Lenin Joshi, a spokesman for BAPS, told the newspaper, "We are naturally shaken by this turn of events and are sure that once the full facts come out, we will be able to provide answers and show that these accusations and allegations are without merit.". Too rich? Besides the FBI, at least two other federal departments, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor, were involved in the action, which reportedly linked to claims of labor and immigration law violations, the New York Times reported. The majority are Dalit, the lowest rung in Indias caste system. 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. 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We have reached out to Carstarphen numerous times in the interest of having him speak on behalf of his candidacy, put his own vigorous explanation point on his vision for the city, and engage the same forum of ideas as those largely written-off anti-establishment alternatives in the mayoral contest. Further, the Mormons never had to tell the US Government it had amassed that much cash. In 2017, a 17-year-old boy who was among the groups of religious volunteers who have helped on the construction project died after a fall. It says such R-1 visas are religious visas available to "those who minister or work in religious vocations or occupations" and are members of the religious denomination sponsoring the visa holders. From The New York Times we learn that federal agents raided a massive Hindu temple in Robbinsville of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) sect, which appears to be related to a lawsuit accusing it of using low-caste laborers from India and paying them about $1 a day for grueling labor. 3 months ago Featured Hindu Temple Listings Nithyavibhuthi Plainsboro 203 Ravens Crest Dr,, Plainsboro , New Jersey 8536 Hindu Temple. You further agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. As reported byAmerican Bazaar, the raid on the temple was conducted by three US Federal agencies including the FBI: Workers from India were paid $1.20 and their passports were confiscated: report. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided a temple in New Jersey Tuesday after allegations that a Hindu sect lured hundreds of low-caste men from India to work on the building's construction for about $1 per hour under grueling conditions, numerous sources reported. The trail of permits and inspections is evidence along with what the workers will testify. This opens the door to the abuses enumerated above and many other human rights violations. The majority are Dalit, the lowest rung in Indias caste system. 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.. 11. But the compensation board offered her a settlement $5,000. These Sea Org members are not free to call home when they want. The organization has strong ties with Narendra Modi, Indias prime minister, and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. It looks like this group has connections to both Modi and the Patels. Id imagine that theyve closed the temple to the public and have goon guards around the entrance. The Mormons abandoned polygamy as a result. 2. DOWNLOAD THE POLITICO MOBILE APP: Stay up to speed with the newly updated POLITICO mobile app, featuring timely political news, insights and analysis from the best journalists in the business. Ill have to look more into this. It also raises the question of how much power we should invest govt with in the areas of our homes, families faiths and other beliefs. 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. Kakaleck says her clients worked long hours without days off between 2018 and 2020, performing hard manual labor and earned about $1.20 an hour. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. The Catholic Church fought for over 20 years in its refusal to turn over internal records of pedophile priests sexually molesting boys. 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. Its a politically influential sect. The New York Times: The workers, who lived in trailers hidden from view, had been promised jobs helping to build the temple in rural Robbinsville, N.J., with standard work hours and ample time off, according to the lawsuit, a wage claim filed in U.S. District Court in New Jersey. 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Where I differ from you is in the conclusion that This is all part of the corrupt system of religion in America. This seems to suggest that our system is to blame for these abuses. This is an egregious abuse of the system that has been used by Scientology and other religions that want First Amendment protections to keep all abuse hidden and to strip victims of their rights to seek justice in secular courts. You mentioned correctly: The Biden Administration has identified White Supremacy as the major domestic terrorist threat. I dont pretend that I am in a position to fact-check how much of this threat is real, especially since we live in an environment where demagogues and hucksters are throwing these terms around with abandon at anyone they disagree with. NEW JERSEY (Diya TV) Federal authorities in New Jersey are accusing the