Hindraf is taking the UK government to the High Court of Wales and England in the quest of getting equal rights for the Indian people in Malaysia, where they have been made second-class citizens. This is an official statement of Hindraf on what prompted it to take up the case: On July 2, 2012, Hindraf filed […]
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Thaipusam provides meaning and purpose to Tamil Hindus!
For the Tamil Hindus, the holy Thaipusam is an important religious occasion. This is the post by Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy where he underlines its importance for Tamil Hindus: From a Hindu religous perspective, Thaipusam is all about worshipping and adoring the good deeds performed by Lord Muruga. However, the fervor, passion and enthusiasm […]
HINDRAF: Tombstone erection part of Islamization of Malaysia
Tombstone in the compound of a government school which has 80% non-Muslim students? That is what perplexed Hindraf chairman Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy and he termed the move as the rise of the Islamization in Malaysia. The secondary school in Batu Nisan drew the Hindu group’s attention after a tombstone was placed in the compound. The Hindraf […]
Malaysia: Moral policing in Hindu festival draws criticism
Hindu festival Thaipusam is around the corner and is a moment of happiness for the Hindus in Malaysia. Thaipusam is a major Hindu festival in Malaysia and draws tourists from across the world. Millions of Hindus visit Selangor (Batu Caves Sri Subramaniam Temple), Penang (Waterfalls Murugan Temple), Ipoh (Gunong Cheroh Murugan Temple) and the Temples […]
Malaysia: Hindu group offers help to assist non-Hindu man
Hindu Conversion Action Team has offered to help a man whose identity card states that he is a Muslim. In a news report by Free Malaysia Today the president of Hindu Conversion Action Team, Arun Doraisamy, said that they have extended their help to the Penang, Malaysia, resident Johann Lim Noordin. Johann Lim Noordin was […]
Malaysia: A Hindu mother’s phenomenal fight to save her children
Malaysia is seeing a unique case, a Hindu woman is fighting against a forced conversion case of her children and the one she is accusing is none other than the children’s father. It all began with a domestic discord that the Hindu mother, Indira Gandhi, had with her husband Pathmanathan. One day the man converted […]
Malaysia: Hindus angry at ‘insensitive’ Deepawali Marathon organizers
Malaysia saw another controversy erupt and again it is the Hindu community which is at the receiving end. Penang Deputy Chief Minister P Ramasamy and Gerakan Deputy Youth Chief H Puvaniten have criticized the organizer of this year’s Penang Run for being insensitive to the feelings and sentiments of the Hindus. The organizer, ActifeStyle, has planned […]
Mahinda Rajapaksa Malaysia visit fiasco: Let’s know both sides of the story
The attack on the Sri Lankan diplomat, Ibrahim Sahib Ansar, to Malaysia was touted as an attack by LTTE sympathizer in the press. But was it exactly that? The Sri Lankan diplomat was assaulted when he was at the Kuala Lumpur on Sunday while Mahinda Rajapaksa was visiting the nation. Following the attack, Malaysian High […]
Malaysia: Hindus don’t want vaccines with beef gelatine
Kuala Lumpur, July 30, 2016: Hindu organizations in Malaysia are demanding that the government must work towards providing vaccines which have no beef gelatine in them. As per newspaper, The Star, the move came in the wake of Health Ministry’s decision which notified that the national immunisation program will go on with the 10 vaccines […]
Malaysia: Hindu and Chinese Temple desecration angers minorities
Petaling Jaya, July 21, 2016: Two more Temple desecrations have been reported from Malaysia leaving the minority communities perplexed. As per a report by The Star Online a devotee of the Sri Veera Muniswarar Alayam Hindu Temple in Petaling Jaya Old Town of Malaysia found the statue of Sri Nagama snake desecrated and broken and […]