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SACRAMENTO — A masked gunman’s acts in a house of worship has left members of a Sacramento Hindu temple stunned. A place of prayer and peace was shaken by a violent encounter with a masked gunman. The Dutt family was among the worshippers inside this Fijian Community Hindu temple following nighttime services. “His finger was [...]

In this article, Well known author Galina Krasskova examines how monotheism became the domain theme in our thinking, and how the deep spiritual beliefs of ancient and great civilisations were suppressed and obliterated with horrific violence. The same nefarious forces which now target Hindus committed crimes against humanity with their carnage and intolerance. It is [...]

Does Britain’s Labour Party have a Hindu Problem? In 2016, Hindu Human Rights exposed the Hinduphobia that was rampant in the Labour Party. Now with the exposure by BBC Panorama about not just apathy but actual complicity within the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn of antisemitism, it is timely that this report is updated with [...]

 Hindus believe the incident is linked to the recent visit of the preacher Zakir Naik.    KUALA LUMPUR: Hindraf Makkal Sakthi has expressed shock over the destruction and defiling of Hindu deities in Ipoh on Sunday. “This has caused great anger and alarm amongst Hindus nationwide,” warned Hindraf Chairman P. Waythamoorthy in a statement. “We [...]

The city’s only Hindu priest is being forced to leave the country due to a row over an English test. The Home Office has told Kapil Dev Sharma and his family to return to India – leaving the Hindu community without a priest to carry out funerals and weddings.Last week there were two deaths and [...]

Pakistani journalist Shaan Khan’s piece “What’s Really Behind India’s Rape Crisis,” published this Friday (25/3/16) on The Daily Beast, looks at China and India — two countries with similarly skewed sex ratios — and asks why India in the last few years has experienced a “rape crisis,” while China has not. At the outset, one [...]

This appeal was made to the Sufi masters and scholars who gathered at New Delhi for the World Sufi Forum in March of 2016. Respected Sufi Divines, May peace and God’s grace be with you, The international counter-terrorism conference […] held at Delhi [on 17 to 20 March, 2016 happened] at a delicate time. Already scores of [...]

A SUGGESTED sermon produced by the Church of England for clerics attempting to tackle the stigma of mental health pulls no punches. Written by the Rev Eva McIntyre on behalf of the Church’s Archbishops’ Council and the Time to Change mental health campaign, it suggests John the Baptist, St Paul, St Francis and other figures [...]

An explosion and blaze sparked by fireworks have killed at least 100 people at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala, police say. The fireworks, which were to be used to celebrate a local new year festival, exploded about 03:30 (22:15 GMT Saturday), local media say. A building at the temple then collapsed, [...]

The recent happenings in NIT Srinagar is the best example of how BJP practices secularism in the veil of Hindu nationalism. The row erupted in NIT, Srinagar when non-kashmiri students hoisted tricolour in response of celebration of India’s defeat against West Indies. When situation turned callous, police were called which had to lathicharge on the [...]