Step into the vibrant world of Hinduism in Belgium! The Hindu Forum of Belgium proudly presents its 92-page magazine, packed with inspiring stories, cultural highlights, and historic milestones. What’s Inside? Martin Gurvich / Mahaprabhu Dasa Articles: The Road to Recognition and The Significance of Hinduism in Belgium: Vision and Future Dr. Rembert LutjeharmsArticles: Hinduism: A...
We are happy to announce that eleven years after introducing a formal request for Hinduism to be recognized by the Belgian Government and eight years after our formal request for a subsidy for Hindu Forum of Belgium, the Belgian Parliament has voted on 11 January, 2024, to grant the Hindu Forum of Belgium a subsidy, which is the first step towards recognition of Hinduism in Belgium.
Two protests against the recent spate of violence against innocent Hindus in Bangladesh will be held: (1) Friday, 29 October in front of the Bangladesh Embassy in Brussels and (2) Sunday 31 October at Schumann Square in Brussels.
On the 8th of September, the board members of the Hindu Forum of Belgium were received by his excellency Mr. Santosh Jha, ambassador of India to Belgium. Ravinder Singh, president of HFB, started by thanking the ambassador for his prompt action regarding a picture of Ganesh on the label of a bottle of a beverage containing alcohol.
On Wednesday the 16th of September the new Board of Directors of the HFB and the Executive team had their first meeting in the HFB head office at Avenue d’Auderghem 197, Etterbeek-Brussels. Topics such as criteria for new members, benefits of being part of the HFB, benefits of being recognized as a religion, a newsletter,...
16th of June 2018, Manik Paul, Mahaprabhu and Malati participated in the General Assembly of the Hindu Forum Europe. The HFE as an umbrella organization, aims to bring matters regarding Hinduism to the attention of leaders in Europe. After representing HFB since its inception in 2007, Mahaprabhu stepped down as a member of the board...
Mister Dufour informed us that from HFB side we have been very diligent by filling in all the documents and by giving all the required information. This was later confirmed by Minister Geens. He suggested to us to continue to continue meeting different political parties in the autumn. Mr Dufour mentions that the HFB should become more professional and therefore they are intending to grant us the requested subsidy.
For the recent visit to Brussels by the Prime Minister of India, the Honourable Shri Narendra Modi, we negotiated with the Indian Embassy in Belgium to meet with the Prime Minister and air issues faced by Hindus in Belgium and Europe. This we felt appropriate as over 50% of the Hindus in Europe are either...
Monday 16 November the Hindu Forum Europe (HFE) celebrated Diwali for the first time in the EU Parliament, Brussels. Host MEP, Neena Gill congratulated Hindus with this big success. The Ambassador of India, Mr. Manjeev Singh Puri, and the Ambassador of Mauritius, Mr. J. Koonjul, lit symbolically a dipa in the presence of other MEPs...
On Sunday 20 September 2015 HFBe had our General Assembly at Krishna Restaurant in Overijse, Brussels. attendence was down becasue it was a No Car Day in Brussels. Never-the-less a few hardy fellows and ladies did turn out for it. The committe led by Anil Chunivan was confirmed for another year. Membership fee was lowered...
