Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6269627.stm

Hindus in Europe have joined forces against a German proposal to ban the display of the swastika across the European Union, a Hindu leader said.

Ramesh Kallidai of the Hindu Forum of Britain said the swastika had been a symbol of peace for thousands of years before the Nazis adopted it.

He said a ban on the symbol would discriminate against Hindus.

Germany, holder of the EU...

Source: Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/1/22.shtml#2

CEUTA, SPAIN, January 15, 200...

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/1/12.shtml#2

LONDON, ENGLAND, January 12, 2007: The Hindu Council (UK) supported by the DfES (the government department of education), the QCA (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority) and the Neasden temple have organized a one-day seminar on Hinduism for March 22, 2007.

According to this press release, the aims of the seminar are: To assist primary and secondary school teachers with tools and...

Source: Can West News Service

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/1/15.shtml#3

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, January 10, 2007: A program called 'Action Schools' was initiated in British Columbia by the Education Ministry. The purpose of the program, which includes yoga and other fitness-related activities, was to give teachers access to activities that keep children active and to be proactive in fighting the problem of obesity in Canadian children. The article says...

Source: Aiken Today

Wire Service: AP

[aikenstandard.com/news/325814177536496.php]

WALHALLA -- The Oconee County council opened its work session with a prayer in Jesus' name and began considering a proposal to ignore demands from the American Civil Liberties Union that it end its practice of holding prayers at public meetings.

The Rev. Wayne Morton, president of the Oconee County Ministerial Association, offered the prayer Monday and said if anyone objected they could step outside the...

Source: Punjab Newsline

http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/2409/46/

RENO, Nevada (USA): Hindu, Christian (both Catholic and Protestant), and Muslim religious leaders of Northwestern Nevada gathered at Reno last Saturday for a dialogue and to arrive at a common agenda to heal the wounds of religious mistrust.

Speaking on the occasion, Rajan Zed, Director of Interfaith Relations of Hindu Temple of Northern Nevada, stated that religious conflicts arise when one...

Source: Hindu Press International

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2007/1/9.shtml#4

LONDON, ENGLAND, January 9, 2007: Vivekananda Centre London has produced a new book, "Primary Hinduism," by Seeta Lakhani. It is their second textbook for use by schools teaching Hinduism. Their release says, "It has been specially designed for use by 6 to 13 year olds (key stages 1 to 3). It utilizes lots of narratives and colorful images to make Hinduism interesting and exciting for the very...

Source: Beliefnet/United Press International

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/209/story_20917_1.html

BOMBAY, Jan 9, 2007 - Complaining of filthy water, Indian holy men are threatening to boycott a religious festival in which Hindus take a soul-cleansing plunge into the Ganges River.

Sadhus leading the submersions for Ardh Kumbh Mela called on the Indian government to take corrective action or they would not participate in the royal bath on the next bathing day, The...

Author: Lisa Fernandez

Source: The Mercury News

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/16413135.htm

Moina Shaiq wants more people to smile at her.

And the 47-year-old Pakistani born mother of four plans to tell hundreds of people that Thursday evening at an anti-hate forum in Fremont.

"If I get poor service at a restaurant, or a certain kind of look, I am always second guessing,'' Shaiq said. "Is it because I...

Author: Anna Kaplan

Source: Recordnet

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070106/A_LIFE/701060303

When Rick Nafzinger was 14, some Hare Krishnas in the Denver airport handed him a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, an essential book of the Hindu faith. During the next two weeks of family vacation, he read the book over and over.

That was the start of a lifelong spiritual quest for the 51-year-old Stockton...

Author: David Fleischer

Source: The Liberal

http://www.yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/Newscentre/The_Liberal/story/3834063p-4436208c.html

(Richmond Hill) - Tucked behind a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, at the corner of Yonge Street and Hwy. 7, is a small treasure, unique in Canada.

Since 2004, The Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization has been part of the Vishnu Mandir Temple site, with its distinctive...

Author: Sukhi Anand

Source: Harrow Times

http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/localnews/display.var.1105564.0.dancing_in_the_rain.php

THOUSANDS of visitors enjoyed a street parade marking the tenth anniversary of one of Harrow's largest Hindu temples.

Members of the Shree Kutch Satsang Swaminarayan Temple in Westfield Lane, Kenton, organised the huge celebration for worshippers on Saturday afternoon....

Author: SRIREKHA N. CHAKRAVARTY

Source: India Post News Service

http://www.indiapost.com/members/story.php?story_id=5967

NEW JERSEY: The New Year may light up a historic development in the State of New Jersey - the recognition of October 15th through November 15th of each year as "Diwali Month."

This, following a landmark resolution-AJR-123 introduced by Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula in 2006 and supported by Senator Barbara Buono with...

Author: MICHAEL HILL

Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Author: KAREN LONG

Source: The Northwest Herald

http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/01/01/news/local/doc4598cededb79b746795405.txt

CRYSTAL LAKE -- A recent, three-week trip to Turkey gave Karen Kelly of Oakwood Hills an appreciation for Islam.

“I was dramatically moved by the core sense of God within and God among all the people,” she said. “It made me realize also what a misconception [...