Yes you are right. Chanting of vedic hymns is a popular profession for illegal immigrants. /sarc. Seriously do you have any incidents to support your theory. There are all sorts of restrictions for people from Third world nations to visit the USA..most restrictions are to prevent economic migrants.
Those are mere excuses. Much of the christian world still treats hindus and hinduism with disdain. Building a temple in the deep south in the 60s or 70s was unthinkable. Even today hindus have to run through hoops and loops just to get expansion plans for a temple approved anywhere in the US. By the way, did you know that the Hindus are the richest community in the US. They have the highest per capita income and are the most educated group in this country and I dont see where all this 3rd world excuse comes from. Most Christians dont really bother about such priests and dont want to restrict their religous freedom. Do you really think that the US or British state dept authorities are concerned about protecting Christian valuees?
Yes the US and British State / Foreign departments are concerned about protecting Christians. Alan Keyes was a US Consul Officer in India. The British Government regularly donates to prosleytising church groups to convert poor hindus. This is soo much true when aid is given after natural disasters like earthquakes. The US and British Governments care more for Christianity than the Indian Government could care for Hinduism.
"right. Chanting of vedic hymns is a popular profession for illegal immigrants. sarc. "
You surely are not that dense are you? How many times someone comes in a cultural touring group or dance group to visit the US , then disappear in to the country and stay after the visas are expired and work illegally in some restaurant or gas station etc?
There are millions of illegal immigrants who come through the visa route and run away, the consular officer of the US embassy in India or other developing nations are very hard on visas that is not in your usual student, H1, family visit categories. So many visa applications are declined because of a lot of reasons and mainly because the consular officer is worried that the applicant would migrate to the US and overstay their short term visas, that would the most likely reason.
You made the allegation that Hindu priests are denied visas because of religious reasons ( even though many are given visas)- do you have any proof to back up your allegation? '
"Building a temple in the deep south in the 60s or 70s was unthinkable"
How many Hindus were there in the deep south in the 60's or 70's? Dont many of them reside in the east or west coast.
'The British Government regularly donates to prosleytising church groups to convert poor hindus.'
Any proof? Not from some nutcase loony site but a genuine news site?.
'The US and British Governments care more for Christianity than the Indian Government could care for Hinduism.'
Not sure about the Indian Government and its attitude towards Hindus, since it is officially secular maybe thats the case. In the US, Britain ACLU and its associated grouos, many sections of Media, Democrats are not very friendly towards Christians . So really dont know what you are on about, if you have ever been in the US freedom of religion is widely prevalent, the anti-American posts from you is widely off the mark. America even though a Christian nation, does not legislate to restrict religious rights of others, dont think Indian Govts have the same attitude, even the Indian society is open-minded in its attitude.