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Pop Culture’s appropriation of Hindu deities sparks controversy.

November 29, 2000
by admin AHADInfoArticles About AHADPress Coverage

Krishna Culture KRON-TV(San Francisco): 1/22/01 KNBC-TV (Los Angeles): 11/29/00 Pop Culture’s appropriation of Hindu deities sparks controversy. Take a walk down Haight Street in San Francisco and you’ll notice that colorful and exotic Hindu imagery is ...

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Toilet Seat Company Flushed Offline?

November 8, 2000
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoPress Coverage

Published in: Rediff.com Published: 11/18/2000 Author: NIRSHAN PERERA The owner of Sittin’ Pretty won’t talk, but her Web site may be talking for her. Lamar Van Dyke’s mom-and-pop e-commerce operation, which sells designer toilet seats decorated with i ...

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Hinduism Today: Scandalous Sandals

November 2, 2000
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoPress Coverage

Original URL: http://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/makepdf.php?itemid=4133   STYLE Scandalous Sandals A merican Hindus against defamation has just launched a new campaign ( www.hindunet.org/ahad/shoes/) expressing their outrage an ...

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NYT: NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT – JACKSON HEIGHTS; Of Gods and Soles: Hindu Images on Shoes Lead to Protest

August 6, 2000
by admin AHADInfoArticles About AHADPress Coverage

By TARA BAHRAMPOURAUG. 6, 2000 Original URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/06/nyregion/neighborhood-report-jackson-heights-gods-soles-hindu-images-shoes-lead-protest.html Forget Miami's Cubans. The New York City Hindu lobby is a force to be reckoned with ...

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Protests Over Sandals With Deities

July 28, 2000
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoPress Coverage

NEWS INDIA-TIMES  PAGE ONE STORY 28 JULY 2000 ISSUE Protests Over Sandals With Deities By RAVI ADHIKARI Hindus, who passed by the display window of a shoestore in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, July 17, exclaimed He Bhagwan! (Oh My God), in shoc ...

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High court’s decision won’t end debate over student-led prayers

June 19, 2000
by admin AHADInfoArticles About AHADPress Coverage

AHAD on Supreme Court Ruling about School Sports Prayers: Originally Published in: Dallas Morning News By: Jeff Weiss Published On: 06/19/2000 High court's decision won't end debate over student-led prayers DALLAS, Texas _ The girl who took the microphone ...

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US Baptists pray for ‘Satan’s Hindu slaves’

November 2, 1999
by admin AHADInfoPress Coverage

AHAD Condemns Southern Baptist Diwali Booklet Publication: The Guardian Author: James Meek, Religious Affairs Editor Publication Date: Nov. 2, 1999 US Baptists pray for 'Satan's Hindu slaves' Just weeks after outraging US Jewish leaders with a booklet aim ...

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Shloka In Orgy Scene To Go, But Hundreds of Prints of Eyes Wide Shut Will Still Retain It

September 1, 1999
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoEntertainmentOnline ProtestsPress Coverage

  Publication: Rediff URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/sep/01us1.htm Date of Publication: 09/1999 Author: R S Shankar Bowing to pressure by the American Hindus Against Defamation and its allies, Warner Bros agreed on Monday to delete from th ...

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Urgent Clarification Sought From Producers of “Xena”

February 24, 1999
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoEntertainmentMedia

AHAD Letter to the producers of the show: Urgent Clarification Sought From Producers of "Xena" American Hindus Against Defamation Representing several prominent Hindu organizations in N. America Sue May Pacific Renaissance Pictures Ltd. P. O. Box 90409 ...

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Portrayal of Shree Krishna on Xena : The Warrior Princess Raises Concerns of Hindus Worldwide

February 24, 1999
by admin AHADAHAD ActionsAHADInfoEntertainmentMediaOnline ProtestsPress Release

Producers of the popular TV show, “Xena: Warrior Princess” have cast Krishna as a fictional supporting player in an upcoming action episode - "The Way". The program, produced by Universal Studios, has Xena “seeking the help of the god Krishna to rescue G ...

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