The aim of a defense is to demonstrate that the arguments from evil are unsuccessful given a possible scenario or set of scenarios, whereas a theodicy is an attempt to justify God and the ways of God given the evil and suffering in the world. Chinese folk religion is a good example of how the people view religious beliefs as a part of their way of seeing the world without putting a label on it. The folk religion is characterized by broad beliefs in salvation, prayer to ancestors and former leaders, and an understanding of the influence of the natural world. Aspects of ritual and beliefs about the afterlife exist independently of the philosophies to create religious aspects to some of China’s oldest philosophical beliefs. Writing about a religious observance as loaded with ritual as Passover is even harder. The Party, which is officially atheist, has for decades attempted to control religious organizations to maintain its dominance. The Communist Party, which is suspicious of foreign forces in its country, interpret symbols of Islam and the Arabic language as pledging allegiance to something other than the Chinese state. Over the past year alone, China has detained Muslim for showing their faith, forced Buddhists to pledge allegiance to the ruling Communist Party, and coerced Christian churches to take down their crosses or shut down.

China is increasingly cracking down on Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists. The Growth rate of Sikhism fell down to 8.4 % from previous figure of 16.98 %. Sikhism is dominated religion in state of Punjab while it has some impact in Haryana, Delhi NCR, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. The communist government targeted religions based on state interests, and while most organized religions were never outlawed, religious property was confiscated, believers were harassed, and religion was ridiculed while atheism was propagated in schools. While its claimed that India has more Muslims than Pakistan, its not true statiscally. Approximately 84 lakhs Buddhist reside in India who makes up 0.7% of Indian Population. But it was when the British invaded India that the tree took on a newly dark purpose, often used as gallows to execute rebels who resisted their rule. October 3: Nazi Germany recaptures the British Aegean island of Kos. The group of four volcanic islands had been mischarted, meaning that it would be hard for the British Empire to find the mutineers. Chris Hemsworth has played the character in 8 movies including three Thor films, four Avengers films, and “Dr. Strange.” But it was not Loki who took his eye, rather his sister Hela.

Buddhist are concentrated in state of Maharashtra which makes 75% of total Buddhist Population and 6% of total Maharashtra Population. In India, Christian Population is 2.78 Crores as per latest figure of 2011 Census which is about 2.3% of total Indian Population. Chinese Catholic and Christian communities grew in number and influence across the country. In Catholic Philippines, she was warned by the mayor of Manila that if she committed any indecent act in her sold out 2-nights The Born This Way Ball Tour, she’d go to jail. I was born here. You can read all of Business Insider’s coverage of the Uighurs here. Beijing this week claimed it had released most Uighurs from detention camps, but has provided no credible evidence. Authorities in Beijing have ordered at least 11 halal restaurants and food stalls to remove Arabic script and symbols associated with Islam, Reuters reported this week. In the northern city of Yinchuan, home to the largest concentration of Hui Muslims in the country, authorities have banned the daily call to prayer because it apparently created noise pollution, the South China Morning Post reported last year. In the western region of Xinjiang, the home of the majority-Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, authorities have installed a massive police state and is estimated to have imprisoned up to 1.5 million residents.

The Islamic followers mainly live in Provinces of Xinjiang, Ningxia, Ganxu and Qinghai in northwest China. China is waging an unprecedented war on religion. The religion was slow in gaining a strong foothold in China but is now well established. The community church takes necessary steps for the preservation of safe and friendly environment to decrease the prospective risks created by the criminals as well as the opportunists. 10It is of course necessary to note that Hawthorne also offered substantial critiques of the Puritans. Other than choosing a good wife to be a good mother, the perspective of Islam on abortion is also very clear in Quran. The term iman has been delineated in both the Quran and hadith. The text was understood to contain only those hadith that had been rigorously authenticated such that one could be relatively certain that the narration was indeed the Prophet’s words. Which one of them do you think you’d belong in? One method of prayer that has been one hundred percent effective for me is the secret God Head Body prayer. Many Babylonian deities, myths, and religious writings are singular to that culture; for example, the uniquely Babylonian deity, Marduk, replaced Enlil as the head of the mythological pantheon.