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Hindu Council (UK)
TypeReligious organization
Legal statusFoundation
PurposeReligious studies, Spirituality, Social Reforms
Area served
UK
Websitehinducounciluk.org

The Hindu Council UK is an umbrella organisation for Hindus living in the United Kingdom, and is one of several groups representing Hindus that are influential at the national level.[1] It was set up in 1994. According to the Council's then-General Secretary, it faced opposition from the Sangh Parivar when it was founded.[1] It collaborated with the Department for Communities and Local Government to explore how caste influenced public life in the UK.[1] A debate on religious conversion hosted on its website reflected a Hindu nationalist perspective, and included contributors from the Vishva Hindu Parishad.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Zavos, John (2010). "Situating Hindu nationalism in the UK: Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the development of British Hindu identity". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 48 (1): 2–22. doi:10.1080/14662040903444475. ISSN 1466-2043.
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