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Indian Muslims upset over Taj Mahal prayer restrictions

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which is tasked with the monument’s management, said in a Nov. 5 order that only Muslims living around the Taj Mahal can pray on Fridays in the mosque adjacent to the mauso-leum. Muslims from other areas are barred, Vasant Swarankar, super-intending archaeologist at the ASI’s Agra chapter, told media. […]

Warriors for women’s dignity

Six years ago, at the age of 26, Laila Talo Khuder Alali was sold as a sex slave eight times to men of different nationalities by militants of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Standing in a hotel auditorium in India’s commercial hub of Mumbai to receive an award in the name of St […]

Indian deaths in Persian Gulf: Nun endorses NGO analysis

A Catholic nun working among migrant workers agrees with a voluntary group’s finding that at least 10 Indians die every day in the Persian Gulf countries. “I am not surprised. The number could be more,” Sister Josephine Amala Valarmathi told Matters India on November 7. The member of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart […]

Christians in Indian state seek religious freedom

Chhattisgarh Christian Forum presents charter of demands to political parties before election. Christian leaders in India’s poll-bound Chhattisgarh State have presented a charter of demands to major political parties seeking to end discrimination and violence. The charter prepared by leaders of the ecumenical Chhattisgarh Christian Forum expressed concerns over the security of the miniscule Christian […]

Synod representative shares thoughts on Vatican synod

The young Catholic representative at the just concluded Bishops’ Synod on youth in Rome says corporate culture and digital influence are major concerns for the Indian youth. Percival Holt, 25, was one of the 38 young people from various parts of the world who participated in a Synod that concluded on October 28 in Vatican […]

CHURCH SCHOOLS IN INDIA AMONG THOSE THAT ‘SHOULD NOT EXIST’

Muslim and Christian leaders in India see danger in a pro-Hindu group’s demand that the government revoke a policy allowing minority groups to own and manage educational institutions in the country. A report released on Oct. 10 by the Centre for Policy Analysis, a think tank of hard-line Hindu group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, stated that […]

POLICE PURSUE CHRISTIAN DONATIONS

Officials probing more than 80 Indian Christian institutions in eastern Indian Jharkhand State have recommended a federal investigation on fund diversions, which church leaders say is an attempt to project Christians as law breakers. The state’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recommended a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the premier agency under the federal […]

PRO-HINDU TRIBAL PEOPLE TAKE OVER INDIAN CHURCH

Pro-Hindu tribal people have removed a cross from a Protestant Church and converted the building into their community hall in India’s Jharkhand State in a move that Christian leaders believe is linked to upcoming elections. Some 50 tribal people took down the cross from the Vishwa Vani (voice of the world) church in Khadnga village, […]

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Pope: Red Cross’ humanitarian work shows that fraternity is possible

New Vatican document lists ‘grave violations’ of human dignity