Malaysian Hindus skewer themselves in penance rite
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The chant of prayers swelled to a climax as a priest pierced the tongue of pilgrim Uthaya Kumar with a slim, six-inch skewer in one of Malaysia's biggest Hindu festivals.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Christians in Indonesia, the world&#39;s largest Muslim-populated country, flocked to churches
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An ethnic Indian politician in Malaysia blames Bollywood films for encouraging suicide and alcohol abuse.
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Indian Muslim leaders and political parties have demanded an apology from Pope Benedict XVI for his remarks implicitly linking violence and Islam.
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Malaysia's  Islamist opposition party called on non-Muslims on Thursday to  back its election campaign to apply strict sharia law,  including amputations and stonings, for the country's Muslims.
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An elderly Bangladeshi Muslim man takes part in the last prayer of the &quot;Biswa Ijtema&quot; or World Islamic Congregation on the outskirts of Dhaka, December 5. Approximately four million Muslim devotees from Bangladesh and abroad raised their hands seeking
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Thousands of Indians living abroad   are logging on to religious Web sites in the run-up to the main   Hindu festival of Diwali, courtesy of a stream of sites   offering services like online praying and blessings.
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USUALLY trumpeted as a largely tolerant and syncretic brand of the religion, Islam in Indonesia has had some bad press in the past few months.
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Many professionals of the Jewish, Muslim and Hindu faiths regularly have to balance their religion and their jobs.
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A curfew is imposed in parts of the  Indian state of Orissa as Hindu hardliners attack Christian churches.
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To devotees, it s the path to spiritual fulfilment. To detractors, it s a money-grabbing cult.
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Author Wendy Doniger's interest in exploring Hinduism from multiple perspectives has run afoul of some of the religion's more solemn movements.
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By Rozana Sani  HERE we are again in the Ramadhan month.  Starting from today, all Malaysians, particularly those in the Klang Valley, should be prepared for daily traffic jams that will grow in magnitude as your fellow Muslims dash home to break fast.
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Imagine a pious Muslim faced with a ban on fabricating a certain kind of weapon. He is committed to obeying unquestioningly the fatwas of his religious leader and yet discovers that producing
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Three Indonesian Christians sentenced to death for attacks against Muslims in 2000 are executed.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - Muslim and Christian police officers caught drunk or being a tad disrespectful to their boss in an Indonesian province are facing an unusual style of punishment - a crash course on religious morality.    About 150 officers accused of a range of minor offenses will spend a week at classes overseen by either Christian or Muslim preachers depending on their religion, Lt...
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, May 27 -- Lina Joy has been disowned by her family, shunned by friends and forced into hiding because she renounced Islam and embraced Christianity in Muslim-majority Malaysia.