Coalition against Communalism
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Coalition against Communalism (CAC) is a San Francisco Bay area
organization formed in 1992 in the wake of the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya, according to its website.
Nothing is known about its leadership, its membership or the sources of funding. This information has never been revealed outside of CAC. The group's website is donated by EKTA
, a Berkeley, California
-based organization. It has also worked closely with the Friends of South Asia
.
It has in the past supported donations to the St. Xavier's Social Service Society, Ahmedabad.
In Kashmir, CAC opposes "widespread abuses of human rights in the State of Jammu and Kashmir by the State or Central government" as well as "the continuing violence in Jammu & Kashmir, especially the targeting of innocent civilians for political ends, perpetrated by terrorists".
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
organization formed in 1992 in the wake of the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya, according to its website.
Nothing is known about its leadership, its membership or the sources of funding. This information has never been revealed outside of CAC. The group's website is donated by EKTA
EKTA
ЕКТА is a group of companies, the leading Ukrainian developer and manufacturer of LED video screens and business solutions based on LED technology...
, a Berkeley, California
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
-based organization. It has also worked closely with the Friends of South Asia
Friends of South Asia
Friends of South Asia is a volunteer South Asian American peace activism group based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The group's stated basic mission is to "achieve a peaceful, prosperous, and hate-free South Asia...work[ing] through people-to-people contacts, dialog, and other non-violent,...
.
It has in the past supported donations to the St. Xavier's Social Service Society, Ahmedabad.
In Kashmir, CAC opposes "widespread abuses of human rights in the State of Jammu and Kashmir by the State or Central government" as well as "the continuing violence in Jammu & Kashmir, especially the targeting of innocent civilians for political ends, perpetrated by terrorists".
See also
- Indian AmericanIndian AmericanIndian Americans are Americans whose ancestral roots lie in India. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Indigenous peoples of the Americas who are commonly referred to as American Indians.-The term: Indian:...
- Californian Hindu textbook controversyCalifornian Hindu textbook controversyA controversy in the US state of California concerning the portrayal of Hinduism in history textbooks began in 2005. Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu groups complained that their religions were in part incorrectly or negatively portrayed....
- Communalism (South Asia)Communalism (South Asia)This article deals with the use of the word communalism in South Asia, as a name for a force separating different communities based on some form of social or sectarian discrimination...