Religion News – Newsletter for January 28, 2011

Muslim clerics join hands for polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh

MEERUT – From sending greeting cards to issuing printed appeals and making announcements from the mosque loudspeaker – Muslim clerics in western Uttar Pradesh are doing everything, and with much success, to motivate their community to get children immunised against polio.

Their cajoling has had a good effect – as from 1,700 houses in the …. Original article  : Muslim clerics join hands for polio eradication in Uttar Pradesh.

Panel clears BJP, Hindu groups in Karnataka church attacks

BANGALORE – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its government in Karnataka and pro-Hindu outfits had no hand in the series of attacks on churches in the state in 2008, a judicial panel said Friday.

“There is no basis to the apprehension of petitioners that politicians, BJP, sangha parivar (as pro-Hindu outfits are called) and the … Read more »».

Ancient Fatehpuri mosque to be restored to old glory

NEW DELHI – The ageing Fatehpuri mosque in Old Delhi is awaiting a much-needed facelift that can extend by some 100 years the life of one of the grandest Islamic monuments in India.

If and when the restoration work begins, it will take up to two years to restore the original glory of the mosque …. Read the original article  : Ancient Fatehpuri mosque to be restored to old glory.

US civil liberties groups back Sikh rights

WASHINGTON – A Sikh advocacy group joined by several other civil rights organizations have urged California’s Indian-American Attorney General Kamala Harris not to oppose a bearded Sikh who wants to serve as a prison guard.

Trilochan Singh Oberoi was denied a job as a Corrections Officer in Folsom because of a claim by Department … Read more : US civil liberties groups back Sikh rights.

Buddhist monks walking for world peace reach Agra

AGRA – Nearly 300 Buddhist monks from Thailand, Poland, England, Ireland and Germany, walking across India for world peace and welfare, have reached the Taj city.

They were given a warm reception by the local Buddhist community here Thursday and a colourful tented township has come up at the Budh Vihar, near the Agra …. Original article  : Buddhist monks walking for world peace reach Agra.

Online Islamic law encyclopaedia ‘Wiqifiqh’ launched

Tehran, Jan 28 (IANS/AKI) The Islamic Information and Documentation Centre in the Iranian capital, Tehran, has launched the free online Islamic law encyclopaedia, ‘Wikifiqh’ in farsi. English and Arabic versions are also planned.

The encyclopaedia contains entries on millions of concepts in Islamic law (’fiqh’ in Arabic) and the Muslim faith.
Part of the ‘Wikifiqh’ …. Source  : Online Islamic law encyclopaedia ‘Wiqifiqh’ launched.

Nepal Christians fight against grave injustice

KATHMANDU – When Nepali boxer Raju Budha Magar received a killer punch on the head during a tourney in central Nepal earlier this month and fell in the ring, it was the start of an unbelievable nightmare for the family of the 22-year-old.

Budha Magar died the next day without regaining consciousness and his family … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Nepal Christians fight against grave injustice.