Was that the intent of the Framers of the Constitution? It was, probably, 99.8 percent Hindu people there, but know this: We were made to feel incredibly welcome. In fact, I would argue that as the US increasingly secularizes so do the hucksters. 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. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Interior photo of the Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu Temple. 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. 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. So that's nice. For example, beautiful religious sites can hide a wealth of deviance, rape, criminality, human trafficking, suicide, and death. ***** The Mormons enjoyed religious tax exemption even as they had a racist Whites Only priesthood. Seats on the advisory board remain open, and members of that board have been unable to meet both because they lacked a quorum and because there is no ombudsman to coordinate with., N.J. 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. United States v. Thind (1923) 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. Look at the religious job descriptions: Scientology recruits and exploits poor people from outside of America to work making beds, cooking, gardening, doing janitorial work, etc. None of this is religious work; it is all manual labor for pennies an hour. Why is this even allowed? His plea bargain on Federal felony wire and tax fraud charges was unsurprising as Duke had always pushed the limits. They are not free to leave. 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? cult are more than just a coincidence. CBS New York reported on the massive raid on the Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu temple: Categories: The Scientology Money Project, Tagged as: Church of Scientology, Dalit, FBI raid, Flag Land Base, Hinduism, L. Ron Hubbard, religious worker exploitation, Scientology, Sea Org, Swaminarayan Akshardham temple. The largest Hindu temple in North America is reported to be the massive Swaminarayan Akshardham, located in Robbinsville, New Jersey. 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. Most big religious leaders have private jets, live in mega-mansions, and are paid exorbitant salaries and benefits. But at rsted, we want to go further. 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. In that process, we need specialized artisans, Mr. Joshi said, saying this work qualified the men for the visas. The Nation of Islam has incurred severe criticism for these beliefs, but it has never faced any legal challenges over its religious right to embrace these core beliefs. With nearly 400,000 Indian-born residents, New Jersey has one of the largest Indian immigrant populations in the country. Waterfords 900 or so students wont return to their three buildings until May 24, Superintendent Brenda Harring said in a letter to the school community. "They had their passports taken and their visas confiscated," Kakaleck said. FBI agents and other law enforcement officials raided the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville, NJ, following a lawsuit by several workers accusing the temple of exploiting them and paying the equivalent of roughly $1.20 an hour. Moreover, religious leaders have no legal obligations to make any financial disclosures to their own rank and file membership. Cases cited by CRT scholars include, but are not limited to, these notorious SCOTUS rulings: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1856) QUOTE OF THE DAY: This lady simply introduced me because she knew me because of my role in the Legislature. 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. The Mormons have amassed >$150 billion in cash and there is no requirement for them to spend it. Lawyers for the men, however, said they did manual labor on the site, working nearly 13 hours a day lifting large stones, operating cranes and other heavy machinery, building roads and storm sewers, digging ditches and shoveling snow, all for the equivalent of about $450 per month. Johnson has served in the Assembly for nearly two decades. 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. Bob Jumbojets: The Dalit workers did virtually all the work including pouring the foundations, masonry, heavy equipment, etc. The Nation of Islam believes that Whites are inherently inferior and that Jews, in particular, are behind the suppression of Blacks. 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. No one seemed put out by the dopey white folk. I appreciate you bringing something to our attention that would otherwise quickly sink in the din of news noise. 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. 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. It seems like a joke but it isnt: Religion is a deadly serious activity as one practitioner of the business of religion remarked. Religious workers can be legally subjected to harsh ecclesiastical disciplines. So, Jeffrey, whats your take on why the Church of Scientology doesnt get raided? While these groups are anti-Government and racist, they nevertheless enjoy tax exemption and other religious protections. Bullets of all calibers are in high demand and manufacturers are hard-pressed to keep up with the demand. The New Jersey temple, or mandir, is itself a multimillion-dollar operation, public records show. They arrived in the wake of a civil lawsuit filed against the massive Hindu temple that alleges labor and immigration law violations. 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 Catholic Church fought for over 20 years in its refusal to turn over internal records of pedophile priests sexually molesting boys. IE 11 is not supported. 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 Mandir is geographically situated at the heart of the U.S. Northeast megalopolis and with relative proximity to Newark . STEP INSIDE THE WEST WING: What's really happening in West Wing offices? Hence, White Supremacist churches are still tax-exempt. And you are using your skills to tell TRUTH. The temple is located at 112 North Main Street, Robbinsville. Or that a sizable proportion of religions abuses the system. I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to expand on your thoughts. Crader cited legal restrictions barring the disclosure of any discipline, but made plain the district did not look the other way. 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. 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. The lawsuit says more than 200 workers - many who don't speak or understand English - were coerced into signing employment agreements to work at the Hindu temple, had their passports [] 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. The raid wasfirst reported by the local outlet NJ105, which said the agents showed up at the temple before 8 a.m. The foundation has close ties with theBharatiya Janata Party, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed the spiritual head of the organisation Pramukh Swami Maharaj as his mentor. Representatives of BAPS denied these allegations in interviews to the New York Times. 