Religious Practices
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Women can pray in segregated spaces in mosques, Muslim personal law board tells SC
Free intermixing of genders in the same line or common space does not conform to Islam’s position, the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board said.
Scroll Staff
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For Muslim women in India, mosques remain largely out of bound – even without entry bans
Last month, Delhi’s Jama Masjid sparked a furore by banning the entry of women. The order was taken back, but it came as a reminder of the exclusion women face.
Zafar Aafaq
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VHP demands that prayer in Tipu Sultan’s name be stopped at Karnataka temple
The ‘salam mangalarati’ is performed at the Mookambika temple at the Kollur village in the state’s Udupi district.
Scroll Staff
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Kerala Police warn temple of action after minister criticises it for planning human blood ritual
The temple’s management in rural Thiruvananthapuram is believed to have issued notices seeking blood donations for ‘rakthabhishekam’.
Scroll Staff
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‘Stop this yearly crime in the name of faith’: Kerala prisons chief calls for end to temple ritual
Kuthiyottam, which involves piercing the skin of young boys with iron hooks, is torture, said R Sreelekha.
Scroll Staff
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Meet Jamida Beevi, the first Muslim woman to lead Friday prayers in India
The 34-year-old led around 30 men and women in namaaz in Kerala’s Malappuram district last week.
TA Ameerudheen
Video
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Watch: Actor Vadivelu and AR Rahman perform the song ‘Raasa Kannu’ in Chennai
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‘So beautiful’: Fan’s special song combining several tunes by Shreya Ghoshal moves the musician
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Caught on CCTV: Constable saves passenger being dragged while boarding a moving train
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New curbs on Amarnath temple do not make it a silent zone or restrict rituals, NGT clarifies
The court said pilgrims should not be allowed to carry their mobile phones and other belongings to the Vaishno Devi temple in South Kashmir.
Scroll Staff
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Faith versus conservation: Tirupati temple, forest department fight over the Indian civet
The animal secretes a substance that is used to anoint the deity's idol every Friday.
Vinita Govindarajan
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A statue of Jesus will not be promoted to army general in Guatemala
Already an army colonel, Jesús de la Merced’s promotion was vetoed by both the president of the country and the archbishop.
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