Hicks also defended his departments soaring overtime costs before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, OFFICIALS STRUGGLE TO INTRODUCE NEW JERSEYANS TO NOVEL CONCEPT OF BRIBERY With NJ COVID vaccine goal at risk, 'bribe people' an option to get more shots in arms, by The Records Scott Fallon and Kristie Kattafi: New Jersey's daily rate of COVID vaccinations has plummeted so much in recent weeks that it's casting doubt on whether Gov. There are parallels in other places. The workers have been falsely brought to the U.S. on visas for religious workers and volunteers since May 2011, the lawsuit claims. So this is a story worth keeping an eye on. Too rich? ", CLOSE CALL Swift action kept outbreak of COVID variant in NJ facility from spreading into community, by The Records Lindy Washburn: The Hackensack Meridian Health system squelched an outbreak of COVID-19 late last year that infected 81 staff and patients at the Carrier Clinic, a behavioral health facility it owns in Somerset County and prevented the virus from spreading further. SCOTUS ruled in favor of the IRS. I would also argue that grifters are by no means a specifically religious phenomenon. The evidence is all there. Sea Org members from outside the US have their passports taken from them and locked in a safe. The contradiction here is insane. Extending it further, Why is David Duke and company always shown with a cross of some form or other? Stafford school board will not renew contract of nurse who rebelled against mask mandate, A year living in a hotel with 3 kids. He told the newspaper that he was not in charge of day-to-day operations at the site. This is why Martha Stewart cannot serve on the Board of her own company. However, narcissism, conceit, arrogance, and a sense of entitlement does. The religious scene has its Osteen, Jeffs and others. The puritan-inclined Klan was shocked by Dukes writing. Federal agents descended on the massive temple in Robbinsville, N.J., as a lawsuit charged that low-caste men had been lured from India to work for about $1 an hour. Religions have increasingly turned to using secular arbitration law in contracts signed by religious volunteers. 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. 9. 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. Scientology is also willing to spend enormous amounts of parishioner money to fight it out in court. 6. 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. The Biden Administration wants to define these groups as White Supremacist terrorist groups. The problem is not the system but unscrupulous bad actors. 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 . Robert Tilton existed and got rich because the system allowed him to do exactly what he did. But the compensation board offered her a settlement $5,000. This creates the formidable legal quicksand in which White Supremacist religious groups can exist. Bloody hell Jeff, the parallels to the $sci. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness. "I've represented migrant farmworkers, I've done low-wage worker cases, and this is really quite shocking.". Nope. But just as Frank Moran resigned without any deep explanation, so Carstarphen materializes and awaits transition as his sloganeering successor, preordained for a June 8th victory as a consequence of his position on the Camden County Democratic line. 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. Rabid Cult: Scientology Bites Dog Food Company; Attacks Cream Cheese; and Screams at Rolling Stone Magazine, Podcast with Aaron Smith-Levin: Grant Cardone Lawsuit Update & David Gentile Criminal Case, Scientologys Celebrity Centre in Hollywood was involved in covering up the alleged multiple forcible rapes committed by Danny Masterson. There are so many intractable problems created by the First and Second Amendments. Feds raid New Jersey BAPS temple, face forced labor chargesFederal authorities in New Jersey are accusing the highly influential Hindu organization BAPS of h. It builds temples around the world that draw visitors with awe-inspiring white stone spires, intricate carvings, gurgling fountains and wandering peacocks. 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. 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. Sustaining this needs support from wonderful readers like you. India needs fair, non-hyphenated and questioning journalism, packed with on-ground reporting. 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. ***** Instead Fulop had his spokesman blame the media for reporting his foolishness [Wetsuit wholesaler] Conrad Ferla cut to the heart of the matter. 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 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. This construct of law by White people is what creates and perpetuates White Supremacy as defined by CRT. The fact that this beautiful building . 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. Phil Murphy will meet his goal to fully vaccinate 4.7 million adults by the end of June. [citation needed] Details of the groups spending has not been previously reported. Representatives of BAPS denied these allegations in interviews to the New York Times. Eyewitness News received a statement from the communications firm working with BAPS Robbinsville: "We were first made aware of the accusations this morning. But whats striking is that this is in the United States, he said. 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. They allegethat they werepaid $1 per hour for their work when the minimum wage in New Jersey is$12 per hour. Hinduism in New Jersey. Duke has admitted using the pseudonym Konrad. With Ocean Wind 2 . 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. Religions are legally allowed to do this as it is a matter of faith. Federal workplace safety inspectors determined it had been an accident. Or that a sizable proportion of religions abuses the system. It is not illegal. 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. It seems like a joke but it isnt: Religion is a deadly serious activity as one practitioner of the business of religion remarked. If one is interested in exploring the rich Hindu culture without actually visiting India, then consider visiting this new and intricate temple. For buzzy nuggets and details that you won't find anywhere else, subscribe today. It has shrines for the deities Venkateshwara, Rama and Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman, Ganesha, and Radha Krishna. Quoting a source, theNYTreport said 90 labourers were removed from the site byUS federal agencies after Tuesdays raid. In that process, we need specialized artisans, Mr. Joshi said, saying this work qualified the men for the visas. 