South African Hindu community has been battling abusive slurs and slights over Hinduism for a long time. To fight this, they are taking to legal recourse and it is yielding some results. Recently a man named Daniel Naicker posted degrading statement on Shivalingum, saying that the Shivalingum is a ‘Holy Word…. It Means F****.’ Following […]
A newly formed Islamic Development Department of Malaysia (Jakim) unit to monitor social media users who insult Islam received some 10,000 complaints. This unit is just a week old. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Fuziah Salleh says that since some accounts are fake hence, they will be scrutinized. Salleh felt that some of […]
Insulting Hinduism on social media turned out to be a costly affair for Zamri Bin Abd Razak, a Malaysian Muslim who has been arrested by the police. This is one of those rare occasions where a Muslim has been arrested for slighting other faiths. Earlier, several non-Muslims were arrested for allegedly insulting Islam and Prophet […]
Some 7-months back news broke out that Pakistani Hindus are under duress again after an alleged blasphemy was committed by a Hindu teenager. Parachand Kolhi, the 19-year-old Hindu boy in Mirpurkhas, Sindh was arrested from the Mirwah Gorchani area at the complaint of local influential Muslim leader Mohammad Anwar Soomro. The Muslim leader alleged that […]
Tamil Hindus are a minority in Sri Lanka but they are facing stiff challenges from other minority religions when it comes to freely practice their faith. On Mahashivaratri, one of the prominent Tamil Hindu religious festivals, Tamil Hindus faced a harrowing time at Thiruketheechcharam Siva Temple, Mannar, Sri Lanka when hooligans descended on the site […]
After the targeted killing of Hindu man, Chander in Sindh and abuses directed against the Hindus and Hinduism by several politicians, defence specialists and even journalists, Foreign Office spokesperson issued a statement backing the Hindu community of Pakistan. In a statement by the Government of Pakistan, ‘the Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Muhammad Faisal admired the […]
On the occasion of Mahashivratri, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and other devotees performed ‘Kar Sewa’ to clean the sacred pool of the historic Durgiana Temple in Amritsar on Maha Shivratri. This temple is dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga Devi. Kar Sewa means service done voluntarily and this is is the third ‘Kar Sewa’at […]
Muslim mob chanting Allah-o-Akbar and ‘Catch Malaun‘ (derogatory word to signify non-Muslim/Infidel in Bangladesh) attacked a Hindu Temple and also vandalized a graveyard of Hindu community. The attack happened on Sunday, February 24th, 2019, at Sahaspur Chourangibazar, Bochagonj of Dinajpur, Bangladesh. The mob was led by Mohammad Abdullah Bachumiah and a school teacher named Mohammad […]
Hindu-majority Bali is unhappy with the Vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno for his ideas on halal tourism. Sandiaga is the running mate to presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. During a speech at Hotel Alkyfa in the capital city of Bali, Denpasar, this Sunday he put forward the idea of halal tourism for Bali. Bali is Hindu-majority island […]
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, attended the Gita Aradhana Mahotsav at ISKCON-Glory of India Cultural Centre, New Delhi, today. He unveiled a unique Bhagwad Gita, prepared by ISKCON devotees. It measures over 2.8 meters and weighs over 800 kg. Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that it is indeed a special occasion to unveil this […]
