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Sometime between Sunday and Tuesday morning, a vandal or vandals broke through a window at Louisville, KYs (Hindu) Swaminarayan Temple, leaving glass shattered on the floor. Black paint was sprayed onto a poster depicting a religious figure, and the temples walls were covered with black crosses and phrases such as Jesus Is The Only Lord and Jesus Is All Mighty. A knife was plunged into a chair in the temple.
Temple spokesperson Raj Patel said the vandalism was discovered by a repairman on Tuesday morning. Patel said his community, consisting of 60 to 100 worshippers, is deeply saddened by the incident. The community has been meeting in the building for about five years. We come here to worship, Patel said during a press conference at the temple on Wednesday.
Seventy-six percent of adults in the state identify as Christian, including 49 percent who say they are evangelical Protestant, according to the Pew Research Center. Fewer than 1 percent are Hindu.
In 2015 vandals spray-painted derogatory, anti-Muslim messages on the walls of the Louisville Islamic Center.
Louisville is also home to Festival of Faiths, an annual interfaith conference that promotes interreligious understanding and attracts speakers and attendees from around the country.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/swaminarayan-temple-louisville-vandalism_us_5c534fb6e4b043e25b1a6aad
dalton99a
(81,637 posts)MineralMan
(146,338 posts)Between this one and the stupid lot from Covington Christian High School, it looks like they're teaching as fast as they can in KY.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)FirstLight
(13,366 posts)Trump has welcomed the hard core racists out of the woodwork. ...and I wouldn't be surprised if there's folks who didn't *think* they were racists, but feel encouraged by the rhetoric, to dive deeper in to that pool of hate.
TwistOneUp
(1,020 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Anti-Hindu prejudice should not go overlooked in this country.
MineralMan
(146,338 posts)That's an odd way to put it, I think, really...
Behind the Aegis
(54,014 posts)It isn't just white supremacists or MRA-types who are emboldened by the shitstain befouling the White House. Religious minorities need to be on high alert, even one's who usually fly just under the radar of many bigots.
It is disgusting they had their sanctuary defiled because they are seen as an unworthy "other". I hope they get support from the community to fix the damage done.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)Eg, the goddess Kali.
Some would just luv the caste system.
treestar
(82,383 posts)I bet Jesus is proud of him!