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Yoga as a competition loses hands down
Explore Article HAF Blog (Nov 20 2009)
by Sheetal Shah (sheetal)In the latest attempt to commercialize a sacred tradition, the founders of Bikram yoga, Mr. and Mrs. Bikram Choudhary, are now on a quest to make a competition out of yoga. Do they really think that through a contest, it is possible to judge an individual's spiritual progress? Inner peace? Mastery o (Read Full Article)
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About Hindu American Foundation
The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) is an advocacy group providing a progressive voice for over two million Hindu Americans. The Foundation interacts with and educates leaders in public policy, academia, media and the public at large about Hinduism and global issues concerning Hindus, such as religious liberty, the portrayal of Hinduism, hate speech, hate crimes and human rights. By promoting the Hindu and American ideals of understanding, tolerance and pluralism, HAF stands firmly against hate, discrimination, defamation and terror.
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Beck's false inclusivity
Explore Article newsweek.washingtonpost.com (18 hours, 2 min ago)
In the wake of his weekend rally, Glenn Beck kept up the drumbeat of criticism about President Obama's religion, calling it a "perversion" and saying that America "isn't recognizing his version of Christianity," which Beck characterized as "liberation theology." Despite critique of Obama's Christianity, a recent poll showed that nearly 20% of Americans believe falsely that the president is Muslim. Of the many faces of demagoguery, the religious variety is ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Nikki Haley Barack Obama Aseem Shukla
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Hinduism :The Open Source Faith: Hinduism and pluralism By Padma ...
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She is a member of the Hindu American Foundation's Executive Council. Views expressed here are the personal views of Ms. Kuppa, and do not necessarily represent those of the Hindu American Foundation or of any organization of which she ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Afghanistan Harvard America
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Army Accommodates Third Sikh Recruit
Explore Article Religion Clause (23 hours, 56 min ago)
According to a release yesterday by the Sikh Coalition, the U.S. Army, for the third time in less than a year, has agreed that a Sikh recruit may enlist and continue to wear his religiously-mandated turban along with unshorn hear and a beard. Simran Preet Singh Lamba was brought into the army in 2009 through the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest (MAVNI) program-- designed to recruit non-citizens who ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Sikh Coalition Army U.S. Army
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Zardari orders probe into discrimination against Hindus in relief camps
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Hindus and dalits were denied flood relief assistance and some of them were even thrown out of the relief camps. [...] Sukkur, Sept 2 (ANI): Pakistan ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Asif Ali Zardari Pakistan Hyderabad
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Shadow Warrior: First Hinduism Summit in California receives ...
View all 13 articles » Explore Article Shadow Warrior (17 hours ago)
The next speaker, Dr. Mihir Meghani, co-founder of Hindu American Foundation, showed an enlightening video about the need for advocacy of Hinduism, to ensure that the voice of the Hindu community is heard by public policy makers. ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Art of Living Foundation Sri Lanka Spiritual Science Research Foundation
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'Aakrosh' raises awareness on 'honour killings'
View all 8 articles » Explore Article Arab Times Kuwait English Daily (Sep 2 2010)
Global rights monitor Human Rights Watch has urged the government to crack down on powerful village councils — or “khap panchayats” — that order killings, ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Meenakshi Ganguly Uttar Pradesh New Delhi
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City Relents On Collecting Tax Assessment That Violates Religious Beliefs of Hindu Woman
View all 2 articles » Explore Article Religion Clause (Sep 2 2010)
The city of Evanston, Illinois has decided that it will no longer press a Hindu woman and her mother for a $635 tax bill reflecting an assessment that the woman says violates her religious beliefs. At issue is the removal of a box elder tree that stands mostly on common property of Padma Rao's condominium. She says that her Hindu religion prohibits the needless killing of any living thing. (See ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Illinois
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LeT training women jihadis to hit India
View all 13 articles » Explore Article India Today (Sep 2 2010)
LeT training women jihadis to hit IndiaIndia TodayOther organisations that are allegedly operating their camps here include the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and the Hizbul Mujahideen. ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Hizbul Mujahideen Manshera North-West Frontier Province
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South Carolina AG: New 'I Believe' license plates are legal
View all 13 articles » Explore Article Fosters.com (Sep 2 2010)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina drivers might be able to buy a license plate with the words "I Believe" and three crosses, despite a federal judge's ruling against a previous attempt to make similar ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Henry McMaster André Bauer Beth Parks
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Forum for Hindu Awakening's first Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharma Sabha) in ...
Explore Article PR-USA.net (Sep 1 2010)
Forum for Hindu Awakening's first Hinduism Summit (Hindu Dharma Sabha) in ...PR-USA.net (press release)The next speaker, Dr. Mihir Meghani, co-founder of Hindu American Foundation, showed an enlightening video about the need for advocacy of Hinduism, ...and more » (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Germany Gordon Brown European Union
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Hindu girls from Pakistan marry Indians in Gujarat
Explore Article New Kerala Dot Com, India (Sep 1 2010)
Seven Hindu brides from the Meghwar community in Pakistan tied the nuptial knot with Indian grooms, at a mass wedding ceremony in Gujarat's Rajkot city (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Pakistan Gujarat
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A strange obsession
View all 3 articles » Explore Article The Pioneer > Online Edition (Sep 1 2010)
A strange obsessionDaily PioneerAnti-India Islamists from groups like the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami, apart from separatists like United Liberation Front of Asom's ...and more » (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Tripura Pranab Mukherjee Chittagong
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'Few Incidents Don't Make Saffron Terror Phenomenon'
View all 4 articles » Explore Article news.outlookindia.com (Sep 1 2010)
"The ongoing probe in the three to four (bomb blast) cases (linked to radical Hindu outfits) should reveal the mastermind behind these incidents. ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Congress
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Indonesian Court Orders Closure of Buddha Bar; Awards Damages To Plaintiffs
Explore Article Religion Clause (Sep 1 2010)
In Indonesia today, the Central Jakarta District Court ordered the Jakarta branch of the Paris-based Buddha Bar to close. The court also ordered the company that operates the bar, along with the Jakarta's governor and its tourism agency that allowed the bar to operate, to pay plaintiffs the equivalent of $111,000. Today's Jakarta Globe and M&C; report that a group called the Anti-Buddha Bar Forum filed the law suit last ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Jakarta Indonesia
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Julia Roberts is Hindu, just like so much in America
View all 8 articles » Explore Article newsweek.washingtonpost.com (Aug 12 2010)
Richard Gere is a Buddhist. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are initiated in Kabbalah. And Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are raising little Suri in the Church of Scientology. None were raised in the traditions which now inform their spirituality, along with the 44% of Americans who too have changed their religions. So why then should Julia Roberts' revelation of her Hindu practice, that today inspires the spirituality of over ... (Read Full Article)Comment on Article Mentions: Florida Tom Cruise Iran
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