Source: Orlando Sentinel

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On June 17, 2005 the Orlando Sentinel ran an opinion piece by Dr. Aravind Pillai who was involved in planning the new Hindu Temple in Casselberry, Florida. "Twenty-four years ago, there was no place of worship for the Hindus of Orlando. There were only a handful of Hindus. By 1989, nearly 500 families were living here, and the Hindu Society of Central Florida was founded. Ever since, the society...

Source: Orlando Sentinel

Source: Daily Times

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On June 16, 2005 the Daily Times reported, "The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Wednesday asked Hindus to be virile and increase their numbers to counter the 'unbridled' growth in the Muslim population... Reading out a resolution on ‘population imbalance’ adopted on the second day of the central advisory board meeting, Swami Avedeshanand Giri urged the Hindu society increase the community’s population, saying, 'A society with a large population...

Source: The Detroit News

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On June 16, 2005 The Detroit News reported, "Bruce Dickmeyer, a member of the Troy Interfaith Group, wanted to do something out of the ordinary Sunday to celebrate Troy's 50th birthday. So Dickmeyer, administrator of the Bharatiya Temple in Troy, a Hindu house of worship, decided to plant a tree. The tree, representing the family tree of man, would be adorned with ribbons containing statements of the Golden Rule -- 'Do unto others as you would have...

Source: Worldwide Faith News

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On June 16, 2005 the Worldwide Faith News reported, "How to teach religion in multifaith contexts is a growing concern for churches and religious communities everywhere. This interview presents a specific experience emerging from a multireligious context in Asia. 'Children from different religions can pray together in school,' says Usha Jesudasan, a journalist and writer from India, where Christians, Hindus,...

Source: Ventura County Star

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On June 16, 2005 the Ventura County Star reported , "The Hindu community [of Ventura County] is using a prayer room in a Camarillo Jewish temple, Temple Ner Ami, every second Saturday for Hindu services. Before services started in Camarillo a couple of months ago, the closest temple... was about 40 miles away in Calabasas... More than 60 people have shown up to pray at Ner Ami, said Mahesh Talwar, [a] supporter of the local...

Source: INDOlink

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On June 15, 2005 INDOlink reported, "like so many Americans who like to play 'Indian', Indian-Americans too have been traversing America’s sacred landscape without connecting with the deeply held beliefs of its ancient inhabitants, the American Indians. But not anymore. They are becoming grounded on American soil. And from Hindu temples in Juneau, Alaska, to Tallahassee, Florida, and to Kauai, Hawaii, they are chanting praises such as this: America vasa...

Source: Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/archives/2005/4-6/09_opinion.shtml

On June 15, 2005 Hinduism Today ran an opinion piece by Mona Vijaykar, author and illustrator of the Vee Family children's books. A Hindu herself, she encourages American Hindus to practice their faith openly and proudly. She laments that, "even today the true Vedic roots of Indian culture remain a mystery to most Americans and some Indians as well... We Indian Hindus...

Source: The Arizona Republic

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Source: The Dallas Morning News

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On June 15, 2005 The Dallas Morning News reported, "A Nigerian Yoruba priestess and two shamans – one an African Zulu spiritualist, the other an African-American spiritual healer – will add African and American black perspectives when more than 25 multiethnic spiritual leaders gather in Dallas this month. Hindus, Jews, Native Americans, Hare Krishnas, Catholics, Congregationalists and Wiccans...

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Wire Service: AFP

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On June 14, 2005 Agence France-Presse reported, "Survivors of one of the worst massacres during the 2002 sectarian riots in Gujarat filed a compensation claim against the western Indian state's ruling Hindu nationalist BJP party. Over 120 people from the minority Muslim community were burnt or hacked to death by Hindu mobs in February 2002 in two separate residential...

Source: BBC News

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On June 13, 2005 BBC News reported, "Four American missionaries have been asked to leave India for what police say is a violation of visa regulations.

The missionaries were attacked by a Hindu mob in India's western city Mumbai (Bombay) on Saturday evening during a Bible reading session.

Police said three of them were treated for bruises and cuts in a hospital.

One of the...

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Wire Service: Reuters

Source: Courier News Online

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On June 13, 2005 Courier News Online reported, "Sunday was a new beginning for Hindu devotees of the Arsha Bodha Center, who say they already feel blessed just from the peace of mind they get from the facility's many services and classes. But Sunday, as they witnessed the consecration of a new place for spiritual guidance, Hindu residents were showered with another special gift -- a sizable sanctuary that finally accommodates the...

Source: Fiji Times

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On June 13, 2005 the Fiji Times reported, "The increasing incidents of disrespect shown to places of worship are of serious concern to the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha, president Kamlesh Arya says. Mr Arya said police statistics confirmed that 149 such cases had been recorded between 2001 to April 2005, of which 100 acts of sacrilege had been carried out in Hindu temples. He said only three of the cases had been prosecuted. Mr Arya said the acts were seen as religious...