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 [...]
April 27, 2016
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Malaysia, World Focus
Two Hindu NGOs are now pushing the authorities to step forward and protect the 110-year-old Vivekananda Ashram in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, from the threat of redevelopment. Hindraf chairman P. Waytha Moorthy today called on the National Heritage Department to step in and object to the proposed development and conversion of the land status at the [...]
For the last seven years, Zarinah Abdul Majid had been making frequent trips to the Shariah Court and the National Registration Department (NRD) hoping to remove the word “Islam” from her identity card, as she is not a practising Muslim. She said she spent thousands of ringgit hiring lawyers to help but it was all [...]
June 5, 2014
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Archives, Malaysia
PKR vice-president N Surendran says the 101-year-old Muniswarar Kaliamman temple in the capital has been desecrated by the authorities unlawfully. Police and City Hall should have consulted temple officials before forcing their way into Muneswarar Kaliyaman temple and removing statues of deities without observing Hindu religious practices. Malaysian Hindu Sangam president Datuk RS Mohan Shan [...]
September 4, 2013
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Sri Muneswarar Kaliyaman Hindu temple being destroyed by Malaysian Government on 1st September 2013 [...]
September 4, 2013
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Waythamoorthy Ponnusamy has been on a hunger strike for nearly three weeks demanding equal rights for Hindus and other minorities. He is trying to get the ruling coalition and political Opposition to accept the demands of his Indian rights organisation Hindraf, which aims to improve the rights and living conditions of Malaysian Indians in their [...]
March 29, 2013
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Malaysia, News updates
Hindraf Chairman Mr. Waythamoorthy is on Hunger Viratham since Shiva Rathiri 10/03/2013 in Malaysia demanding equal human rights for the Malaysian Indian hindu Community have been marginalised since 1957. During his exile in UK in 2012 the Hindraf Chairman Mr. Waythamoorthy along with other Malaysian Indians have filed an civil action in July 2012 against the [...]
HINDRAF is the most successful Hindu/Indian resistance movement outside of India, which offers certain basic lessons in running effective Hindu movements. On 24th Nov 2007 HINDRAF organised the most successful demonstration in Kuala lumpur which had hit all major news channels around the world. About 30-40 thousand people participated. However, according to certain reports, if [...]
August 7, 2012
Amitabh Soni
Malaysia, World Focus
The increasing destruction, desecration and removal of Hindu temples in Malaysia has highlighted an ugly side to a nation which has been much vaunted as both an economic success story and as a successful model of multiculturalism. [Talking to any one of the many Malaysian students who study degree courses at British universities, and bring [...]
April 28, 2012
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Malaysia