highly influential Hindu organization BAPS of human trafficking and wage violations. Our response to the well-publicized incident involving a Neptune Board of Education staff member has been swift and serious but cannot be made public, Crader wrote online Thursday. THE CHURCH Former Newark Archbishop sexually abused 5-year-old in church rectory, lawsuit claims, by NJ Advance Medias Kelly Heyboer: A former Newark resident went to the Archdiocese of Newark last year with an explosive claim. In that process, we need specialized artisans, Mr. Joshi said, saying this work qualified the men for the visas. The Texas Supreme Court ruled that the children were not in any immediate danger. Inside Newarks affordable housing crisis, $15M in rent, utilities assistance coming to [Essex Countys] tenants, Bayonne council pres. [citation needed] Believers feel these intangibles confer a benefit upon them and so they donate money and deduct that donation from their income tax. One of President Obamas answers was to have the US government purchase as much ammunition as possible form manufacturers and thereby cut off the supply of bullets to these groups. It was, probably, 99.8 percent Hindu people there, but know this: We were made to feel incredibly welcome. Phil Murphy will meet his goal to fully vaccinate 4.7 million adults by the end of June. 31 more deaths for a total of 25,841 confirmed or probably deaths. There are so many intractable problems created by the First and Second Amendments. The teachers in the kindergarten to 6th grade district got sick after attending an event catered by an outside vendor, Harring said., CROWNED VIC A Camden question for mayoral candidate Victor Carstarphen, by InsiderNJs Max Pizarro: Certainly, we know the unseen circuitries of power sustaining public imagery in Camden through rapid-fire press releases deriving from the political infrastructure otherwise known as the Camden County Democratic Committee, resoundingly want him to be mayor. 1,107 hospitalized, 263 in intensive care. A Hindu temple in the US 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 report. Photo: CBS Philly. The former friends and colleagues are split over Johnson, with Paul accusing Huttle of using her experience with Johnson for her own political leverage, trying to undermine the off-the-line contenders campaign. Pein said she was notified by Superintendent George Chidiac through an email following Monday night's school board meeting. The lawsuit said the mens passports had been confiscated, and they were confined to the fenced-in and guarded site, where they were forbidden from talking to visitors and religious volunteers. 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.. But chipping away at Constitutional guarantees, and trusting our govt aparatchiks to do so with unselfish motives is a bridge too far for me. Learn how your comment data is processed. The US Congress and the IRS created a bit of sophistry for use by American religions called intangible spiritual benefits. This allows televangelists to send people a prayer cloth or a vial of water from the Holy Land in exchange for people sending them tax-exempt cash. You would not get much argument from me about the ones you have listed as examples. Federal workplace safety inspectors determined it had been an accident. 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. 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. Bloody hell Jeff, the parallels to the $sci. As of 2021, only 2% of Utah is Black. The BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, one component of the campus, was inaugurated and opened to the public on August 10, 2014 as the world's largest Hindu temple outside India. While the temple appears complete, Eyewitness News is told that these workers were part of various ongoing construction projects. But it was contained to 50 health care workers and 31 adult patients at the facility, none of whom developed serious illness or was hospitalized, he said., How the closed pipeline and truck driver shortages could affect N.J. gas pumps, R.I.P. 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. Along with its temples, BAPS publicizes its good works. The total spent by the group over the previous three years is nearly as much as the $15.6 million Murphys campaign will be permitted to spend in this years general election, assuming it takes part in the states public financing program. Sawant, aDalit herself, organised the temple workers and arranged legal teams to takeupthe case, according toNYT. With nearly 400,000 Indian-born residents, New Jersey has one of the largest Indian immigrant populations in the country. 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. Quoting a source, theNYTreport said 90 labourers were removed from the site byUS federal agencies after Tuesdays raid. 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. Of course not, but this is what it has devolved into in far too many cases. ), and finally trusting in the durable comfort zone of the party line.. She had no one but her mother. 1. Good point. 