Ban madrasas because they promote ISIS ideology, Shia Waqf Board chief urges Narendra Modi

Waseem Rizvi, who belongs to an Islamic sect that is a minority in India, also supports the plan of Hindutva groups to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 22, 2019 · 04:57 pm

In Gujarat, garba is as much a part of Christmas celebrations as it is of Navratri

Biblical stories make up the lyrics of songs that are set to the tunes of the traditional garba music.

Sonal Kellogg

· Dec 25, 2018 · 11:30 am

‘You’re my queen for ever and ever’: My search for goddess Dakini in Nepal in the age of #MeToo

In these times, what is the role of feminine energy, even one that is about 5000 years old?

Shoba Narayan

· Dec 24, 2018 · 11:30 am

Mattancherry’s Paradesi Jews came together to mark the 450th anniversary of their beloved synagogue

‘Not a single day passes in my life without thinking about Mattancherry.’

TA Ameerudheen

· Dec 19, 2018 · 03:30 pm

‘I take painkillers after each trip’: The health travails of Sabarimala’s dolly bearers

Many of the men who carry devotees to the Kerala temple in palanquins suffer from bone-related diseases.

TA Ameerudheen

· Dec 01, 2018 · 11:30 am

Centre clears Kartarpur corridor project to give Sikh pilgrims easy passage to gurdwara in Pakistan

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan will perform a groundbreaking ceremony on November 28.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 22, 2018 · 01:52 pm

Hindutva organisations are using an incantation to Ayyappa as a political slogan at Sabarimala

Ayyappa devotees are concerned that the pilgrimage to the shrine will never be peaceful again.

TA Ameerudheen

· Nov 12, 2018 · 07:30 am

Twist in Sabarimala tale: Kerala’s Mala Araya Adivasi tribe claims ownership of the hill shrine

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has admitted that members of the tribe used to conduct the main ritual at Sabarimala decades ago.

TA Ameerudheen

· Nov 04, 2018 · 10:30 am

Orthodox Church is seeing the biggest split in 1,000 years and Ukraine has something to do with it

Ukrainian nationalism – and a president on the rocks – has sparked a religious crisis.

Alexander Titov, The Conversation

· Oct 27, 2018 · 11:30 pm

In Sabarimala violence, a flashback to the RSS 1982 agitation to stop a church from being built

That movement had helped the Sangh grow in Kerala. The BJP now hopes to gain politically from the current protests.

TA Ameerudheen

· Oct 18, 2018 · 09:00 am

How did Jainism spread in South India? A small town in Tamil Nadu holds the answer

For the marginalised Tamil Jain community, Kazhugumalai is of great religious significance.

Mahima A. Jain

· Oct 17, 2018 · 11:30 am

‘Is there any woman on this bus?’ As Sabarimala opens to all women, mobs guard its gates

On Tuesday, policemen did not do anything to stop people stopping cars and buses enroute to Sabarimala to check if they had any women passengers.

TA Ameerudheen

· Oct 17, 2018 · 06:30 am