The idea that “Hindu speakers were banned, and Hindu organizations were demonized” at the Parliament is a vast exaggeration, when in fact only Hindu nationalist groups appear to have been left out of the list of speakers. We are now seeing “Hindu pride” being deployed regularly in India to justify hate speech and violent attacks on Muslims and Christians. We at HfHR wholeheartedly reject the “Savarkar/Golwalkar” version of “Hindu Pride,” which presupposes contempt for other faiths. And now the HAF is falsely blaming the Parliament of World’s Religions for imagined discrimination against Hindus. (Top photo, courtesy, Religion News Service)Raju Rajagopal is a co-founder of Hindus for Human Rights USA.

Source: The Hindu September 15, 2023 17:53 UTC