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By Lokendra Malik and Wazida Rahman The Karnataka High Court’s judgment on the hijab issue sends a wrong message to minorities at a time when they are already facing many difficulties. Several constitutional pundits, religious scholars and secular intellectuals believe that the ruling is deeply flawed, passed in violation of fundamental constitutional principles and secular values. The judgment upholds the validity of the government order which allowed some educational institutions in the state to ban wearing of the hijab in the interest of public order and the unity and integrity of the country. The Court has applied the essential religious…

Calling Newroz a “Persian holiday” is offensive to more than 300 million people and the many Canadian communities who have been celebrating it for over 3,000 years, writes Kaziwa Salih, a Kurdish journalist in Canada. Canadians who’ve arrived from many countries and those who trace their heritage to regions across Europe and Asia are getting ready to celebrate the ancient New Year’s holiday of Newroz, marking the spring equinox on March 21. Yet, Canadian media and politicians continue to call this a “Persian” holiday, bringing to Canada the ethnic politics that various minorities thought they had left behind. Calling Newroz…

On Thursday (March 17) night, a frenzied Muslim mob attacked an ISKCON temple, located on Lalmohan Saha Street in Wari in Dhaka Division of Bangladesh. The development was confirmed to Opindia by the administration of the Sri Sri Radhakanta Jiu Mandir. According to the Hindu American Foundation (HAF), the dastardly attack was orchestrated by one 62-year-old Haji Shafiullah. Under his direction, an Islamist mob of 150-200 people laid siege on the ISKCON temple. They desecrated the murtis (idol), vandalised the temple premises, looted money and other valuable items. As per a report published by India Today, three devotees namely Sumantra Chandra…

NEW DELHI: The ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka was vandalised allegedly by a mob of over 200 people on Thursday night when devotees were preparing for Friday’s Holi Purnima, leaving three of them injured. The situation was later brought under control by the local police. The injured have been admitted to Dhaka Medical College. ISKCON Kolkata vice-president Radharamn Das condemned the incident and said that “last evening, when devotees were preparing for Gaura Purnima celebration, a mob of 200 people entered the premises of Shri Radhakanta Temple in Dhaka and started vandalising it”. It’s very very unfortunate incident…

ANI | Updated: Mar 18, 2022 20:08 IST Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 18 (ANI): A mob of over 200 led by Islamist Haji Shafiullah vandalised the ISKCON temple in Dhaka, took away idols and injured several devotees, an temple official said on Friday.Amani Krishna Das, the public relations officer of ISKCON temple, told ANI: “More than 200 terrorists led by Haji Shafiullah attacked, vandalized and looted the ISKCON Radhakanta temple at 222, Lal Mohan Saha Street in Wari.””The miscreants attempted to break the security wall of the temple,” Das said. On March 17, ISKCON affiliated Radhakanta Jeev temple was vandalised.”Last night…

South Africa host Bangladesh for the first time since 2017 with for a series of three ODIs and two Tests, and the first ODI is to be played as a day/night match at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Friday, 18 March. The first ball is due to be bowled at 13:00. READ | FIVE-IPL BOUND PROTEAS STARS TO MISS BANGLADESH TEST SERIES The uncanny habit of finding themselves in off-field issues continues to be the template for South Africa. While the noise around coach Mark Boucher’s disciplinary process is still echoing around, the decision of some Test players to prioritise the IPL over national…

This is not the first time such an attack has happened. Last October, a devotee was killed when a mob attacked ISKCON temple in Bangladesh’s Noakhali Vice-President of ISKCON Kolkata Radharamn Das. Image: ANI Kolkata: A mob of over 200 people attacked devotees and vandalized the ISKCON Radhakanta Temple in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Thursday. “Last evening when devotees were preparing for Gaura Purnima celebration, a mob of 200 people entered the premises of Shri Radhakanta Temple in Dhaka and started vandalizing it,” Radharamn Das, Vice-President ISKCON Kolkata told ANI. “Three of our devotees were injured in the scuffle. Fortunately,…

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022What do Americans see when they look in the mirror? Or rather, how do they envision the country in their mind’s eye? A new poll from YouGov America gives us an answer — and it is troubling, though perhaps not in the way it first seems.In broad terms, the poll shows that Americans consistently, and vastly, overestimate the size of minority groups. What portion of society is gay and lesbian? Respondents say 30 percent; in truth it’s about 3 percent. Bisexuals? People say 29 percent; in reality, it’s 4 percent. How about transgender people? Those polled…

The ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Bangladesh’s Dhaka was vandalized on Thursday. This story is still developing and more details are awaited. This incident comes a few months following a series of attacks on minority religious places in Bangladesh that took place last October. An ISKCON temple in Noakhali city in Bangladesh was vandalised and a devotee was killed by a mob on October 16. Earlier, communal tensions gripped Bangladesh following allegations of the Quran being dishonoured at a puja pavilion in Cumilla on October 13 last year,…

The Kansas Reflector welcomes opinion pieces from writers who share our goal of widening the conversation about how public policies affect the day-to-day lives of people throughout our state. Rabbi Moti Rieber is executive director of Kansas Interfaith Action, a statewide, multifaith issue-advocacy organization that works on a variety of social, economic and climate justice issues. In a legislative session with a lot of education policy in the works, one of the more under-the-radar, yet potentially dangerous, bills is the so-called Parents’ Bill of Rights. On the surface, this measure might seem reasonable. Who could argue with this: “Every parent…

In a shocking event, a mob on Thursday allegedly vandalised and looted the ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Bangladesh’s Dhaka. According to reports, a mob of around 200 people barged in and attacked the temple situated in Wari, Dhaka. Following the attack by extremists, several persons were injured as claimed by The Voice of Bangladeshi Hindus, an organization working for the welfare of the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh. The ISKCON Radhakanta temple in Dhaka was allegedly vandalised by a mob yesterday, news agency ANI reported. Senior Adviser, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India, Kanchan Gupta also shared a video…

London-based leukaemia patient Yvette Chin, 41, has just months to live unless a stem cell donor is found. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY The family of a Chinese leukaemia patient in the United Kingdom has launched an urgent appeal calling for the East Asian community around the world to become stem cell donors. Yvette Chin, 41, from London has acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a rare aggressive blood cancer, and has just months to live unless a donor can be found. Her brother, Colin Chin, 48, and sister-in-law Serena Chin are urging more people in the Chinese and East Asian community to register as…