Muslim Women Resource Center
The Muslim Women Resource Center provides assistance to women immigrants and refugees, helping them integrate into U.S. society and the job market. It is based in Chicago.
The Muslim Women Resource Center provides assistance to women immigrants and refugees, helping them integrate into U.S. society and the job market. It is based in Chicago.
Read a Sept. 27, 2012, article from Yahoo! about a Sikh woman who was cyber-bullied at her university on the basis of her religion.
Read a July 5, 2013, article from the Associated Press about the Church of England’s effort to end anti-gay bullying in its schools.
As Aseem Shukla, a doctor who is also on the board of the Hindu American Foundation, wrote at the On Faith blog for The Washington Post, that the Indian-American candidates for public office do not always embrace their Indian religious traditions.
There are currently at least eight Indian-Americans running for Congress or statewide office, which may be a record, according to this Associated Press report in June 2010.
Read an Aug. 23, 2010, story in The Washington Post about Indian concerns over “yoga theft” by American practitioners.
Read an Aug. 27, 2010, story in The New York Times about the growing belief in reincarnation.
In The Daily Beast, Indian author Gita Mehta wrote about Eat Pray Love and the attractions and perils for Westerners of “spiritual tourism” in India.
Read an essay at the website Patheos about Julia Roberts and the appeal of Hinduism and Eastern religions throughout American history. The article is by Suhag Shukla, co-founder of the Hindu American Foundation.