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TopicAbu Dhabi temple

Topic: Abu Dhabi temple

‘Omsiyyat’: Top UAE officials celebrate interfaith unity at BAPS Hindu Mandir during Ramzan

Over 200 religious and cultural leaders gather during sacred month of Ramzan at the newly inaugurated BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi. Actor Vivek Oberoi was also in attendance.

Abu Dhabi temple — a means to strengthen India-UAE relations

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

UAE’s new Hindu temple a lesson for Indian Muslims—Respecting other faiths doesn’t weaken yours

Witnessing the inauguration of the BAPS Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi this week filled me with joy as an Indian Pasmanda Muslim.

Modi inaugurates 1st Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, largest in the Gulf

The Prime Minister is on a two-day tour of the UAE, and is scheduled to visit Qatar before returning to India.

People trust our intent & commitment, says Modi in UAE. ‘World needs inclusive, clean governments’

Modi’s visit to the UAE is his seventh since 2014. On Wednesday, he will also inaugurate BAPS Mandir, the first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi.

Temple politics is playing out on Twitter & Facebook with a temple that doesn’t exist

Videos claim Abu Dhabi crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed has built a temple there and ‘fulfilled’ promise to Modi. But only the foundation stone was laid last month.

HoaXposed: BJP MP falls for fake pictures of ‘first Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi’

BJP MP from Gujarat tweets image of temple that is actually in the U.S. and later deletes it. 

On Camera

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.