Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Court Says Indian Penal Code Does Not Punish Insults to Religion That Do Not Outrage Targets

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In Kumar v. State of Karnataka ,  (High Ct. Karnataka, Sept. 13, 2024), a single-judge bench of the High Court of the Indian state of Karnat...
Friday, July 12, 2024

India's Supreme Court Says Muslim Women Can Invoke Secular Law for Maintenance Award After a Religious Divorce

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In Mohd v. State of Telangana ,  (India Sup. Ct., July 10, 2024), a 2-judge panel of India's Supreme Court held that a Muslim woman who ...
Monday, January 22, 2024

Controversial Hindu Temple Dedication Takes Place In India

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In the Indian holy city of Ayodhya, the politically and religiously controversial dedication of the Ram Mandir, a Hindu Temple, took place t...
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Indian Court Bars Exclusion of Scheduled Caste from Temple Festival

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Last week in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court issued an order to prevent members of a Scheduled Caste from being exclud...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

India's Supreme Court Refuses to Recognize Same-Sex Marriage

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In  Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty v. Union of India , (Sup. Ct. India, Oct. 17, 2023), a 5-judge bench of India's Supreme Court, in 4 op...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

New South Asian Congressional Caucus Launched Amid Criticism from Some Civil Rights Groups

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Last week, Michigan Congressman Shri Thanedar announced  formation of the 28-member "Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain US Congressional Caucu...
Friday, June 23, 2023

Biden, Modi Respond To Questions About Religious Freedom In India

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Yesterday, President Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is making a state visit to the United States held a joint Press Confe...
Tuesday, March 07, 2023

India's Supreme Court Rejects Petition on Renaming of Historical Cultural Religious Places

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In Upadhyay v. Union of India ,  (Sup. Ct. India, Feb. 27, 2023), the Supreme Court of India dismissed a petition brought by a leader of a ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Indian Court Upholds Hijab Ban In Schools and Colleges

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As reported by CBS News : The top court in the southern Indian state of Karnataka on Tuesday upheld a ban on hijabs, or Muslim headscarves, ...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021

India Refuses To Allow Mother Theresa's Charity To Receive Further Funds From Abroad

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The Guardian reports that on Christmas Day, India's Ministry of Home Affairs refused to renew the license allowing Missionaries of Char...
Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Local Officials In India Take Aim At Food Carts Selling Eggs

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Deccan Herald reported yesterday on the India's most recent religious-cultural controversy-- the sale of eggs by food cart operators. A...
Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Indian Court Says Religious Conversion Does Not Change Person's Caste

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In Raj v. The Tahsildar ,  (Madras High Ct., Nov. 17, 2021), the High Court in the Indian city of Madras (Chennai) held that "conversio...
Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Indian Court Orders Wide-Ranging Protections For LGBTIA+ Community

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In an unusual 107-page opinion earlier this month, a Justice of the Madras High Court in India handed down a wide ranging series of directiv...
Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Court In India Dismisses Charge That Facebook Post Violated Blasphemy Law

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In India, the High Court of the State of Tripura dismissed a complaint filed against petitioner claiming that he violated Section 295A of th...
Tuesday, February 23, 2021

India's Hindu Nationalist Government Cancels Scheduled Exam On Cows

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New York Times reports that in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has postponed offering a widely criticize...
Friday, December 04, 2020

Indian State Places New Restrictions On Religious Conversion

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On Nov. 27, the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh promulgated the  Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2020 ...
Thursday, March 05, 2020

USCIRF Hearing On Citizenship Laws and Religious Freedom

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a hearing yesterday on Citizenship Laws and Religious Freedom.  The hearing focu...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Trump Praises Modi's Efforts On Religious Freedom In India

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At his press conference ( full text ) in New Delhi, India yesterday, President Donald Trump responded to a question about religious freedom ...
Friday, January 17, 2020

Suit In India Over Discriminatory Citizenship Law

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In India, the state of Kerala has filed suit in the Supreme Court challenging as discriminatory the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, and var...
Tuesday, January 07, 2020

India Supreme Court: State Commission Can Choose Teachers For Madrassas

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In Rafique v. Managing Committee,  Contai Rahamania High Madrasah , (India Sup. Ct., Jan. 6, 2020), a 2-judge panel of India's Supreme C...