News Archives: 2004

December

Sri Lanka: Government restricts humanitarian aid to Hindu Tamils

UK: Hindu groups unite in aid effort

India: Christians See Conversion Opportunities in Disaster Relief

USA: Hindu Temples hold prayer vigil for tsunami victims

Pakistan: Hindus demand equal rights

UK: Parliament Deals With Incitement To Religious Hatred

Malaysia: Malayasia Hindu Sangam Schedules Emergency Meeting on Christian Conversion

India: Nehru's view on Religion

Pakistan: Hindus demand equal rights

India: Temple burgled of Holy Idols

Bangladesh: Hindu Cricketers from India threatened with death by Islamic groups

UK: British Media hurts Hindu sentiments again

UK: Hindu Organisations protest over portrayal of Ganesha


November 30th 2004

India: Naxals Ask Tribals to Adhere to Ancestral Religion

Nepal: Hindu organisations in Nepal pray for Shankaracharya's release

India: Hindus face hostility in Jammu

UK: Hindu Council demands continued autonomy of Kanchi Mutt

US: Hindu American Foundation expresses concern over the arrest of Shankaracharya of Kanchi

India: People tortured to testify against the Hindu Saint

India: Holy Idols stolen from temple

Pakistan: Another Hindu girl kidnapped in Pakistan

Singapore: Hindu Temple in Singapore slated for demolition

October 29th 2004

Pakistan

Hindus still waiting for Diwali aid

October

India: Hotel accused of hurting Hindu sentiment

Pakistan: Hindu girl raped and held hostage

Pakistan: Hindu DharamShala razed

Bangladesh: Communist Party give death threats to Hindus

India: Durga puja performed after a decade in Tripura

UK: Hindu Council launches anti-conversion petition

UK: Hinduism Third-largest religion in UK

India: Villagers say no to Maoist literature

India: Conditions in Kashmiri migrant camps appalling

India: Pakistani journalists visit Hindu Kashmiri refugee camps

Trinidad: Government not supporting Hinduism

Egypt: Hindu practices banned (fatwa) by Mullahs.

Bangladesh: List of incidents against minorities


September 8th 2004

Bangladesh: BNP's Hindu cleansing operations

India: Italian Ambassador denies knowledge of misuse of Hindu images

South Africa: Hindus in SA protest use of Deities on a dress

India: Hindu Organizations And Leaders Appeal For A Ban On CD's Portraying Hindu Gods And Godessess In An Indecent Manner

Iraq: 12 Hindu Nepalese Killed by Islamic terrorists

August

Bangladesh: Hindu arson victims still without aid

Bangladesh: Hindu Villagers suffer persecution

Bangladesh: 22 Hindu houses torched and robbed

India: Indian Government destroys sacred 1000 pillared temple sanctum

India: 4 killed and 54 injured by Assamese terrorists

India: PM's intervention sought to stop insult to Hindu Images

UK: UK Show On Kashmiri Pandits' Plight Draws Little Response

Fiji: Another Hindu temple robbed and desecrated

India: Terrorists kill 16 people in Assam

India: Plan to kill Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir foiled

India: Religious leaders protests demolition at Tirupati Temple

Kuwait: Cremation illegal in Kuwait

Bangladesh: Hindu house set on fire

Nepal: Hindu Population drops in Nepal

UK: BBC World Service's "Heart and Soul" program on Goddesses featured an interview with HHR. This was aired on Wednesday 11th August 1045; 1545; 2045; Thursday 12th August 0245 . Listen online

UK: Nightclub Protest Sparks Debate On UK Hindu Youth


July

India: Ancient Temple robbed

Pakistan: Hindus Threaten Strike After Kidnapping

Malaysia: Hindu Mother Gets Custody of Sons Converted to Islam

UK: London footwear apologises for printing 'OM' on slippers

BBC Report

Trinidad: Hindu group protest denial of Radio licence

US: Hindu Religious Leaders and Western Scholars Advised to Find a Balance

US: Hindu Temple robbed

UK: What Attracts Hindu Youth?

