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List of articles pertaining to Religion
Myanmar monks protests
Friday, September 21, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Inspite of heavy rain, 200 monks converged on Mei Lamu pagoda on the outskirts of Yangon. After chanting sermons and praying for 15 minutes, the monks dispersed. Monks took to the streets in Myanmar's largest city. The military junta insisted it has no plans to call a state of emergency to stop protests that have posed the greatest threat to the regime in a decade.The monks' activities have give
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Shiva temple vandalised : Kapurthala
Friday, September 07, 2007 sify.com
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Crime , Religion
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A 140-year-old Panch Mukhi Mahadev temple at Kapurthala in Punjab was vandalised by miscreants who decamped with a silver chandelier.According to sources, a marble idol of Panch Mukhi Mahadev was damaged and a chandelier weighing about 1 kg has gone missing.
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Juanita Bynum's fairytale ends
Sunday, September 02, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Religion
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"The very thing she's been preaching and proclaiming has now blown up in her own life," said Duke University theology professor J. Kameron Carter. "She becomes Exhibit A for her own message." Her example, of living one's life as an empowered Christian single woman turned spouse, now shifts to spouse turned survivor.She who is admired by thousands as a fiery evangelist who brooks no-nonsense and
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'Golden Temple' in Tamil Nadu
Friday, August 24, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Religion
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The Sri Puram Golden Temple - which is one of the biggest Hindu shrines in southern India - was consecrated on Friday in the presence of over 30,000 devotees. Dubbed the 'golden temple', the Sri Puram is located in the backdrop of a small range of hillocks, about 180 km from Chennai. It has been built at the cost of Rs.3 million by a spiritual leader who calls himself Narayani Amma.
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Taslima's attackers produced in court
Friday, August 24, 2007 www.rediff.com
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Religion
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Three members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly were produced at the 12th MM Metropolitan Criminal Court in Hyderabad on Thursday in connection with the attack on Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. The trio -Mohammed Muqtada Khan, Mohammed Moazzam Khan and Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri are members of the political outfit Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - were arrested on August 9 for disrupting a
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Sikh parents may convert daughter for admission
Monday, August 20, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Foreign Affairs , Religion
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A sikh couple in the US are considering converting their four-year-old daughter to Christianity in a bid to get her admission to the school of their choice. Baljit and Bal Singh are keen on enrolling their daughter in the St Paul's Roman Catholic School in Wolviston, Cleveland.
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Police to question Dera chief
Friday, August 17, 2007 www.ndtv.com
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Crime , Religion
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Baba Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the leader of the Dera Sacha Sauda will will be questioned by a team of Bathinda police on Friday. The baba has been accused of hurting Sikh sentiments by dressing like Guru Gobind Singh. Besides the Baba also has two murder cases and two rape cases against his name.
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Amarnath yatra resumes
Thursday, August 16, 2007 www.ptinews.com
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Religion
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The pilgrimage to the Holy cave in Amarnath resumed after being suspended for two days on account of bad weather. A batch of 577 pilgrims including 331 men, 127 women, 25 children and 94 sadhus left in a fleet of 18 vehicles amid tight security from the base camp of Mam stadium.
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MIM leader booked for issuing threats to Nasreen
Monday, August 13, 2007 sify.com
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Religion
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The Hyderabad police have registered a case against Akbaruddin Owaisi, the leader of the Majlis-e-Ittedhadul Muslimeen (MIM) on charges of threatening to kill Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. Owaisi has been booked on charges of criminal intimidation however he denied issuing any threat to kill Nasreen if she visits Hyderabad again.
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Akbaruddin-Owaisi
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Muslim leaders condemn attack on Taslima
Friday, August 10, 2007 www.dnaindia.com
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Religion
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The Muslim leaders have condemned the attack on Taslima Nasreen and referred to the event as 'shameful' and 'barbaric'. Noted lyricist and author Javed Akhtar said: "The incident was outrageous and shameful. In a civilised society, you have a right to approve or disapprove of anything,"
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