An Indian-American Democrat Congressman has joined a gaggle of Hindu leaders and organisations to name out the rising “Hinduphobia” within the United States.
Shri Thanedar is looking for to struggle the rising hate crime towards the Hindu group within the US, reported news company PTI.
On Wednesday, representatives from numerous Indian-American organisations convened on the US Capitol for a gathering organised by HinduMotion.
“We see a lot of Hinduphobia,” Thanedar, a Democrat, mentioned at a gathering with Hindu leaders and organisations.
“We see California SB403 (the bill banning caste discrimination) and that’s just the beginning. The attacks on our temples and attacks on Hindus all over the world… We need to fight this phobia, bigotry, and hatred. There should be no place for hatred in America, no place for hatred against people’s religious rights,” he added.
Suhag Shukla, representing the Hindu American Foundation, highlighted the prevalence of anti-Hindu bias, notably on faculty campuses.
She pointed to a latest rise in hate crimes and a scarcity of familiarity with Hinduism amongst regulation enforcement.
Shukla additionally raised issues about institutionalised discrimination, citing California’s SB403 for instance.
“The perpetrators that have been caught on video with all the temple attacks that I’ve mentioned, all the street attacks that I’ve mentioned, the statements that were made during the commission of the attacks, the nature and content of the graffiti all point to the Khalistan movement,” she mentioned.
“When there are people from within the Sikh community who are speaking out against this movement, they’ve been physically attacked,” Shukla mentioned.
Canadian Member of Parliament Chandra Arya, of Indian-origin, additionally condemned the vandalism of the Gouri Shankar Mandir, a Hindu temple in Brampton, Canada, as a hate crime in Parliament, stating, “Hinduphobia turns into physical attack.”
PERSONAL STORIES OF FACING HATE
Sunder Iyer, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and a sufferer of focused hate, advised members that he found how a civil rights company can interact in racial profiling and dangerous stereotyping of Indian-Americans.
“I respectfully ask the members of Congress to allocate a budget within the Department of Justice to investigate the California Civil Rights Department and for the greater good of America. An agency that does not represent the truth harms all Americans. Several of my colleagues at Cisco and many other companies across California will be willing to give testimony. They must not live their lives in fear and their voices must not be suppressed,” Iyer mentioned.
Tejal Shah of the Hindu Temple Empowerment Council spoke concerning the emotional misery attributable to latest assaults on Hindu temples.
She talked about that temple clergymen endure psychological misery, shock, and trauma, noting that in some situations, perpetrators of those assaults stay unidentified, with the police in a single case refusing to file a report, as she detailed assaults on a number of temples.
HinduMotion and the Namaste-Shalom Multifaith Alliance later got here collectively in a joint assertion, calling on Congress to formally acknowledge the rising downside of anti-Hindu hatred by means of a decision.
Published By:
Girish Kumar Anshul
Published On:
Mar 14, 2024
Source: www.indiatoday.in
