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The UPA Government’s ambitious schemes to provide scholarships to underprivileged religious minority community students have hit a constitutional bar. The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to explain why such State-funded benefit should be restricted to only one section of the people and not...

Ottawa weighs creating ambassador for religious freedom Steven Chase OTTAWA— From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published Tuesday, Oct. 04, 2011 7:39AM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Oct. 04, 2011 7:41AM EDT The Harper government is looking to attach some heft to an international religious...

by Peter Smith Unity among religious leaders is rare, but a pending U.S. Supreme Court case is drawing together a group beyond the boldest dreams of any interfaith parliament. Leaders of Roman Catholics, Mormons, Presbyterians, United Methodists, Seventh-day Adventists, Hindus, United...

JACK MCLEAN is a Bahá’í scholar, teacher, essayist and poet published in the fields of spirituality, Bahá’í theology and poetry. There are several parameters to today’s question , but let’s start here: the life of faith, or the practice of religion, is all about making the ideal one with the...

Interesting article from the archives of Hindustan Times. Does it have any relevance for today's news? Kushwant Singh September 23, 2006 I am a rationalist, an agnostic, not an atheist. There is a world of difference between agnosticism and atheism. One confesses to doubt about the...

Victor Udoewa Adjunct Professor of Education, George Washington University College of Professional Studies Science is naturally skeptical, initially couched in doubt. The goal in science, however, is to leave a state of doubt or ignorance and, through testing and proof, come to know truth...

AMRITSAR: The American Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (ASGPC) has appealed to Sikhs voting for the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) elections for a written promise from candidates contesting elections that they would promote religious agenda of the community. Speaking to TOI...

A new bill, initiated by Sikh activists and enacted by the New York City council, to protect workers against religious discrimination, adds momentum for such legislation at the federal level, a U.S. senator said. "Like a lot of issues, pressure sometimes has to come from outside Washington to...

New York City Council Passes Workplace Religious Freedom Bill August 18, 2011 (New York, New York) - The New York City Council yesterday enacted a law – initiated by the Sikh Coalition – that will significantly enhance religion-based protections for employees working in New York City. Council...

August 9, 2011 Religious tolerance ebbing around world, report finds By Steven Edwards, Postmedia News - August 9, 2011 6:04 PM UNITED NATIONS — Religious tolerance is in retreat in the world, where one-third of people face increasing harassment when seeking to practise their faith...

by Jagmohan Singh AMRITSAR: A disciple of Dera Sang Kahna Desia Balkar Singh was injured seriously when 20 aggressive followers of breakaway group of Damdami Taksal Ajnala attacked him with swords and sharp edged weapons when victim was heading to pay obeisance at Gurdwdara Shaheed Ganj with...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern after the Sikh community in Lahore was prevented from performing their religious celebrations by the Lahore police and Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) officials. The Lahore police and ETPB officials took the action after...

By Gurpreet Singh, July 16, 2011 As the South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy (SANSAD) is getting ready for a public forum on Islamophobia in Vancouver this Sunday, fingers are pointing at the involvement of the Indian Mujahideen—a Muslim extremist group—as being behind recent...

Coalition reforms are leading to a “serious deterioration” of religious education in schools, according to faith leaders. By Graeme Paton Changes to GCSE league tables combined with moves to limit the role of local councils risks undermining the subject's place in the English education...

Religious council throws its weight behind all three rallies Tarani Palani | July 1, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has thrown its weight behind all three planned rallies on July 9. The organisation...

Sikh Coalition to Testify on Workplace Religious Freedom Act By SiliconIndia, Thursday, 30 June 2011, 04:59 Hrs Fremont: Sikh Coalition will assemble for the hearing before the New York City Council's Civil Rights Committee today. The hearing will be regarding the bill that would...

Thomas David DuBoisAuthor, 'Religion and the Making of Modern Freedom from state-established religion is among the most cherished of American values. Yet the promotion of religious freedom abroad as an element of American diplomacy is relatively new. It was only with the International...

By Dr. Sawraj Singh A recent survey in Pakistan showed that 67% of the population in Pakistan favors an Islamist takeover of the country. This will be a nightmare for America, the West, and Israel. An Islamist Pakistan, along with the Taliban in power in Afghanistan and an Islamist Iran, can...

SHE may be an atheist but Julia Gillard is receiving divine intervention from religious leaders who support her carbon tax. Representatives from all major religions met politicians in Canberra yesterday to discuss climate change action - and they were not praising Catholic Tony Abbott's plan...

Sat Sri Akal everyone, I like watching movies (I know it is an addiction to your senses but that's a separate topic) and I am sometimes quitesurprised when a strong relious message is given in a mainstream movie that I believe they can be used as a softly softly approach to bring religous ideas...