Congress condemns vandalisation of Hindu temple in US

[gslv mk3]

So in sense our political parties didnt like US President Obama's comment about our religious tolerance and secularism.Look how they took a dig against US when an opportunities arised.

swastika ? So they are anti-semites as well.

 

[Diggy]

Congress do care, just that it do not make the religion as its main agenda.

I dont think stherwise they would have been maintain an absolute silence about this.

bah..alright mate i will leave it there

 

[Dr Gupta]

Americans painting Hindu holy sign on the Mandir? these hillbillies have no education

 

[Mugwop]

Religious intolerance in America would 've shocked Abraham Lincoln today.

Abraham lincoln's quote about inter-racial marriage: "Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man."

meh..........a graffiti by some low life is a sign of intolerance in america????

keep calm people.................if americans really hated indians so much.............................TWO US GOVERNORS wouldnt had been of Indian origin.

America is a liberal nation.....

America is a liberal nation.The problem is with republicans and we are discussing that in this thread.
Idaho State Republican's bigotry against Muslim congressman

 

[KingMamba]

Indian people are being quite childish in their responses to Obama.

 

[Menace2Society]

Indians thought US would be converting to Hinduism by now.

My Indian friends they hate brown people. They don't care what your religion is, or nationality.

 

[Arya Desa]

meh..........a graffiti by some low life is a sign of intolerance in america????

keep calm people.................if americans really hated indians so much.............................TWO US GOVERNORS wouldnt had been of Indian origin.

America is a liberal nation.....

Seriously Sardar, learn how to type. Those ellipsis are annoying as ****.

 

[Levina]

Abraham lincoln's quote about inter-racial marriage: "Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a threat to the national life. Family life may also collapse and the increase of mixed breed bastards may some day challenge the supremacy of the white man."

My comment was an edited version of what Mr.Obama had to say about India. Religious intolerance in India would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi: Obama - The Times of India

 

[AbhimanyuShrivastav]

My comment was an edited version of what Mr.Obama had to say about India. Religious intolerance in India would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi: Obama - The Times of India

Martin L King would have been a better example

 

[Darmashkian]

I dont think stherwise they would have been maintain an absolute silence about this.

Congress has realized that many people now consider it as Anti-Hindu party which supports only Muslims & Christians.

All this is an attempt to get rid of the anti-Hindu tag.. That's it.

 

[SrNair]

Indian people are being quite childish in their responses to Obama.

Sometimes that would be better idea .After all we are dealing with Americans.

 

[About.to.be.banned]

meh..........a graffiti by some low life is a sign of intolerance in america????

keep calm people.................if americans really hated indians so much.............................TWO US GOVERNORS wouldnt had been of Indian origin.

America is a liberal nation.....

Only after they converted to Christianity.

Was Manmohan singh forced to convert to HInduism before becoming PM?

Was YSR forced to convert to Hinduism from Christianity before getting elected as CM?

Was Jagdish shetter forced to renounce Atheism before becoming CM (Horror! Horror! he was from BJP, a Hindu nationalist party)?


I am not even including Presidents and Governers which are just ceremonial posts.


And coming to US, description of Obama as a black president is a proof of latent racism in USA. Obama is as black as he is white. He could at best be descibed as a mulatto, not a black man.




Every society is both liberal/secular and illiberal/Racist to varying extent. You could not see intolerance in US's society because of your inferiority complex which arise to you being bedazzled by pompus display of material excess in US.

 

[vsdave2302]

WASHINGTON/NEW DELHI: There has been strong reactions in India after reports of a Hindu temple being vandalized in the US.

A Hindu temple was vandalized with hate message and swastika spray-painted on its wall in the US state of Washington, the latest incident that has shocked the community ahead of the Maha Shivratri festival.

The incident happened when unidentified miscreants sprayed swastika and painted "Get Out" on one of the walls of the temple in the Seattle Metropolitan area. It is one of the largest Hindu temples in the entire North West.

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The Snohomish County Sheriff's Department is investigating Saturday's incident as malicious harassment. Yesterday top county officials visited the temple.

