Religion News – Newsletter for November 18, 2010

US gives India high marks on religious freedom

WASHINGTON – The United States has given India’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA) central government high marks on religious freedom but said some state and local governments imposed limits on this freedom.

The UPA national government “generally respected, provided incentives for, and intervened to protect religious freedom,” the State Department said in its annual report on … Read more »»».

Pakistan bans collection of animal hides for charity

ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan government has banned the collection of animal hides by militant and religious groups for charity on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha when Muslims sacrifice animals to fulfill a religious duty.

Eid is being celebrated in Pakistan Wednesday. The religious groups had already started advertising for the collection of hides from the …. Source  : Pakistan bans collection of animal hides for charity.

Making sacrifices, feeding poor, Indian Muslims mark Eid-ul-Azha (Roundup)

NEW DELHI – If there was sporadic violence in Kashmir Valley, there was also the heartwarming gesture of Muslims in a Maharashtra town deferring the traditional goat sacrifice as a mark of respect to Hindus. As millions of Indian Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Azha, its spirit came alive in many splendoured ways.

Be it in open grounds, [..] Read the original article: here.