Cases cited by CRT scholars include, but are not limited to, these notorious SCOTUS rulings: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856) 7. If you study religious litigation in America, the same type of lawsuits are filed over and over and the courts almost always refuse to interfere. A few examples illustrate this point: The stunningly beautiful Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey the largest Hindu temple in the US was raided this week by the authorities. I would also argue that grifters are by no means a specifically religious phenomenon. May 12, 2021 / 5:08 AM still months away from getting body cameras to all officers at troubled womens prison, top official says, by NJ Advance Medias Blake Nelson: All officers at New Jerseys only womens prison should have body cameras by the fall, Corrections Commissioner Marcus Hicks said Tuesday during his first public appearance before state senators since those lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for his ouster. But in the first seven days of May, only 121,000 first doses of Pfizer and Moderna were administered, according to a review of state data. It seems to me that hucksterism is a phenomenon that stretches across the religious and secular realms alike. ***** The organisation has, however, denied all allegations, and in astatement said they are thoroughly reviewing the issues raised. Chidiac did not immediately return messages. The labourers were presented to the US government like volunteers. Korematsu v. United States (1944). ***** These Sea Org members are not free to call home when they want. And I share your outrage that these criminals abuse the special trust and vulnerability that exists in a belief-based (religious or otherwise) relationship. In any event, while my conclusion may differ from yours in this case, I am most thankful that youre putting the facts out there and following the money. Always good to read your blog! A Hindu temple in the U.S. State of Texas has been raided by burglars who stole some of the valuables from the premises, leaving the Indian community in a state of shock, according to a media. The lawsuit seeks unpaid wages for the workers and money for damages. One of the lawyers in the wage claim suit has said this could be the first forced labour casein the USsince 1995. He ducked all of it, apparently preferring a fire-blanket opening statement to suffice, or others to write his words for him (or not! The complaint further said the workers were made to sign several documents, often in English, and tell US embassy staffers that they were skilled workers or decorative painters. Or that a sizable proportion of religions abuses the system. In this case, the IRS revoked Bob Jones University 501(c)(3) religious tax exemption due to BJUs ban on interracial dating. 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The United States, Church of Scientology International(158), Scientology Fair Game: Cult Leader David Miscavige Orders Attacks on Marc Headley and His Business, US Federal Prosecutor Now Investigating Retired LAPD Cop & Scientology Pal Captain Cory Palka for Corruption, Subpoena-Evader and Thug Life Scientology Leader David Miscavige Served a Subpoena by a US Federal Court on Valentines Day 2023, Scientologist David Gentile Goes Down in Flames in the Pretrial Phase of His US Federal Criminal Case. How can a young couple support, say, seven children and still be expected to pay 10% of their weekly gross income to a church that has over $150 billion in cash reserves? They are not free to leave. Mukesh Kumar, a 37-year-old worker who has since returned to India, contacted Ms. Sawant, the immigration lawyer, who began investigating. Katrina had no choice. 'Do not say anything about this because it will hurt your mother,' she recalled Gerety, then the highest ranking church official in New Jersey, saying. Religions are legally allowed to do this as it is a matter of faith. She had no one but her mother. IE 11 is not supported. It looks like this group has connections to both Modi and the Patels. The Bottom Line: If your spiritual enlightenment requires that other human beings suffer and be exploited, then your enlightenment is false and a lie. 1. This is the only Hindu temple in . You further agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. The political will to curb criminal transgressions, whether it be scientology or blm (and others like them, of course) seems to be entirely absent. Excellent point on David Duke. What she did outside of that, I have absolutely nothing to do with that. Assemblymember Jamel Holley (D-Union) trying to draw distance between himself and accused Capitol rioter Stephanie Hazelton, who introduced him at a Statehouse anti-vaxx rally as a superstar and once prominently featured a photo with him on her Facebook profile. The woman turned down the churchs offer and filed a $50 million lawsuit in March alleging Geretys sexual abuse led to a lifetime of mental health issues. After fleeing and a manhunt, Warren Jeffs was arrested in 2006 and later convicted for his sex crimes