Author: Chintanika Desai

Source: Sewa International

http://www.sewausa.org/sewausa-activities-amp-projects/atlanta-rang-rangili-–-holi-hai-2008

With the blessing of a glorious warm and sunny weather, Alpharetta played host to the Festival of Colors this spring of 2008. Lions Pavilion@Wills Park, Alpharetta was a colorful scene as 700 people including youngsters, children and elders celebrated Holi.
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Author: Alistair Scrutton

Source: Reuters

http://africa.reuters.com/world/news/usnISL307131.html

The U.N. freedom of religion investigator warned on Thursday that India risks more religious violence, like Gujarat's 2002 riots that killed 2,500 people, as delays to bring justice encouraged an atmosphere of impunity.

"All these incidents continue to haunt the people affected by them and impunity emboldens forces of intolerance," Asma...

Author: Aroosa Masroor

Source: The International News

http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=102278

March 21 will be of special significance this year as the calendars of five different religions will coincide, giving each faith a reason to celebrate the day.

As Muslims celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (the birth of Prophet Muhammad PBUH) on Friday, Christians will mark the crucifixion and death of Jesus as Good Friday, while Hindus and...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: American Buddhist Net News

http://www.americanbuddhist.net/paramount-screen-love-guru-zed-and-other-hindu-leaders

Paramount Pictures has agreed to screen upcoming Hollywood movie “The Love Guru” for Hindu leaders.

In a communiqué today to Indo-American leader Rajan Zed who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism (USH); Jessica Rovins, Senior Vice...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The Star

Author: Phoolo Danny-Maharaj

Source: Trinidad...

Author: Press Release

Source: Hindu American Foundation

http://www.hinduamericanfoundation.org/media_press_release_malaysia_politicaltsunami.html

The political landscape was in upheaval in Malaysia late last week after the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition was handed a shocking defeat in national elections losing its two-thirds majority in the country's parliament. While the BN leader Abdullah Ahmad Badawi...

Author: Michelle Draper

Source: The Australian

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23356447-26103,00.html

MEMBERS of a Hindu temple in Melbourne's south are worried about escalating attacks on worshippers by groups of teenagers, who have been terrorising devotees and vandalising property.

The board of the Shri Shiva Vishnu Temple in Carrum Downs has complained to Victoria Police after the incidents...

Author: Janaka Perera

Source: The Buddhist Channel

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,6027,0,0,1,0

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks on Mahasivarathri Day March 7 blessed a site situated in Berlin, Germany, on which is planned the construction of Europe's second largest Hindu temple.

The proposed temple's custodians are Indian Hindus who have received land in the city of Berlin free of charge from the German Government for building...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7289508.stm

Religious and faith organisations contribute more than £100m in economic benefits to Wales, a report says.

But the groups have little in return, with barely a quarter of faith communities getting public funding, the research found.

According to the study, around 40,000 unpaid volunteers do 80,000 hours of community work a week...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: India Post News Service

http://indiapost.com/article/communitypost/2254/

A "Universal Society of Hinduism" (USH) has been formed to provide worldwide Hindu identity, enhance understanding of Hinduism, and to foster inter-religious dialogue.

With Rajan Zed, the Nevada-based Hindu priest as President, this nondenominational religious-philosophical-cultural-educational organization aims at reaching about one billion...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Hindu Press International/Hinduism Today

http://www.hinduismtoday.com/hpi/2008/3/9.shtml#1

The Hindu American Foundation was invited by the Department of Justice to join the Faith Leaders' Roundtable Conference. Attended by Attorney General Mukasey, the invitation-only meeting gathered eleven organizations, including the Anti-Defamation League, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Union of Orthodox Jewish...

Author: Charles Haviland

Source: BBC News

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7286160.stm

After more than 15 years of waiting, the first Bhutanese refugees in Nepal have started to leave for a new life in other countries.

More than 100,000 Nepali-speaking Bhutanese people have been in refugee camps in Nepal since the early 1990s.

The mainly Hindu people were forced out of Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom which has a code of...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: The TImes of India

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Gujarat_to_withdraw_Freedom_of_Religion_Amendment_Bill/articleshow/2848531.cms

The Gujarat government has decided to withdraw the controversial Freedom of Religion Amendment Bill 2006 after Governor Nawal Kishor Sharma returned it to the Assembly for reconsideration.

The bill will be...

Author: JULIE MASIS

Source: India New England

http://www.indianewengland.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=5CB108E01C954B13965DCAD9BD2D205D

In an effort to increase its membership, the Hindu American Foundation — a Maryland-based...