US Hindus laud Obama for including ‘Hindus’ in NHC speech

Jyeshtha Krushna Dvadashi

Nevada (USA): Hindus have applauded US President Barack Obama for including “Hindus” in his remarks to Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference in Washington DC on July 19.

Obama said in this address: “So as we join in prayer, we remember that this is a nation of Christians and Muslims and Jews and Hindus and non-believers.”

Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, commended Obama for recognizing Hindus and for his inclusiveness approach.

Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, pointed out that serious and honest interfaith dialogue was the need of the hour. Religion was the most powerful, complex and far-reaching force in our society, so we must take it seriously. And we all knew that religion comprised much more than our own particular tradition/experience. In our shared pursuit for the truth, we could learn from one another and thus could arrive nearer to the truth, Zed stressed.

Rajan Zed offered President Obama wholehearted Hindu support in his worldwide efforts in the areas of human improvement, peace, ecological responsibility, social & economic development, etc.

Also, in his inaugural address on January 20 in Washington DC, Obama said: “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and non-believers.”

Esperanza, established in 1987, is one of the largest Hispanic Faith-Based Evangelical networks in the country and Rev. Luis Cortés, Jr. is its president. Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal. There are over two millions Hindus in United States of America.

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