Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2009/2/12.shtml#3

The Sadhu Vaswani Center of New Jersey will host a Summer Camp in the foothills of the Catskill mountains from June 28, 2009 to July 11, 2009. Emphasis will be "to make Hindu youth informed and proud," with focus on practical elements of Hindu faith and practice that youth can take back with them and put into action in their own lives. The theme of this year'...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: News Blaze

http://newsblaze.com/story/20090211082739zzzz.nb/topstory.html

Hindus and Jews have demanded adequate compensation by the Italian government for an Indian immigrant who was reportedly brutally beaten, insulted and set on fire with petrol while asleep in Nettuno, south of Rome.

Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader in Nevada and...

Author: V.P.K. Shukoor

Source: Arab News

http://arabnews.com/?page=4&section=0&article=118812&d=3&m=2&y=2009&pix=world.jpg&category=World

India’s one of the most prominent Muslim organizations, the Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH), organized a massive anti-terrorism convention in Bangalore on Saturday, which strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms.

Attended by thousands Muslims from...

Author: Robert Annis

Source: IndyStar.com

http://www.indystar.com/article/20090202/LOCAL/902020356

Hundreds of worshippers packed the Hindu Temple of Central Indiana on the Far Eastside to celebrate its third anniversary Sunday.

Some parishioners dressed in colorful traditional Indian clothing and others wore western garb. They took turns waving trays of burning incense in front of an altar bearing more than a dozen statues, flowers...

Author: Nirmala Carvalho

Source: Spero News

http://www.speroforum.com/a/17973/Hindus-attack-Christians-on-Indian-island

It was supposed to be a day of celebration, but instead it turned into the latest example of violence by Hindu radicals against Christians and the conversion of tribals. Hundreds of Catholic faithful were beaten, humiliated, mocked, and driven away.

On January 24, a few hundred Catholics crossed the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Boston Examiner

Wire Service: AP

http://www.examiner.com/a-1818246~Chaplain_to_give_Hindu_prayers_at_Ore__Legislature.html

A northern Nevada chaplain who a year ago became the first to read a Hindu prayer at the U.S. Senate plans to read the prayers at state legislatures in Oregon, Colorado and Indiana.

Rajan Zed is the president of University...

Author: Robin McDowell

Source: The Associated Press

http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/world/20090126_ap_indonesianmuslimsbannedfrompracticingyoga.html

Muslims in Indonesia are banned from practicing yoga that contains Hindu rituals like chanting, the country's top Islamic body said Monday, echoing concerns by some religious groups elsewhere about its effect on their faith.

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Author: Staff Writer

Source: Indopia

http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/483791/International/2/20/2

Several Hindu temples across the United States today sought heavenly blessings for the newly inaugurated President Barack Obama by ringing bells, lighting sacred lamps and reciting from scriptures.

The ceremonies were held in response of the Hindu American Foundation...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: DNA

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1223585

US president Barack Obama drew appreciation and expression of gratitude from a US-based Hindu group for his inaugural speech where he mentioned Hindus along with Christians, Jews and Muslims who form part of this "great nation.

"His words provide us with hope that the Hindu American voice will not only be heard but valued," Hindu American Foundation's Director...

Author: Diana L. Eck

Source: Politico

http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Diana_Eck_ED627108-BA1B-4F66-ACB6-24AFC6D21D9A.html

The strength of our patchwork heritage. . .

The huge and diverse, cheering crowd on the Mall was a visual counterpart to a unique part of the inaugural address. Coming right after his powerful words to those "who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror," he spoke of the...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: One India

http://living.oneindia.in/insync/pulse/2009/makar-sankaranti-gujarat-kites-uttarayan-130109.html

With Makar Sankaranti in the corner and country to celebrate it in different ways, the Hindu festival is one of the biggest and popularly celebrated in Gujarat. Uttarayan is the phase when sun travels towards the north on the celestial sphere. The starting of Uttarayan is...

Author: Leslie Ferenc

Source: The Star-Ledger

http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/573292

Like father, like son.

It's been that way for generations in the Jain family, where a baby boy's first haircut is an auspicious and joyous occasion.

And 39 years after Atul Jain had his long black curly locks shorn and his head shaved in a 3,000-year-old Hindu ceremony, dozens of relatives and friends gathered to see his son Jeevan's ritual...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2009/1/21.shtml#1

HPI has just become aware of the successful outcome of Hindus in Virginia to change the State's curriculum for teaching of Hinduism as part of world history. Rakesh Bahadur, with others, spearheaded the effort. The entire curriculum revision for the State may be downloaded at the URL above. One can then search "Hinduism" to find the changed sections.
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Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Daily Mirror

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/01/19/rspca-and-hindu-cow-row-settled-115875-21052833/

The RSPCA has ended a dispute with a Hindu monastery by donating a cow to replace the sick one they put down.

Vets destroyed 13-year-old Gangotri on health grounds in 2007. She had been ill for a year and could not stand.

Cows are sacred...

Author: Wendyl Martin

Source: The Times Online

http://www.thetimes.co.za/PrintEdition/News/Article.aspx?id=919861

An old house once owned by a church in the Durban suburb of Queensburgh is being converted into a Hindu temple.

The Sri Mayapur Dham, run by the Vaishnava Research Forum, will be the first permanent Hindu place of worship in the area.

It recently opened its doors to the Hindu community which for four...