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. Even though he was an immoral and greedy charlatan, the First Amendment gave him permission to do everything he did. Owning an arsenal in America is not illegal because the Second Amendment says it is legal. The only hope that I have is that people will see organizations such as these two (and more) for what they are and that as a people we will unmask these frauds, deprive them of oxygen, prosecute where warranted and move on to better things. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Robbinsville Township, N.J., on Tuesday. In the complaint,sixmen have come forward with the allegations saying they were brought to theUSin 2018 and were made to worklong hours often under dangerous conditions. In any event, while my conclusion may differ from yours in this case, I am most thankful that youre putting the facts out there and following the money. Always good to read your blog! I hope this may pave the way for law enforcement to stop Scientologys labor abuses. Early Tuesday, federal agents entered those marble walls. After fleeing and a manhunt, Warren Jeffs was arrested in 2006 and later convicted for his sex crimes against the young girls in the FLDS community. The Texas Supreme Court stuck down the lower court that had authorized Texas Child Protective Services to take the children. This is our secret. The New Jersey Independent Victim Compensation Program, a board created by the Catholic Church to settle abuse claims out of court, reviewed the womans allegations last year, her attorney said. The temple is located at 112 North Main Street, Robbinsville. 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. Katrina had no choice. BAPS has close ties to Indian Prime Minster Narendra Modi, according to the article. In fact, these groups do not file for IRS 501(c)(3) religious tax exemption as they consider that formal tax-exempt status places them in servitude to the US Government. Matt Friedman's must-read briefing on the Garden State's important news of the day. Phil Murphys closest allies spent nearly $13.2 million during most of his first term to boost the Democrats agenda. As reported by American Bazaar, the raid on the temple was conducted by three US Federal agencies including the FBI: 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. The current ombudsman said he would retire on Aug. 1, but he is on an extended leave until then, using up paid time off. In a statement to NBC News on Tuesday evening, Matthew Frankel, a spokesperson for BAPS in New Jersey said, "We were first made aware of the accusations early this morning, we are taking them very seriously and are thoroughly reviewing the issues raised.". 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. These Sea Org members are not free to call home when they want. The Church of Scientology has for seven decades used this same pattern of human trafficking and forced labor while calling it religious. Along with its temples, BAPS publicizes its good works. Inside Newarks affordable housing crisis, $15M in rent, utilities assistance coming to [Essex Countys] tenants, Bayonne council pres. Sawant, aDalit herself, organised the temple workers and arranged legal teams to takeupthe case, according toNYT. They thought they would have a good job and see America. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. At least three federal agencies the F.B.I., the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Labor were involved in the action early Tuesday, which was said to be connected to the claims of labor and immigration law violations, according to three people familiar with the matter. Missed yesterday: State Sen. 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. 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. Religious workers can be legally subjected to harsh ecclesiastical disciplines. Pein said she was notified by Superintendent George Chidiac through an email following Monday night's school board meeting. Scientology has some beautiful real estate and yet the Cult is infamous for hiding malicious conduct behind its guarded doors. The Mormons have amassed >$150 billion in cash and there is no requirement for them to spend it. 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? The incident took place at Shri Omkarnath Temple in the Brazos Valley, Texas on January 11, KBTX-TV reported on Friday. United States v. Thind (1923) Johnson has served in the Assembly for nearly two decades. ***** BAPS has beenbehind scores of temples built around the world. Sheelagh McNeill contributed research. This is why the religious hypocrites that benefit from human suffering fight to maintain the status quo. You can unsubscribe at any time and can contact us here. She said she secretly organized the temple workers and arranged legal teams to pursue both wage and immigration claims. FBI agents raided a Robbinsville, New Jersey, Hindu temple over allegations of forced labor. Of course not, but this is what it has devolved into in far too many cases. Mukesh Kumar, a 37-year-old worker who has since returned to India, contacted Ms. Sawant, the immigration lawyer, who began investigating. Tilton poured his budget to buy television time into these communities he targeted. May this be a wedge in the ongoing work to stop slave labor in religious settings. 8. The New Jersey temple, or mandir, is itself a multimillion-dollar operation, public records show. 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 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. 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. I appreciate you bringing something to our attention that would otherwise quickly sink in the din of news noise. 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 stunningly beautiful Swaminarayan Akshardham Hindu temple in Robbinsville, New Jersey the largest Hindu temple in the US was raided this week by the authorities. The old ban on excess capital accumulation by religions seems to have disappeared due to the inaction of the IRS and the US Congress. Moreover, religious leaders have no legal obligations to make any financial disclosures to their own rank and file membership. 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. Religion in America has become an inherently abusive and cruel system that just keeps getting worse. His plea bargain on Federal felony wire and tax fraud charges was unsurprising as Duke had always pushed the limits. Joel Osteen owns all of his intellectual property (sermons, speeches, books) and makes the money from it. 