By TCN News
New Delhi: Hindu Samaj Mandir, a temple in New Jersey has canceled a program of Sadhvi Rithambara that was scheduled in their facility from Sept 2 to 6.
An advocacy group, Indian Muslim Council-USA (IMC-USA) has welcomed the decision by the temple authorities to not let their facilities be used by Rithambara.
“I am truly heartened to hear the Hindu Samaj Mandir’s decision for not allowing Sadhvi Ritambhara to speak at their facility” said Rasheed Ahmed, president of IMC-USA.
However, talking to TwoCircles.net, priest of the temple said that the program is not cancelled. But information available to TCN suggests that organizers have shifted her program to Hotel Sheraton after getting calls from Indians opposed to Sadhvi Rithambara.
Campaign against Rithambara has followed her throughout her trip to the United States this year. She was indicted by Justice Liberhan Commission, a government appointed inquiry, for among the 68 responsible for the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya on Dec. 6, 1992.
Rasheed Ahmed expressed happiness at this victory. “I firmly believe that the overwhelming majority of peace-loving Hindus reject Ritambhara’s politics of hate. By not providing a platform to this hate monger, the Hindu Samaj Mandir has not only upheld the name of over a billion peace loving Hindus worldwide, but has also distanced themselves from a person responsible for inciting murderous mobs and advocating genocide,” said Ahmed.
Rasheed Ahmed pointed out that Indian Americans need to be more vigilant and disassociate with practitioners of politics of hate of any background and deny them our community space and resources to create dissention and disharmony in our communities here and in India.
On August 18, 2010 the Indian Muslim Council-USA and NRI’s for Secular and Harmonious India (NRI-SAHI) sent a formal letter to the management of Hindu Samaj Mandir, educating them about Sadhvi Ritambhara’s politics of hate and requested them to cancel the event scheduled by the organizers at their Temple.