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Dr. Dilip Amin

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Dr. Dilip Amin is the founder of Interfaithshaadi.org and HinduSpeakers.org. Dr. Amin is Director of the Peninsula Multifaith Coalition of the San Francisco Bay area. He is a Dharma Ambassador and on the Advisory Committee at the Hindu American Foundation. He is a jail chaplain and a Columnist at Patheos. He is a faculty member at Hindu University of America. Dr. Amin has guided 1200 youth in interfaith relationships over the past 18 years and has summarized his experiences in several books: Hindu Vivaha Samskara, Interfaith Marriage-Share & Respect with Equality and Hindu-Muslim Marriage: Difficulties and Reconciliations. His books are translated in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam.

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I once asked my American-born son, an academician at Stanford University, “What... read more


Indonesia’s Ban on Interfaith Marriages: A Blow to...

Indonesia's Ban on Interfaith Marriages: A Blow to Religious Freedom Interfaith marriages... read more


JD Vance and Usha Chilukuri's Marriage of Religious...

JD Vance, a Roman Catholic, and Usha Chilukuri, a practicing Hindu, unite... read more


Intermarriage as a New Category of CASTE Systems

In her best-selling book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020), Ms.... read more


Caste Bills Could Hurt Interfaith Couples

About 40% of Americans marry interfaith. Any future proposal of a caste bill... read more


Legal Implications in Interfaith Marriages

Hindu-Jewish Child Custody Court Battle, A Case Study: Wrong expectations and implied... read more


Conversion for Marriage

The intolerant practice of religious conversion for love and marriage should have... read more


Hindu-Muslim Marriages

Interfaith marriage is one of the most fundamental sins in Islam after... read more


The Status of Hindus in Malaysia: A Travelogue

Hindus in Malaysia are treated as second class citizens even though many... read more


Hindu-Jewish Marriages

Jews and Hindus do not proselytize and there is no historical conflict... read more



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