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9 September, 2024
India
15 dead in India stampede to catch trains to Hindu mega-festival
The Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious gathering, attracts millions every 12 years and has a history of crowd-related disasters.
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Crime
Sweden jails man for joining Islamic state, in first under new law
14 Feb 2025 - 7:53PM
Pope Francis
Pope Francis taken to hospital for bronchitis after struggling to speak
14 Feb 2025 - 9:26PM
Donald Trump
Who is Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser, TV evangelist Paula White-Cain?
The newly appointed senior adviser to the White House Faith Office became a Christian in the 1980s, then claimed she’d had a vision from God – but many take issue with her ‘prosperity theology’.
13 Feb 2025 - 6:00PM
United States
Religious groups sue Trump over immigration raids, worship arrests policy
The suit argues a Trump policy allowing arrests of migrants at houses of worship spreads fear and discourages attendance, while infringing on religious freedom.
12 Feb 2025 - 10:49PM
Crime
Salman Rushdie faces his accused stabber in New York courtroom
The hearing is the first time the writer and Hadi Matar, who allegedly tried to kill him, have been in the same space since the knife attack.
12 Feb 2025 - 7:59AM
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Donald Trump
Pope slams Trump, says US migrant deportations ‘will end badly’
In a letter to US bishops, the pontiff urges Catholics and others to reject narratives that discriminate against refugees and migrants.
11 Feb 2025 - 11:20PM
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Singapore
Singapore detains teen ‘East Asian supremacist’ for planning attacks on Muslims
Ethnic Chinese Singaporean Nick Lee Xing Qui was radicalised online and aspired to carry out a Christchurch-style attack, investigators said.
12 Feb 2025 - 8:12AM
Malaysia
Is Malaysia’s cancel culture killing its showbiz scene?
International acts must comply with strict regulations, as authorities threaten to ‘hit the kill switch’ on concerts violating the rules.
11 Feb 2025 - 1:33PM
Food and Drinks
Holy places Christian, Buddhist, Jewish and Sikh inspire cookbook
From Asia to Europe, Africa, US and Canada, a food writer toured the kitchens of Buddhist and Catholic monasteries, a synagogue and gurdwara.
11 Feb 2025 - 7:15AM
Crime
New York jury hears attacker repeatedly stabbed Salman Rushdie
Lebanese-American Hadi Matar, 27, is accused of stabbing the Satanic Verses author about 10 times, leaving him without sight in one eye.
11 Feb 2025 - 1:09AM
Crime
Sweden confirms identity of gunman in nation’s worst mass shooting
Rickard Andersson, 35, killed 10 people at an education centre for young adults before apparently turning the gun on himself.
10 Feb 2025 - 8:31PM
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India
Modi cements national dominance after beating AAP in Delhi state election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party has reclaimed power in the Delhi state after 27 years.
10 Feb 2025 - 6:47PM
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Malaysia
Malaysia scraps guidelines for Muslims at events of other faiths after backlash
Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and non-Muslim religious groups have criticised the ‘unnecessary’ rules.
10 Feb 2025 - 4:00PM
Celebrity Families
Who is J.D. Vance’s brother Cory Bowman, who’s running for mayor of Cincinnati?
Vice-president J.D. Vance’s lesser-known half-brother Cory Bowman is joining the world of politics after just announcing his candidacy for Mayor of the City of Cincinnati in 2025.
9 Feb 2025 - 6:00AM
Malaysia
Malaysia’s careful comedians lament narrowing space for laughter
Malaysian stand-up comedy is being muzzled by an increasingly censorious social media amid heightened sensitivities over race and religion.
8 Feb 2025 - 4:00PM
United States
Letters
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True way of Christ is against movements that seek to weaponise belief
Readers discuss Donald Trump’s use of Christianity, politicians’ tendency to selectively deploy scripture, and ideology in the US.
8 Feb 2025 - 11:30AM
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Donald Trump
Trump to create religious office in White House, target ‘anti-Christian bias’
Actions could pose constitutional questions about separation of church and state; US Constitution limits government endorsement of religion.
7 Feb 2025 - 6:28AM
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Malaysia
Malaysians decry rule seeking approval to invite Muslims to temples, churches
New guidelines create ‘unnecessary barriers’ and will erode the goodwill Malaysians have built up over the years, critics say.
6 Feb 2025 - 5:50PM
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India
Rise of Indian-origin extremism in UK risks deepening divisions: analysts
UK Home Office report marks Hindutva as ideology of concern, while analysts note ‘very serious’ issue of Sikh separatism fuelling radicalism.
5 Feb 2025 - 6:45PM
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India
India PM Modi’s BJP seeks to oust anti-corruption party in state polls
The BJP is up against the AAP, which runs New Delhi and has built a vast support base on its welfare policies and an anti-corruption drive.
5 Feb 2025 - 4:37PM
Obituaries
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of world’s Ismaili Muslims, dies at 88
Both a business magnate and a philanthropist who donated billions, he moved between the spiritual and the worldly and mixed them with ease.
5 Feb 2025 - 7:51AM
Artificial intelligence
Forgive me Alexa, for I have sinned: how AI is reshaping religion
Artificial intelligence is being used for everything from divination services to church sermons. Could it destroy religion or be its saviour?
4 Feb 2025 - 6:15PM
Japan
In Japan, a Muslim community’s wish to bury its dead stirs wave of hostility
Misleading reports and social media attacks have sought to block plans for a Muslim cemetery in the town of Hiji in southern Japan.
2 Feb 2025 - 5:00PM
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Sweden
Man who burned Koran in 2023 Sweden protest shot dead
Salwan Momika was a Christian Iraqi who burned Korans at a slew of protests in 2023.
30 Jan 2025 - 8:10PM
India
Millions in India take ‘holy dip’ a day after deadly stampede at Hindu festival
Judicial inquiry ordered into Maha Kumbh festival stampede that killed at least 30 people on Wednesday.
31 Jan 2025 - 7:58AM
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United States
Letters
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True Christians would not preach hatred
Readers discuss modern Christians deviating from Christ’s message, and whether Trump poses a threat to the LGBTQ community.
5 Feb 2025 - 2:19PM
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India
At least 30 die in stampede at huge Hindu festival in India
Footage showed bodies being stretchered away and people sitting crying, while others stepped over a carpet of discarded belongings.
30 Jan 2025 - 4:26PM
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