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Guyana-Based Hindu Group Opens New Home for Women and Children in Need

August 6, 2014 by Editor Leave a Comment

Guyana-Based Hindu Group Opens New Home for Women and Children in Need

A multi-million dollar home has been recently opened by the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) for abused women and children in Ankerville, Port Mourant Corentyne. The initiative was supported by Indian singer and superstar, Sonu Nigam, President Donald Ramotar, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, and Dr. Vindhya Persaud, President of GHDS during the ribbon cutting opening […]

Hindu Temple and Houses Burnt by Muslim Mobs in Pakistan During Hindu Festival of Colours

March 18, 2014 by Editor Leave a Comment

Hindu Temple and Houses Burnt by Muslim Mobs in Pakistan During Hindu Festival of Colours

On the eve of Holi, a religious festival known as ‘the festival of colours’ where Hindus around the world burn pyres symbolizing the victory of good over evil, Pakistani Hindus watched in horror as mobs set fire to their dharamshalla (community center) and temple in Larkana, a city in the southern Sindh province. The Hindu American […]

Biased Pro-Islamist Group Hires Lobbyist to Push Resolution Slamming India

December 6, 2013 by Editor 1 Comment

Biased Pro-Islamist Group Hires Lobbyist to Push Resolution Slamming India

The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC) hired the American lobbying firm, Fidelis Government Relations, to push a resolution critical of India, the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) revealed today.  The Foundation previously released a statement censuring House Resolution 417 for attacking India’s record on religious freedom, targeting only Hindus as instigators of violence, and ignoring the impact of […]

Hindus Urge The Church of England to Approve Women Bishops

July 7, 2013 by Editor Leave a Comment

Hindus Urge The Church of England to Approve Women Bishops

A Hindu community leader Rajan Zed has urged General Synod of Church of England to endorse introduction of women bishops in its debate and vote on the issue on Monday in University of York (United Kingdom). It would be a “step in the right direction”, Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed […]

The Untold Story of Pakistani Hindu Refugees (Video)

May 4, 2013 by Editor 1 Comment

The Untold Story of Pakistani Hindu Refugees (Video)

Due to the tragic state of Hindus living in Muslim majority Pakistan, there are more and more hindus trying to seek refuge in neighboring India. However, due to many political influences the Indian administration has not fully given these hindus refugee status. Over the years there have been thousands of cases around the kidnappings, rape, […]

Over 1500 Hindu Temples & Homes Damaged by Muslim Mobs in Bangladesh During January to March of 2013

March 21, 2013 by Editor 2 Comments

Over 1500 Hindu Temples & Homes Damaged by Muslim Mobs in Bangladesh During January to March of 2013

(CHAKRA) Extremist Muslim mobs  have attacked innocent Hindu temples, homes and shops of Hindus in four districts in Bangladesh. Since Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee was handed down a death sentence for war crimes in February, dozens of hindu temples, houses and shops of non-muslim minorities across the country have been vandalized  torched and looted. Basudev […]

Muslims Torch and Loot 200 Hindu Homes in West Bengal (Images)

February 23, 2013 by Editor 16 Comments

Muslims Torch and Loot 200 Hindu Homes in West Bengal (Images)

By Sandhya Jain (Niti Central) Amidst a near-complete media blackout and distressing silence from statutory bodies like the National Human Rights Commission, a serious communal flare up has taken place in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, with more than 200 Hindu homes torched and looted in four villages — Naliakhali, Herobhanga, Gopalpur and […]

Pakistani Hindu Refugees Feel Fear 24 hours a Day

February 21, 2013 by Editor Leave a Comment

Pakistani Hindu Refugees Feel Fear 24 hours a Day

“There is fear 24 hours a day…Hindus see themselves as helpless,” recounted Chetan Ram, while describing life in Pakistan to the Hindu American Foundation’s Director & Senior Human Rights Fellow, Samir Kalra, Esq., at the Chopasni refugee camp in Jodhpur, India. Ram was part of a contingent of 204 Hindu refugees that fled Pakistan’s southern Sindh […]

Increasing Concern Over Worsening Plight of Afghan Hindus and Sikhs

December 21, 2012 by Editor Leave a Comment

Increasing Concern Over Worsening Plight of Afghan Hindus and Sikhs

(CHAKRA) The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) voiced serious concern today over the worsening plight of Hindus and Sikhs in Afghanistan, imploring the Afghan government to address the deteriorating religious freedom conditions in the country. The most recent media reports from Afghanistan indicate that Hindus and Sikhs are being forcibly denied the right to cremate their […]

A History of Hindu Bashing from the BBC even has its Karma

December 8, 2012 by Editor 12 Comments

A History of Hindu Bashing from the BBC even has its Karma

In February 2002 the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) along with other international broadcast networks reported on the outbreak of communal violence in Godhra, in the Indian state of Gujarat. From the BBC report one would have got the impression that Hindus were not even victims of the violence. Instead Hindus were blamed for the violence […]

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