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  Islamic State manual for lone-wolf militants: Trim beard, pretend to be Christian

  World | January 11, 2016 22:08 IST

  London: An Islamic State manual has emerged online in which the outfit advises would-be jihadis from the West to trim their beards and wear western-style clothes to avoid being identified by security services while plotting

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  Bobby Jindal the smartest candidate in presidential race: US daily

  World | July 10, 2015 22:35 IST

  Washington:  Indian-origin Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal might be trailing behind in recent polls, but is the smartest candidate in the race for 2016 presidential elections, a top US daily has said.In a report, the popular

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  Last message of Pakistani Christian Aftab Bahadur Masih hanged in Lahore today

  World | June 10, 2015 14:00 IST

  Pakistani Christian Aftab Bahadur Masih was hanged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail early this morning despite several requests from rights groups and church leaders to stay the execution.Masih, 39, was on death row since he

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  Church vandalised in North 24 Parganas

  India | June 04, 2015 12:26 IST

  Barasat (West Bengal): Miscreants vandalised a church in Digberia area under Madhyampgram police station of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday.District additional superintent of police Bhaskar Mukherjee said some misreants broke the window

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  Miscreants attack Church in Navi Mumbai : Incident caught on CCTV cameras

  India | March 21, 2015 23:37 IST

  Navi Mumbai: A church was reportedly attacked in Navi Mumbai by unidentified miscreants early Saturday, leaving a glass enclosure damaged. While the statue was intact, its glass cover was damaged in the attack"Last night around

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  Muslims-Christian can live in India under our laws: Subramaniyam Swamy

  India | March 01, 2015 17:19 IST

  New Delhi: Janta Party leader Subramaniyam  Swamy said only under our laws Muslims and Christian can live in this country. He was speaking at Virat Hindu Sammelan here on Sinday.Swamy  said wherever Muslims are in

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  IS to release 29 Assyrian Christians abducted in Syria

  World | March 01, 2015 6:50 IST

  Damascus: Islamic State (IS) has decided to release 29 Assyrian Christians, who were part of over 200 members of the community kidnapped by the radical group earlier this week, a group monitoring the Syrian war

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  IS has not executed abducted Christians as yet: Activists

  World | February 28, 2015 7:11 IST

  Damascus: The Islamic State (IS) militant group, so far, has not executed any of the Christian Assyrians it had abducted in Syria, a group monitoring war in Syria said Friday.Tribal leaders in Syrian province of

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  7,000 Christians faced threats in 2014: Report

  India | February 10, 2015 19:18 IST

  New Delhi: There have been 120 attacks on Christians and their institutions across India and thousands of  people belonging to the community, faced threat in 2014, says a report of the Catholic Secular Forum. According to

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  Bahu lao-beti bachao: Bajrang Dal's new campaign after 'Love jihad'

  India | January 10, 2015 18:44 IST

  New Delhi: Bajrang Dal, the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has announced that it would launch ‘bahu lao-beti bachao' campaign from February 17 in Uttar Pradesh. As people's interest from the controversial ‘love

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  Christians not in favour of anti-conversion law

  India | December 18, 2014 17:03 IST

  New Delhi:  Delhi Archbishop today said the Christian community was not in favour of any anti-conversion legislation and called the ‘Ghar Wapsi' campaign of certain RSS-linked outfits a “threat” to peace and harmony. “Conversion is a

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  IS militants bomb homes of military and police in Iraq

  World | December 12, 2014 7:24 IST

  Baghdad: Islamic State (IS) militants blew up the homes of Iraqi military and police personnel as well as members of the Shabak religious minority Thursday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.A spokesman for the

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  RSS plans to convert 4,000 Christians, 1,000 Muslim families to Hinduism on Dec 25

  Politics | December 10, 2014 14:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Sangh Parivar led by the RSS plans to convert at least 4,000 Christian and 1,000 Muslim families to Hinduism by December 25 this month, says a senior RSS regional pracharak Rajeshwar Singh.The

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  Pope Francis receives 'Ottoman gifts' in Turkey

  World | November 29, 2014 10:32 IST

  Ankara: Turkish authorities presented two Ottoman-themed gifts to Pope Francis during the first day of the pontiff's historic visit to Turkey.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally presented the first gift, an edict of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed

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  Pope condemns Islamic State violence

  World | November 28, 2014 9:43 IST

  Jerusalem: On the eve of a trip to the Middle East, Pope Francis is urging religious and political leaders to speak out against attacks on Christians by Islamic State extremists.In an interview published on Friday,

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  Hindus in Pakistan urge PM to prevent atrocities

  World | November 10, 2014 13:54 IST

  Islamabad: The Pakistan Hindu Council has proposed the establishment of an active committee under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to prevent atrocities against minorities.They condemned the brutal killing of a Christian couple in Punjab province and

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  Liberians fast, pray for three days to break Ebola 'curse'

  World | October 30, 2014 9:32 IST

  Monrovio: Liberians began fasting and prayers Wednesday for redemption from the curse of Ebola, that has gripped them. They will continue with the rituals for three days. So far this epidemic has killed 2,705 people

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  Jordan warns against forced displacement of Arab Christians

  World | October 30, 2014 6:31 IST

  Amman: Jordan King Abdullah II Wednesday warned of the forced displacement of Arab Christians in some unrest-hit neighbouring countries, media reported.Arab Christians played a significant role in the evolution of the Arab-Muslim civilisation throughout history,

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  Love Jihad: Maulana Madani asks Modi to stop the 'rumour'

  India | September 22, 2014 16:03 IST

  New Delhi: Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind national general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani has called "Love Jihad" a rumour which is being spread to "polarise votes" and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop it."There is no conspiracy

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  BJP objects to Kerala ad barring Hindus from applying for job

  Politics | August 21, 2014 13:56 IST

  Thrissur(Kerala): A BJP functionary in Kerala on Monday took objection to an employment advertisement issued by a business concern in Thrissur that said only Christian and Muslim candidates need apply. Talking to reporters, the BJP