Resolution presented in Parliament against increasing attacks on temples in America
Washington: Citing the contribution of Hindus and Hinduism in America, a prominent Indian American lawmaker has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives criticizing ‘Hinduphobia’ i.e. anti-Hindu bigotry, hatred and intolerance. The proposal presented by Congress MP Shri Thanedar on Wednesday has been sent to the Monitoring and Accountability Committee of the House.
The resolution presented by Congress MP Shri Thanedar said that despite positive contributions to America, Hindu-Americans face stereotypes and misinformation about their heritage and symbols and discrimination in schools and college campuses, driven by prejudice. Crime, hate speech have to be faced.
About a fortnight ago, Indian-American lawmakers Raja Krishnamurthy, Ro Khanna, Mr Thanedar, Ami Bera and Premila Jayapal wrote to the Justice Department seeking information on the status of investigations into the alarming rise in domestic brutality. The letter said that the attacks on temples from New York to California have created an atmosphere of fear and panic among the Hindu community living in America. The MPs also expressed displeasure over the progress of investigation in the temple attack cases and questioned what the investigating agencies were doing to solve such cases.
The resolution further states that according to the FBI’s Hate Crime Statistics Report, anti-Hindu hate crimes targeting temples and Hindus are increasing every year, while at the same time, ‘Hinduphobia’ (anti-Hindu or hatred towards Hindus) is unfortunately on the rise. Is increasing from. In American society. According to this, America has welcomed more than 4 million Hindus from all parts of the world since 1900, including Hindus of different race, caste, language backgrounds.
According to this proposal, the country has benefited greatly from the contribution of Hindu-Americans in every aspect of the American economy and in every industry. Khanderao Kand, President, Policy and Strategy, Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies, said that in the first quarter of this year, there has been a sudden increase in incidents of theft as well as vandalism in temples to scare the devotees in America. , Apart from this, it has been seen earlier also that Khalistan supporters target temples in protest against India. Also write anti-Hindu slogans on the walls of temples.
