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  2. Hindustani profanity - Wikipedia

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    The Hindustani language employs a large number of profanities across the Hindustani-speaking diaspora. Idiomatic expressions, particularly profanity, are not always directly translatable into other languages, and make little sense even when they can be translated.

  3. Profanity - Wikipedia

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    Profanity is often depicted in images by grawlixes, which substitute symbols for words.. Profanity, also known as swearing, cursing, or cussing, involves the use of notionally offensive words for a variety of purposes, including to demonstrate disrespect or negativity, to relieve pain, to express a strong emotion, as a grammatical intensifier or emphasis, or to express informality or ...

  4. Hate speech laws in India - Wikipedia

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    The book was withdrawn from the Indian market by its Indian publisher, [56] [57] and the publisher Penguin India agreed to destroy all the existing copies within six months commencing from February 2014. [55] In October 2015, Catholic Church in India demanded ban on the play 'Agnes of God', an adaptation of American playwright John Pielmeier's ...

  5. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    India: Muslims Derives from namaz, the Persian word for obligatory daily prayers usually used instead of salah in the Indian subcontinent. [78] Peaceful, peacefools, pissful, shantidoot India: Muslims Derives from the common statement that Islam is a "religion of peace". Sometimes the Hindi word "shantidoot" (Messenger of Peace) is used. [74] Osama

  6. Curse - Wikipedia

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    The deliberate attempt to levy curses is often part of the practice of magic. In Hindu culture, the Sage or Rishi is believed to have the power to bless (Ä€shirvada or Vara) and curse (Shaapa). Examples include the curse placed by Rishi Bhrigu on king Nahusha [3] and the one placed by Rishi Devala. [4]

  7. 1966 anti-cow slaughter riot - Wikipedia

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    The scope, extent, and status of cow slaughter in ancient India has been a subject of intense scholarly dispute. Marvin Harris notes the Vedic literature to be contradictory, with some stanzas suggesting ritual slaughter and meat consumption, while others suggesting a taboo on meat eating; however, Hindu literature relating to cow veneration became extremely common in the first millennium A.D ...

  8. The Curse Review: Prepare to Cringe All the Way Through This ...

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    The Curse is like a clash of the cringe titans. Nathan Fielder is known for uncomfortably awkward prank comedies like Nathan For You and The Rehearsal, and Benny Safdie, along with his brother ...

  9. Obscene gesture - Wikipedia

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    In the Arab world, this sign represents the evil eye, and is used as a curse, sometimes in conjunction with verbal condemnation. [ 17 ] In the 2010s the gesture began to develop a vulgar connotation in the United States as a white power symbol, with the three upheld fingers resemble a W and the circle made with the thumb and forefinger resemble ...