Religion News – Newsletter for January 31, 2011

Burial battle intensifies in Nepal

KATHMANDU – Scores of demonstrators flocked to the holiest Hindu shrine of Pashupatinath Monday to protest against the newly enforced ban on burying non-Hindus on the temple’s forested land even as the former Hindu kingdom’s culture minister warned the state would take tough steps to uphold the ban.

“Today’s protest is just a symbolic one,” … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Burial battle intensifies in Nepal.

Community mobilisers inch closer towards making India polio-free

MEERUT – Munzareen Fatima was excited when she was featured as a dedicated polio worker in Oscar-nominated documentary “The Final Inch” in 2009. The 40-year-old, who is a Unicef community mobiliser in her real life as well, awaits the day when India will be declared polio free.

Munzareen is part of an over 5,000-strong team …. Original article  : Community mobilisers inch closer towards making India polio-free.