THE challenge for religious leaders in years to come is to tackle violence and terrorism committed in God’s name … and to reach out to people who have no faith. That was the message brought yesterday by Pope Ratzinger to Assisi, the scene of a global inter-religious junket. There the Pope told a mishmash of [...]
THE world’s goriest mass killing of animals has just taken place in Nepal to honour the Hindu Goddess of Power, Durga. Thousands of animals, according to this report, died in a horrible manner during Friday and Saturday as the Nepalese celebrated the festival of Dashain, amidst protests from animal rights activists. The animals are herded [...]
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CHANNEL 4 is giving Stephen “Birdshit” Green the opportunity to sound off on his favourite subject, The Gays, on Monday, August 2 at 7.55pm. As part of its 4thought TV series, Channel 4 – using an ancient, beard-free but typically sullen mugshot of the Birdbrain of Britain – flags up the mad homophobe’s contribution thus: [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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