against the young girls in the FLDS community. We're going to have to scrap to get there, almost certainly, Murphy said of his goal at a briefing Monday., LD37 Dierdre Paul insulted and hurt, by InsiderNJs John Van Vilet: Paul has accused Assemblyman Gordon Johnson of inappropriate sexual conduct in 2008 A recent communique from Paul to Huttle through social media, however, exposed the intensely personal nature of their feud. Bloody hell Jeff, the parallels to the $sci. The current ombudsman said he would retire on Aug. 1, but he is on an extended leave until then, using up paid time off. Other ideologies have their Rev Jackson, Rev Sharpton, blm and anti- fa. Assembly Republican Leader Jon Bramnick, a Republican, in April had called for Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, to use some of the federal aid to pay down the states debt.. In 1976, Newark Archbishop Peter Leo Gerety befriended her family and sexually abused her on multiple times in his bedroom in the church rectory when she was 5 years old, she said. Across the road is a worship center for the Sikh community. This sent the message that polygamy is unacceptable whereas racism is not. The Mormon treasure horde is only known about due to a whistleblower. Even more is the fact that authorities would gladly go after the Hindus while leaving scientology to do the same if not worse. Temples in New Jersey. ***** A lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleges the builders of a New Jersey Hindu temple considered to be one the largest in the United States lured workers from India, worked them. The total amounts range from $65,523 for the New Brunswick Theological Seminary to nearly $148 million for Rutgers University. Hinduism in New Jersey. That represents a 64% decline from the first week of April, when 340,000 first doses were administered. As reported by American Bazaar, the raid on the temple was conducted by three US Federal agencies including the FBI: He even worked in conspiracy theories and Holocaust Denials. 11. The outer beauty of the temple conceals the evil within perpetrated by the leaders. But at rsted, we want to go further. Spokesmen for the other two departments declined to comment. The Mormons changed their doctrine and allowed Black men into the LDS priesthood due to enormous external pressures from culture. Extending CRT, one could argue that First Amendment religious protections are part and parcel of White Supremacy as they chiefly benefit White American Evangelicals, Catholics, Mormons, Baptists, and other mainstream Christian denominations that are primarily White.. "I've represented migrant farmworkers, I've done low-wage worker cases, and this is really quite shocking.". Hicks also defended his departments soaring overtime costs before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, OFFICIALS STRUGGLE TO INTRODUCE NEW JERSEYANS TO NOVEL CONCEPT OF BRIBERY With NJ COVID vaccine goal at risk, 'bribe people' an option to get more shots in arms, by The Records Scott Fallon and Kristie Kattafi: New Jersey's daily rate of COVID vaccinations has plummeted so much in recent weeks that it's casting doubt on whether Gov. If a person donates $5,000 and God does not bless them with a 10X return, then the person had a lack of faith. The groups expenditures show how it effectively acted as Murphys reelection campaign arm even before the governor announced he would seek reelection to a second term. Didnt he run on a campaign on being inclusive? Fulop has indeed pushed for inclusiveness in New Jersey., Deal public beach access: Would new parking rules keep out those who don't live here?, THE MASKLESS MARTYR Stafford school board will not renew contract of nurse who rebelled against mask mandate, by The Asbury Park Press Erik Larsen and Ken Serrano: The township school board has decided not to renew the contract of a school nurse who stopped wearing a facemask to work and who remains suspended without pay, according to the nurse, Erin Pein. Her protest centered around what she called the ineffectiveness of face masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and their harm to children. According to journalist Tyler Bridges, The Times-Picayune obtained a copy and traced its provenance to Duke, who compiled the content from womens self-help magazines. Passports were confiscated, and workers were confined to the guarded compound, the suit alleges. The lawsuit accuses the massive temple of forcing Indian men to work nearly 90 hours a week for around $1 an hour. Our argument is that in America Religion can be seen as a legal construct in which any groups subjective set of religious beliefs is automatically deemed sacred and therefore rendered impervious from examination by the courts or the State. The Biden Administration has identified White Supremacy as the major domestic terrorist threat. Murphy visited the Robbinsville temple which aims to be the biggest Hindu temple in the U.S. when he was running in 2017 and visited one of its temples during a 2019 trip to India. This construct of law by White people is what creates and