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HAF Condemns Attack on Ahmadiyya Mosque
The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) condemned an attack targeting an Ahmadiyya mosque in Chantilly, VA. According to media reports, vandals broke several glass windows and caused approximately $60,000 of damage to the community’s mosque. HAF urged authorities to expedite the investigation to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice.
Read Full Story »HAF Encouraged by Meeting with Norwegian Ambassador to U.S.
After initial media reports indicated that the two children were removed from parents by Norway’s Child Protective Services for purportedly feeding their children with their hands and letting the children sleep in the same bed as them, HAF wrote directly to the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, D.C. and started an online petition to address the issue. The Norwegian Embassy subsequently invited HAF’s Washington, D.C. based Associate Director, Jay Kansara, to meet with Ambassador Strømmen.
Read Full Story »Hindu Americans Appalled by Rick Santorum's Bigotry
Hindu Americans are appalled by the recent comments made by Republican presidential candidate and former Senator of Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, on the eve of last Saturday’s South Carolina primary, according to the HAF. While speaking to a town hall audience, Santorum said that the concept of equality did not come from Islam or “Eastern religions,” but rather from the “God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Read Full Story »Huffington Post: Yoga Won't Wreck Your Body but May Make You More Hindu
Just as equating yoga with only asana is a half-truth, so too is ignoring the spiritual, metaphysical Truths upon which yoga rests. Ever been to a studio which displays an Aum (Om) on its walls or a class which begins with the chanting of it? Aum, according to the Vedas, is the primordial sound that resonated at the creation of our Universe and continues to resonate in each of us and all of existence.
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