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Three ISIS terrorists have been arrested in Malaysia for allegedly plotting attacks on a famous Hindu temple in Batu Caves, entertainment outlets and police stations across the country on the eve of Malaysia's Independence Day. [...]

 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 [...]

Kuala Lumpur: Nearly 7,000 in Malaysia have been wrongly documented as Muslims on their national identity cards, according to a group of NGOs in the Muslim-majority nation. The problem was widespread throughout Peninsular Malaysia and involved mostly practising Hindus from the lower income group who are documented as Muslims, Malaysia Hindu Sangam president Mohan Shan [...]

Hindu mother Deepa Subramaniam may have lost custody of her son to her Muslim convert ex-husband following the Federal Court decision on Wednesday, but for her, the battle is far from over. And she makes two other matters very clear: her children are Hindus and that Izwan Abdullah has no business advising her to embrace [...]

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living foundation claimed on Saturday that the spiritual guru had received death threats from the Islamic State terror group during his visit to Malaysia.  Three letters with threats were received by the manager of the hotel where Ravi Shankar is staying at Penang in Malaysia, said Shikha Grover, a [...]

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 [...]

MCA has slammed a PAS (Parti Islam SeMalaysia) assemblyman for proposing that a Hindu temple be relocated to protect the sensitivities of the Muslim community in Kajang, deeming it “ridiculous”.The Star today reported that Bangi’s elected representative Shafie Ngah had sent a letter to Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim for the Sri Maha [...]

Malaysia :A bloodied cow head was discovered in front of the house of Seri Delima state assemblyman, Hindu Politician R.S.N Rayer. “After receiving the information, police officers were rushed to the location and we discovered a cow’s head in front of Rayer’s house. This case will be investigated under Section 298 of the Penal Code [...]

The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) has denied raiding or disrupting a wedding ceremony at a Hindu temple in Petaling Jaya on suspicion that the bride was a Muslim. Jais deputy director-general Ahmad Zaki Arshad said they were only investigating complaints from the public and took a statement from the bride to ascertain her religious [...]

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — The “huge” statues at a Hindu temple in Batu Caves and Buddhist temple in Penang are an affront to Islam as the religion forbids idolatry, a retired Court of Appeals judge said. Datuk Mohd Noor Abdullah stressed that such sculptures of non-Muslim deities should not be built in the open, [...]