TOPIC

places of worship

News Reports

Japan: Muslim migrant damages a Shinto shrine and threatens Japanese local not to pray there because ‘Allah is the only god’, arrested

OpIndia Staff - 26 May, 2023

A Muslim migrant identified as Mamadou Balde vandalised the Mizuoka Hachiman shrine in Japan

Opinions

Places of Worship Act: A law against principles of Natural Justice, that says Hindus should have demanded justice before we got independence

Sachin R - 22 September, 2022

The Places of Worship Act was passed by the Congress-led govt of PV Narasimha Rao in 1991 when the illegal Babri Mosque was still standing on top of Ram Janmabhoomi

News Reports

Supreme court to hear petitions challenging Places of Worship Act from October 11, asks centre to file reply in two weeks

OpIndia Staff - 9 September, 2022

The places of worship act is challenged by various lawyers in the Supreme Court. The court will hear all the petitions and interventions together.

News Reports

Chetan + Shut Up = Chup: Read how Chetan Bhagat gives bizarre ‘Mosples’ suggestion, cites Hagia Sophia to talk about mythical ‘conjoined past’

OpIndia Staff - 4 June, 2022

Talking about 'conjoined past' of Hindus and Muslims in India, Chetan Bhagat suggested Mosque+Temple hybrid structures called 'Mosples'

News Reports

‘My God is Viraajman there, it is sacrilege’: Lawyer Vishnu Jain says the Muslim side drilled a hole in the Gyanvapi Shivling to claim...

OpIndia Staff - 25 May, 2022

Gyanvapi case advocate Vishnu Jain said the Shivling was willfully desecrated by the Muslim side.

News Reports

‘Gyanvapi not a mosque, property vests with deity Adi Vishweshwar since time immemorial’: Hindu side in SC

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2022

According to the submissions, the property has belonged to Adi Vishweshwar for centuries and centuries, even before the Islamic rule in India

News Reports

Gyanvapi case: SC says Places of Worship Act does not bar determining the religious character of a place, refuses to overturn orders

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2022

Supreme Court refused to overturn Varanasi court's orders directing survey of Gyanvapi mosque and subsequent sealilng

News Reports

As Subramanian Swamy targets Modi govt for not repealing Places of Worship Act, read how he had supported it in parliament while BJP had...

OpIndia Staff - 19 May, 2022

Supporting the Places of Worship Act, Subramanian Swamy had questioned the claim of Ram Jannmabhoomi

OpIndia Explains

Could the survey at the Gyanvapi compound lead to its exemption from the Places of Worship Act? Read what the law says

Shashank Bharadwaj - 14 May, 2022

The Places of Worship Act, 1991, exempts any ancient monument or site covered by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

News Reports