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For many people, the main concern in a yoga class is whether they are breathing correctly or their legs are aligned. But for others, there are lingering doubts about whether they should be there at all, or whether they are betraying their religion.Farida Hamza, a Muslim woman living in the US (pictured above), had been [...]

Most scientists would probably say that the concept of an afterlife is either nonsense, or at the very least unprovable.Yet one expert claims he has evidence to confirm an existence beyond the grave – and it lies in quantum physics.Professor Robert Lanza claims the theory of biocentrism teaches that death as we know it is [...]

“Upcoming elections in Nepal. The rule of law for a democratic and peaceful process”: on 13 November 2013, the Brussels-based European Institute for Asian Studies held a conference to prepare us for the second elections for a Constituent Assembly in Nepal. In 2008, the Nepalese people had already elected a first Constituent Assembly, but it [...]

The United Nation’s International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that Cambodia should have sovereignty over the disputed land around the 900-year-old Preah Vihear Temple bordering Thailand. The ICJ also ruled that Thailand should at once withdraw its troops from the area, BBC reported. “A 1962 verdict by the court declared the temple to be Cambodian, but did [...]

The outburst by India’s leading rationalists back in 2013 over K Radhakrishnan’s visit to the famous Lord Venkateswara temple in southern India needs to be examined. Radhakrishnan is chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisationand the head of India’s space agency, in fact the man responsible for launching that nation’s mission to the planet Mars. [...]

Hindu Human Rights has been involved in hundreds of different Hindu campaigns including the successes in stopping abuse of hindu imagery over the years.This one was part of the Lord Rama Show campaign against a company in France in 2005. [...]

Brookvale Union, an Australian brewery from New South Wales has a juxtaposed image of Hindu god Ganesha’s head and Hindu goddess Lakshmi’s body on its ginger beer bottles. This image has upset some Indians in Australia. “Is it just me or does anyone else find this ginger beer bottle offensive?” asks Taneea Thapliyal from Melbourne. [...]

The White House celebrated the start of the Hindu holiday of Diwali on Tuesday, something they have done every year since the Obamas have lived there. Given that this is a non-Christian holiday and the Obamas were involved, you just know that the religious right could not stay silent. Sure enough, Bryan Fischer opened his [...]

Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha joined the Diwali celebrations at the Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, London, the largest traditional Hindu temple outside India. More at British PM and Wife Celebrate Diwali at Hindu Temple [...]

Stylish Samantha Cameron is known for her knack of dressing impeccably, whatever the occasion, and today the Prime Minister’s wife chose a dramatic autumnal sari to take in London’s colourful Diwali celebrations. Samantha, 42, chose a russet-coloured sari edged in gold for a visit to the Swaminarayan Mandir, the largest traditional Hindu temple outside India, [...]