Explainer: How Indian farmers’ protest turned into a country-wide movement
New Delhi, IndiaReuters A group of influential farmer leaders ratcheted up pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to roll back three new farm laws by organising a mammoth rally in India’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh last week. After the successful mass meeting – the biggest rally yet in a months-long series of demonstrations […]
Essay: Faith in numbers – Fox News is must-watch for white evangelicals, a turnoff for atheists…and Hindus, Muslims really like CNN
In an article first published on The Conversation, RYAN BURGE, assistant professor of political science at Eastern Illinois University, looks at the intersection between faith and TV news preferences in the US…
Amnesty says India police violated rights in religious riots
New Delhi, IndiaAP Indian police violated human rights during deadly religious riots in New Delhi earlier this year, Amnesty International said in a report released Friday. It said police beat protesters, tortured detainees and in some cases took part in riots with Hindu mobs. In this Tuesday, 25th February, file photo, a shop burns after […]
Religious freedom: Minorities under attack as PM pushes “tolerant” Pakistan
KATHY GANNON, of Associated Press, reports on the ongoing challenges facing religious minorities – including Christians – in Pakistan…
ESSAY: CAN SOMEONE BY A HINDU BE CULTURE AND A CHRISTIAN BY FAITH AT THE SAME TIME?
The Most Rev JOSEPH D’SOUZA, founder of Dignity Freedom Network, Archbishop of the Anglican Good Shepherd Church of India and president of the All India Christian Council, looks at the intersection of Christianity and culture…
More “apartheid cities” seen in India after deadly Delhi riots
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation India risks greater segregation in its cities after deadly riots in Delhi last week, with minority and poor people likely to be blocked from accessing housing in desirable neighbourhoods, human rights experts said on Thursday. The Hindu-Muslim clashes in the city’s north-east – the worst communal riots in Delhi for […]
A mob out for blood: India’s protests pit Hindus against Muslims
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Mohammad Zubair was on his way home from a local mosque in north-east New Delhi when he came across a large crowd. He turned towards an underpass to avoid the commotion; it proved to be a mistake. Within seconds, he was cowering on the ground surrounded by more than a dozen young […]