DaniellaSilva is a reporter for NBC News, focusing on education and how laws, policies and practices affect students and teachers. One laborer died from an apparent illness last autumn, prompting a backlash among the workers, according to the complaint and another worker. The PMgaveaeulogy at his funeral. 1.47 MASTROS Pro-Murphy group details $13.2M in spending, by POLITICOs Matt Friedman: A nonprofit run by Gov. 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. 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. United States v. Thind (1923) So this is a story worth keeping an eye on. They have to be fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. 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. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! 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. 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. ***** From Wiki: Tulane University history professor Lawrence N. Powell, who read a rare copy of the book given to him by journalist Patsy Sims, wrote that it includes advice on vaginal exercises, oral and anal sex and advocated adultery. 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. We called, sent emails, text messages, engaged subordinates, and tried to find him in person. This creates the formidable legal quicksand in which White Supremacist religious groups can exist. But the compensation board offered her a settlement $5,000. 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 Texas Supreme Court ruled that the children were not in any immediate danger. The old ban on excess capital accumulation by religions seems to have disappeared due to the inaction of the IRS and the US Congress. BAPS has close ties to Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, according to the article. 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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. A Sea Org recruiting piece shows why Scientology needs a slave labor pool of ~2,000 people to run its series of hotels and other operations in Clearwater. Owning an arsenal in America is not illegal because the Second Amendment says it is legal. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email along with 7129 other subscribers. Feds raid New Jersey BAPS temple, face forced labor chargesFederal authorities in New Jersey are accusing the highly influential Hindu organization BAPS of h. 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. The Mandir is geographically situated at the heart of the U.S. Northeast megalopolis and with relative proximity to Newark . 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? Around 7 minutes long, the footage features an up close look at art and architectural details - it is undeniably mesmerizing. Please enter valid email address to continue. Did the Founders want cynical and self-serving religious leaders and their churches to amass great wealth and power by conning simple believers and covering up for rapists and pedophiles in their midst? The Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu temple in New Jersey appears to be operating exactly like the Church of Scientology: This is all part of the corrupt system of religion in America. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Critical Race Theory (CRT) seeks to show that the American legal system is a construct designed to achieve a pigmentocracy in which White people have all the power and can say who may have rights of participation and who may be disenfranchised by fiat. 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. 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. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. their right to believe that God told them that Whites are superior, and fight this in Court? : In Trenton for a 1 p.m. coronavirus press conference. A majority of the workers were Dalits, said the report. 7. 11. Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is a Hindu mandir (temple) complex. The ministry keeps the money they donated and is under no legal obligation to return the money. 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. 5. Most big religious leaders have private jets, live in mega-mansions, and are paid exorbitant salaries and benefits. The outer beauty of the temple conceals the evil within perpetrated by the leaders. Too sprawled out? 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. 3,664,496 fully vaccinated, or about 39.4 percent of the population. [citation needed] 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. Spokesmen for the other two departments declined to comment. Along with its temples, BAPS publicizes its good works. 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. Lawyers for the workers said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu sect known as BAPS that has close ties to Indias ruling party and has built temples around the world, had exploited possibly hundreds of low-caste men in the yearslong construction project. FBI agents raided a Robbinsville, New Jersey, Hindu temple over allegations of forced labor. NEW JERSEY COLLEGES TO HIRE 223 FOOTBALL COACHES New Jersey colleges will get $895M from American Rescue Plan, by POLITICOs Carly Sitrin: New Jerseys colleges and universities are set to get more than $895 million from the latest pot of coronavirus rescue funds from the federal government. Ltd. All rights reserved. The political will to curb criminal transgressions, whether it be scientology or blm (and others like them, of course) seems to be entirely absent. Conversely, there is zero accountability for how religious leaders at the top spend tax-exempt dollars. The Mormons have amassed >$150 billion in cash and there is no requirement for them to spend it. 