New Delhi, October 28, 2022: Hindu population has reportedly more than doubled in Canada during 2001-2021, and Hinduism is now third largest religion in the country after Christianity and Islam. According to Statistics Canada, as reported in the 2021 Census, Hindus rose from 1.0% to 2.3% (close to 830,000 people) of total Canadian population from […]
New Delhi, October 31, 2021: Indonesia’s founding father Sukarno’s daughter Sukmawati Sukarnoputri embraced Hinduism this week. Her son, Muhammad Putera, also accompanied her mother in the run-up to the conversion ceremony. The religious conversion to Hinduism began with Sudi Wadani, and was held on October 26, 2021, in Singaraja, Buleleng. In a statement Sukmawati Sukarnoputri […]
New Delhi, August 1, 2021: Muslim Women Rights Day is being observed across the country today on 1st August 2021, to celebrate the enactment of the law against Triple Talaq. Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi yesterday said here that the Government enacted the law against Triple Talaq on 1st August 2019 which has […]
New Delhi, November 3, 2020: Late on 2nd November at around 10.30 pm a crowd chanting religious slogans attacked ‘Sheetal’ Hindu Temple in the Lee Market, Karachi, Pakistan. Murtis of Hindu deities like Lord Ganesha, Sheshnag, Hanuman, and Shiva Linga were thrown by the charged crowd. Pakistani Rangers reached the spot but were unable to […]
New Delhi, November 3rd, 2020: Bangladesh is witnessing another wave of attacks on Hindus on the pretext of blasphemy against Islam. Many Hindus are being accused of blasphemy Islam for ‘liking’ statuses on Facebook in support of France. Dr MK Roy of the Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance (Hindu Mohajote), who spoke to Currentriggers.com, told […]
New Delhi, November 1, 2020: Hindu houses at Bangor Bazar, Muradpur thana of Comilla district, were set on fire by mob who accused two Hindu boys, Anik and Shankar of insulting Islam this afternoon. Due to a lack of police action on the mob, many Hindus have already fled from the area fearing more attacks. […]
New Delhi, September 4, 2020: Muslims in South Africa are angry after the Kwazulu-Natal High Court in Durban issued an order last week against a Mosque and asked it to ensure that its call to prayer is not audible inside the complainant’s, who also happens to be a neighbour, house across the street. A Hindu […]
New Delhi, August 29, 2020: Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut condemned the Sweden riots that have led to massive damage to public property. The actor said that she saw many videos and pictures humiliating Hindu Gods with even Hindu Holy Books targeted but no one was hurt. She says that this is the tolerance of Hinduism. […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, June 12, 2020: The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad has accused the Turkey-backed militants of ‘silently carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Yazidis in Afrin, Syria. Detailing the crimes of the Turkey-backed militants she said that they are ‘kidnapping women, killing civilians, and destroying houses and […]
By Namta Gupta New Delhi, May 11, 2020: Pakistan has reconstituted National Commission for Minorities (NCM) but it is just old wine in a new bottle. Pakistan Minorities Teachers’ Association (PMTA) in a statement to CurrenTriggers noted that while there are 8 Muslim members, just 10 members are from 5 minority religions of Pakistan. It […]
