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Hijab verdict: Court order violates fundamental right to freedom of religi
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Reacting to the Hijab verdict, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the Karnataka High Court's decision to uphold the ban on Hijab is a violation of the fundamental rights to freedom of religion, culture and expression.
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Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act: SC agrees to consider Gujarat govt's plea
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging the Gujarat High Court's order staying Section 5 of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, 2021, which mandated permission of District Magistrates for religious conversion.
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Karnataka: BJP's CT Ravi slams Cong for opposing bill aiming to free templ
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 3 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party General Secretary CT Ravi on Sunday slammed Congress for opposing a bill aiming to free temples from the state's control.
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Anti-conversion bill to protect vulnerable sections from 'exploitation thr
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 23 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavraj Bommai on Thursday said that the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021, will protect the vulnerable sections like SC, ST, OBC, poor people from being exploited through allurement.
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Karnataka Assembly passes anti-conversion bill amid Oppn ruckus
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 23 (ANI): Amid the ruckus by the Opposition, Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Thursday passed the Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2021 or anti-conversion bill.
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Anti-conversion bill is hate campaign that has to be avoided at any cost:
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Belagavi (Karnataka) [India], December 14 (ANI): Belagavi Bishop Derek Fernandes, has slammed the Karnataka's government's proposed anti-conversion bill, terming it a hate campaign against Christians.
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Pakistan: After bill against forced conversion rejected, 38 cases so far r
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], November 22 (ANI): After Pakistan turned down the bill on forced conversion, 38 cases of forced conversion have been reported across the country.
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Gujarat HC stays certain sections of anti-conversion law for inter-religio
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], August 19 (ANI): Gujarat High Court on Thursday in an interim order stayed the implementation of certain sections concerning interfaith marriages in the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act.
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Gujarat police registers first case under Freedom of Religion Amendment Ac
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], June 19 (ANI): Gujarat police have registered the first case under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act 2021 less than four days after it came into force, and arrested one person.
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Abuses in Tibet include restricted freedom of religion, belief, arbitrary
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): Raising the issue of human rights abuses in Tibet, the Centre for Democracy, Pluralism and Human Rights (CDPHR), in its latest report, has revealed that various individuals and organisations working for the rights of Tibetan people have reported abuses of ri
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Gujarat Assembly passes bill to stop 'love jihad'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 2 (ANI): To bring more stringent punishment against forced religious conversions through marriage, Gujarat Vidhan Sabha passed the 'Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2021' with a majority.
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Gujarat govt to table 'love jihad' bill before Assembly today
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], April 1 (ANI): The state government is set to amend the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 to bring more stringent punishment against forced religious conversions through marriage.
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