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. Religious workers in America are exempt from secular workplace protections as they are classed as volunteers and not employees. The US Government did not challenge the Mormons on its racist priesthood. ', Murphy appoints three to Corrections ombudspersons advisory board, Assembly panel to weigh bill allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primaries Wednesday, NJ asks Facebook to abandon harmful tween version of Instagram, How historic judge shortage could overwhelm states judicial system, NJ considers $10M to manage lakes, including algal bloom fight. 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. 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.. Gov. Dont miss out on the app you can rely on for the news you need, reimagined. 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. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Ah, so not only is your Aryan (if they can define that) Princess supposed to cook, clean, rear children, help with the crops, and respond to all your desires, she also has to learn Kegels. First Amendment religious rights and Second Amendment gun ownership rights exist simultaneously. Passports were confiscated, and workers were confined to the guarded compound, the suit alleges. Religion in America has become an inherently abusive and cruel system that just keeps getting worse. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. 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. Located near Princeton, the temple draws followers from across the region. A self-serving view of Karma, a sense that the lower caste Dalit slaving away in the Swaminarayan Akshardham temple or the Sea Org deserve the brutality, exploitation, and indignities they endure daily to survive is characteristic of spiritual hypocrisy. The Homeland Security Investigations division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to comment. It looks like this group has connections to both Modi and the Patels. Maley and his running mates, Commissioner Robert Lewandowski and local business owner Morgan Robinson, a political newcomer, faced challenges from Democratic Municipal Chairwoman Kate Delaney, county committeeman Bill Johnson and local education advocate Jen Rossi The loss is a major blow to progressive opponents of South Jersey powerbroker George Norcross., DONT DRINK THE WATERFORD Foodborne illness sickens 60% of N.J. districts teachers after school luncheon, by NJ Advance Medias Jeff Goldman: A New Jersey school district has shifted to remote learning for the next two weeks after 60% of its teachers became ill due to a 'foodborne illness' they contracted at a staff luncheon last week, officials said. ***** As reported by American Bazaar, the raid on the temple was conducted by three US Federal agencies including the FBI: #FBIRaidsOnHinduTemple #ShriSwaminarayanMandir #NewJersey #ABPNewsLive #ABPSanjha #ABPNews ' Hindu Temple ' FBI | BAPS | News Jersey | ABP S. Ozawa v. United States (1922) The federal raid comes as a lawsuit claims workers were lured there from India. In a surprise to some, these funds cant be used for debt payments, a potential complication for fiscally stressed governments that had already etched out plans to pay off loans The rule could also affect New Jersey, which sold nearly $3.7 billion of bonds last year to cover its shortfall during the pandemic. Hinduism in New Jersey. 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. These people get nothing except what a particular ministry decides they may get. 4. Wray responds to FBI critiques over Hunter laptop, Trump raid, Jan 6: We're 'on the American people's side' Wray also responded to criticisms over the arrest of a pro-life activist recently . Pein said she was notified by Superintendent George Chidiac through an email following Monday night's school board meeting. It opened in 1984, making it the oldest Hindu temple in the Dayton metropolitan area. The BAPS temple opened in Robbinsville, N.J., in 2014 and is still under construction. He even worked in conspiracy theories and Holocaust Denials. 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? Its a human trafficking story the workers allegedly came over on religious visas for volunteers, had their passports taken an were confined to the grounds a class story and yes, even a political one. Eyewitness News received a statement from the communications firm working with BAPS Robbinsville: "We were first made aware of the accusations this morning. Eyewitness News. 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. 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 Church of Scientology has for seven decades used this same pattern of human trafficking and forced labor while calling it religious. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata. The Huttle campaign attacked Johnson in more than one statement, while not specifically mentioning Paul in those exact statements, but referring to the incident in some detail and demanding the assemblyman 'come clean. 31 more deaths for a total of 25,841 confirmed or probably deaths. 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. 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. We said, We dont want to die like that, he said. Eyewitness News is told that there are still workers on the property Tuesday night, but that many did leave when offered by federal agents when they arrived this morning. Excellent point on David Duke. 