Religion News – Newsletter for February 18, 2011

Karmapa to visit Sarnath next month

DHARAMSALA – As the controversy over the recovery of foreign and Indian currency worth Rs.70 million ($1.5 million) from the 17th Karmapa’s monastery is gradually coming to an end, the Karmapa is headed next month to Sarnath, the birthplace of Buddhism, monastery officials said.

Even as the state and central intelligence agencies are keeping tabs …. Read the original article  : Karmapa to visit Sarnath next month.

Was Pakistani Maulana’s visit aimed at reinforcing anti-Vastanvi lobby?

LUCKNOW – The two-day India visit by Islamic hardliner and Pakistans Jamiat-ul-Islami chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman is believed to be aimed at reinforcing the lobby against recently-appointed Darul-Uloom Deoband Vice Chancellor Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi, who has drawn much flak for praising governance in Narendra Modi-ruled Gujarat.

Ostensibly, Rehman was in Deoband and New Delhi earlier … Read more »».

Karnataka bishops to protest church attacks

BANGALORE – Bangalore Archbishop Bernard Moras will lead 17 bishops in a sit-in protest Friday and the Christian community will hold a rally and candle light vigil here Monday to protest attacks on churches in the state.

The sit-in and the candle light vigil follow a judicial commission report absolving Hindu groups of the series … Read more »»».