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Study on anti-Hindu bias suppressed by US media giants: Indian-American group
4 weeks ago

Study on anti-Hindu bias suppressed by US media giants: Indian-American group

India Today  

The Hindu American Foundation has accused two big American media outlets -- The New York Times and Bloomberg -- of suppressing a study that reveals how Hindus face discrimination because of the caste-based diversity, equity, and inclusion training programmes in the US. The study was conducted by the Network Contagion Research Institute in collaboration with Rutgers University and specifically examined …

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Sikhs march across California urging protections against threats from India on U.S. soil
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sikhs march across California urging protections against threats from India on U.S. soil

NPR  

Sikhs march across California urging protections against threats from India on U.S. soil toggle caption Mike Kai Chen for NPR About 30 people are walking along a dirt path between a rural road and a persimmon orchard, kicking up dust with each step. “They left India to find protection here, to find peace here and now that same government they …

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Anti-Hindu organisations oppose Ram Janmbhoomi float at The India Parade in New York
4 months ago

Anti-Hindu organisations oppose Ram Janmbhoomi float at The India Parade in New York

Op India  

On Sunday, 18th August, the Federation of Indian Associations NY-NJ-CT-NE has planned the India Day Parade to mark the 78th Independence Day of India. However, some of the anti-Hindu organisations, including Hindus for Human Rights, Indian American Muslim Council, and others have objected to the float. List of the organisations opposing Ram Mandir float The list of the organisations that …

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David Bakhtiari’s future and what else we learned about the Packers at the NFL combine
9 months, 3 weeks ago

David Bakhtiari’s future and what else we learned about the Packers at the NFL combine

New York Times  

INDIANAPOLIS — The Packers have a big-money decision to make in the coming weeks about one of the best offensive linemen in franchise history. It’s just, different things can happen in the world, so don’t make decisions before you have to … I think we have a few weeks here before free agency starts, another league year starts, and we’ll …

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California govt. dept says caste not essential part of Hinduism, amends 2020 complaint
10 months, 2 weeks ago

California govt. dept says caste not essential part of Hinduism, amends 2020 complaint

The Hindu  

A key California State government department has said caste and caste-based discrimination are not an essential part of Hinduism, and amended its 2020 complaint alleging discrimination at a Silicon Valley tech giant. According to a statement issued by the Hindu American Foundation on Tuesday, the California Civil Rights Department voluntarily filed a motion in the first week of December to …

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Hindu temple defaced again in US' California with anti-India, pro-Khalistan graffiti
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Hindu temple defaced again in US' California with anti-India, pro-Khalistan graffiti

Firstpost  

A Hindu temple in California was defaced merely two weeks after Swaminarayan Mandir in the region was vandalised with anti-India graffiti Another Hindu temple was defaced and attacked with anti-India and pro-Khalistani graffiti in the US state of California. According to HAF, the Vijay’s Sherawali Temple in Hayward, CA sustained a copycat defacement merely two weeks after the Swaminarayan temple …

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US: Khalistanis desecrate Hindu temple with spray paint in California
11 months, 2 weeks ago

US: Khalistanis desecrate Hindu temple with spray paint in California

Op India  

In yet another case of temple desecration, the Vijay’s Sherawali Temple in Hayward city in California state of the United States was desecrated with pro-Khalistani slogans. We have informed the police and they have classified it as a hate crime.” “A few other Hindu Temple’s in the area have also been vandalized. In a tweet, the Hindu advocacy group ‘Hindu …

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California Governor returns 'unnecessary', Hinduphobic bill SB403
1 year, 2 months ago

California Governor returns 'unnecessary', Hinduphobic bill SB403

Op India  

On Saturday, Governor of California Gavin Newsom returned the discriminatory and Hindubphobic Bill ‘SB403’. Our statement:https://t.co/IZJCSvw854 — Hindu American Foundation October 7, 2023 In a statement, HAF’s Managing Director Samir Kalra said, “With the stroke of his pen, Governor Newsom has averted a civil rights and constitutional disaster that would have put a target on hundreds of thousands of Californians …

