05-09-2005, 05:05 PM
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Protest against Hindu Gods appearing on French Shoes
Despite our campaign last year against the use of images of Hindu deities on underwear garments, it has come to our attention that once again another company here in the West is producing and marketing similar products which are both degrading and offensive to Hindus. Minelli, a France-based shoes retailer, has chosen to use sacred images of Lord Ram, venerated by millions of Hindus the world over, to sell its designer shoes. This is in spite of our well known campaign to highlight how such trivialisation of Hinduism leads directly and indirectly to the abuse of Hindus the world over. Such ignorance leads us to believe that this same organisation is probably both indifferent and apathetic to the immense suffering of Hindus: the ethnic cleansing they have suffered in Pakistan, Kashmir and Bangladesh, and the discrimination they suffer at the hands of Minelliâs very own fellow Europeans. Indeed sometimes Western firms seem totally devoid of all understanding when it comes to the oldest civilisation on the planet.
For this reason we ask Minelli to respectfully withdraw the offending products and issue an immediate apology.
HHR also requests all Hindus to contact Minelli to make their feelings known on this subject.
According to their website, Minelli can be contacted as the details below:
Siège social Minelli
155, rue du Dirigeable - Z.I. Les Paluds
13685 AUBAGNE Cedex - FRANCE
Tél. : (33) 4 42 84 33 50
Fax : (33) 4 42 70 45 20
Mail: info@minelli.fr
Hindu Human Rights,
Serving Hindus Worldwide
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Protest against Hindu Gods appearing on French Shoes
Despite our campaign last year against the use of images of Hindu deities on underwear garments, it has come to our attention that once again another company here in the West is producing and marketing similar products which are both degrading and offensive to Hindus. Minelli, a France-based shoes retailer, has chosen to use sacred images of Lord Ram, venerated by millions of Hindus the world over, to sell its designer shoes. This is in spite of our well known campaign to highlight how such trivialisation of Hinduism leads directly and indirectly to the abuse of Hindus the world over. Such ignorance leads us to believe that this same organisation is probably both indifferent and apathetic to the immense suffering of Hindus: the ethnic cleansing they have suffered in Pakistan, Kashmir and Bangladesh, and the discrimination they suffer at the hands of Minelliâs very own fellow Europeans. Indeed sometimes Western firms seem totally devoid of all understanding when it comes to the oldest civilisation on the planet.
For this reason we ask Minelli to respectfully withdraw the offending products and issue an immediate apology.
HHR also requests all Hindus to contact Minelli to make their feelings known on this subject.
According to their website, Minelli can be contacted as the details below:
Siège social Minelli
155, rue du Dirigeable - Z.I. Les Paluds
13685 AUBAGNE Cedex - FRANCE
Tél. : (33) 4 42 84 33 50
Fax : (33) 4 42 70 45 20
Mail: info@minelli.fr
Hindu Human Rights,
Serving Hindus Worldwide
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