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French firm Minelli withdraws 'offensive' shoes of Lord Rama


France, June 10, 2005
NRI press

French design firm Minelli has withdrawn a range of shoes with the image of Lord Rama imprinted on them. NRI, hindus worldwide are very happy to hear this compay's decision.

Minelli, a France-based shoes retailer, had chosen to use sacred images of Lord Ram, venerated by millions of Hindus the world over, to sell its designer shoes.

HHR {Hindu Human Rights) requested all NRI Hindus wordwide to contact Minelli to make their feelings known on this subject. This was 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 Minelli’s 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 asked Minelli to respectfully withdraw the offending products and issue an immediate apology.

 

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Minelli, a France-based shoes retailer, had chosen to use sacred images of Lord Ram, venerated by millions of Hindus the world over, to sell its designer shoes.