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Healing divisions is central to Dutch king's Christmas message

The current tensions in society played a central role in king Willem-Alexander’s televised Christmas speech to the nation on Wednesday. “Many people feel misunderstood, unwanted, and without protection,” the king said in his 12th Christmas message. “To Dutch Muslims, I say: this is also your country; this is also your land.” “In this country, everyone is free to find comfort …

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2 months ago

HT interview: ‘Judicial freedom doesn’t mean orders go one way’

Hindustan Times

Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Saturday emphasised the importance of restraint in the Supreme Court’s use of judicial powers when it comes to appointments within the judiciary, pushed back against the belief that judges must be atheists to remain objective, and underlined that true independence of the judiciary allows judges to decide impartially, regardless of whether the …

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3 months ago

Britain is entering its first 'atheist age': Non-believers now outnumber those who believe in God - as parents fail to pass their religious beliefs on to their children, study finds

Daily Mail

Britain is entering its first 'atheist age' as parents fail to pass on religious beliefs to children, a study says. The team also discovered that the stereotype of the 'purposeless unbeliever' – that atheists lead lives devoid of meaning, morality and purpose – simply isn't accurate. Graph showing the number of people in English and Welsh regions giving up Christianity …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

New poll reveals Kamala Harris may have the lowest support from a key voter group in 36 years

Daily Mail

Kamala Harris’ presidential bid has brought Democrat’s support among Jewish voters to the lowest in more than three decades. And while Harris’ support amongst this voting bloc is the lowest since Michael Dukakis lost his race in 1988, it is still more than those who say they back former President Donald Trump. A new Pew Research Center poll released this …

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4 months ago

'Few have been spared' Republican's 'righteous wrath': Journalist

Raw Story

North Carolina Republican gubernatorial Mark Robinson, journalist Billy Ball writes in a Monday MSNBC op-ed "has built his brand on judging, more than any politician I’ve seen in my two decades covering politics in" the state. "Women, liberals, public school teachers, atheists, LGBTQ+ people, Jewish people, poor people — few have been spared Robinson’s righteous wrath," the columnist writes. Because …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Growing Pains star sparks backlash with rant about ‘Marxist’ schools, atheists and drag queens

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former Growing Pains star Kirk Cameron has sparked a social media …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

JD Vance owes almost everything to Peter Thiel, a pro-Trump billionaire and "New Right" ideologue

Salon

In 2016, JD Vance compared Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler and now he is the former president’s running mate. Behind the scenes of the Ohio Senator’s transformation from a “Never Trump guy” to the Republican nominee's second-in-command is Peter Thiel, a billionaire venture capitalist and co-founder of Paypal. “Peter’s talk remains the most significant moment of my time at Yale …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Iran's Khamenei pens open letter to anti-Israel US campus protesters, urges them ‘to become familiar with Quran’

Hindustan Times

In a rare move, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei voiced his support for anti-Israel protestors on US college campuses, claiming that they are “on the right side of history.” Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed the US campus students for their "honorable struggle" against the ruthless government, which according to him backs Zionists. Iran's Khamenei has one advice …

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8 months ago

2 convicted of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder

Hindustan Times

A special court in Maharashtra on Friday convicted two men for the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune but acquitted three others, almost 11 years after the grisly crime shocked the country and sparked suspicions of a wider conspiracy targeting leftist activists, journalists and atheists. The murder of Dabholkar, a well-known anti-superstition crusader, was the first in a chain …

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9 months, 1 week ago

New York prisoners are suing to be able to watch the eclipse

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Six inmates at a …

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9 months, 1 week ago

If you spent £100 on an Easter egg what would you get for your money?

The Independent

When a Fabergé-designed Easter egg from The Ritz seems better value for money than the bog-standard Maltesers offering from the supermarket, you know something has gone horribly, horribly wrong in the world. Selfridges’ Venchi Chocoviar Stracciatella easter egg, with a white chocolate shell and crunchy “choco-caviar” inner layer, will set you back £52.99. Hotel Chocolat’s Ostrich Easter Egg, one half …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

The citizenship Act and its discontents

Hindustan Times

On Monday, March 11, more than four years after the enactment of the Citizenship Act, 2019, the Union ministry of home affairs notified the Citizenship Rules, 2024. In defence of the law, the Union government claims that its power to stipulate conditions for citizenship, flowing as it does from Article 11 of the Constitution, is plenary in nature — that …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Far-right Mark Robinson slammed MLK as a 'communist' and 'ersatz pastor'

Raw Story

After defeating Democrat Yvonne Lewis in 2020, far-right conspiracy theorist Mark Robinson became North Carolina's first Black lieutenant governor. And the lieutenant governor has a history of attacking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. HuffPost's Jennifer Bendery examines Robinson's anti-MLK rants of the past in an article published on MLK Day 2024. "In January 2018," Bendery explains, "Robinson mocked people who …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Even atheists wonder ‘why are we here?’ Inside an awe-inspiring adventure for L.A.’s non-believers

LA Times

In the cold dark of a November night, beneath the jagged cliffs of Zion National Park, Dani Hsia posed a question that mystics and religious thinkers have pondered for millenniums. “I don’t feel like I’m an outsider, and I don’t feel like my religious views have to be hidden.” Hsia, who was dressed in a purple and pink polka dot …

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55 years ago

Happy Halloween: More than half of Americans say they’ve been visited by a ghost.

