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Source United States, June 5, 2013 ( Corrie Mitchell,Washington Post) With the release of their ninth annual report, members of the Hindu American Foundation are pushing policymakers to take action against international human rights violations directed at Hindus.The four countries the report categorized as egregious violator are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Pakistan — are all Muslim-majority countries. Samir Kalra, author…

Source DHAKA, June 3, 2013 ( Haroon Habib): The Sheikh Hasina Cabinet on Monday gave final approval to a draft law to ensure proper development and management of the “Devottar property” ( Hindu Charitable Endowments) and make the transfer of those property, donated to Hindu places of worship, completely illegal. Once the law comes into effect all such property will…

Washington, D.C. (June 6, 2013) — A Hindu monk offered the opening prayer for the House of Representatives and the birth sesquicentennial of Swami Vivekananda, considered Hinduism’s first ambassador to the West, was marked in the Congressional record Tuesday morning. These two historical firsts led up to a gala celebration attended by over 300 as the Hindu American Foundation (HAF)…

Source One must seek the shortest way and the fastest means to get back home–to turn the spark within into a blaze, to be merged in and to identify with that greater fire which ignited the spark.— Swami Nityananda of Ganeshpuri (1885-1961), South Indian Mystic

Source New Delhi, Mon, 03 Jun 2013NI Wire Bihar’s pride and Buddhism’s holiest shrine, 1500 year old Mahabodhi temple and famous Hindu temple of Vishnupad in Gaya would soon get CCTVs in their premises, Bihar’s Urban Development Minister Prem Kumar said on Monday.The move has been taken following a threat of a terrorist attack at these places. “I have instructed…

Source Wake up and find out eventually who you really are. In our culture of course, they’ll say you’re crazy or you’re blasphemous, and they’ll either put you in jail or in the nut house (which is the same thing). But if you wake up in India and tell your friends and relations, “My goodness, I’ve just discovered that I’m…

Source BALI, INDONESIA, June 3, 2013 (Jakarta Post): As many as 500 Hindu leaders from across the world will be attending the second World Hindu Summit scheduled to take place in Bali from June 13-17. The annual conference is expected to be a milestone as it will produce the World Hindu Parisad and World Hindu Center. “The World Hindu Parisad…

United Kingdom, May 16, 2013 ( Guardian News):Christianity has had a boost from people born overseas, nearly half of Muslims in England and Wales are under 25 and Hindus are the least likely of all the religious groups to be born in the UK according to the latest 2011 Census data release by the Office For National Statistics (ONS). Christianity,…

Source KAUAI, HAWAII, May 30, 2013: Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami today offered the opening prayer before the US House of Representatives, the first Hindu monk and only the third Hindu in history to do so as Guest Chaplain for the Congress (click source above for the video). The prayer is given each day the House is in session, immediately after it…

Source If you are going to control your income, start by controlling your emotions. — Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1927-2001), founder of Hinduism Today