Author: Staff Writer

Source: The BBC News

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12378001

Fighting has again broken out along the border between Cambodia and Thailand in an area close to the Preah Vihear temple - a UN World Heritage site. The 11th Century Hindu temple belongs to Cambodia under a 1962 international court ruling that is disputed by many Thais.

Author: Fiona Dryden

Source: The Leicester Mercury

http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/news/Hindu-school-city-given-ahead/article-3164764-detail/article.html

The Krishna-Avanti Primary will be one of the coalition Government's new "free" schools – set up by charities, parents or teachers outside local authority control but paid for by the state.

Author: Binaj Gurubacharya

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/01/AR2011020101814.html?wprss=rss_religion/wires

Christians in Nepal threatened Tuesday to parade corpses in front of the parliament building after the government ruled last week that an area near a revered Hindu temple could no...

Author: Eugene Paik

Source: New Jersey On-Line/The Star Ledger

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/proposed_islamic_mosque_in_bri.html

An Islamic mosque, complete with a daycare center and a school, could be a new neighbor in a high-end residential section of Bridgewater Township.

Representatives of the Chughtai Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in Bedminster, have filed an application...

Author: Rama Lakshmi

Source: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/25/AR2011012502071.html?nav=rss_religion

For dozens of centuries, Hindu priests have performed an elaborate 12-day fire ritual, chanting hymns, making offerings to the sun god and praying for a world free of negative energy.

The tradition faded in modern times, and pious...

Author: Wes Little

Source: CNN Belief Blog

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/25/fight-emerges-over-yogas-religious-roots/

Sheetal Shah, an official with the Hindu American Foundation, hears a lot about the physical practice of yoga these days - but not much about its religious roots.

So her group, which seeks to provide what it calls "a progressive voice for American Hindus," recently mounted...

Author: Mohammed Wajihuddin

Source: The Times of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Muslim-bizman-rebuilds-mandir/articleshow/7357196.cms

Constructing a concrete example of communal harmony, a city-based Muslim businessman has funded the revamp of a massive Hindu temple at Ranthambore near Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan.

The Ganesh Dham Mandir, built on the sole...

Author: Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn

Source: The Herald-Sun

[http://www.heraldsun.com/view/full_story/11093744/article-A-room-of-their-own?instance=main_article]

The room is about the size of an office. In fact, it once was an office. A wall is lined with cabinets and bookshelves. Another wall has a small Buddhist altar. A Hindu symbol is painted on the third wall, in front of which is a low altar. The fourth wall is the door.

Author: Laurent Bonczijk

Source: The Newberg Graphic

http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2011/January/21/Religion/church.field.trip.tours.hindu.temple/news.aspx

More than two dozen congregants from Newberg’s First United Methodist Church had a taste of India on Wednesday. They didn’t go out for lunch, but instead visited a Hindu temple in Tigard.

Author: Anju Bhargava

Source: The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anju-bhargava/healing-faith-and-interfa_b_811956.html

The play of faith and interfaith became center stage on the very day that America was celebrating Dr. King's legacy when Alabama's governor, Robert Bentley, said, "Anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm telling you, you're not my brother and you're...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Sify News

Wire Service: IANS

http://www.sify.com/news/malaysian-hindu-festival-gets-buddhist-touch-news-international-lbum4ejcgic.html

Two Malaysian Indian brothers celebrating the Thaipusam festival of the Tamil Hindus carried idols of Buddhist deity Kuan Yin after their ailing mother recovered.

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The South Asia Mail

http://www.southasiamail.com/news.php?id=95352

Prestigious Duke University in Durham (North Carolina, USA), affiliated with United Methodist Church, has reportedly set aside “Prayer Space” for Hindu and Buddhist students.

Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, described this development as “a step in the right direction”.

Author: Greg Garrison

Source: The Pew Forum on Religion...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu America Seva Charities

http://www.hinduamericanseva.org/Press-release/january-14-2011

Today, more than ever, we all need to advance peace and harmony. UtsavSeva, the signature program of Hindu American Seva Charities, supported by Hindu and Dharmic faith based and secular leaders, is promoting the understanding of ShantiSeva—or peace and harmony—across the United States—through...

Author: Hari Bansh Jha

Source: EKantipur.com

http://www.ekantipur.com/2011/01/07/oped/samskara-in-action/327641/

US President Barack Obama had made an historic appeal on June 22, 2009 under the United We Serve Campaign to extend support to Americans engulfed in the economic crisis. Not much is known about the response made by different groups to that call. It is known, however, that Hindu Americans responded with great zeal.

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