www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2007: (HPI note — We present today a series of articles on the opening of the United States Senate with a Hindu prayer by Rajan Zed of Nevada. Leaders of various religions have delivered the Senate prayer, but this was the first by a Hindu. Astoundingly, it was interrupted by shouting Christian protesters from the…
www.washingtonpost.com WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2007: (HPI note: This Reuters report contains some additional information, given below in excerpts.) Capitol police said two women and one man were arrested and charged with causing a disruption in the public gallery of the Senate. The three started shouting when guest Chaplain Rajan Zed, a Hindu from Nevada, began his prayer. They shouted…
www.christiannewswire.com WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2007: (HPI note: Following is the report by the Christian Newswire on the Hindu prayer.) Ante Pavkovic, Kathy Pavkovic, and Kristen Sugar were all arrested in the chambers of the United States Senate as that chamber was violated by a false Hindu god. The Senate was opened with a Hindu prayer placing the false god…
www.commondreams.org WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2007: (HPI note: This is a press release.) Americans United for Separation of Church and State today deplored the disruption by Religious Right activists of a Hindu chaplain’s prayer to open the U.S. Senate. “This shows the intolerance of many Religious Right activists,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, Americans United executive director. “They say…
www.americandaily.com WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12 (HPI note: This is from the Christian Newswire and was issued before the prayer and disruption took place. It indicates there was advance planning of some sort.) A Hindu chaplain will pray a Hindu prayer on the floor of the U.S. Senate for the first time in history. But yesterday, staffers from the offices of…
www.onenewsnow.com USA, July 10, 2007: (HPI note: This article from a Christian news organization appeared two days ago.) A prominent Christian historian and constitutional expert is expressing concern that the U.S. Senate will be opened up for the first time with a non-monotheistic prayer. On Thursday, a Hindu chaplain from Reno, Nevada, by the name of Rajan Zed is scheduled…
www.HAFsite.org WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2007: (HPI note: following is a press release from Ishani Chowdhury, Executive Director, Hindu American Foundation.) “The Hindu American Foundation is certainly pleased that the faith of nearly 1 billion of the world’s population, and 2 million American Hindus, has been represented today at the Senate. As a strong, vibrant and deeply faithful community, we…
mangalorean.com KAUAL LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, July 11, 2007: Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said religious authorities should give a patient hearing to those who wanted to leave Islam. His comments came days after an ethnic Indian woman accused Islamic religious police of mental torture during six-month detention for renouncing Islam in favor of Hinduism. M. Revathi, an ethnic Indian, was…
www.swaminarayan.org GUJARAT, INDIA, July 11, 2007: In the holy town of Gadhada sanctified by Bhagwan Swaminarayan, the beginning of this year’s monsoon was marked by widespread destruction wrought by a devastating flood of the holy Ghela River. The drizzling rains of the early morning hours of July 1 became a torrential downpour by 7:00 am. As the waters of Gadhada’s…
www.deccan.com THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA, INDIA, July 5, 2007: Kerala devaswom minister G. Sudhakaran said in the Assembly on Thursday that the government was planning legislation to allow all those who believe in Hindu religion to enter temples and not just those who are born in it. Replying to a submission by Congress MLA T.N. Prathapan, the CPI(M) minister said that broad-based…