Cultural Diversity Support Services

SAMFSN offers support services to any active duty or civilain military personnel. Please send an email with details to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. if you need any of the following support services

1) Support to conduct any south asian festival or cultural event in your army base. We have conducted cultural events in many bases. Please review our Events page. We would be very glad to work with you to organize and conduct an event at your base.

2) If you need a care package or any support to be given to any deployed soldier or civilian overseas. Please let us know.

3) If you need help or support for a personal religious event or celebration. We will connect you to the closest community person or organization near your army base. SAMFSN can draw support from many interfaith organizations located in the U.S and abroad.

4) If you need legal or moral support for your or anyone else who is undergoing any kind of diffculty, discrimination or unfair treatment due to your religion or ethnic background and which is affecting their career or personal life. Please send an email asking for our contact info and we will immediately send you personal contact phone or email of our team members who will get in touch with you personally. You can then more details and facts on the problem and we will work with you to resolve the issue. SAMFSN can also draw on support from organizations such as  http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org if required.

Reference links for common principles of all religions

Religious Pluralism  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_pluralism
Unifying Truths    http://www.unifyingtruths.com/    http://www.onenessonline.com/

Resources for Unitarian Universalism

Learn about UU : http://www.uusc.org/

Looking for UU Churches: http://www.uua.org/directory/congregations

Links to UU Resources: http://uumeadville.org/links-to-uu-resources-2/

Resources for Buddhism

Basics of Buddhism: 

http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/basic-guide.htm

http://buddhism.about.com/od/basicbuddhistteachings/u/basics.htm

http://www.pbs.org/edens/thailand/buddhism.htm

"The History and Spread of Buddhism" - https://www.vodien.com/blog/education/history-spread-of-buddhism-singapore.php

Inter faith Organizations

    http://www.ifcmw.org  (Interfaith Conference of Washington Metropolitan)

Resources for Hinduism

Support efforts for Hindu Chaplaincy in the Department of Defense

• Give your support for the Hindu Chaplaincy in the DOD ( Department of Defense )

Books and resources on Hinduism:

• Below is a guide for every parent on how Religious education in schools
• A Parents Guide To Education on Religion in Schools
• A text book on The History of Hindu India  By Dr Shiva Bajpai – You can download a PDF version of the book from the link below.
  http://www.himalayanacademy.com/view/the-history-of-hindu-india
• Real Questions About Hinduism – ( By HAF) - HAF_Q&ABooklet_2010

Useful internet links to learn about Hinduism:

http://www.hafsite.org/resources/hinduism_101/hinduism_basics
http://www.ifcmw.org  (Interfaith Conference of Washington Metropolitan)
http://www.chinmayapublications.com/index.php
http://www.asia.si.edu/pujaonline/puja/basic_beliefs.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism
http://hinduism.about.com/od/basics/p/hinduismbasics.htm