"This kind of thing should not happen in the US. Who are you telling to get out? This is a nation of immigrants," Nitya Niranjan, chairman of board of trustee of the Hindu Temple and Cultural Centre, Bothell, Washington told PTI.

Today the temple is celebrating Maha Shivaratri, a festival dedicated to Lord Shiva.

Opposition leaders in India took a dig at the US over the incident.

Congress leader PC Chacko said, "They always say,they are pluralist and inclusive society, what happened is totally unacceptable."

"The US authorities must take stringent action against this and come out with a statement," he said.


The US authorities must take stringent action against this and come out with a statement: PC Chacko, Congpic.twitter.com/NOGhC0XRKj
— ANI (@ANI_news) February 17, 2015
"Hindu temple vandalised with hate message in US. But this doesn't include in "Religious Intolerance"," former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted.


One Indian Brutally attacked by US Police, One Indian Shot dead,One Temple Vandalized ..Martin Luther King would really be saddened by this!— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj)February 17
. 2015
The temple was targeted by vandals earlier also, but the incident was not reported.

"Some kind of painting was sprayed on the outside wall of the temple a few years ago, but they did not bring it to the notice of the law enforcement authorities as nothing was written.


One Indian Brutally attacked by US Police, One Indian Shot dead,One Temple Vandalized ..Martin Luther King would really be saddened by this!— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj)February 17
. 2015
The temple was targeted by vandals earlier also, but the incident was not reported.

"Some kind of painting was sprayed on the outside wall of the temple a few years ago, but they did not bring it to the notice of the law enforcement authorities as nothing was written.

"We have no idea, who did it," Niranjan said. Skyview Junior High, a block away, was also tagged with a swastika and the words, 'Muslims Get Out'.

While the temple has been there for nearly two decades, the construction on the second phase of the current building began recently.

The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) condemned the incident.

"The timing of this crime, occurring before a major Hindu festival, warrants special attention from law enforcement," said Jay Kansara, director of Government Relations, Hindu American Foundation.

"We are encouraged by the ongoing thorough investigation of the Bothell City Police Department. HAF will continue to engage through the local community with city, state, and federal officials until the perpetrator is brought to justice," Kansara said.

Of late there has been increasing incidents of vandalism of Hindu temples in the US including one in Loudoun County, Virginia and Monroe, Georgia last year.

As of January 1, 2015, the Department of Justice ordered all crime reporting forms to include the category anti-Hindu under the possible motives of hate crimes.

"Houses of worship are places where people should be able to be safe, at peace, and inspired to serve others," said Padma Kuppa, HAF board member.

"Instead, the vandalism of the Hindu temple in Seattle and the arson of a mosque in Houston this past weekend incite fear and result in distrust among communities," he said.

(With inputs from PT

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It is very nice to see that congress is concern about the attack on Hindu temple. 17000 Hindu temples were destroyed in Congress regime in Kashmir, 5 million Hindus cleansed from valley but Congress has never uttered a single word against any crime or ill treatment of Hindus. this change in heart of congress is a well come sign.

 

[Tshering22]

Indians thought US would be converting to Hinduism by now.

My Indian friends they hate brown people. They don't care what your religion is, or nationality.

'They' don't hate Indian people. Some idiots do. As if Red Indians were any white.

This is a vandalising attempt at a holy site. I know which area you are talking about but that is not in Washington DC.

Can you define 'brown' people? Indians come from palest of pale to darkest of dark and even lighter shades of fair in the northeast.

 

[Menace2Society]

'They' don't hate Indian people. Some idiots do. As if Red Indians were any white.

This is a vandalising attempt at a holy site. I know which area you are talking about but that is not in Washington DC.

Can you define 'brown' people? Indians come from palest of pale to darkest of dark and even lighter shades of fair in the northeast.

For the average bigot American, brown is considered anything not white or black.

So Arabs, Indians, Pakistanis etc etc are all grouped into one. Most have no concept of Hinduism. They think everyone brown is Muslim.

They are unable to tell the difference between a Hindu Indian to a Muslim Arab.

They think Pakistan is part of the middle east.