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On campaigning in the name of religion | Explained

The Hindu explains whether political parties can campaign on the basis of religion and caste

The Hindu

BJP complains to EC against Pinarayi

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State executive member K.K. Surendran has complained to the Election Commission against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for alleged violation of the model code of conduct by using religion during the election campaign.

The Hindu

The rise of the hashtag faith

In Trendtown, a new religion emerges worshipping influencers, revealing the pitfalls of social media devotion.

The Hindu

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Australia’s religious and sex discrimination laws need fixing, a new report says. What happens next?

Australian Law Reform Commission report welcomed by LGBTQ+ rights groups but faith leaders have rejected its recommendations

The Guardian - AU

Despite church prohibitions, Catholics still choose IVF to have children

Religions hold a variety of views toward IVF. Catholicism has one of the strongest negative judgments against the practice. Yet many in the church still use the procedure in order to have children.

WEKU

This is why we're so obsessed with nuns in horror movies - according to the official source, a nun

A nun and paranormal investigator answer the question - why are we so scared of nuns in horror movies?

Total Film

Assam suspends NOC for sale of land between people of different religions for three months

Assam government restricts land sale between different religions, citing communal conflict concerns during Lok Sabha elections.

The Hindu

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French police report rise in racist and religion-based offences

Racist, xenophobic and religion-based hate offences surged 32 percent in France last year, according to a report released on Wednesday.

Radio France Internationale

Trump Criticized For Comments On Jewish Democratic Voters

President Trump's comments on Jewish Americans voting Democrat stir controversy and criticism, fueling debates on religion, identity, and politics.

Top News

India rejects US concern over citizenship law as ‘misplaced, unwarranted’

Response follows US State Department saying it will ‘closely monitor’ the implementation of the religion-based law.

Al Jazeera

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Supreme Court agrees to hear plea for stay of Citizenship (Amendment) Act, its rules on March 19

The Supreme Court agreed to hear on March 19 pleas to stay the operation of the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019 and its rules, notified on March 11. The League is the primary petitioner in the lead case which has 237 separate petitions challenging the legality of the CAA…

Guitar World

“I was scared to death. Miles didn’t say a word to me. Afterwards, I asked what he thought of my playing. He said, simply, ‘It was cool’”: T.M. Stevens on playing with Miles Davis and James Brown – and what went wrong on Vai’s Sex & Religion project

Vai hired the “flashy bassist with the long hair” after spotting him in a Joe Cocker video

Latin Times

Report: Latinos Identifying as LGBTQ Has Almost Doubled in Recent Years

A new study conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute reveals Hispanics as the second largest demographic with LGBTQ members in the U.S.

The Hindu

Wrong messaging: On the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019

More than its content, the CAA is causing harm through its use for the Narendra Modi regime’s political messaging to the effect that all its policies will have an underpinning of religion

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Majority of Hispanic Catholics Support Same-Sex Marriage, a New Study Reveals

While religion and sexuality have long been a clashing issue, a new study now reveals shifting patterns in such values and attitudes across the U.S.

The Hindu

A new sense of urbanisation that is dominating

Will our future cities be driven by religion as the core, and not work, industry, and modernism, which have been an essential feature of the last seven decades of urbanisation?

The Hindu

CAA: Siddaramaiah opposes citizenship on the basis of religion

Describing the Narendra Modi Government’s recent move to notify the rules for Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) as “electorally motivated”, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday expressed his opposition to the granting of citizenship on the basis of religion.

Al Jazeera

Why is India’s Citizenship Amendment Act so controversial?

The law creates India’s first religion-based citizenship test, discriminating against Muslims and some other refugees.

Guitar World

“An important piece of the low end theory”: T.M. Stevens, bass legend and session pro who performed and recorded with the likes of Steve Vai, James Brown, Bootsy Collins, and the Pretenders, dies at 72

Stevens manned the low-end on Vai's Sex & Religion album, and played on James Brown's latter-day hit, Living in America

The Hindu

People will have no choice but to oppose CAA rules, says Owaisi

Unease in Hyderabad over CAA rules targeting Muslims, sparking protests and concerns over citizenship based on religion.

France 24

Increasing sense of marginalisation among Italy's Muslim community

There are approximately 2.7 million Muslims living in Italy, which amounts to about 4.9 percent of the population, a community that is being targeted by the current coalition government led by the right-wing Brothers of Italy party. They are the second largest religious group in the country after Christians, but…

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