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WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21, 2007: (HPI note: These proposed regulations could have a dramatic impact on the ability of Hindu temples to bring in religious workers on the R-1 visa. Hindu organizations are advised to download the proposal at the URL above, and have it studied by their immigration experts. There are proposed changes that state the petitioner for the R-1 visa be the "same religious denomination" as the US employer, and that a "religious denomination" is a group of believers "administered under some form of ecclesiastical government." What would this mean with respect to Hinduism? Only some traditions have what could be construed as an "ecclesiastical government," which is a very Christian form of religious organization. The word "ecclesiastical" is defined in the dictionary as "of or relating to the Christian Church or its clergy." Comments on the proposals will be taken until June 25, 2007, see here.)

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NEW DELHI, INDIA, March 10, 2007: Leaders of several social groups from within the Hindu community, the Dalits included, were among the 4,000 who gathered at the open air theater in Pragati Maidan here Friday evening and took a pledge to end the caste divide that Sri Sri Ravi Shankar warned would harm India's progress in the long run. A seven-point action plan that Ravi Shankar unveiled at the meeting and which the thousands of men and women accepted with their right hands outstretched included an immediate end to the ban on the entry of Dalits ("Untouchables") into Hindu temples in parts of India. The other aspects of the action plan are ending the practice of keeping separate utensils for the use of Dalits in eateries and also providing religious and spiritual education to Dalit children. "The anger of the past should not engulf us and divide the country. The fear and communication gap between communities is what is keeping us apart," he said in a brief address.

From: prabhuparashu@yahoo.com
Date: Feb 27, 2007
Subject: My two questions To ALL HINDU LEADERS AND THINKERS,
(Political, Social & Spiritual) Respected Sir, I am an ordinary Hindu citizen of India who does not understand how destroying lakhs of Hindu temples by Muslims is correct and why destroying an old, decrepit and unused structure built on a very sacred Hindu