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By Hera Rizwan “I have been told by my friends and family not to post religious and political stuff on social media. You never know who gets picked up next.” “I prefer posting my political views only for my close friends.” “I have avoided posting my religious views on social media, fearing it would hamper my personal relationships.” These are some of the responses Decode received on its survey “Who Are You On The Internet?”. Focusing on young voters aged 18-26, the survey aimed to understand how this demographic shares their religious and political opinions on social media. While some admitted...
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By Nidhi Jacob Social media platforms are rife with misleading claims suggesting that the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Committee's working paper states a 7.8% decline in the Hindu population and a 43% rise in the Muslim population between 1950 and 2015. Additionally, multiple posts on X have amplified this claim with communal undertones. BOOM found that the figures in the claims have been cherry-picked to exaggerate the growth of the Muslim population while overlooking the declining trend in growth and fertility rates among all religious groups in recent decades. (Archive link) (Archive ...
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By The Conversation Hugh McLeod, University of Birmingham“Jesus Christ was a sportsman.” Or so claimed a preacher at one of the regular sporting services that were held throughout the first half of the 20th century in Protestant churches all over Britain. Invitations were sent out to local organisations, and sportsmen and women would attend these services en masse. Churches would be decorated with club paraphernalia and cups won by local teams. Sporting celebrities – perhaps a Test cricketer or First Division footballer – would read the lessons, and the vicar or priest would preach on the valu...
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By Rohini Chatterji India scored the worst — 9.4 out of 10 — in the Social Hostilities Index, according to Pew Research Center's 13th annual study of restrictions on religion around the world in 2020. Among the 198 countries analysed by the Washington DC-based think tank, India fared among the worst in religious hostilities during the pandemic. The study analysed data from a time when lockdowns and restrictions affected religious groups and found that a quarter of the countries it studied used physical means on "worship services and other religious gatherings" to impose these restrictions. Thi...
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By Srijit Das A video of a Pakistani minority leader speaking about forced Islamic conversions has been circulating on social media misleadingly claiming that it shows a Hindu politician begging for mercy with folded hands in the parliament of Pakistan. BOOM found that the person in the video is Tariq Masih Gill, a minority leader in Pakistan, who belongs to the Christian community. The 2:20 minute-long viral video shows the leader speaking about forced Islamic conversions in the country to the speaker of the parliament. He can also be heard seeking for mercy with folded hands in a request to ...
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