Author: Hari Bansh Jha and N.N. Thakur

Source: Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/1995/6/1995-6-02.shtml

The ancient Nepalese citadel of Himalayan Dharma is beseiged. Despite the official Hindu state status and anti-proselytization laws barring conversion, the nation's Hindus and Buddhists are being converted to Christianity and Islam by sophisticated outside missionary forces.

On January 9, 1995, the Nepalese...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4602061.stm

On June 2, 2005 BBC News reported, "Plans to create one of the UK's first voluntary aided Hindu schools in London have been approved by Harrow Council.

The I-Foundation, a non-profit making organisation made up of Hindu community leaders, successfully bid to set up the primary school in north London.

The council claims 20% of its residents are Hindu, the highest percentage...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4597113.stm

On May 31, 2005 BBC News reported, "Pakistan's ruling party hopes a planned temple trip by India's visiting opposition leader will help heal religious scars from more than 10 years ago. India's Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani will tour the ancient temple ruins at Ketas, 100km (65 miles) south of the capital, Islamabad, on Thursday. The event is part of a landmark visit to Pakistan...

Source: Hindu American Foundation Press Release

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/Content/Achievements/media_press_release_usairforce.html

On May 31, 2005 a Hindu American Foundation Press Release reported, "the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) expressed serious concern over multiple reports that many in the faculty and staff at the Colorado Springs U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) are abetting the spread of evangelical...

Source: PressEsc

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On May 30, 2005 PressEsc reported, "The portrayal of Hindus, and Hindu women in particular, in the British and Western media recently offended thousands of adherents of the religion, a rights group claimed today. Hindu Human Rights claimed that it has recently been flooded with verbal, written and electronic complaints regarding the matter. 'While complaints are quite common, what makes the current sense of outrage...

Source: The News...

Source: Kuensel Online

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On May 30, 2005 Kuensel Online reported, "On a six-day visit to Bhutan the leader of a Hindu-Buddhist joint delegation from India, Venerable Bhadant Gnana Jagat Thero, who is the president of World Buddhist Cultural Foundation, said that the intention of the mission was to bring the people of the ancient cultures of the east together and closer to each other. 'The ancient cultures and religions of...

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/4591123.stm

On May 29, 2005 BBC News reported, "A Hindu temple, said to be the largest outside South East Asia, has held its first religious ceremony. The London Sri Murugan Temple, in Manor Park, east London, welcomed its first devotees at 0600 BST on Sunday. It has taken almost five years to complete with money raised entirely by those who will worship there. The temple, which is...

Source: Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/2005/May/28/5967_1378427,001600060001.htm

On May 27, 2005 the Hindustan Times reported, "The Mayans of Guatemala - representative of the Maya civilization that flourished during the first millennium AD in Central America - believe their ancestors came to this part of the globe 20,000 years ago from the East. One of the most dominant ethnic groups, Kekichi Maya, has always had special attraction...

Source: Hindustan Times

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1374570,00050001.htm

On May 24, 2005 the Hindustan Times reported, "A US bankruptcy court has ordered the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) to pay $9.5 million (nearly Rs 42 crore) to about 450 alleged victims of sexual, physical and emotional abuse at its boarding schools in the US and India.

The abuses relate to the 1970s and the '80s and have been the subject of a...

Source: CBC Manitoba

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On May 24, 2005 CBC Manitoba reported, "A man who moved to Canada from India with just $8 in his pocket is now giving $1 million to the new Hindu temple and community centre in Winnipeg. Raj Pandey came to Canada in the early 1960s to get his master's degree on a scholarship at the University of Toronto. He's now a mechanical design engineer with his own...

Source: BBC News

http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4574799.stm

On May 24, 2005 BBC News reported, "Five months after the tsunami hit the southern coast of India, relief work has stalled in the southern state of Kerala after a row between Hindu and Christian groups. Right-wing Hindu groups are angry at the local administration for allowing Christian organisations to participate in the reconstruction of homes for the tsunami victims. They allege...

Source: New California Media

http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=c2c7b452fd874dd3b54e617625a704ee

On May 23, 2005 New California Media reported, "Gita enthusiast Ramananda Prasad has reason to be happy. His International Gita Society recently received a letter from McDonald's, the Oakbrook, Ill.-based fast food giant, saying that the society will be one of 24 recipients of the $10 million settlement the...

Source: The Indian Express

http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47175

On May 22, 2005 The Indian Express reported, "Holding the state liable for its failure to protect the life and liberty of citizens, the Delhi high court has directed the Centre to pay a compensation of Rs 1.23 lakh each to all those who suffered injuries during the anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi here in 1984. 'It is the bounden duty...

Source: The Church of England Newspaper

http://www.churchnewspaper.com/news.php?read=on&number_key=5769&title=Anger%20as%20religious%20hatred%20bill%20returns

On May 20, 2005 The Church of England Newspaper reported, "Religious groups have spoken out fiercely against the reintroduction of the Incitement to Religious Hatred Bill, the plans of which were outlined in the Queen’s Speech this week....