katharine Birbalsingh says she's 'nervous but hopeful' about outcome of legal challenge to school’s ban on prayer rituals

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Ayodhya Ram temple consecration | Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan urges people to reaffirm commitment to ‘secular’ credentials of nation

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has called upon people to reaffirm their commitment to the secular credentials of the nation and its Constitution by declining to be a part of the inauguration of the Ram temple at Ayodhya.

The Hindu

Cinema screenings of Ram Mandir? The dangers of a society driven by religion

I was recently on the phone with a childhood friend who lives in one of the big Indian metropolitan cities. The doorbell rang on his end and he hung up, only to call me back 10 minutes later.

Newslaundry

People will go to Ram Temple according to their faith, not at a time chosen by someone: Sachin Pilot

Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot discusses the importance of separating religion and politics, and addresses various political topics.

The Hindu

Katharine Birbalsingh defends ban on school prayers in high court

Headteacher of London school Michaela says policy is vital to ensure ‘children of all races and religions can thrive’

The Guardian - UK

Malaysia charges two with ‘wounding religious feelings’ in now-banned film

Mentega Terbang, about a teenager exploring religion, was banned in September after criticism from conservative Muslims.

Al Jazeera

Former Uttar Pradesh Congress chief to attend Pran Pratishtha event, says "not a sin to be Ram Bhakt"

Days after top leaders in the Congress turned down the invitation to attend the Ram Mandir event in Ayodhya, its former Uttar Pradesh party chief Nirmal Khatri said that he has accepted the invite for the January 22 event saying that being a Ram Bhakt is not a sin. Read…

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Ayodhya temple ceremony designed around Modi, has been ‘captured’ to give electoral flavour: Rahul Gandhi

The function to be held at Ayodhya has been “captured” and is being given an electoral flavour, Gandhi said

The Hindu

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The Conversation

Is America enduring a 'slow civil war'? Jeff Sharlet visits Trump rallies, a celebrity megachurch and the manosphere to find out

In these days of the 24-hour news cycle, one can never know in advance, but Donald J. Trump seems likely to be the Republican Party candidate for president of the United States in 2024.

The Independent UK

Voter tells Vivek Ramaswamy’s wife that some Iowans don’t support him because ‘they think he’s Muslim’

The presidential hopeful’s religion and skin colour are still factors that prospective voters are considering, locals told Apoorva Ramaswamy

Salon

Lil Nas X's "J Christ" video & backlash

Sure, the rapper dresses like a crucified Jesus, but says the outrage is an attempt to "gatekeep a religion"

The Hindu

More than lord Ram, Narendra Modi is visible in Ayodhya: RJD veteran Shivanand Tiwari

RJD leader criticizes PM Modi's involvement in Ayodhya Ram Temple, accusing him of erasing achievements of marginalized groups.

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Results For Australia’s First Ever Pet Census Are In, So How Many Pets Ticked ‘Jedi’ For Religion

Victoria held Australia's first ever Pet Census last July, and the results are now in. So what are the most common pets and pet names?

The Guardian - US

Tennessee after-school Satan club holds first meeting despite protests

Club flyer says Satanic Temple is a non-theistic religion and does ‘not attempt to convert children to any religious ideology’

The Conversation

Church without God: How secular congregations fill a need for some nonreligious Americans

Shared testimonies, collective singing, silent meditation and baptism rituals – these are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United States. But what would it look like if atheists were gathering to do these rituals instead?

Top News

Göbekli Tepe: Oldest temple challenges history, mystifying carved human skulls

Unearth the mysteries of Göbekli Tepe, the oldest temple in the world, and uncover the surprising connection between religion and human history.

The Hindu

Jealousy, malice against PM Modi has made Congress oppose the country and now even god, says BJP

The BJP slammed the Congress’ decision to decline the invitation to its three top leaders to attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya on January 22.

The Guardian - UK

Martin Scorsese says new Jesus film aims to ‘take away the negatives’ of organised religion

Adaptation of book by Shūsaku Endō, who wrote the source novel for 2016’s Silence, is understood to be set mostly in the present day

Salon

Trump and the Christian "civil war"

David Gushee says his faith drives him to resist the "manifest surrender" of many Christians to Trump and fascism

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