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.". 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. Too sprawled out? ), and finally trusting in the durable comfort zone of the party line.. Along with its temples, BAPS publicizes its good works. That represents a 64% decline from the first week of April, when 340,000 first doses were administered. 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. Deal public beach access: Would new parking rules keep out those who don't live here? Karan Deep Singh contributed reporting from New Delhi. This is how the First Amendment works. It opened in 2014 but is still under construction as BAPS has tried to fulfill its aim of building the largest Hindu temple in the country. 3. Scientology Fines OTs $100,000 if They Talk About Xenu or Body Thetans! Nope. As volunteers, religious workers can be fired for no cause, are not entitled to medical insurance, and will receive no social security when they are old as they do not pay into the system. One laborer died from an apparent illness last autumn, prompting a backlash among the workers, according to the complaint and another worker. Eyewitness News. This happened when Scientology recruited her mother in Siberia. About 90 workers were removed from the site, according to a person familiar with the matter. The sleek and navigable design offers a convenient way to access POLITICO's scoops and groundbreaking reporting. 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. They have to be fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Weeks before the FBI raided a New Jersey temple in May, the agency reached out to multiple local charitable organizations with a message: We are going to need your help in the aftermath of. Life teaches us to not be deceived by outward appearances. But the compensation board offered her a settlement $5,000. The Mormons abandoned polygamy as a result. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken) Sri Venkateswara Temple (New Jersey) Swaminarayan Akshardham (North America) Categories: Hindu temples in the United States by state. Scientology brings these people in on R1 religious worker visas. New Delhi: A Swaminarayan temple in New Jersey, US, was raided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Homeland Security, and the US Department of Labour to investigate allegations of forced labour against Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sansthan (BAPS), reported The New York Times. The FBI has also raided the building, from which they removed about 90 workers who were allegedly paid less than $1 USD per hour. 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. 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.. 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. 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. The N.J. men accused of assaulting Capitol Officer Brian Sicknick will remain in custody until trial, States won't get Johnson & Johnson vaccines next week, COLLINGSWOOD Camden-backed Democrats win by wide margin in Collingswood, by New Jersey Globes Nikita Biryukov: A slate led by longtime Mayor James Maley defeated progressive challengers by a 2-1 margin Tuesday, dealing a blow to the Democratic insurgents in the one Camden County town where they have a grip on the local Democratic party. Scientology recruits poor people as labor for its Sea Org from Mexico, Eastern Europe, Siberia, and many other impoverished places. This is some damn good writing, Jeff . 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. The panel told the woman it could not find any evidence to independently verify her claims of abuse by the well-known archbishop, who died five years ago. The outer beauty of the temple conceals the evil within perpetrated by the leaders. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Across the road is a worship center for the Sikh community. Intangible spiritual benefits allows any religious group to take tax-exempt cash in exchange for conferring intangible spiritual benefits upon believers. Last month, the New Jersey State Department of Labor and Workforce Development ordered a construction company to stop working on the temple in Robbinsville and another in Edison, N.J., after determining the firm was paying laborers off the books and did not carry workers compensation insurance. 11. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The old ban on excess capital accumulation by religions seems to have disappeared due to the inaction of the IRS and the US Congress. We said, We dont want to die like that, he 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. The organization has strong ties with Narendra Modi, Indias prime minister, and his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. : In Trenton for a 1 p.m. coronavirus press conference. 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. '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. The lawsuit seeks unpaid wages for the workers and money for damages. These abuses are compounded, in some instances, by Second Amendment protections whereby ideologically-driven religious zealots can own assault weapons and private arsenals. These elected officials are, in turn, beholden to these voting blocs on issues of abortion, race, immigration, guns, education, and every other issue. 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. But given the number of religious people in the US (since were talking about US Law, Ill leave it at that) and the immense good done by well-meaning and sincere religious people and institutions, I would still argue that this amounts to an argument by exceptions. Photo: CBS Philly. The way he moved from Neo-Nazi KKK Grand Wizard to a born again Christian rooted in the racist Christian Identity movement was pure semantics on his part. But what happens when White Supremacists claim religious status, i.e. Brain Rumpf. The evidence is all there. 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 FBI would not confirm what action they took on the property. Them next, please. 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. Further, the Mormons never had to tell the US Government it had amassed that much cash. Hindu Temple Listings ISKCON of Central New Jersey 1020 W 7th St, Plainfield, Plainfield , New Jersey 7063 Hindu Temple. Passports were confiscated, and workers were confined to the guarded compound, the suit alleges. 