Chacha Gokal Das, A 90 year-old senior living in the Sindh region of Pakistan was severely beaten on Friday by police officials for eating rice outside his home at 6.30 pm, which was 40 minutes before Muslims were supposed to break their fast (known as Iftar) during Ramadan. Ramadan is a major Muslim religious celebration […]
Hindu Americans Call for Equality, Urge Govt Not to Erase Their Identity and Heritage
Hindu Americans of all types converged on Sacramento yesterday to voice their concerns about the California Department of Education Instructional Quality Commission’s (IQC) plans to accept problematic edits made by a small group of South Asian studies faculty. These proposed edits would have largely removed references to India and Hinduism, and replaced them with the […]
Hindu Groups Disappointed with US Court Decision for Alabama’s Sureshbhai Patel
Leaders of the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed strong disappointment after a federal judge acquitted former Madison, Alabama policeman Eric Parker yesterday of federal charges for his attack on Indian immigrant Sureshbhai Patel last year. The decision precludes federal prosecutors from retrying Mr. Parker for the assault. “Today’s decision unfortunately short-circuits the legal process to […]
Yogi Adityanath – A Rare MP that Stood for Hindu Equality & Rights in Parliament
On August 13, 2014, the Indian National Congress led by Mallikarjun Kharge tried to push their agenda regarding their proposed communal violence bill (CBV) in the Lok Sabha (see our article on the Communal-Violence Bill for context). One of Kharge’s main points was that communal violence has skyrocketed since PM Modi took his oath and […]
America’s Largest Hindu Rights Group Responds to Allegations Leveled by Islamist and Communist-Linked Groups
The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) was made aware today that the internet portal calling itself the Coalition Against Genocide (CAG), released a report to various media outlets ostensibly attacking HAF. More of a personal attack on certain leaders of HAF, the report repeats nearly decade old accusations that organizations now affiliating under the umbrella of […]
Disappointed Hindu Community Helps US TV Station to Remove Offensive Content
In Chicago, a television station aired content from a sports show on which a commentator referred to Hindu deities as “weird”. This sparked outrage from the Hindu community and led to protests demanding the content be taken off of the television networks website. The NBC Chicago website had posted up a commentary on an ice […]
Hindus Fight for Marriage Rights in Pakistan Just Like Gays are Fighting for Marriage Rights in the West
By Linda Brock Bollywood Stars Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan during their Hindu Wedding Ceremony in India Lahore, Pakistan (CHAKRA) – A Hindu couple, Mukesh and Padma in Hyderabad Pakistan, tied the knot with a traditional Hindu ceremony but in a fashion different from the rest. The wedding, while having the seven pheras (seven circles […]
Activist in Pakistan Wrongly Accused of Murder After Trying to Stand Up for Human Rights
PAKISTAN – Veerji Kohli, a Hindu activist in Pakistan has been accused of murder after trying to stand up for Hindu rights in Islamabad Pakistan. Veerji is a well-known human rights activist who particulary focuses on the issues related to bonded labour. Recently, he helped to release a number of children, women and men from […]