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Sabarimala hearing in SC: ‘In the name of social reform, you cannot hollow out a religion’, says Justice Nagarathna

OpIndia Staff -
The bench discussed how Articles 25 and 26 should be balanced to protect both reform and religious freedom.
Culture and History

Did Justice Nagarathna say Sabrimala treats women as ‘impure for 3 days’? Read what happened in court as Govt objected to ‘untouchability’ observation in...

Divyansh Tiwari -
The 9-judge bench on Sabarimala reference affects not just Lord Ayyappa's followers but the nation's whole religious legal framework.
News Reports

275 former judges, officers slam USCIRF report on India, call it ‘motivated and biased’

OpIndia Staff -
Calling the report disturbing and off the mark, the group urged the US government to review its basis, criticised recurring negative portrayal of Indian institutions, and stressed need for objective, evidence based assessment.
Opinions

USCIRF, led by Pakistani Islamists, seeks sanctions on RSS and RAW: Here is how their report makes false claims and peddles the Islamo-Leftist agenda

Shraddha Pandey -
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has published its annual report for the year 2026, wherein it recommended that the US government impose sanctions on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Research and Analysis Wing (RA&W).
News Reports

Ram Mandir-Babri dispute, bulldozer justice, Delhi riots, and more: Decoding USCIRF’s 2025 Report and its multi-year campaign against India, especially Hindus

Jinit Jain -
With the mention of Ram Mandir-Babri dispute, an issue resolved by the Supreme Court of India in 2019, USCIRF’s 2025 report reveals it is less of a human-rights assessment and more of a recycled political narrative designed to undermine India’s institutions and malign the Hindu majority.
Editor's picks

‘Public land cannot be reserved for one religion’: Madras HC allows Hindu community feast on a ground long used for Easter; police had denied...

OpIndia Staff -
The Madras HC ruled that no community can claim exclusive rights over public land, allowing Hindus to hold Annadhanam on the same ground where Easter celebrations were earlier permitted.
News Reports

A Religious Tribunal is the need of the hour to resolve religious disputes: Read why the courts and the government need to think in...

Reena Singh -
Besides maintaining peace in society, the Tribunal will provide a centralised platform for the resolution of all religious disputes and will prevent social disturbance and violence.
News Reports

“Deeply biased, selective usage of facts”: India rejects USCIRF report on religious freedom

OpIndia Staff -
Criticising the report during a media interaction today, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the report is deeply driven by vote bank considerations.
News Reports

USCIRF publishes another report claiming increase in hate speech in India during Modi govt, Secretary of State Antony Blinken uses it to target India

ANI -
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has again raised 'concerns' over religious freedoms in India, citing the alleged rise in 'hate speech', demolitions and anti-conversion laws.
News Reports

‘It is known as a biased organization with political agenda’: India firmly rejects USCIRF report on religious freedom in India

ANI -
India rejected the report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) that accused ruling BJP of "reinforcing discriminatory nationalist policies"
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