Religion News – Newsletter for November 3, 2010

Pakistani Hindu woman moves court over temple

PESHAWAR – A Hindu woman in this northwestern Pakistani city has moved the high court to stake claim over an old temple. The court Tuesday directed the archaeology and revenue departments to present the temple records.

A two-member bench of the Peshawar High Court directed the Peshawar district revenue officer and the director of archaeology …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Dead in Italy honoured with 400 mn euros worth of flowers

Rome, Nov 3 (IANS/AKI) Italians spent 400 million euros on flowers to place on the graves of family and friends Tuesday, All Souls Day, or Day of the Dead, according to a report by Coldiretti, an Italian agriculture trade group.

People from the overwhelmingly Catholic country will mostly pay between 1.5 euros and 15 euros … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Dead in Italy honoured with 400 mn euros worth of flowers.

Oklahoma voters ban shariah law

WASHINGTON – The central US state of Oklahoma is to become the first state in the US to ban Islamic sharia law.

That’s the result of a voter initiative in the state that passed by a heavy majority in the midterm election Tuesday night.
State Question 755 amends the Oklahoma constitution to forbid courts in … Original source on Gaea Times at : Oklahoma voters ban shariah law.

BJP demands punishment for guilty in anti-Sikh riots

NEW DELHI – The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by its senior leader Arun Jaitley Tuesday took out a candle-light march here to demand punishment for those guilty in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Addressing the workers, Jaitley blamed the Congress for the murder of thousands of Sikhs in the aftermath of the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : BJP demands punishment for guilty in anti-Sikh riots.