IT’S not only Jesus and Mary who make appearances on unlikely objects, as a report this week from Malaysia indicates.
A while back, an image of the Hindu elephant god Ganesha (may peanuts be upon him) manifested itself on a tree adjacent to a Chinese restaurant in Taman Sri Selayang, and began attracting a steady stream [...]
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AN elderly man yesterday won the right to be cremated on a traditional Hindu funeral pyre after a ruling by the Court of Appeal in London.
Davender Ghai, who moved to Britain from Kenya in 1958 and is the founder of the Anglo-Asian Friendship Society, was refused a permit for an open-air cremation site in Northumberland, [...]
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SUPERSTITION has raised its silly head in Thailand and India this week.
From the BBC we learn that’s there’s been a bit of a hoo-ha at Thailand’s main international airport, where a plan has been unveiled to move 12 large statues of spirit demons to new positions in the concourse.
And from Andy, over at the Pink [...]
FAST food chain Burger King has outraged Hindus worldwide with an advertisement depicting Lakshmi, the Indian goddess of wealth, about to tuck into a “Texican Whopper”.
The company withdrew the advertisement from its stores in Spain after Hindus complained at the denigration of their religion.
According to the Telegraph, the advertised product is an affront to Hindu [...]
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VIDEO games should be vetted to ensure that none contain material offensive to religious groups.
That’s the suggestion of Rajan Zed, President of Universal Society of Hinduism, who is all of a-lather over Hanuman: Boy Warrior, Sony’s video game for PlayStation2.
The US-based Zed, according to this report, wants it withdrawn, saying it trivialises Hinduism’s highly-revered deity.
According [...]
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HINDU nationalists have worked themselves into a lather over a plan to erect a 67-foot-high statue of Charlie Chaplin on a beach in India.
Their objection to the statue – brainchild of filmmaker Hemanth Hegde – stems from their belief that the celebrated silent-movie comedian was a “Christian”, according to this report.
Though baptised into the Anglican [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
