Mumbai: Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the globe, the Indian economy was already in a slowdown. Then entered the Big Indian Lockdown. A year later, we stare at a similar situation, perhaps even grave. Coronavirus cases are rising across the country and while the government tries to sell the hopeContinue Reading
Washington D.C.: Americans are more likely than people in other developed countries to say their faith has strengthened during the pandemic, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. The survey, published on Jan 27, found that while more than two-thirds of Americans (68%) said their faith “hasContinue Reading
Christians and Muslims throughout the world experienced harassment in more countries than any other religious groups in 2018. It’s a pattern that has remained consistent since 2007, when the Pew Research Center began tracking the level of government restrictions on religion. Christians and Muslims are the two largest religious groupsContinue Reading
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Washington D.C.,: Global religious persecution spiked from 2014 to 2015, the Pew Research Center noted in a new report released this week. “Government restrictions on religion and social hostilities involving religion increased in 2015 for the first time in three years,” the latest annual Pew Research Center report on “GlobalContinue Reading
New York — Fueled by immigration, America’s Hindu population has reached 2.23 million, an increase of about one million or 85.8 percent since 2007, making Hinduism the fourth-largest faith, according to estimates based on wide-ranging study of religions in the nation. The proportion of Hindus in the US population roseContinue Reading
