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On Faith: Why no Hindu or Buddhist Representation?
There is little doubt that U.S. foreign policy apparatchiks have historically been deaf to religion...But the recommendations released by the task force are fundamentally erroneous at several levels: from the makeup of the task force that authored the report, its basic assumptions, and its potentially dangerous recommendations. Indeed, the entire effort...promotes an Abrahamic framework that fails factually, theoretically and in its myopic parochialism.
Read Full Story »HAF Successfully Opposes Belisle Nomination to CA SBE
Sacramento, CA (February 17, 2010) - The Senate Rules Committee hearing scheduled for February 24, 2010, regarding confirmation of State Board of Education (SBE) appointees, was officially canceled today. As a result, Ms. Raneene "Rae" Belisle's term to the SBE will officially expire March 11, 2010. Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg cited several reasons for the cancellation including the unlikelihood that he and the Senate Rules Committee would be able to support Belisle's confirmation...
Read Full Story »HAF Expresses Condolences to Victims of Pune Attack
"...The terrorist actions in Pune...were meant to disrupt India’s tourism sector and cast a cloud on India’s standing as a rising global economic power. We are confident that the Government of India will investigate this latest terrorist attack and bring the perpetrators to justice. We also support the Government’s latest initiation of a constructive dialogue with its neighbor during these turbulent times. However, Pakistan has a long record of overtly supporting terrorist acts in India..."
Read Full Story »HAF Urges NBCC Not Honor Doniger's Latest Book
"...The Hindus: An Alternative History does not represent nor provide insight into the contemporary practices and interpretations of Hinduism and its scriptures. In the end, rather than offering the reader a depiction of a family of vibrant religious traditions practiced by a billion Hindus globally, Prof. Doniger offers an offensive, shocking, and gratuitous deconstruction of some of the most important epics and episodes in Hindu thought and belief..."
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