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Hindu ultranationalist legions mark RSS centenary
AFP, Published on 23/10/2025
» NAGPUR, India - Brandishing bamboo sticks and chanting patriotic hymns, thousands of uniformed men parade in central India, a striking show of strength by the country’s millions-strong Hindu ultranationalist group.
Virtual Jesus? Virtual Buddha? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
AFP, Published on 03/10/2025
» NEW YORK — Artificial intelligence (AI), the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons -- a change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful.
India readies for mammoth Hindu festival of 400 million pilgrims
AFP, Published on 10/01/2025
» NEW DELHI — The world's largest gathering of humanity begins in India on Monday with the opening of the Kumbh Mela, a six-week Hindu festival organisers expect to attract up to 400 million pilgrims.
Paraguay official sacked after dealings with fictitious country
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» ASUNCION - A senior Paraguayan official was fired this week after signing a cooperation memorandum with a country he has since learned does not exist.
Blame and accusations in dead Sikh separatist's village
AFP, Published on 22/09/2023
» BHARSINGPURA, India - A notice demanding that Hardeep Singh Nijjar appear in court is still stuck on his house in Punjab, where the Sikh separatist's neighbours believe Canada's accusation that India was responsible for his killing.
Hindu verse in 'Oppenheimer' sex scene sparks Indian anger
AFP, Published on 24/07/2023
» A sex scene in the Hollywood blockbuster "Oppenheimer" featuring a line from a Hindu holy scripture sparked online outrage in India on Monday, with an official calling it a "scathing attack".
Abuse survivor's ordeal sheds light on Malaysia 'unilateral conversions'
AFP, Published on 26/07/2022
» GOMBAK, Malaysia: Malaysian woman Loh Siew Hong says her husband brutally abused her, battering her over the head and breaking her ankle, before running off with their children and converting them to Islam.
Ukrainian Hare Krishna devotees seek sanctuary in N.Ireland
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» INISH RATH (UNITED KINGDOM) - Nestled among the reeds of Northern Ireland's Lough Erne, the wooded island of Inish Rath has been home to a Hare Krishna temple since the 1980s.
Prophet row murder sparks fury on Indian social media
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» NEW DELHI: The gruesome killing of a Hindu tailor has inflamed religious tensions in India and sparked a furious response on social media, including calls for reprisal attacks against the country's Muslim minority.
Modi's party retains Indian mega-state
AFP, Published on 10/03/2022
» LUCKNOW (INDIA) - A firebrand monk and poster boy of Hindu nationalism retained power in India's most populous state Thursday, in a triumph for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party.