Browsing Tag: Freedom

When it comes to promoting religious freedom, the government could do with a little more fairness right here at home.

As Libya, Egypt and a handful of African countries have become more open and democratic in the past year, Mali and some of its neighbors have become dramatically less so, according to a new report from the democracy watchdog Freedom House.

“In our hearts is the thirst for education,” one 14-year-old told reporters brought to her classroom by the Pakistani military’s public relations wing Monday. “We want to show the world that we are not worried.”

This afternoon, California’s proposed Workplace Religious Freedom Act (AB 1964), introduced by Assembly member Mariko Yamada, passed through the State Assembly:

The karmic spaces can never confine the soul—nothing can—but they can confine the small self that yearns to become one with the universal soul. As you grow in awareness, you be able to give up things you don’t need, one by one, bit by bit—a pattern of anger, an attachment to someone who hurts you, a habit of negativity. What’s left is the soul, and the soul’s joy.

Young adults are faced with a world of choices when it comes to selecting a wardrobe, food, education, friends, vehicles, cellphone, e-applications, entertainment and ideology. However, they are expected to stay bound to the faith they are born into.

In 21st century America, religious freedom doesn't come without a price.

There is discontent within us, under the calm exterior an interior full of duality. Duality is the cause of many of our challenges, we feel one thing but do another, we do something but feel something else. If a human was to go through a shake down all sorts of issues would be evident.

Dr. Balwant Singh, father of Dr. Rajwant Singh, passed away on Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Washington Hospital Center amidst prayers and Sikh hymn recitations. He was a crusader for the people who had sacrificed for India's independence.

We often hear people say things like “Well, I’m not into religion, but I’m a very spiritual person” or, “he’s really very spiritual.” But what does it actually mean to “be spiritual?”

..in India, government authorities are well beyond the proposal stage. Prompted by fears of digital-era plotters, officials are already demanding that network operators give them the ability to monitor and decrypt digital messages whenever the Home Ministry deems the eavesdropping to be vital to national security.

Joining Mr. Starr in his 70s next year will be the still-performing Bob Dylan (“May You Stay Forever Young”) and Paul Simon (“How terribly strange to be 70”). Following soon after will be Roger Daltrey (“Hope I die before I get old”) and Mick Jagger.

Teen accused of using it as weapon could rekindle kirpan-in-school debate.

Another case of a sikh inmate to cut his hair forcefully, without giving him the right to express his freedom of religion in Florida Jail.