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The exhibit features a sure-footed Hitler standing in front of a huge photo of the gates of Auschwitz. (Photo: AFP)

Indonesian museum removes Nazi-themed exhibit after outrage

In January, a controversial Nazi-themed cafe in the western Javanese city of Bandung closed.

11 Nov 2017 2:02 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pexels)

Man arrested for posting video of him training dog to give Nazi salute

The Scottish man denies any wrongdoing.

12 Sept 2017 5:06 PM IST

The Christian belief in hell has developed over the centuries, influenced by both Jewish and Greek ideas of the afterlife. (Photo: Pixabay)

What is hell? Here's what an expert says

Belief in an afterlife, where virtuous are rewarded with place in heaven and wicked punished in hell, is core teaching...

19 April 2018 2:46 PM IST

The issue of women wearing a face-cover, a burqa, in public is different from wearing hijab or head-cover to keep private a womans attractive hair.

Is the hijab worn mainly to avoid arousal, or simply out of respect?

There is certainly an injunction to modesty, which doesn't stretch to recommendations of couture.

25 Feb 2019 12:13 AM IST

Britains newly appointed Prime Minister Rishi Sunak walks to pose outside the to 10 Downing Street in central London, on October 25, 2022, after delivering his first speech as prime minister. - Rishi Sunak was Tuesday appointed as Britains third prime minister this year, after outgoing leader Liz Truss submitted her resignation to King Charles III. (Photo: AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | What's fun' can be offensive too UK may have a double...

The observation was inspired this week, gentle reader, by the recent incidents of supposed anti-religious bias

29 April 2023 12:05 AM IST

Equipped with long sticks, a team of cleaners on Tuesday gouged out written prayers that visitors to Judaisms Western Wall. (Photo: Pixabay)

Spring cleaning for Western Wall's notes to God

Equipped with long sticks, a team of cleaners on Tuesday gouged out written prayers that visitors to Judaism's Western...

21 March 2018 12:43 PM IST

‘Mulayam to take decision’

‘Mulayam to take decision’

UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Wednesday that the Samajwadi Party’s support to the UPA government would...

21 March 2013 3:01 PM IST

If those muscles are compromised in any way during foetal development, those functions are also likely to be compromised in the newborn baby. (Photo: Pixabay)

Texas could ban Jews, gays, Muslims from adopting children

An Austin-based adoption attorney said the bill fails to provide alternatives for prospective parents rebuffed by...

7 May 2017 10:08 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu prior to a meeting in Jerusalem, Israel. (Photo: AP)

The facts & myths about India's Jewish connection

Baghdadi Jews mostly ran major businesses all over India, under Hindu patronage and under Muslim rule.

12 July 2017 2:29 AM IST

Aliyah: The Last Jew in The Village by Sethu, translated from the Malayalam by Catherine Thankamma Harper Perennial, Rs 399.

Book review: Betwixt and between identities

The Hindu and Christian neighbours of the Jews are bewildered at this turn of events, and rather suspicious.

9 July 2017 2:27 AM IST

Whatever is happening in your life has a purpose, even if it is a painful experience. Believe that great things will unfold through that.

Mystic Mantra: Longing for God

Mahatma Gandhi's experiments with truth was another path in a similar search for God whom he defined as Truth.

6 July 2017 5:46 AM IST

Trump paused in front of the wall and then slipped a note with a prayer between its stones, as is custom. (Photo: AFP)

On Israel visit, Trump becomes first sitting prez to pray at Western...

Trump visited the Western Wall in a private capacity and was not accompanied by any Israeli leaders.

23 May 2017 8:18 AM IST