Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/6898460.stm

The "sacred" bullock due to be slaughtered after it tested positive for TB, has been saved after a High Court judge quashed a government order.

Monks from the multi-faith Skanda Vale community in Carmarthenshire appealed against an assembly government ruling that the animal must be put down.

Their lawyers argued it would breach the Human...

Author: Jennifer Green

Source: The Ottawa Citizen

Author: Lisa Mascaro

Source: Las Vegas Sun

http://politics.lasvegassun.com/2007/07/a-prayer-and-a-.html

WASHINGTON — A couple of days ago, when it became known that a Hindu chaplain from Reno would be giving his religion’s first-ever opening prayer for the U.S. Senate, offices of a Christian values organization in Mississippi didn’t think twice about bad karma.

The American Family Association tapped its 3 million-...

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indians_Overseas/Sikhs_in_California_want_textbook_changed/articleshow/2200861.cms

NEW YORK: Sikh leaders in California are unhappy that a seventh grade history book has been published without a photo of Guru Nanak, the founder of their religion.

The California State Board of Education declined to act on Thursday on new complaints from the...

Source: Common Dreams News Center Press Release

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0712-05.htm

WASHINGTON - JULY 12 - Religious Right Activists Want Government To Reflect Only Their Faith, Says AU’s Lynn

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,”...

Author: Aziz Haniffa

Source: Rediff India Abroad

http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/jul/12zed.htm

History was created in the United States Senate at 9.30 am on Thursday, when Rajan Zed, the Hindu chaplain of the Indian Association of Northern Nevada, opened the Senate with a Hindu prayer.

This is the first such instance since the formation of the powerful Upper House in 1789.

A few Christian fundamentalists protested and began screaming,...

Source: MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19729245/

WASHINGTON - A Hindu clergyman made history Thursday by offering the Senate's morning prayer, but only after police officers removed three shouting protesters from the visitors' gallery.

Rajan Zed, director of interfaith relations at a Hindu temple in Reno, Nev., gave the brief prayer that opens each day's Senate session. As he stood at the chamber's podium in a bright orange and burgundy robe, two women and a man began shouting...

Author: Datuk A.Vaithilingam

Source: Malaysia Hindu Sangam Service

http://www.hindusangam.org.my/newsmgr/index.php?id=91

Malaysia Hindu Sangam expresses its shock on the slaughter of cows in the parliament – this, in our opinion, is offensive to Hindus, Buddhists and others who believe that animals should not be harmed. Parliament is our legislative chamber. It is where our leaders and our representatives are meant to protect and promote our...

Author: Mike Ghouse

Source: The Foundation for Pluralism

http://www.foundationforpluralism.com/Articles/Hindu_Prayers_openthe_Senate.asp

Dallas, Texas – Thursday, July 11, 2007. Today, Rajan Zed, the Hindu Priest from Reno Nevada created history by becoming the first Hindu to deliver the opening prayer in the U.S. Senate.

In behalf of the Foundation for Pluralism and the World Muslim Congress, we...

Author: Press Release

Source: Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/media_press_release_hhr2006_release.htm

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF), the leading U.S. based Hindu human rights group, released its third annual report today on the discrimination against Hindus in countries across the world. The report was released today at the foundation’s Washington, D.C. area offices. The...

Author: Jim Brown

Source: One News Now

http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/historian_barton_says_hindu_pr.php

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 to deliver the opening prayer in the U.S. Senate. Zed tells...

Author: Amarnath Tewary

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6276390.stm

"Entry of Muslims is prohibited by the order of the Patna High Court."

That is the sign that greets bathers wishing to wash in the waters of a hot spring in the town of Rajgir in the Indian state of Bihar.

It is a law that dates right back to the days of the British Raj.

And now state lawmakers want the country's Supreme Court to...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Gulf Daily News

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The New York Times

Wire Service: Reuters

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/world/asia/08india.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

An Indian court sentenced 14 Hindus to life on Saturday for killing 116 Muslims and burying their bodies in a cauliflower patch during one of India’s bloodiest religious riots almost 20 years ago.

A lower court in...

Author: Anne Ford

Source: Chicago Tribune

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