Jewish org joins Indo-Canadian groups to dissociate Nazi symbol from Swastika
The development comes as a law enforcement agency and a municipality in Canada have also dropped allusions to the swastika as ...
BBC10 年
10 different uses of the swastika. None of them Nazi
In Reclaiming the Swastika, Mukti Jain Campion reports on calls to reclaim the symbol from its Nazi links and restore its origin as an ancient symbol signalling good luck. The word swastika comes ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency2 年
A California hate crimes bill separates Nazi symbols from Hindu swastikas
in an email. “In traditional Hindu, Buddhist and Jain religions, the swastika has been regarded as a symbol of peace for thousands of years,” Bauer-Kahan said. “Unfortunately, we know all ...
standardmedia.co.ke2 年
Asian faiths try to save swastika symbol corrupted by Hitler
The swastika was standardized as a temple marker on maps during the Meiji era in the 1880s, and has since been used for that purpose. [The Rev. TK Nakagaki via AP] Vikas Jain, a Cleveland ...