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| June 19, 2010 | Hindu prayer request denied by UK House of Lords | |
Nevada (US): Acclaimed Hindu leader Rajan Zed's request to read opening prayer in House of Lords of United Kingdom has been denied. Replying to Zed's request to House Speaker; James Bowyer, Assistant Private Secretary to the Lord
Speaker Baroness Hayman, wrote in a communiqué: "Prayers are set down in the Standing
Orders of the House of Lords (the rules determining the House's procedures). These
are of the Christian faith and are read by members of the House, ordinarily one
of the 26 senior Bishops of the Church of England. It is not possible therefore
for your request to be considered." On Rajan Zed's another request for the possibility
of the Bishop/Member once reading the Hindu prayer supplied by Zed, Bowyer replied:
"I am afraid this won't be possible. As I said, the prayers that can be read are
set down in the Standing Orders of the House of Lords and these are currently
only of the Christian faith." Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism,
has read the first Hindu opening prayer in United States Senate in Washington
DC in 2007. |
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