US lawmaker condemns desecration of BAPS Temple in New York, calls for action against vandals
Tom Suozzi, has condemned the desecration of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in New York's Melville with messages of hatred and asserted that vandals and criminals, who commit hate crimes should be held accountable.
Member of US Congress, representing New York's 3rd Congressional District, Tom Suozzi, raised the issue of desecration of BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir in Melville in the US House of Representatives. He spoke about the rise in the acts of vandalism, bigotry and hate. He said that Hindus place hands together and greet people with namaste to show respect to them.
In his speech at the US House of Representatives, Suozzi said, «I guess we all know that hate has always been a part of human existence, but we see so many hate crimes today. Late Sunday night, vandals defaced the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir on Long Island with vile hate and bigotry against the Hindu community. I've seen Hindus many times and many of you have as well, when they place their hands together, they bow and they say namaste.»
«When they do that, they're recognising the divinity in the person in front of them. They're showing their respect for the person in front of them. We really need to recognise that with all of our fellow human beings that were all special made in God's image and need to treat each other with more respect. What's happening that we see these acts of vandalism and bigotry and hate happening so often? Is it because of the inflammatory rhetoric we hear all the time? Is it because of the extremism? Is it because of the lack of