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. Enlightenment does not turn a blind eye to suffering. Across the road is a worship center for the Sikh community. Pace v. Alabama (1883) A Hindu temple in the US 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. This racist ban was not illegal in any way whatsoever nor could the matter be heard before any secular court. Scientology brings these people in on R1 religious worker visas. The Texas Supreme Court stuck down the lower court that had authorized Texas Child Protective Services to take the children. FBI agents raided the sprawling site of a Hindu temple Tuesday morning in Robbinsville, just east of Trenton. Bullets of all calibers are in high demand and manufacturers are hard-pressed to keep up with the demand. And it is truly despicable. 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. ***** Thank you. To further illustrate this point, when one looks at the blessings promised by the likes of Osteen, typical televangelists or scientology even, these blessings are invariably material and self-centered. The lawsuit accuses the massive temple of forcing Indian men to work nearly 90 hours a week for around $1 an hour. But whats striking is that this is in the United States, he said. Robert Tilton and his ministry were investigated by the IRS but was never charged with anything. Mukesh Kumar, a 37-year-old worker who has since returned to India, contacted Ms. Sawant, the immigration lawyer, who began investigating. Arguing from exceptions/abuses, one could posit that the govt should take more strenuous efforts at domestic surveillance or should apply less scruple to what constitutes lawful search and seizure to curb the evils that are enabled by these Constitutional protections. Life teaches us to not be deceived by outward appearances. Originally, BAPS. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! New Jerseys 78 higher education institutions will be splitting the the states share federal grant money between all public four-year universities, private colleges, county colleges, vocational technical school districts and degree-granting religious institutions. The Mormons excluded Black men from its Priesthood until 1978. 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. Does any court have the right to tell religious people that they may not have religious-based racist beliefs? BAPS has close ties to Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, according to the article. The labourers were presented to the US government like volunteers. QUOTE OF THE DAY: This lady simply introduced me because she knew me because of my role in the Legislature. The Mormons have amassed >$150 billion in cash and there is no requirement for them to spend it. This creates the formidable legal quicksand in which White Supremacist religious groups can exist. Ltd. All rights reserved. The PMgaveaeulogy at his funeral. 'Imagine you bought a house at Killington Ski Resort and said, I dont want those skiers around, Ferla told me. The US Governments indifferent and laissez-faire approach to the intrinsic religious racism in America was challenged in the 1982 court case Bob Jones University v. The United States. Duke even used the pseudonym Dorothy Vanderbilt to write a self-help book for women: Finders-Keepers: Finding and Keeping the Man You Want. 10. This construct of law by White people is what creates and perpetuates White Supremacy as defined by CRT. DaniellaSilva is a reporter for NBC News, focusing on education and how laws, policies and practices affect students and teachers. 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. And you are using your skills to tell TRUTH. Copyright 2022 Printline Media Pvt. 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. AS LONG AS THEY DIDNT TRY TO INTRODUCE HER Senate Republicans spar with Persichilli over pandemic response, reopenings, by POLITICOs Sam Sutton: Senate Republicans didnt waste their opportunity to grill state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli on Tuesday over Gov. The fact that this beautiful building . The Nation of Islam believes that Whites are inherently inferior and that Jews, in particular, are behind the suppression of Blacks. Religious workers in America are exempt from secular workplace protections as they are classed as volunteers and not employees. She also writes about immigration. They were given $450 a month $50 in hand and $400 deposited to their bank accounts in India. The lawsuit says hundreds of workers from India suffered torturous treatment. Nevertheless, Bill Clinton and Janet Reno had Federal agents initiate a slaughter in which 76 people, 25 of whom were children, were killed on April 19, 1993. Gov. The raid wasfirst reported by the local outlet NJ105, which said the agents showed up at the temple before 8 a.m. IMO, generalizing the abuse of the system actually gives undeserved credence to a pseudo-religion such as scientology. 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. 