Religion News – Newsletter for February 10, 2011

Four lakh people take holy dip in Konark

BHUBANESWAR – At least four lakh pilgrims Thursday took a holy dip in a pond in Orissa’s temple town of Konark on the occasion of Magha Saptami which Hindus consider auspicious, the authorities said.

Devotees, including the elderly and children, worshipped the sun in the belief that the bath and prayer would cleanse them of … Read more »»».

Canadian Sikhs angry as Quebec assembly bans kirpan

TORONTO – The legislative assembly of Canada’s French-speaking Quebec province Wednesday passed a unanimous motion banning the kirpan from its premises.

All 113 members of the assembly, including Premier (chief minister) Jean Charest, voted in favour of the ban on the Sikh symbol.
The motion was introduced by the opposition Parti Quebecois (PQ) after last … Original source on Gaea Times at : Canadian Sikhs angry as Quebec assembly bans kirpan.

India’s biggest mosque to come up in Kozhikode

KOZHIKODE – Preliminary work to build what is billed as Indias biggest mosque has begun here, thanks to the initiative of the charitable institution Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya headed by Muslim scholar Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobaker Musliyar.

Musliyar heads the popular social, charity and educational organisation based here which has in the past three decades educated …. Original article  : India’s biggest mosque to come up in Kozhikode.

Muslims preach RSS values in Lucknow

LUCKNOW – Donning skull caps and armed with RSS literature, small groups of Muslims here are on a campaign to preach the values of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh among members of their community.

Under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya Maha Sufi Sant Sewa Samiti (ABMSSSS), around 75 Muslims are on a door-to-door campaign to …. Source  : Gaea News Network.