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Hindu seers and sages could tap the sources of universal spirituality because they did not start with an a priori assumption of an Almighty God whom man had to fear and obey in awe and objection. Nor did they fortify this a priori assumption with a framework of deductive inferences drawn from an observed order in the workings of the outer world. They never asserted that an Almighty God had to be accepted as a matter of faith as the creator and controller of the cosmos.

In the wee hours of Monday, June 6, a 26-year-old man identified as Sariful Sheikh alias Sher Mohammed chopped off his wife’s right hand in West Bengal to prevent her from taking up a government job.

Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, who has often taken a firm stand against Islamic fundamentalism in his country, has spoken in support of the BJP’s former spokesperson Nupur Sharma.

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.

The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to remove a church that has encroached on an octogenarian’s property. A pastor had built the church on the rented property and refused to leave even after the court order.

At least 50 people, including women and children, were massacred during a Sunday Mass gathering at a Church in Ondo State, south-west Nigeria.

The story of KR Usha Kumari is an inspiration for both students and teachers worldwide and has won various awards for her services as a teacher. She dedicated 23 years of her life to teaching underprivileged tribal children in the forests of Kerala.

On June 4, Hindu organizations shut down shops of Muslims in Chakkri Bazar, Batala. Reports emerged that the action was taken after a Muslim shopkeeper was caught and beaten up by family members of a girl who was being harassed with lewd messages.

Based on the examination of the CCTV footage, the Kanpur police on Monday released a poster of 40 suspects involved in the clash that took place on June 3.