www.HAFsite.org WASHINGTON, DC, USA, September 26, 2008 (Press Release): Hindu American Foundation (HAF) leaders and dozens of supporters descended on Capitol Hill during the Foundation’s fifth annual Government Outreach and Leadership Conference garnering support for their agenda of human rights and religious liberty issues. A dinner reception held within the U.S. Capitol’s rotunda was attended by legislators and national Hindu…
www.dailytimes.com.pk KARACHI, PAKISTAN, September 25, 2008: The Hindus of the city have launched preparations to celebrate the religious festival of Navratri, the first of a series of festivals ahead of Diwali, which will be celebrated on October 28. Navratri will begin on September 28, in which Saraswati and Durga will be worshipped, while a third goddess, Lakshmi, will be worshipped…
www.washingtontimes.com WASHINGTON, DC, USA, September 26, 2008: bout 100 people, holding signs protesting Hindu violence in the Indian state of Orissa, demonstrated in front of the White House on Thursday to get the attention of visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Although there was no sign that anyone in Mr. Singh’s motorcade even saw the drenched crowd of Indians and Americans…
www.hinduismtoday.com Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes, India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms, in spite of Kubera’s wealth poured upon the head of every one of her children. Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
www.malaysianews.net KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, September 19, 2008: The Immigration Department of Malaysia has given assurance that it would speed up visa and permit applicationsfor priests, musicians and artisans from India. Human Resources Minister Dr. S. Subramaniam said the department’s director-general Mahmood Adam had assured him that he would meet all state immigration heads soon to ensure that the government’s decision…
www.chicagotribune.com CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, September 22, 2008: A Hinduism-inspired temple that devotees say was 115 years in the making opened Sunday in southwest suburban Homer Glen. Since 1967, the Vivekananda Vedanta Society has been in Hyde Park, but growing membership, lack of parking at the old site, an increasing percentage of members who live in the suburbs and a desire to…
Special to Compass Direct News LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, September 24, 2008: The Iranian government is proceeding with a bill that will make “apostasy,” or leaving Islam, a capital crime. On Sept. 9 the Iranian parliament approved a new penal code by a vote of 196-7 calling for a mandatory death sentence for apostates, or those who leave Islam. The Baha’i…
www.hinduismtoday.com Nothing ever will be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson
www.asiantribune.com COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, 22 September, 2008: Unidentified gunmen shot and killed Sivasri Kugarajah Kurukkal, High Priest of the Thirukoneswaram Hindu Temple, at about 6:00 p.m. last night, as the 43-year-old priest was riding a motorbike on Vidyalayam Road in the port city of Trincomalee. According to the police report, two bullets struck his head, killing him instantly. Sivashri Kugaraja…
www.time.com WACO, TEXAS, USA, Thursday, Sep. 18, 2008: More than half of all Americans believe they have been helped by a guardian being in the course of their lives, according to a new poll of American religious beliefs by the Baylor University Institute for Studies of Religion. Of the 1700 respondents, 55% answered affirmatively to the statement, “I was protected…