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Hindus urge strong legislation in Papua New Guinea for sorcery related killings
Category: South Asians Abroad Written by Tapa Menon
Shocked by the reported brutal torturing and burning alive of a young woman on sorcery accusations on February six, Hindus are urging Papua New Guinea to come up with a strong legislation to deal with growing sorcery-related killings.
According to reports, a 20-year old mother of one was
Last Updated on Friday, 08 February 2013 07:25
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Hindus welcome France overturning ban on women trousers
Category: South Asians Abroad Written by Tapa Menon
Hindus have welcomed French government for overturning 200-year-old ban on women wearing trousers.
Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that although it came very late, but it was still “a step in the right direction for France”.
Zed, who is President
Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 February 2013 07:22
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New Archbishop of Canterbury urged by Hindus to promote interfaith
Category: South Asians Abroad Written by Tapa Menon
Congratulating Right Reverend Justin Welby, 57, on his confirmation as the new 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in a legal ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in London today, Hindus hope that he would promote interfaith dialogue in the world.
Welby, a former oil executive, will assume the Church
Last Updated on Monday, 04 February 2013 12:52
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Hindus urge new Chaldean Catholic Patriarch to promote interfaith dialogue
Category: South Asians Abroad Written by Tapa Menon
Congratulating His Beatitude Dr. Louis Raphael I Sako, 64, on his election as the new Patriarch of Babylon of Baghdad (Iraq) headquartered Chaldean Catholic Church, Hindus hope that he would promote interfaith dialogue in the world.
Chaldean Catholic synod of bishops, after four days of
Last Updated on Sunday, 03 February 2013 23:32
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Hindus laud Austria for hosting international interfaith Forum
Category: South Asians Abroad Written by Tapa Menon
Hindus have welcomed mainly Roman Catholic Austria for hosting two-day high-profile Global Forum in Vienna, bringing together experts from world-over to have intercultural and interreligious dialogue.
“It is a step in the right direction for Austria”, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan
Last Updated on Saturday, 02 February 2013 11:56
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Religious statesman Zed urges Indonesia to take child marriage issue seriously
Category: South Asians Abroad Written by Tapa Menon
In view of the recent marriage of a 13-year old girl in Bali (Indonesia), distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged Indonesia to seriously work towards halting the practice of child marriages.
Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed that it was 21st century
Last Updated on Friday, 01 February 2013 02:42
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Hindus term Canada billboards in Hungary targeting Roma as racist
Category: South Asians Abroad Written by Tapa Menon
Hindus have termed Canadian government billboards in Hungary targeting Roma (Gypsy) asylum-seekers as highly inappropriate and blatant racism.
Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that this unprecedented billboard and other media campaign in
Last Updated on Sunday, 27 January 2013 14:36
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