Religion Archive

What comes first to your mind when you hear of MF Husain? An old man with white hair, pale deep eyes, painting brush in his hand? Or the absurd, weird portraits which he painted allegedly referring to the Hindu old scriptures of Mahabharata and Ramayana?

Earlier yesterday, a malicious trend took Twitter by storm as the bigoted online mob, consisting mostly of Muslim Twitter users, from the Arab world launched a coordinated social media campaign attacking Hindus residing in the middle east and outraging over the alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad.

With fear gripping the valley due to increased targeted killings of Hindus, the minority government employees have decided to leave Kashmir en masse on Friday (June 3), giving rise to fears that another exodus, like the one in 1990 is ongoing.

Amid the ongoing row over the restoration of 27 Hindu and Jain temples in the Qutub Minar complex, a new controversy has begun in the state of Telangana over the ASI protected heritage structure ‘Charminar’.

If you take the history of any country there are more tragic and bizarre incidents than joyous ones far beyond the ramparts and battlefields. Many of them lie hidden below the dead debris of time, but when some see the light, pain is writ large on our faces. Such narratives written in blood simply overwhelm us. 

Recently, Kerala Police started a probe after a video of a child from Kerala went viral in which he was raising anti-Hindu and anti-Christian slogans, warning that Muslims are coming to kill them all. The video was from a march by the Popular Front of India (PFI).

‘Independent journalist’ Ranvijay Singh who often writes op-eds in mainstream media publications was seen glorifying Islamic preaching schools or madarsas on Twitter.

On May 21, Hindu organizations and locals protested against Christian Missionaries who had organized a two-day program outside a community hall in Green City, Dhakoli (Zirakpur), district Mohali, Punjab.

The death anniversary of the reformer of Islam Hamid Dalwai is an apt opportunity to examine why reforming Islam is an impossible task.

On May 1, Punjab Police arrested Sikh leader Barjinder Singh Parwana for instigating Sikhs against the ‘Khalistan Murdabad March’ in Patiala.