Substantial increase in attack on Hindus in US, says PIO Congressman Shri Thanedar

Observing that there’s a substantial increase in assaults in opposition to Hindus in the United States, Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has stated that this part is simply the “starting of a co-ordinated anti-Hindu attack”, and has requested neighborhood members to unite in opposition to hate crimes.

These remarks by Shri Thanedar, consultant of Michigan, got here throughout a information convention held on the National Press Club in Washington yesterday.

“Today, I’m seeing in the United States a considerable increase in assaults on Hinduism. Lots of misinformation is being circulated, whether or not it’s on-line or in any other case,” he stated.

Thanedar and 4 different Indian-American lawmakers — Ro Khanna, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ami Bera, and Pramila Jayapal — have just lately written to the US Department of Justice searching for an investigation into the current surge in assaults on Hindu temples and locations of worship.

At the press convention organised by HinduMotion, a non-profit physique, Thanedar lamented that no motion had been taken in opposition to these accountable for the assaults and no arrests had been made both.

“We have skilled considerably extra occasions of this type in current months. I’ve a sense that that is just the start of a really co-ordinated try in opposition to this [Hindu] neighborhood and the neighborhood should stand collectively. The time has come and I’ll stand with you,” he stated.

“Having practised Hinduism, having grown up as a Hindu in a Hindu family, I do know what Hinduism is. It is a really peaceable faith,” he stated, including that it was not a faith that attacked others.

However, this neighborhood continued to be misrepresented, misunderstood, generally intentionally, he stated. “I just lately joined 4 of my Indian-American colleagues to put in writing to the Department of Justice. You know, one of many considerations that we had was the rising assaults on locations of worship,” Thanedar stated.

“We’ve seen [attacks] taking place in California, we’ve seen these taking place all the best way in New York and all throughout America. It seems to be a really co-ordinated effort to attack these locations of worship, which has created a number of concern in the neighborhood,” he stated, alleging that these investigations usually went nowhere.

He stated that there was a must co-ordinate efforts between the native legislation enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Justice.

“A better precedence must be assigned to such hate crimes in opposition to this peaceable neighborhood,” he stated. “That is what we’ve requested the Justice Department to do and it’s time for the entire neighborhood to come back collectively and ensure that we demand equality, that we demand justice. We is not going to tolerate such hate in opposition to Hinduism.”