Christian Bigots Attack Hindu Priest in U.S. Senate - Press Release

[Guest guest]

Dr. Frank Morales, Ph.D.

President – International Sanatana Dharma Society

Press Release

July 12, 2007

 

Religious Bigots Attack Hindu Priest in U.S. Senate

 

History was made on Thursday, July 12th when a Hindu priest delivered

the opening prayer at the U.S. Senate for the first time ever. Mr.

Rajan Zed, a journalist and Hindu priest, delivered a minute and a

half prayer in which he offered God thanks and prayed for peace.

 

However, before Mr. Zed could offer his short prayer to God, three

Christian activists disrupted the ceremony with angry shouts and

denunciations of Hinduism to the shock of on-lookers. " This is an

abomination! " the Washington Post reports one of the disruptors as

screaming. " We are Christians and patriots! " yelled another before

being led away by police.

 

Shockingly, far from being an isolated and spontaneous incident of

hatred, it is reported that a large number of well-organized

fundamentalist Christian groups throughout the nation had been

clamoring against allowing a Hindu priest to lead a prayer in our

nation's capital. The American Family Association has been on the

forefront of urging Christians to take direct action against

religious tolerance and asked their followers to contact the Senate

to ban a Hindu from leading prayer.

 

For further information on this dark and disturbing incident, please

review the following sites:

 

USA Today:

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/07/christian-prote.html

 

YouTube:

 

America has been celebrated throughout the world as a society that

cherishes religious tolerance, freedom of faith, and respect for

different cultures. Hinduism (Sanatana Dharma) is the most ancient

continuously practiced spiritual tradition on earth. Hinduism is a

dignified and highly respected religion that has always fostered

peace, respect of cultural diversity, and freedom of thought.

 

As an American Hindu leader, and the President of the International

Sanatana Dharma Society, I would urge all freedom loving Americans to

openly reject such disturbing instances of hatred, bigotry, and

prejudice as we sadly witnessed at this event.

 

I also urge all Hindus to become actively involved in vocally

denouncing this incident of bigotry, and insisting that mainstream

American society extend the same respect and tolerance toward

Hinduism as it commonly gives to the Abrahamic minority religions in

our great nation. Together, let us create a nation of mutual

respect, and tolerance of diverse cultures and religions.

 

Om Shanti (May Peace Prevail),

 

Dr. Frank Morales, Ph.D.

(Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya)

 

President – Spiritual Director

International Sanatana Dharma Society

 

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[Guest guest]

, drfmrls <no_reply wrote:

> Religious Bigots Attack Hindu Priest in U.S. Senate

 

 

This is very shameful. Christianity claims to be loving and

humanitarian religion and such fanatics are degenerating the

teaching of Jesus.

 

I earlier did not know about christian fanatics, only after

coming to answers i found that most of them are hateful and

revenging. When ever i asked a question on hinduism, they mock at

our gods, with hateful and insulting remarks... and if anyone writes

even a gentle comment against christianity, they report en-block and

get the question removed.

 

In India Missionaries are using all dubious methods to convert

poor and uneducated tribals...and if a hindu organisation try to

stop them, they cry loud.

 

Nature will takes its course.

[Guest guest]

Its really atrosious act by the christian activists blocking Pandit

Rajan from entering the U.S Senate to offer prayers, and shouting

there is no God other than Jesus and senate cannot allow a Hindu to

offer praying before the start of the senate.

 

On the contrary Mr.Rajans never mentioned Hindu God or not even

mentioned the name of any dieties, just said let us pray the almighty

who is present everywhere and in our mind, during his short speach

before the prayers.

 

Senate's press release also said we didnot want a connection between

govt and church and never denied the connection between God and govt.

This is a good wip for the christian organisations.

 

Jesus asked to Luv all and these fanatic christians without

understanding what he said are betraying themselves and their religion.

 

Shivaya Namah Aum.

[Guest guest]

Pranam

 

All the west-side religions have the same attitude towards Hindus and

Hinduism.

 

 

Some show the colours and some don't.

[Guest guest]

Hindus never object if some Christian enters their household. In fact India is

able to maintain secular image only because majority are Hindus. Hindus never

say only Ram or only Krishna. Christians always say only Jesus. But they fail to

explain why there are Catholics , Presbytarians ,.Protestants ,etc. I am not

criticising them but if there is only one God,one Jesus and one Bible why are

there several denominations of Christianity without inter marriages ?

ijs

 

Senthil <senthil_sym wrote:

Its really atrosious act by the christian activists