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London: Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has issued his first specific guidelines for jihad, urging restraint in attacking other Muslim sects and non-Muslims and in starting conflicts in countries where jihadis might find a safe base to promote their ideas. The document, published by the SITE monitoring service, provides a rare look at al-Qaida’s strategy 12 [...]

EDISON – Campaign signs for Dr. Sudhanshu Prasad, a town councilman running for mayor, were defaced with racist graffiti over the weekend, his campaign said. “We strongly denounce these deplorable acts,” Prasad and his running mates on the town council slate said in a statement released Monday. “These are cowardly acts of bigotry which have [...]

Kothankulam residents plead with government for protection of the historic temple The proposed widening of East Coast Road is threatening the existence of a more than 600-year-old temple at Kothankulam in Kadaladi block in the district. Sri Sundararaja Perumal temple has the unique distinction of having a standing Manavala Mamunigal, a venerated vaishnavite saint, besides [...]

2 Hindu Jat brothers killed by Muslim Mob  in Kawaal village, under Jaansath tehsil of Muzaffarnagar. What the Indian media is not showing you : According to reports it’s been alleged that Muzzafarnagar has been on fire for over a week now & it has been totally blacked out by the Indian English media until [...]

Zee News reported that ‘Rajasthan police have accessed a video clip from the caretaker of H.H. Asaram Bapuji, Shiva’s mobile featuring the controversial godman with a girl.’ (Ref : Zee News) Police, however, denied reports that it is in possession of any CD or video clippings given by H.H. Asaram Bapuji’s aide Shiva. “We have [...]

Christians want state laws to govern assets of churches .Christians are a mere 2.5 per cent of the country’s population. But, the Church in India suffers from a case of plenty, says Remy Denis, All India Catholic Union President. Church authorities control funds equivalent to the Indian Navy’s annual budget. The Church is also the [...]

Thiruvananthapuram: Temple boards in Kerala have received a letter from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seeking details of the stock of gold in their possession, a temple board official said Thursday.  Speaking to reporters, a top official of the famous Guruvayoor Devasom Board said a letter had been received from the RBI seeking details [...]

A man was arrested Wednesday and handed over to the FBI after allegedly threatening to behead Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. According to local reports, the man, Aniruddha Sherbow, sent his threats directly to the FBI via email. He was found in Tijuana, Mexico. Sherbow has threatened Gabbard before. In 2011, a judge issued a three-year restraining [...]

RANCHI: Members of the Sarna faith have decided to forcefully remove the statue depicting a ‘tribal’ Virgin Mary which was unveiled in May this year at Singpur village in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district unless it’s attire is changed. Talks between church representatives and the Sarna faith have broken down and the Sarna elders have set August [...]

Hindu Human Rights received many complaints about the use of sacred imagery by ASOS. As is usual in these circumstances the retail outlet decided to use the sanctity of one faith in a manner it would never do for certain other belief systems. This is an unfortunate hangover of a bygone era when colonial mentality [...]