With a number of Indian holidays coming up, spreading awareness is crucial, according to the Hindu American Foundation. Lathan Johnson, a 37-year-old man from East Palo Alto, has been charged with over a dozen hate crimes targeting older Hindu women of Indian descent. He allegedly stole gold jewelry from his victims, some in their 50s and 70s, while they wore…
After a 73-25 vote, Alabama’s House of Representatives could soon end a 1993 ban on yoga in public schools. School districts would then choose whether to offer it for K-12 students, focusing solely on poses and stretches. Chanting, mantras, and “namaste” would remain forbidden. The ban aimed to keep Hindu influences out of classrooms, but supporters of its repeal, like…
CAIR often suspected of supporting political Islamist movements opened up an internship position to monitor Hindutva activities in the US. The link in the original post doesn’t exist anymore, https://www.cairdfw.org/outreach/events-updates/128-hate-monitor-intern-hindutva-cair-tx-dfw?fbclid=IwAR3lq4Zv2AYevqLDTXGNWja_7WYPHzsKCGMnD0K6b3WjynatpcNhsyFvd-A
“Bitch, this ain’t India! You fucked India up, and now you’re fucking America up,” the man yelled. Victim explained that the man’s rhetoric was similar to that of the Khalistan group, a Sikh separatist organization in northern India In California, an Indian American man faced a vile, slur-filled tirade at a Taco Bell, raising concern about rising Hinduphobia. The unprovoked…
Hate letter received by residents in Irving, TX In Irving, Texas, police are investigating a hate crime after a family received a threatening letter demanding they “RETURN BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY.” While assuring it’s an isolated incident, they take it seriously and assigned an investigator. They urge anyone else who received the letter or with information about its origin to…