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Caste discrimination case against 2 Indian-origin engineers dismissed in US
1 year, 8 months ago

Caste discrimination case against 2 Indian-origin engineers dismissed in US

ABP News  

Washington, Apr 11 : The California Civil Rights Department has dismissed a caste discrimination case against two Indian-origin Cisco engineers. "Two Indian-Americans endured a nearly three-year nightmare of unending investigations, a brutal online witch hunt, and a presumption of guilt in the media after the CRD sullied their reputation alleging that they engaged in discrimination based on caste," said Suhag …

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USA: Seattle City Council adds 'caste' in its non-discrimination policy, Hindu Americans object
1 year, 10 months ago

USA: Seattle City Council adds 'caste' in its non-discrimination policy, Hindu Americans object

Op India  

On February 21, the Seattle City Council in USA passed Councilmember Kshama Sawant’s Regarding the resolution, Hindu American Foundation co-founder and Executive Director Suhag Shukla said in an official statement, “Throughout our two decades of existence, HAF has maintained that caste discrimination is wrong, violating core Hindu principles of the divine oneness of all beings. Calling it an international problem …

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US Court Dismisses Defamation Suit Filed By Hindu American Foundation Against Five Defendants Over Al-Jazeera Article
2 years ago

US Court Dismisses Defamation Suit Filed By Hindu American Foundation Against Five Defendants Over Al-Jazeera Article

Live Law  

A US District Judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Hindu American Foundation alleging defamation by five defendants. The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Columbia against co-founders of Hindus for Human Rights Sunita Vishwanath and Raju Rajagopal, Executive Director of Indian American Muslim Council Rasheed Ahmed, Chairman of Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North …

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HuffPost reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz vilifies Hindus in the US
2 years, 1 month ago

HuffPost reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz vilifies Hindus in the US

Op India  

The HuffPost, which has been at the helm of disinformation campaigns during the 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots, is back to demonising the Hindu community by lending credence to dubious historians and radical Islamist outfits. Rowaida Abdelaziz uses the trope of ‘Hindutva vs Hinduism’ The HuffPost reporter then went on a diatribe against Hindutva, going as far as to label it …

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Lawsuit Claims California State University's Anti-Discrimination Policy Targets Hindus by Including ‘Caste’ as Protected Category
2 years, 2 months ago

Lawsuit Claims California State University's Anti-Discrimination Policy Targets Hindus by Including ‘Caste’ as Protected Category

News 18  

The Hindu American Foundation and Fox Rothschild filed a civil rights lawsuit Monday against the chancellor and trustees of California State University in the California Central District Court. In 2022, the California State University system passed a resolution to add caste as a category of discrimination in order to ensure that students and faculty report anti-Dalit bias. The move by …

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USA: Hindu American Foundation sends legal notice to IAMC for making false allegations
2 years, 2 months ago

USA: Hindu American Foundation sends legal notice to IAMC for making false allegations

Op India  

On Friday, Hindu American Foundation slapped the Jamat-e-Islami linked Indian American Muslim Council with a legal notice for falsely labelling the advocacy group as a ‘Hindu supremacist outfit.’ In an article published on September 15, IAMC alleged that the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee in New Jersey passed a resolution, accusing ‘Hindu nationalist organisations’ of infiltrating the political system of the …

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‘Watershed’: Dalits hail US university’s caste discrimination ban
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Watershed’: Dalits hail US university’s caste discrimination ban

Al Jazeera  

Activists behind the move by the California State University system say it will accelerate the civil rights movement for caste equity in the US. Thenmozhi Soundararajan, a Dalit American activist and executive director of Equality Labs civil rights organisation, considers the addition of caste protections at CSU systems a “watershed moment” for the community. “We respectfully disagree with the position …

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Explained | How is U.S. tackling discrimination on campuses?
2 years, 10 months ago

