Source: The Hindustan Times MUMBAI, INDIA, September 23, 2001: A Class VI handbook authored by human rights activist and joint editor of “Communalism Combat,” Teesta Setalvad, has attracted criticism from local Hindus. The handbook, which describes the famed warrior Shivaji as a sudra, is given to teachers at Mumbai’s Don Bosco Catholic school. The book traces the rise of Shivaji…
GO TO SOURCE NEW YORK, USA, September 24, 2001: Representatives of New York’s broad spectrum of faiths took the field of Yankee Stadium on Sunday for a flag-draped gathering of prayer for the victims of terrorism. The service, “A Prayer for America” culminated in Lee Greenwood’s rendition of God Bless the USA. Muslims, Hindus, Protestants, Sikhs, Greek Orthodox stepped up…
Source: Religion Today NEW YORK, USA, September 27, 2001: Now that the burning, collapsing towers aren’t being flashed across TV screens every few minutes, some in the relief community fear America will begin to forget. Larry Jones, founder of Feed the Children said, while everyone is stepping forward today, he is concerned about next week and next month. Just hours…
GO TO SOURCE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, September 29, 2001: Chakrapani Ullal, one of the world’s foremost Hindu astrologers, continues his analysis of the Attacks on America at “source” above. An excerpt: “What does all this mean? The question arises ‘Will there be a War in the traditional sense?’ The planets currently and in the future do indicate there are a…
GO TO SOURCE BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, September 29, 2001: Devotees of Sri Ganapati Sacchidananda have scheduled a “swarna tulabharam” for Swamiji’s 60th birthday June, 2002. The money raised by weighing Swamiji against gold will go to benefit the Amma Vodi project to address the needs of destitute women through the establishment of a rehabilitation center in Hyderabad. This expression of…
GO TO SOURCE USA, September 29, 2001: World Vegetarian Day has been celebrated since 1977. It brings awareness to the ethical, environmental, health and humanitarian benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. About one million people a year become vegetarians in the US, this report claims.
Source: Religion News Service WASHINGTON, D.C., September 28, 2001: A bill recently introduced in Congress would allow churches to spend 20 percent of their money on lobbying and up to 5 percent on campaigning for or against individual candidates without risk of losing their tax-exempt status. Rep. Phil Crane, R-Ill., introduced the “Bright-Line Act of 2001,” which would make clear…
GO TO SOURCE HOUSTON, TEXAS, September 25, 2001: Dismissals in divorce cases have skyrocketed in the Harris County Texas Family Law courts since Sept. 11. Couples now say they will try to patch things up. The Houston Chronicle reports that in the 10 working days since the day tragedy struck, about 400 family-law suits have been dismissed. “It’s a small…
Source: Hinduism Today HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, September 28, 2001: Hundreds of Hindus mourn the loss of their sanctuary, as the Hindu Samaj of Hamilton Temple was deliberately set ablaze on Saturday September 15, 2001, in a mistaken backlash crime to the attacks on America. The fire totally destroyed the temple’s main Prayer Hall, leaving much of the temple unstable. In…
GO TO SOURCE SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, September 24, 2001: In a show of diversity, San Jose’s first major public memorial to the victims of the terrorist attacks was led Sunday by clerics representing six faiths: Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism and Islam. Many of the 1,200 people gathered not only to pray for the victims but also to show their…