=== Aum Shinrikyo
1. Outcast Aum aids landlord's plan

=== Falun Gong
2. China Sect Members Ask Singapore Aid
3. News Corp. Heir Woos China With Show of Support

=== Scientology
4. A church for celebrities, but what about me?
5. Police work for Scientology

=== Unification Church
6. Clergy split over controversial Moon's visit
7. Chief of Moonies stops in Jackson on U.S. tour
8. Reverend Moon goes mainstream in 50-state tour
9. Moon plans to speak at revival in W. Baltimore
10. Moon, in D.M., pushes marriage

=== Islam
11. Muslims demand halal foods be served in Dearborn schools

=== Militia Groups / Hate Groups
12. Texas farm standoff enters second year
13. 100 held as Met launches dawn raids on hate crime
14. Nobody enjoys an apologist

=== ISCKON / Hare Krishna
15. Living with Krishna
16. Spiritual school
17. Food of the gods
18. Chic Krishna

=== Hinduism
19. Boutique Deities Offend

=== House of Prayer (Atlanta)
20. Minister has prior conviction for beating
21. Abuse claims not new, files say
22. 19 children to remain in state custody
23. Pastor says he'll take chance with jury
24. 'Who's supposed to be the villain?'
25. Child Beatings: 'They'd beat them for every simple little thing they'd do'
26. Corporal punishment part of black American culture
27. Welfare officials acknowledge the value of spanking

=== False Memory Syndrome
28. Fairlie sues over daughter's 'false memory' claims

=== Other News
29. LA County Pays $85,000 Settlement
30. Muslims fear for their lives as cannibal cult leader escapes
31. Fortunetelling legal again in Coeur d'Alene
32. School rejected girl's religious cards, suit says
33. Woman Detained After Vampire Assaults

=== Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
34. Bush's initiative could help groups that promote faith healing

=== Death Penalty and other Human Rights Abuses
35. Texas fight takes on race and death penalty


=== Hinduism

19. Boutique Deities Offend
Los Angeles Times, Mar. 17, 2001
http://www.latimes.com/
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The boutique features elaborate Indian designs on bikinis, toilet seats, shoes, lunch boxes and T-shirts. Customers eagerly buy these decorative objects, but some of the items outrage the Hindu community.

What does it mean?

To non-Hindus, the colorful illustrations are simply attractive artwork--an elephant's head on a man's body, a young man playing a flute--but to Hindus, they are manifestations of deities.

Commercialization and lack of reverence for a spiritual tradition offend them.

Gods displayed on bikini bottoms are sacrilegious. Even worse is the appearance of the gods Krishna or Kali on toilet seats, which because of pressure from the Hindu community have now been removed from the market.
(...)

Norine Dresser's latest book is ''Multicultural Celebrations'' (Three Rivers Press, 1999).
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