India: Police stop Hindu Pilgrim march

UK: HHR protests against Roberto Cavalli's defamation of Hinduism

UK: Eastern Eye Report on Cavalli issue

India: Offensive lingerie in Godhra sparks VHP protest


June

UK: Leicester nightclub insults Hinduism

India: Insult to Lord Hanuman in a question for Life Science
paper of National Eligibility Test (NET)

Australia: Australian Hindus Protest Use of Lord Vishnu in Magazine Article

India: Hindu Hostages have their throats cut by terrorists in Kashmir

Bangladesh: Hindu Temple Bombed

India: Terrorists raid Kashmir village and kill ten

UK: Hindu Temple May Be Razed For Roadway

Nepal: Conversion at Full Momentum in Nepal

Portugal: Catholics protests at Hindu worship at Fatima Shrine

India: Life in Kashmir for Hindus

India: Commentator Tavleen Singh Speaks Out Against "Hindu" Being Used As a Term of Abuse

Fiji: Fijian Chief Apologizes to Indian Community

USA: How Hindus Are Targeted With "Friendship Evangelism"

Nepal: Maoists abduct 197 kids in Nepal

India: Use of term 'saffronisation' hurts Hindu Monks

India: Terrorists in Tripura kidnap 24 people

India: Kashmir terrorists attack tourists

UK: Roberto Cavalli apologised

Sri Lanka: Lord Buddha on bikinis now.

USA: Harrods to transcend Hindu underwear

UK: BBC report on Harrods apology

India: Report by Hindustan Times

UK: Twin artists offer official response on Bekham portrait

UK: Harrods apologies and removes display

UK: HHR letter to Mohammed Al- Fayed, director of Harrods

UK: Hindu Gods on Designer underwear; Hindu Human Rights group protests!

Malaysia: Young Hindus face discrimination in Malaysia


May

Saudi Arabia: Hindus Killed for revenge by Al-Qaeda

US: Congressman Expresses Concern Over Persecution Of Hindus in Bangladesh

India: Kashmir Killing of Hindus on the rise

India: The criminality of the Communist party

India: The Summer of Our Discontent

India: The white woman and India

India: Leftist wants India 'De-Hinduised'

US: Protest against Denver Post for racial hatred

UK: Lord Ram idol vandalised last October awaits replacement

UK: HHR protests against the BBC due to its continued misrepresentation of Hinduism. The letter details coverage from BBC2's Newsnight aired on 19 April 2004 - full report


April

Malaysia: Malaysias law refuses to recognise Hindu rights

UK: The Benign Face of Modern Hatred

UK: HHR continues protest against Ismail Merchants film 'The Goddess'

Pakistan: Dictatorship does not want Hindu Temples restored


March

Pakistan: Text books in Pakistan preach Jehad against Hindus and India

Pakistan: Human Right Abuses Against Hindus in Pakistan

Pakistan: Lashkar e-Taiba vows to kill Jews and Hindus as revenge for Terrorist leaders death.

North-East India: Terror-struck Tripura families seek safety in extremist Bangladesh

UK: BBC Radio 4 interviews Hindu Human Rights Group on the protest against the film "The Goddess" click here to Listen | source

UK: Response of HHR to the statement by Ismail Merchant on the film "The Goddess"

UK: Hindus say no to Tina Turner as Shakti

US: State Department's International Religious Freedom Report 2003

UK: BBC coverage biased, say British Hindus


Feb

South Africa: Durban Temple Robbed and desecrated

Bangladesh: Hindu temple, houses torched

Bangladesh: A minority women brutally gang raped before her children, belongings looted - victim seeks justice: An Investigative report of HRCBM- Dhaka conducted at village Agarpur Das Para, P.S. Kuliarchar, Dist. Kishoreganj, Bangladesh.

USA: Hindu Couple In US Can Fly The Flag, But Not Openly

India: Evangelists in Tamil Nadu are Upsetting Hindus

USA: Hollywood disgraces Hindu Goddess

Holland: The Agni Foundation organizes lecture on 'Religious cleansing for centuries in the south Asian subcontinent' full report

Jan

Sri Lanka: Increase Of Unethical Conversions of Hindus In Sri Lanka

USA: Florida Community Orders Resident to Stop Flying Hindu Prayer Flag

South Africa: Temple robbed and vandalised

Fiji: Another temple ransacked in Fiji

Fiji: Temple Desecrated in Fiji

India: De-Hinduising the army

Bangladesh: 30 hurt, 20 Hindu houses burnt in Bangladesh

HHR would like to remind you that the incident came less than two months after 11 members of a Hindu family, including a four-day-old infant, were burnt alive in southeastern Chittagong district