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They arrived in the wake of a civil lawsuit filed against the massive Hindu temple that alleges labor and immigration law violations. Hindu Temple Listings ISKCON of Central New Jersey 1020 W 7th St, Plainfield, Plainfield , New Jersey 7063 Hindu Temple. Eyewitness News. FBI raids Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in New Jersey, BAPS accused of forced labour TV9 Telugu Website: https://tv9telugu.com/Watch LIVE: https://goo.gl/w3aQdeTo. Scientology has some beautiful real estate and yet the Cult is infamous for hiding malicious conduct behind its guarded doors. The temple has previously come to the attention of authorities. Chidiac did not immediately return messages. The IRS maintained that racist groups did not qualify for religious tax exemption. Because they have subjective belief systems called religion.. He reaped huge financial returns until Ole Anthony and others exposed him as a fraud and a con artist preying on the poor, the sick, and the desperate. BJU appealed. He quitand returned to Indiaafter a labourer died due to an illness. Most big religious leaders have private jets, live in mega-mansions, and are paid exorbitant salaries and benefits. 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. 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. Or that a sizable proportion of religions abuses the system. 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. I would not be surprised to see money laundering in the mix. I hope this may pave the way for law enforcement to stop Scientologys labor abuses. FBI agents raided a Robbinsville, New Jersey, Hindu temple over allegations of forced labor. 3,664,496 fully vaccinated, or about 39.4 percent of the population. Extending it further, Why is David Duke and company always shown with a cross of some form or other? Such actors are not at all unique to religion. The outer beauty of the temple conceals the evil within perpetrated by the leaders. It is allowed because First Amendment religious protections allow a convicted sex felon to run his White-only polygamist church from a prison cell. wont support eminent domain, wants to negotiate BMC deal with HRH, Former Newark Archbishop sexually abused 5-year-old in church rectory, lawsuit claims, Swift action kept outbreak of COVID variant in NJ facility from spreading into community, How the closed pipeline and truck driver shortages could affect N.J. gas pumps, N.J.s famous Delaware River hot dog man, Greg Crance, dead at 56 from COVID, View all our political and policy newsletters, View the Full New Jersey Playbook Archives . From The New York Times we learn that federal agents raided a massive Hindu temple in Robbinsville of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) sect, which appears to. Eyewitness News received a statement from the communications firm working with BAPS Robbinsville: "We were first made aware of the accusations this morning. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Tony Ortega, Recruit poor people with false promises of a better life in America, Bring them into America using R1 religious worker visas, The use of religious worker visas acts to conceal human trafficking and exploitation, Do not allow them to talk to their family back home, Ensure that exploited workers only get a minimum amount of sleep, Demand enormous amounts of labor from the trafficked workers, Make these workers fear arrest and imprisonment if they try to escape, Call this forced labor and exploitation religious work, Pay the workers slave wages and justify it because they are religious volunteers. Instead Fulop had his spokesman blame the media for reporting his foolishness [Wetsuit wholesaler] Conrad Ferla cut to the heart of the matter. The May raid on a Hindu temple in New Jersey, however, . They have to be fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. The federal raid comes as a lawsuit claims workers were lured there from India. However, the lawyers for the workers say the men were forced to do manual labour on the site and made to work for more than 13 hours a day. They allegethat they werepaid $1 per hour for their work when the minimum wage in New Jersey is$12 per hour. Superintendent Tami Crader stopped short of revealing exactly what action was taken against Neptune Middle School Vice Principal Michael Smurro, whose conduct during the April 24 skirmish were caught on cellphone video and widely shared. The US Government butchered the Branch Davidians in Waco in 1993 because the group owned weapons and had a stockpile of ammunition. Nope. Religions are not held to account for taking cash donations in exchange for claims that miracle healings, wealth, abundance, and happiness will flow if one sews a seed faith offering. New Jersey temple, Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu sect known as BAPS, underpaid and exploited its workers . You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the dead and everything unclean. So that's nice. Ole Anthony did a masterful expose of how televangelist Robert Tilton used an outside firm to micro-target poor Black communities to prey upon. We are taking them very seriously and are thoroughly reviewing the issues raised.". CORONAVIRUS TRACKER: 858 newly-reported positive PCR tests for a total of 881,171. 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