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 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. The fact that this beautiful building . The Akshardham Hindu Temple used American R1 religious worker visas to bring in workers from India to the temple worksite in a rural part of New Jersey. "There was a sense of invasion, that sense of loss of privacy when something like this happened to us," Srinivasa Sunkari, a Board member for the Brazos Valley Shri Omkarnath Temple said. Her protest centered around what she called the ineffectiveness of face masks in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and their harm to children. Good point. FBI vehicles during the raid on the Hindu Temple. Too rich? 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. ***** The backlash caused the Government to back off conducting raids on religious groups for fifteen years. 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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. 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. The New Jersey temple is meant to be the crown jewel in BAPSs growing number of American places of worship. Dont miss out on the app you can rely on for the news you need, reimagined. 10. Quoting a source, theNYTreport said 90 labourers were removed from the site byUS federal agencies after Tuesdays raid. They also issued astatementsaying, We were first made aware of the accusations this morning, we are taking them very seriously and are thoroughly reviewing the issues raised., Also read: Somnath, Akshardham & now Ram Mandir Gujarat family designing temples for 15 generations, Subscribe to our channels on YouTube & Telegram. Eyewitness News received a statement from the communications firm working with BAPS Robbinsville: "We were first made aware of the accusations this morning. While the temple appears complete, Eyewitness News is told that these workers were part of various ongoing construction projects. The achievement took on added significance when researchers discovered that the outbreak had been sparked by a new, highly transmissible variant of the virus never previously identified in New Jersey. Shortly after, Kumar contacted Swati Sawant in 2020, an immigration lawyer who then began investigating these claims. 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. 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. 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. The Second Amendment gives Americans the right to own as many assault weapons as they can afford. 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. Scientology is also willing to spend enormous amounts of parishioner money to fight it out in court. The lawsuit accuses the massive temple of forcing Indian men to work nearly 90 hours a week for around $1 an hour. The parallels to scientology are stunning. 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. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have found that face masks are effective in reducing the spread of the disease., A year living in a hotel with 3 kids. The majority are Dalit, the lowest rung in Indias caste system. BJU appealed. The IRS maintained that racist groups did not qualify for religious tax exemption. She went to America and into the Sea Org where no child belongs. The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that more than $36 billion in emergency grants will go out to public and private colleges under the American Rescue Plan Act for emergency financial aid for students and funding for institutions. It opened in 1984, making it the oldest Hindu temple in the Dayton metropolitan area. The political will to curb criminal transgressions, whether it be scientology or blm (and others like them, of course) seems to be entirely absent. "It was just an extremely traumatic and isolating experience," said Patricia Kakalec, an attorney representing the workers. DOWNLOAD FOR iOS DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROID. BAPS has close ties to Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, according to the article. Korematsu v. United States (1944). 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. A spokesman for the department did not respond to a request for comment. The department on Monday released guidance on how state and local governments can use $350 billion in funding from President Joe Bidens $1.9 trillion rescue package. 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. 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. 3 months ago Featured Hindu Temple Listings Nithyavibhuthi Plainsboro 203 Ravens Crest Dr,, Plainsboro , New Jersey 8536 Hindu Temple. 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. The PMgaveaeulogy at his funeral. Mukesh Kumar, a 37-year-old worker who has since returned to India, contacted Ms. Sawant, the immigration lawyer, who began investigating. Learn how your comment data is processed. Religions are legally allowed to do this as it is a matter of faith. FBI agents swarmed the site and tonight an attorney is calling the labor lawsuit against them one of the largest in decades.Tune into the @cwphilly at 10 and @CBSPhilly at 11 pic.twitter.com/62V95pNA21. In a good week the pay might be $50 which is still only 50 cents per hour. 'This could have been a very serious outbreak,' said Dr. Barry Kreiswirth The virus attacked 93% of the patients and staff in the affected unit at the Carrier Clinic and would have been more difficult than the original strain to treat. Such actors are not at all unique to religion. Did the mayor issue a graceful concession statement attesting to his willingness to work this out with the residents who like his own constituents like to go to the beach on occasion? Its a politically influential sect. Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Mukesh Kumar,37,was among the 200 construction workers flownoutto the US by BAPS in 2018. Gov. You will now start receiving email updates. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. 7. His church ministry gives him a large media platform. Pace v. Alabama (1883) Her suit, filed in Essex County Superior Court, is believed to be the first to claim one of New Jerseys best known and longest-serving Catholic targeted a child for abuse. We are taking them very seriously and are thoroughly reviewing the issues raised.". Religious workers in America are exempt from secular workplace protections as they are classed as volunteers and not employees. There are so many intractable problems created by the First and Second Amendments. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. Scientology has some beautiful real estate and yet the Cult is infamous for hiding malicious conduct behind its guarded doors. These constructed religious legal protections amount to an unfair advantage which benefits monotheists, polytheists, and other religionists while excluding secular persons. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. It is allowed because First Amendment religious protections allow a convicted sex felon to run his White-only polygamist church from a prison cell. 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