https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to caste discrimination en https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/26/hamline-case-free-expression-vs-religious-sensibilities-frame-obscures-stark-reality Recently, Hamline University faculty called for the resignation of President Fayneese Miller following the firing of adjunct professor Erika López Prater for showing the image of the Prophet in Islamic art. While most commentators have focused on the wisdom and… Thu, 26 Jan 2023 04:50:21 EST Junaid Jahangir b4a9923f-8f05-44b2-8594-90d302ed5065 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/03/18/arguments-caste-protections-unjustly-target-south-asians-dont-stand-scrutiny Earlier this year the California State University Board of Trustees unanimously ratified the California Faculty Association’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, which included for the first time a provision adding caste to Cal State’s anti-discrimination policy alongside other protected categories such as… Fri, 18 Mar 2022 05:28:25 EDT Pranay Somayajula, Nikhil Mandalaparthy cb879f99-ab43-4400-8c7b-1c7071ef9261 https://religiondispatches.org/2021/10/19/north-america-has-hindu-nationalist-problem-and-scholars-are-frontlines-these-right-wing Though you aren’t likely to read about it on the front page of the New York Times or spot it in trending topics on Twitter, for over two decades now North America has had a Hindu Nationalism problem. Scholars in… Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:11:11 EDT Manan Ahmed, Rohit Chopra, Audrey Truschke 96377973-7c29-4848-bb1a-6211ae86f90c https://religiondispatches.org/2020/05/21/christianity-todays-humble-hindu-jesus-conversion-story-still-story-christian When I was a freshman at the University of Minnesota in the 1990s, I was working out on a bench press at the gym when a fellow student came over and asked if he could help me with the heavier… Thu, 21 May 2020 03:38:07 EDT Murali Balaji 5d060699-67a9-4de7-bdfd-d20ff1a09561 https://religiondispatches.org/2018/09/07/religious-and-political-silence-indias-lgbtq-decision-speaks-volumes The images of LGBTQ rights advocates celebrating in India—embracing one another, holding rainbow banners, and showered in confetti—appeared on September 6th throughout the global media. After almost a decade of legal battles, the Indian Supreme Court finally decriminalized LGBTQ sex… Fri, 07 Sep 2018 04:46:42 EDT Andrea R. Jain fe0847d3-0103-49c3-8ca3-d67062f63450 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/03/27/debate-rages-india-over-conversion-secularism-and-spiritual-violence Does an anti-conversion campaign threaten India’s secular ideals? Fri, 27 Mar 2015 01:49:03 EDT Murali Balaji ba8887d4-df1e-486b-ab2a-405d1b832b50 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/05/18/indias-elections-and-doniger-affair Friday’s landslide election of a controversial Hindu nationalist in India culminates—or threatens to escalate—an ongoing battle over religion and the right to define the idea of the state. Religion, a national election, and a nearly 70-year history of bitter political… Sun, 18 May 2014 05:48:27 EDT Murali Balaji 5fcd534f-99ae-4639-a688-9e7717f8eb60 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/09/caste-first-christ-second-some-indian-christians Church leaders have had to admit that Christianity in India is tainted by caste—a strange argument for American Christians, especially evangelicals, who pour millions of dollars into missionary work in India. Mon, 09 Jul 2012 08:26:22 EDT Megan Sweas 66ad84ba-5b7f-42d8-bb68-ae685afa120d