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ost worship places in USA specially has look beyond its boundaries and cater for cultural and social needs which includes wedding and other social events and also both indoor and outdoor sports. Ruus Street Mandir – Hayward Hindu Temple incorporates sports and cultural programs. Check their website for more information.
Chief Priest at Shree Laximi Narayan Mandir, Elder Creek, Sacramento waiting to serve devotees.
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INTERFAITH
November, 2010
SHREE RAM MANDIR
3401 Claus Rd, Modesto CA 95355, Phone: (209) 551-9820 E-Mail:modestotemple@aol.com
merican Islamic Academy and Interfaith America to host Inter-religious Conference inHayward FREMONT –At its last month Board Meeting, Interfaith America director took a final decision to host its first Interreligious Conference at the East Bay Cal State University campus. Speakers of all faith have been invited to address the Conference “Spiritual Healing in Your faith” at which guest speakers will enlighten you on their experimental spiritual journeys in life “healing with their faith power.”
At Modesto Temple 2009, editor with Modesto Temple’s master of ceremonies and radio host Piyara Singh Gill.
HAF Highlights Persecution of Hindus in Muslim-majority Nations
Washington. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) articulated the extensive oppression of Hindu minorities in Muslim-majority nations at The Plight of Minorities and Expatriates in Arab and Muslim Countries: What the U.S. Should Do, a conference sponsored by the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (CDHR). Drawing upon extensive data in HAF’s 2009 human rights report, Hindus in South Asia and the Diaspora: A Survey of Human Rights, Professor Ramesh Rao, HAF’s Human Rights Coordinator (pictured below), highlighted the discrimination faced by minorities, particularly Hindus, in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Afghanistan. Other presentations focused on the persecution of Copts in Egypt, plight of Christians in the Middle East, repression of minorities in the Arab Middle East and Iran, experience of Baha’i communities in the Middle East, status of Jews in Arab countries, women’s rights under Sharia law, compatibility of Sharia law with the U.S. judicial system, and oppression of minorities in Iraq. Labeling the muted complaints and silence of the media, governments and scholars in recording this history of oppression of minorities in Muslimmajority countries as “taboo his-
tory,” Prof. Carole Basri of the University of Pennsylvania Law School urged speakers and participants to engage lawmakers more vigorously by shedding light on the plight of minorities in many Muslim-majority nations. Dr. Ali Alyami, Executive Director of CDHR, said, in his introductory remarks, that representatives of these persecuted minorities should collaborate and speak with one voice to give voice to the oppressed in Muslim-majority nations. “It was heartening to meet with representatives of the Copts, Ahmaddiyas, Baha’i, Christians, and Jews at this conference, and join them in voicing our distress at the fate of minorities, including Hindus, in Muslimmajority nations across the world,” said Prof. Rao. “It is important we build on the synergy created in this first meeting and demand action from our lawmakers and administration officials who have succumbed to the pressures of the 57 member-nations of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) by disregarding these atrocities.” The Hindu American Foundation is a 501(c)(3), nonprofit, non-partisan organization promoting the Hindu and American ideals of understanding, tolerance and pluralism. Contact HAF at 301.770.7835 or on the web at www.HAFsite.org.
E I DUL A DH A ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2010 11.00 AM