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. These people get nothing except what a particular ministry decides they may get. US federal agents on Tuesday launched an investigation into a Hindu temple in New Jersey after workers alleged they were lured and forced to work more than 12 hours per day at slave wages to help build the temple. 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. Similar abuses or even outright atrocities abound in political systems, business, government and even more so, systems repressive of religion. Pace v. Alabama (1883) 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. First published on May 12, 2021 / 5:08 AM. #FBIRaidsOnHinduTemple #ShriSwaminarayanMandir #NewJersey #ABPNewsLive #ABPSanjha #ABPNews ' Hindu Temple ' FBI | BAPS | News Jersey | ABP S. 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. As reported by the New York Times earlier, FBI agents and other law enforcement officials raided the temple Tuesday following the lawsuit accusing the temple of exploiting them and paying the . 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. 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. 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. In the pandemic, the group has donated masks to hospitals in Los Angeles and has flown oxygen to India, which has been recently engulfed in a devastating Covid-19 outbreak. Korematsu v. United States (1944). And you are using your skills to tell TRUTH. 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. Not enough evidence (sure not)? Lenin Joshi, a spokesman for BAPS, also disputed the accusations, saying the men did complicated work connecting stones that had been hand-carved in India. Phil Murphys Covid-19 response, using the bulk of their time during a 2 1/2-hour budget hearing to tear into the administrations management of outbreaks at nursing homes, its economic reopening guidance and limited public transparency. The lawsuit says hundreds of workers from India suffered torturous treatment. A few examples illustrate this point: 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. The FLDS filed an emergency Writ of Mandamus appealing the State of Texas illegally seizing its children and won. Hence, White Supremacist churches are still tax-exempt. 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. Them next, please. Brain Rumpf. The sleek and navigable design offers a convenient way to access POLITICO's scoops and groundbreaking reporting. It opened in 1984, making it the oldest Hindu temple in the Dayton metropolitan area. Swaminarayan Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey, is a Hindu mandir (temple) complex. 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. 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. In America, religious groups have no obligation whatsoever to make any financial disclosures to the IRS whatsoever so long as they do not earn any unrelated business income. 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. 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 FBI has also raided the building, from which they removed about 90 workers who were allegedly paid less than $1 USD per hour. 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. The LDS leadership will not give its members any relief. New Jersey temple, Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a Hindu sect known as BAPS, underpaid and exploited its workers . Inside Newarks affordable housing crisis, $15M in rent, utilities assistance coming to [Essex Countys] tenants, Bayonne council pres. 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. He even worked in conspiracy theories and Holocaust Denials. Located near Princeton, the temple draws followers from across the region. 2. A spokesman for the department did not respond to a request for comment. Scientology brings these people in on R1 religious worker visas. This is how the First Amendment works. 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. 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. This racist ban was not illegal in any way whatsoever nor could the matter be heard before any secular court. 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. As such, they do not have to be paid any money at all. CORONAVIRUS TRACKER: 858 newly-reported positive PCR tests for a total of 881,171. 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. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Mandir hours are 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. daily. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email along with 7129 other subscribers. BJU appealed. Religious workers in America are exempt from secular workplace protections as they are classed as volunteers and not employees. IMO, generalizing the abuse of the system actually gives undeserved credence to a pseudo-religion such as scientology. Photo: CBS Philly. cult are more than just a coincidence. CNN Six Indian men filed suit against a large Hindu temple in New Jersey on Tuesday, alleging that the prominent sect in charge of the facility lured them halfway around the world with. Religions use all of the social services police, fire, roads, and infrastructure and pay no taxes for these services. Cumming v. Richmond (1899) ***** Xenu Who? Passports were confiscated, and workers were confined to the guarded compound, the suit alleges. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart! One laborer died from an apparent illness last autumn, prompting a backlash among the workers, according to the complaint and another worker. They are not free to leave. 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 labourers were presented to the US government like volunteers. The federal raid comes as a lawsuit claims workers were lured there from India. 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. It is being designed by a Gujarat-based family close to Modi that specializes in contemporary Hindu temples, among them one in New Jersey raided last November by the FBI for using forced labor. 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. They lived in trailers on the property and were not permitted to leave. The backlash caused the Government to back off conducting raids on religious groups for fifteen years. ThePrint with exceptional reporters, columnists and editors is doing just that. First Amendment religious protections and Supreme Court rulings were used to enforce slavery and racism in America for hundreds of years. 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. The majority are Dalit, the lowest rung in Indias caste system. A "masterpiece of exquisite Indian design and workmanship" is how the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is described on its website. 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