(CHAKRA) Hindus have strongly objected to Hindu deities being reportedly referred to as “false idols” on the opening day of the General Assembly of Church of Scotland on May 19 in Edinburgh (United Kingdom). Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that about one billion Hindus worldwide worshipped their […]
Cleansing Hindus from Pakistan ‘The land of the ‘Pure’
(CHAKRA) In his 1993 BBC television series Akbar S Ahmed, former ambassador from Pakistan to Britain and presently Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at the American University in Washington DC, stated that Jinnah had created Pakistan so that India’s Muslims could be “safe from Hindu reaction”. But he has remained largely silent on the […]
Human Rights Struggles of Malaysian Hindus and Other Minorities
(CHAKRA) Continuing to generate awareness of the human rights violations faced by Hindus, Christians, and other ethnic minority groups in Malaysia, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) sponsored a Congressional briefing, Institutionalized Racism and Religious Discrimination in Malaysia, yesterday, featuring exiled Malaysian Hindu civil rights leader, Waytha Moorthy, and Dr. Ramesh Rao, HAF’s Human Rights Coordinator. […]
Child Kidnapped by Extremists in Sindh Pakistan
Sindh, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – A three-year-old Hindu girl was kidnapped in the province of Sindh in Pakistan. The Hindu community being a minority community in the country was distraught and has started a protest to raise awareness of such repeated kidnappings. They also requested the authorities immediately send out police to search for the child. […]