“Hitler never used the word,” said T.K. Nakagaki, a Buddhist priest and author of “The Buddhist Swastika and Hitler’s Cross: Rescuing a Symbol of Peace from the Forces of Hate.” ...

“My decoration said ‘Happy Diwali’ and had a swastika on it,” said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights. The equilateral cross with its legs bent at right ...

In the West, the swastika is often equated to Adolf Hitler's "hakenkreuz" or the hooked cross -- a symbol of hate that evokes the trauma of the Holocaust and the horrors of Nazi Germany.

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The Branded Few are changing their jacket insignia, which featured a swastika, after being condemned ... which the Branded Few refers to as a “broken cross,” is being replacing with a ...

Ronny James, a member of the Branded Few, argued the symbol is not a swastika but a bent cross, symbolizing four L’s, “luck, light, love and life” and that the eagle represents strength and ...

“My decoration said ‘Happy Diwali’ and had a swastika on it,” said Deo, a physician, who was celebrating the Hindu festival of lights. The equilateral cross with its legs bent at right ...