Slate

A lot of Americans say they’ve been visited by the dead. Most dramatically, the survey found that women were significantly more likely than men to say they had been “visited” by the dead. “Most Protestantism is trying to banish the supernaturalism.” As one might expect, atheists tended not to believe they’d been visited by a deceased loved one. Plenty of …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics

Associated Press

CHENNAI, India — Despite India’s millennia-old history of nonreligious movements, most atheists and rationalists choose to keep quiet about their skepticism of faith — it’s easier and far less risky than going public in one of the world’s most religious countries. “There are delays with documents when you don’t state your religion,” said Jaswant Mohali, a coordinator for the rationalist …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics

The Independent

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There are delays with documents when you don’t state your religion,” said …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Highlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US

Associated Press

Thirty percent of Americans don’t identify with a religious group — but not all of them are atheists or agnostics. In fact, 43% of the group known as the “nones” say they believe in God, even if they largely dislike organized religion. GOD WITHOUT RELIGION Forty-three percent of all nones professed belief in God or a higher power — including …

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1 year, 6 months ago

'Anti-Hindu' Bangladeshi cleric is now spreading radicalism in the UK

Op India

On Friday, a radical Islamic cleric from Bangladesh named Enayetullah Abbasi announced that he has reached the city of London and will participate in 7-8 Islamic conferences in the United Kingdom. Beware, Beware.” In April this year, another video of Enayetullah Abbasi went viral wherein he made it clear that Bangladesh belongs to only Muslims and that the State religion …

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2 years, 1 month ago

CCTV nailed to deity's face in Tamil Nadu temple. BJP trains guns on DMK

India Today

Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai condemned the installation of a CCTV camera on a deity's face at a temple in Tiruvannamalai. A camera was fixed on the face of a sculpture at the Arunachaleshwara temple in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvannamalai district. “A camera was nailed to the face a deity because atheists are managing the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Hurricane Ian’s aftermath isn’t the only crisis facing Florida. There's also an insurance mess.

Slate

It’s the statistical equivalent of an alligator in the drive-thru: Florida accounts for 9 percent of the nation’s homeowner’s insurance claims, but 79 percent of insurance lawsuits. Whether trial lawyers and unethical contractors are really responsible, one thing’s for sure: Florida’s property insurance market is deeply broken, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Period.” “We’ve labeled it the most unstable …

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2 years, 3 months ago

‘Masjid Darshan’ in Bengaluru to promote religious harmony

The Hindu

Members of various faiths and even atheists participated in the ‘Masjid Darshan’ programme organised by Masjid-e-Bilal, a mosque on Bannerghatta Road, on Sunday. The tour was organised to promote brotherhood and religious harmony, the organisers said. The masjid authorities told The Hindu that such open dialogue was necessary at the time of communal tension and would want to carry out …

2 years, 4 months ago

Chakravarthi Sulibele welcomes idea of keeping images of freedom fighters in Ganesh mandals

The Hindu

“Satish Jarkiholi, a non-believer, has announced that he would ask his followers to keep images of freedom fighters like Sangolli Rayanna, and philosophers, like Buddha, Basavanna and Dr Ambedkar, in Ganesh mandals. I am happy that ‘Veer’ Savarkar’s atma has inspired atheists like Satish Jarkiholi to come to Ganesh mandals,’’ said Mithun Chakravarthi, writer and motivational speaker who is better …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Savarkar photographs at Ganesha pandals an insult to Hindu religion: Hariprasad

The Hindu

Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council B.K. Displaying the images of such a “non-believer” in Ganesha pandals amounted to insulting the Hindu religion, he said while accusing the BJP of using Savarkar’s photographs without understanding the impact of his atheist beliefs on the festival just for the sake of politics. Mr. Hariprasad was visiting Mysuru and Chamarajanagar in …

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Healing divisions is central to Dutch king's Christmas message

HT interview: ‘Judicial freedom doesn’t mean orders go one way’

Britain is entering its first 'atheist age': Non-believers now outnumber those who believe in God - as parents fail to pass their religious beliefs on to their children, study finds

New poll reveals Kamala Harris may have the lowest support from a key voter group in 36 years

'Few have been spared' Republican's 'righteous wrath': Journalist

Former Growing Pains star sparks backlash with rant about ‘Marxist’ schools, atheists and drag queens

JD Vance owes almost everything to Peter Thiel, a pro-Trump billionaire and "New Right" ideologue

Iran's Khamenei pens open letter to anti-Israel US campus protesters, urges them ‘to become familiar with Quran’

2 convicted of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar’s murder

New York prisoners are suing to be able to watch the eclipse

If you spent £100 on an Easter egg what would you get for your money?

The citizenship Act and its discontents

Far-right Mark Robinson slammed MLK as a 'communist' and 'ersatz pastor'

Even atheists wonder ‘why are we here?’ Inside an awe-inspiring adventure for L.A.’s non-believers

Happy Halloween: More than half of Americans say they’ve been visited by a ghost.

Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics

Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics

Highlights from AP-NORC poll about the religiously unaffiliated in the US

'Anti-Hindu' Bangladeshi cleric is now spreading radicalism in the UK

CCTV nailed to deity's face in Tamil Nadu temple. BJP trains guns on DMK

Hurricane Ian’s aftermath isn’t the only crisis facing Florida. There's also an insurance mess.

‘Masjid Darshan’ in Bengaluru to promote religious harmony

Chakravarthi Sulibele welcomes idea of keeping images of freedom fighters in Ganesh mandals

Savarkar photographs at Ganesha pandals an insult to Hindu religion: Hariprasad