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. Anyone can read what you share. It seems like a joke but it isnt: Religion is a deadly serious activity as one practitioner of the business of religion remarked. "They had their passports taken and their visas confiscated," Kakaleck said. 9. 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. 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. The Mormons abandoned polygamy as a result. Scientology is also willing to spend enormous amounts of parishioner money to fight it out in court. FBI vehicles during the raid on the Hindu Temple. Hirabayashi v. United States (1943) Cumming v. Richmond (1899) Sikander Ranu says his religion differs widely from the BAPS sect of Hinduism, including that Sikhism does not recognize the caste system, which he feels may have made these workers more vulnerable. 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. Find out who's up, who's down, and who really has the presidents ear in our West Wing Playbook newsletter, the insider's guide to the Biden White House and Cabinet. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. 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. Kishangarh marble dumping yard is a health hazard. "They were brought in as religious workers, but they were not religious workers and they certainly were not volunteers," Patricia Kakaleck, an attorney at Kakaleck Law, said. 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. And I share your outrage that these criminals abuse the special trust and vulnerability that exists in a belief-based (religious or otherwise) relationship. Scientology Fines OTs $100,000 if They Talk About Xenu or Body Thetans! Mandir hours are 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily. I hope this may pave the way for law enforcement to stop Scientologys labor abuses. 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. Earlier, the organisation had comeunderthe radar of US federal agencies after a 17-year-old boy diedin 2017 followinga fallatthe construction site. He quitand returned to Indiaafter a labourer died due to an illness. First published on May 12, 2021 / 5:08 AM. 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. They were given $450 a month $50 in hand and $400 deposited to their bank accounts in India. 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 trail of permits and inspections is evidence along with what the workers will testify. 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. The majority are Dalit, the lowest rung in Indias caste system. 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. Interior photo of the Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu Temple. The evidence is all there. No one seemed put out by the dopey white folk. 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. 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. Katrina had no choice. 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. Duke has admitted using the pseudonym Konrad. Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, New Jersey (Weehawken) Sri Venkateswara Temple (New Jersey) Swaminarayan Akshardham (North America) Categories: Hindu temples in the United States by state. Copyright 2022 Printline Media Pvt. 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. IE 11 is not supported. NEW JERSEY (Diya TV) Federal authorities in New Jersey are accusing the highly influential Hindu organization BAPS of human trafficking and wage violations. Kakaleck represents six previous temple workers in a suit that involves at least 200 low-caste men allegedly lured from India to New Jersey. For example, beautiful religious sites can hide a wealth of deviance, rape, criminality, human trafficking, suicide, and death. 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. It builds temples around the world that draw visitors with awe-inspiring white stone spires, intricate carvings, gurgling fountains and wandering peacocks. She had no one but her mother. 3. 8. The largest Hindu temple in North America is reported to be the massive Swaminarayan Akshardham, located in Robbinsville, New Jersey. WHERES MURPHY? If a person donates $5,000 and God does not bless them with a 10X return, then the person had a lack of faith. ***** Xenu Who? 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Similar abuses or even outright atrocities abound in political systems, business, government and even more so, systems repressive of religion. 'Imagine you bought a house at Killington Ski Resort and said, I dont want those skiers around, Ferla told me. I dont want to put words in your mouth, but it seems like [your testimony is saying] we couldnt have done better in New Jersey, said state Sen. Mike Testa (R-Cumberland), a former Trump campaign surrogate who harangued Persichilli for her refusal to testify before a Republican panel earlier this year. According to the complaint, the workers wereallegedlybrought to the US on R-1 Visas that are applicable for clergy and religious workers like missionaries. Phil Murphys closest allies spent nearly $13.2 million during most of his first term to boost the Democrats agenda. Too rich? 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. The temple is located at 112 North Main Street, Robbinsville. Conversely, superstar hacker Kevin Mitnick had to resign from the Board of KnowBe4 when the company went public as convicted felons cannot serve on corporate boards. BAPS has beenbehind scores of temples built around the world. A prominent Hindu sect that operates a New Jersey temple raided by federal authorities earlier this year is facing new accusations that it forced hundreds of low-caste workers to labor. 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. 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