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    1. U.S. immigration trends show increasing numbers of Muslims, Hindus

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      A Pew Research Center survey of Asian Americans in 2012, combined with U.S. Census data, suggests that the number of Hindus in the United States also has been increasing in large part due to rising immigration over the past two decades.

      The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life looked primarily at legal immigration.

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    2. More Hindus migrating to the US than ever: Study

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      WASHINGTON: The number of Hindus migrating to the US every year has more than doubled in the last one decade, with an overwhelming majority of them coming from India, a new study released today said. An average of about 30,000 Hindus were admitted each year in the 1990s, by contrast, the US admitted an estimated 70,000 Hindu immigrants in 2012, the prestigious Pew Research Center said in its ...

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    4. Britain Releases 2011 Census Data On Religious Affiliation and Characteristics of Population By Religion

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      Last week, Britain's Office for National Statistics released new data from the 2011 census on religious affiliation for residents of England and Wales. The data on numbers and median age shows 33.2 million Christians, 14 million with no religion, 2.7 million Muslims, 817 thousand Hindus, 423 thousand Sikhs, 263 thousand Jews, and 248 thousand Buddhists. Other tables show religion by ethnicity, religion by country of birth, and ...
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    5. VIEW: The Balochistan Hindus’ dilemma —Muhammad Akbar Notezai

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       Hindus have been richly contributing in Balochistan’s economic prosperity and development since pre-partition days

      In Balochistan, Hindus are also complainants about the mainstream media that their sufferings hardly and rarely get discussed. That is why they rely on private TV channels to bring to light their sufferings, because people at national and international level have very little information about them.

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    6. Amend law to include Sikhs, Hindus in hate crime victims: US to FBI

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      Meeting one of the long pending demands of Sikhs and Hindus in the US, Attorney General Eric Holder has recommended widening the FBI's mandate to include the two communities among victims of growing hate crimes. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, Holder said he made this recommendation to the Advisory Policy Board of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make the necessary changes in the Uniform Crime Reporting ...

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    7. Film Review: “Not A Feather, But A Dot” Exposes A Potpourri Of Indian American Stereotypes

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      Most members of the American public, including business and political leaders, lack knowledge about Hinduism. For example, the documentary interviewed Sheetal Shah of the Hindu American Foundation, a Washington-based advocacy group, who shared how a Congressman asked whether she was a “Hindu Shi’ite” or “Hindu Sunni.”

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    9. Islamo-Fascists In Bangladesh – Whose Side Are You On?

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      April 20, 2013: “Despite High Court directives to the government to protect religious minorities and their places of worships, criminals continue their attacks on minorities across the country. In the latest such crimes, a group of criminals torched a 200-year-old Hindu temple in Rajoir upazila of Madaripur (on April 19)… at least 94 attacks were carried out in March (2013) on minorities, mainly on the Hindus. In total, 187 houses ...

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    12. US Justice Dept supports Sikhs, Hindus as hate crime victims

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      Washington: Meeting one of the long pending demands of Sikhs and Hindus in the US, Attorney General Eric Holder has recommended widening the FBI's mandate to include the two communities among victims of growing hate crimes. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday, Holder said he made this recommendation to the Advisory Policy Board of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make the necessary changes in the Uniform Crime ...

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    15. Hindus with ‘Kumbhs’ to parade through Britain

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      London: Hundreds of Hindus carrying ornate pots or Kumbhs will parade through major British cities like London, Manchester, Leicester and Dudley over the next three weeks as part of a unique and colourful pilgrimage symbolising their commitment to protect the environment. The "Green Kumbh Yatra" is an international initiative featuring a central "sacred" metal 'kumbh' that is being carried across numerous countries to promote the importance of environmental and biodiversity ...

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    1. Obituaries: The Newest Route to Convert the Living

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      Professor Anantanand Rambachan’s recent column in the Huffington Post reveals a stunning practice that I had never heard of before: strangers sending condolence letters upon the death of a loved one to try and convert grieving family members to Christianity. It is wholly inappropriate, as Prof. Rambachan writes, to try and exploit “an occasion for emotional vulnerability.”

      We at HAF consider the above to be an instance of “predatory ...

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    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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    1. That is why the incoming government should be civilised and democratically elected so that Hindus may find a solution to their tragic dilemma.
      By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
    2. I realized that I've compromised on a lot of detail.
      By Teju Prasad
    3. After we cast off our original (ethnic) identities and stereotypes and assimilate into the melting pot, what happens? Do we want to be considered different? Or do we want to be acknowledged from as a community that is different, but that is not a bad thing?
      By Teju Prasad
    4. The (Justice) Department recommended to what's called the Advisory Policy Board last year that the UCR be amended to include anti-Sikh, anti-Hindu, anti-Arab, anti-Middle Eastern categories in the ethnicity or race section.
      By Eric Holder

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