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Leaders of Christian bodies praise PM Modi for minority welfare initiative
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Leaders of various Christian organisations praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government for taking several steps for the welfare of minorities.
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Leaders of Muslim bodies praise PM Modi for minority welfare initiatives
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Tariq Ahmad, President, Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association India said that abolishment of triple talaq good step towards women's empowerment.
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Pakistan chose extremist Islam over economic stability: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In 2020, Pakistan threatened legal action against Google and Wikipedia for "disseminating sacrilegious content," regarding Islamic beliefs held by minority Muslim sects.
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China employs "strategy" for pro-Beijing govt in Canada: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Canada's intelligence agency has evidence that China employed "a sophisticated strategy" to seek the return of a minority Liberal government and to defeat Conservative politicians considered to be anti-Beijing in the country's federal election in 2021, the Straits Times reported quoting a Gl
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Union Minister John Barla urges people of Nagaland to vote for right candi
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahead of the Nagaland Assembly polls, Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs, John Barla arrived at Seyochung Headquarters in Kiphire district of Nagaland on Wednesday for kickstarting the campaign of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate V Kashiho Sangtam.
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Atrocities on Pakistan's Ahmadiyya minority continues: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The hatred for the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan is at such a level that they don't celebrate the achievements of their only Nobel prize winner in the Science category, Abdus Salam.
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Online applications for Haj 2023 closes on March 10
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Saudi Arabia in January announced that there will be no limit on the number of pilgrims for this year's Haj.
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India ranks 1 among 110 nations for inclusivity measures towards religious
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to the Global Minority Report's analysis of 110 nations, India has the highest level of religious minorities acceptance, followed by South Korea, Japan, Panama, and the US. Maldives, Afghanistan, and Somalia are at the bottom of the list, with the UK and the UAE coming in at positi
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Hajj to cost lesser this year: Sources
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Hajj pilgrims from India will have to pay less as compared to the previous year as the central government is considering to reduce the cost of the pilgrimage by Rs 50,000 per person, sources in the Ministry of Minority Affairs said on Monday.
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BJP Minority Morcha to organise Sufi, Ulema conference to bridge gap betwe
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In an attempt to bring the Muslim minority in confidence, the Minority Morcha of Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) will organise Sufi and Ulema conferences in major cities and districts of the country.
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Canada's decision to resettle 10,000 Uyghurs may irk China
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Since 2017, Beijing has carried out a sweeping crackdown in the north-western Xinjiang region under the banner of counterterrorism, undertaking campaigns to forcibly assimilate the mostly Muslim ethnic minority group. Experts estimate that Chinese authorities have detained more than 1 millio
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Pashtuns subject to extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances in Pak
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Despite unprecedented efforts of the Pashtun community to bring justice to Mehsud, his killers were scot-free in an extremely dubious legal proceeding. Rao's acquittal is another example of how the Pakistani state authorities, including the judiciary, brazenly discriminate against the minori
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