perpetuates White Supremacy as defined by CRT. India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground reporting. For example, beautiful religious sites can hide a wealth of deviance, rape, criminality, human trafficking, suicide, and death. This opens the door to the abuses enumerated above and many other human rights violations. They subsisted on a bland diet of lentils and potatoes, and their pay was docked for minor violations, such as being seen without a helmet, according to the claim. The lawsuit, filed by six named workers in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, says at least 200 Indian nationals who work or have worked at the temple in Robbinsville would be part of the class. In the complaint,sixmen have come forward with the allegations saying they were brought to theUSin 2018 and were made to worklong hours often under dangerous conditions. Scientology has some beautiful real estate and yet the Cult is infamous for hiding malicious conduct behind its guarded doors. BAPS has beenbehind scores of temples built around the world. Instead of changing gun ownership laws, the US Government deemed the Branch Davidians fully legal exercise of US gun laws to be terroristic in nature. One laborer died from an apparent illness last autumn, prompting a backlash among the workers, according to the complaint and another worker. The FBI was at a massive Hindu temple in New Jersey on Tuesday that has been accused in a lawsuit of luring Indian men from marginalized communities to the U.S. and forcing them to work nearly 90 hours a week for around $1 an hour. But also a new selfie, Reels Central ministries biggest litigants in govt with 2.85 lakh pending cases, finance tops list, Florida Bill proposes gender studies ban, matches likely Presidential candidate DeSantis vision. The incident took place at Shri Omkarnath Temple in the Brazos Valley, Texas on January 11, KBTX-TV reported on Friday. The largest Hindu temple in North America is reported to be the massive Swaminarayan Akshardham, located in Robbinsville, New Jersey. The organisation hasalso donated the equivalent of about $290,000 to the construction of the temple in Ayodhya, theNYTreport said. The people at the top get rich by exploiting everyone beneath them in the name of God, the Guru, L. Ron Hubbard, or whatever the Deity is. Hindu Sect Is Accused of Using Forced Labor to Build N.J. Temple, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/nyregion/nj-hindu-temple-india-baps.html. Phil Murphys Covid-19 response, using the bulk of their time during a 2 1/2-hour budget hearing to tear into the administrations management of outbreaks at nursing homes, its economic reopening guidance and limited public transparency. A massive Hindu temple in New Jersey brought some 200 workers from India to the US on R-1 visas as religious volunteers, but forced them to work on illegally low wages, a class action. Robert Tilton and his ministry were investigated by the IRS but was never charged with anything. This happened when Scientology recruited her mother in Siberia. The LDS leadership will not give its members any relief. He quitand returned to Indiaafter a labourer died due to an illness. DEEP DISH AND DEEP DEBT Treasury rescue wont bail out Chicago, New Jersey from debt, by Bloombergs Shruti Singh and Amanda Albright: The U.S. Treasury Department is sending a message to states and cities that the billions in aid from the American Rescue Plan should provide relief to residents, not their governments debt burdens. The complaintadded thatthe workers passports had been confiscated, theywere givenlentils and potatoesfor mealsand that their paywas cutfor thesmallestof violations such as being seen without a helmet. At the moment, New Jersey has neither. Awe-inspiring Hindu temple in New Jersey The temple complex sits off Route 130 in Robbinsville, intended as a pillar of the large Hindu population in New Jersey. 6. Over the years, the organization has grown into a global enterprise made up of both for-profit and nonprofit entities. It has shrines for the deities Venkateshwara, Rama and Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman, Ganesha, and Radha Krishna. Inside Newarks affordable housing crisis, $15M in rent, utilities assistance coming to [Essex Countys] tenants, Bayonne council pres. But whats striking is that this is in the United States, he said. The funds are intended to help states and local governments make up for lost revenue, curb the pandemic, bolster economic recoveries, and support industries hit by Covid-19 restrictions. In a lawsuit filedTuesdayin US District Court of Newark,six workers allegedthatthe organisation brought them to theUnited Statesfrom India to work on an extension of the temple situated in Robbinsville, New Jersey. FBI vehicles during the raid on the Hindu Temple. When assault weapons become part of religiously-based White Supremacist groups, you get private racist militias with First Amendment religious protections. None of this is religious work; it is all manual labor for pennies an hour. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Of course, Scientology has had its internal culture of violence and cover up exposed many times. If you research Joel Osteen, you will see how he manipulates the existing laws to his personal financial advantage. By signing up you agree to allow POLITICO to collect your user information and use it to better recommend content to you, send you email newsletters or updates from POLITICO, and share insights based on aggregated user information. Representatives of BAPS denied these allegations in interviews to the New York Times. 3. Along with its temples, BAPS publicizes its good works. This was also a PR disaster because the Government has no business breaking up families when it was actually after the sex criminals Warren Jeffs and his inner circle. But chipping away at Constitutional guarantees, and trusting our govt aparatchiks to do so with unselfish motives is a bridge too far for me. It opened in 1984, making it the oldest Hindu temple in the Dayton metropolitan area. But I cant be the only one who thought this statement odd coming on the heels of months of domestic terror from the far left that we were supposed to accept or even embrace as mostly peaceful protests. Peaceful assemblies which somehow destroyed countless livelihoods, cost over $2 billion and resulted in numerous injuries and deaths? Cumming v. Richmond (1899) I appreciate you bringing something to our attention that would otherwise quickly sink in the din of news noise. The parallels to scientology are stunning. Too sprawled out? The Mormons excluded Black men from its Priesthood until 1978. Daniel Werner, a lawyer in the wage claim suit, said he believed this could be the first forced-labor case of its scale in the United States since dozens of Thai garment workers were discovered laboring in horrible conditions in El Monte, Calif. in 1995 a landmark case that helped lead to the creation of the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act. Mr. Modi has said that Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual head who built BAPS into the largest Hindu sect in the United States before dying in 2016, was his mentor. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. As an aside, any religious group is tax-exempt and does not need to file for a formal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt recognition with the IRS. wont support eminent domain, wants to negotiate BMC deal with HRH. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. The IRS maintained that racist groups did not qualify for religious tax exemption. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Her firm describes this as one of the largest forced labor cases in decades and seeks back wages in accordance to New Jersey's minimum wage. Even though he was an immoral and greedy charlatan, the First Amendment gave him permission to do everything he did. Instead Fulop had his spokesman blame the media for reporting his foolishness [Wetsuit wholesaler] Conrad Ferla cut to the heart of the matter. The problem is not the system but unscrupulous bad actors. ***** Kakalec said that the situation was a "labor trafficking" case" and that the workers were "constantly monitored" with dozens of cameras and threatened with fines for breaking rules. 10. These White religious groups form powerful and wealthy voting blocs that keep White elected officials in power. Intangible spiritual benefits allows any religious group to take tax-exempt cash in exchange for conferring intangible spiritual benefits upon believers. This person objected to the LDS demanding a 10% weekly tithe from young LDS couples with the large numbers of children the LDS also demands of them. But what happens when First Amendment religious protections and Second Amendment gun protections collide with the Government wanting to impose a terrorist definition on a religious group? WHERES MURPHY? BAPS describes itself as a spiritual, volunteer-driven organization dedicated to improving society through individual growth by fostering the Hindu ideals of faith, unity and selfless service.. The organization also pledged the equivalent of about $290,000 to Mr. Modis most important election promise: building a temple in the city of Ayodhya, where a mosque had stood before Hindu devotees destroyed it in 1992. These constructed religious legal protections amount to an unfair advantage which benefits monotheists, polytheists, and other religionists while excluding secular persons. Matthew 23: 27-28. The reality of Sea Org life quickly sets in: Forced labor, 90+ hour work weeks, sleep deprivation, and the pay can be pennies an hour or nothing. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! A worker at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, N.J. have arrested a top leader of an opposition party, challenging Indias conservative attitude toward alcohol, the construction of the temple in Ayodhya, a 17-year-old boy who was among the groups of religious volunteers, the New Jersey State Department of Labor and Workforce Development ordered a construction company. They were asked to sign several documents, often in English, and instructed to tell U.S. embassy staffers that they were skilled carvers or decorative painters, the complaint said. The Nation of Islam believes that Whites are inherently inferior and that Jews, in particular, are behind the suppression of Blacks. Federal law enforcement agents descended on a massive temple in New Jersey on Tuesday after workers accused a prominent Hindu sect of luring them from India, confining them to the temple grounds and paying them the equivalent of about $1 an hour to perform grueling labor in near servitude. The Biden Administration wants to define these groups as White Supremacist terrorist groups. There are so many intractable problems created by the First and Second Amendments. Feds raid New Jersey BAPS temple, face forced labor chargesFederal authorities in New Jersey are accusing the highly influential Hindu organization BAPS of h. First published on May 12, 2021 / 5:08 AM. The Government raided the FLDS YFZ Ranch in Texas in 2008 and ripped the children out of the arms of their mothers in front of cameras. Id imagine that theyve closed the temple to the public and have goon guards around the entrance. Federal agents descended on the massive temple in Robbinsville, N.J., as a lawsuit charged that low-caste men had been lured from India to work for about $1 an hour. Hence, White Supremacist churches are still tax-exempt. Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is a Hindu mandir (temple) complex. 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This racist ban was not illegal in any way whatsoever nor could the matter be heard before any secular court. 90.4 MASTROS Jersey City BOE approves fully funded $814M budget at uncharacteristically brief meeting, by Hudson County Views Daniel Ulloa: The Jersey City Board of Education approved a fully funded $814,051,708 budget for the 2021-2022 scholastic year at an uncharacteristically brief meeting last night that lasted just over an hour The spending plan, which narrowly passed on first reading back in March, comes with a $278,019,494 local tax levy which includes a bank cap of $85,000,000 and an annual tax increase of approximately $996 per homeowner with an assessed value of about $460,000., THE BEACH BOY SENDING OUT BAD VIBRATIONS Beach excess: Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop puts his foot in it again, by The Star-Ledgers Paul Mulshine: The news report was that the council had taken the side of the surfers and permitted the parking. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) The suit says the defendants lured low-caste men and members of other marginalized communities to work at the temple, which is still under construction. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata. They were brought to the United States on religious visas, or R-1 visas temporary visas used for clergy and lay religious workers such as missionaries and presented to the U.S. government as volunteers, according to the claim. SCOTUS ruled in favor of the IRS. To learn more, visit BAPS.org. New Jersey needs to administer 280,000 first doses each week in May to reach that goal, which is key to ushering in a return to normalcy this summer, said Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli. The organization, related entities and several people are accused of recruiting the men to come to New Jersey and help build the temple for around 87 hours a week for $450 a month, or around $1.20 an hour. The Mormons abandoned polygamy as a result. Gov. In our podcast interview with Katrina Reyes, she shared her horror story of being forced Into the Sea Org at Age 11. Sheelagh McNeill contributed research. New Delhi:ASwaminarayan temple in New Jersey, US, was raided by theFederal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security,and the US Department of Labourtoinvestigate allegations of forced labour against Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sansthan (BAPS),reportedThe New York Times. "They had their passports taken and their visas confiscated," Kakaleck said. The complaint filed on Tuesday named six men who said they were among more than 200 Indian nationals who were recruited to come to the United States starting about 2018 and were made to work grueling hours under often dangerous conditions on the New Jersey site. If one is interested in exploring the rich Hindu culture without actually visiting India, then consider visiting this new and intricate temple. In fact, I would argue that as the US increasingly secularizes so do the hucksters. With Ocean Wind 2 . "It was just an extremely traumatic and isolating experience," said Patricia Kakalec, an attorney representing the workers. Copyright 2022 Printline Media Pvt. Kanu Patel, the chief executive of BAPS, who is named as a defendant, told The New York Times, "I respectfully disagree with the wage claim." This is why the religious hypocrites that benefit from human suffering fight to maintain the status quo. : In Trenton for a 1 p.m. coronavirus press conference. 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