Explained | How is U.S. tackling discrimination on campuses?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The California Faculty Association this month added caste criteria into its anti-discrimination policies, a move that was subsequently ratified by the Board of Trustees of the California State University system. These include Harvard University, which became the first Ivy League university to recognise caste-based discrimination as an issue of concern, when it ratified, in December 2021, …

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A brief introduction of the speakers at Dismantling Global Hindutva
3 years, 3 months ago

A brief introduction of the speakers at Dismantling Global Hindutva

Op India  

A three-day conference on Hindus and Hindutva co- The sponsors include top-tier universities such as Columbia University, Emory University, Harvard University, New York University, Rutgers University, Princeton University, the University of Chicago and the University of California in Berkeley, San Diego and Santa Cruz. The ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva’ event is set to see the participation of several Hinudphobic elements such …

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Dismantling Global Hindutva: A thinly veiled attempt to dismantle Hinduism
3 years, 3 months ago

Dismantling Global Hindutva: A thinly veiled attempt to dismantle Hinduism

Firstpost  

This conference seems to be a calculated attempt to spread fear-mongering about Hinduism more than anything else Firstpost is convinced that Dismantling Global Hindutva, a three-day online conference planned by anonymous organisers in the US, is a partisan and politically-motivated event designed to malign an ancient religion and its adherents. When we first learned of the Dismantling Global Hindutva conference, …

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America’s leading Hindu advocacy group on warpath against big-ticket virtual event seeking to ‘dismantle global Hindutva’
3 years, 4 months ago

America’s leading Hindu advocacy group on warpath against big-ticket virtual event seeking to ‘dismantle global Hindutva’

Firstpost  

The conference will convene panels on a variety of interlinked topics that address the threat and power of Hindutva Firstpost is convinced that Dismantling Global Hindutva, a three-day online conference planned by anonymous organisers in the US, is a partisan and politically-motivated event designed to malign an ancient religion and its adherents. *** _American Hindu advocacy group, the Hindu American …

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Sangh Parivar’s U.S. funds trail
3 years, 5 months ago

Sangh Parivar’s U.S. funds trail

The Hindu  

Golwalkar, Hindutva ideologue and the second ‘Sarsanghchalak’ of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh, had advocated in his writings and speeches that Hindus across the globe, regardless of their citizenship, should unite. During the same period, the Bhutada Family Foundation gave $496,495 to Sewa International, $274,603 to the HSS, $145,415 to Ekal and $43,313 to the VHPA and its affiliate, the World …

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Hindu right-wing organisations in the U.S avail themselves of low-interest loans offered by the Small Business Administration
3 years, 6 months ago

Hindu right-wing organisations in the U.S avail themselves of low-interest loans offered by the Small Business Administration

The Hindu  

The devastating second wave of COVID-19 infections in India has resulted in more than three lakh fatalities as of May 27, according to the official count. In an article that Al Jazeera published on its website on April 2, the journalist Raqib Hameed Naik, citing SBA data, said that five Hindu American organisations—the Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America, the Ekal …

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Hindu right-wing groups in US got $833,000 of federal COVID fund
3 years, 8 months ago

Hindu right-wing groups in US got $833,000 of federal COVID fund

Al Jazeera  

Editor’s note: This article has been revised for clarity on April 27. Infinity Foundation Infinity Foundation, another Hindu nationalist organisation with ties to the RSS, received $51,872 in US federal funds in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic according to SBA data. Infinity Foundation’s founder Rajiv Malhotra, a right-wing author, is often referred to as the “Ayn Rand of Internet …

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How ISI-linked Khalistanis are attempting to influence US politics
3 years, 10 months ago

How ISI-linked Khalistanis are attempting to influence US politics

Op India  

With the revelation of Pieter Friedrich’s Khalistani ties, his activities and the activities of the organizations he’s associated have come under the scanner for any potential wrongdoing. Pieter Friedrich’s and OFMI’s campaign against Tulsi Gabbard started in 2018 with the first anti-Tulsi article appearing on the OFMI website. Immediately after her announcement, Pieter Friedrich and the OFMI gang went to …

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