Religion News – Newsletter for January 30, 2011

After Christians, ancient Nepal tribe fights for burial rights

KATHMANDU – Close on the heels of Nepal’s Christian community warning the government that they would discard their dead in front of the prime minister’s office unless granted a burial site of their own, now an ancient Nepali tribe is also up in arms, demanding the same right.

The Kirats, an ancient tribe of mighty … Read : After Christians, ancient Nepal tribe fights for burial rights.

Sikhs urged to celebrate March 14 as Environment Day

WASHINGTON – An international Sikh group has appealed to all Sikh gurdwaras and institutions to celebrate March 14, the day Guru Har Rai became the 7th Sikh Guru in 1644 AD, as Sikh Environment Day.

EcoSikh said it has received confirmation of participation from many Sikh institutions in India and abroad. EcoSikh has also launched …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

‘Fatwa’ issued against British home secretary

LONDON – Several posters have come up in London, declaring a “fatwa” – or religious pronouncement – against Home Secretary Theresa May for the “abduction, kidnapping and false imprisonment” of several radical clerics.

Scotland Yard has begun investigating after the “wanted-style” posters came up in Tooting in south west London, the Independent reported.
A fatwa … Read more : ‘Fatwa’ issued against British home secretary.

Moily for CBI probe into Karnataka church attacks

BANGALORE – Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily Saturday said the judicial panel, which absolved the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and Hindu groups of attacks on churches in Karnataka, had suppressed the truth.

“Only a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will bring out the truth,” he told reporters here a day after … Read more »»».