Kentucky Hindu Temple Vandalized With Crosses, Christian Phrases

[MineralMan]

Nice exhibit of ecumenicism by those nice folks, doncha think?

Sometime between Sunday and Tuesday morning, a vandal or vandals broke through a window at Louisville, KY’s (Hindu) Swaminarayan Temple, leaving glass shattered on the floor. Black paint was sprayed onto a poster depicting a religious figure, and the temple’s walls were covered with black crosses and phrases such as “Jesus Is The Only Lord” and “Jesus Is All Mighty.” A knife was plunged into a chair in the temple.

Temple spokesperson Raj Patel said the vandalism was discovered by a repairman on Tuesday morning. Patel said his community, consisting of 60 to 100 worshippers, is deeply saddened by the incident. The community has been meeting in the building for about five years. “We come here to worship,” Patel said during a press conference at the temple on Wednesday.

Seventy-six percent of adults in the state identify as Christian, including 49 percent who say they are evangelical Protestant, according to the Pew Research Center. Fewer than 1 percent are Hindu.

In 2015 vandals spray-painted derogatory, anti-Muslim messages on the walls of the Louisville Islamic Center.

Louisville is also home to ‘Festival of Faiths’, an annual interfaith conference that promotes interreligious understanding and attracts speakers and attendees from around the country.

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/swaminarayan-temple-louisville-vandalism_us_5c534fb6e4b043e25b1a6aad