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Articles for Hindu Nationalists

CNN wants India to be a Sharia state, its latest oped shows the Western media's antipathy for Hindus
7 months, 3 weeks ago

CNN wants India to be a Sharia state, its latest oped shows the Western media's antipathy for Hindus

Op India  

As India is in the midst of general elections, the Western media has gone all out to influence the Indian voters against the incumbent Modi government. On the 1st of May, US-based media house CNN published an article titled: “Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city”. PM Modi called Indian Muslims ‘infiltrators’: CNN parrots the lies peddled …

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Islamophobia and India’s election: Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Islamophobia and India’s election: Rising Hindu nationalism leaves Muslims fearful in India’s holy city

CNN  

Varanasi, India CNN — The sun glistens on the Ganges as Hindu devotees bathe in the holy river’s waters, and the Muslim call to prayer reverberates through the dusty air. But we are hopeless.” Varanasi lies on the Ganges, the most sacred river in Hinduism John Mees/CNN ‘We hide our names’ Modi’s BJP has its roots in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak …

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As India’s election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism
9 months ago

As India’s election nears, some Bollywood films promote Modi politics by embracing Hindu nationalism

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The movie trailer begins with an outline of the iconic glasses worn by Mohandas Gandhi, the leader who helped India win independence from the British colonialists in 1947. “The Kerala Story,” the ninth-highest grossing Hindi film of 2023, was widely panned for inaccuracies in depicting Christian and Hindu girls from India’s southern Kerala state who were lured …

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Whose Ram? Nationalists vs Conservatives
10 months ago

Whose Ram? Nationalists vs Conservatives

The Diplomat  

In late January, a temple devoted to the Hindu god Ram was consecrated with great fanfare in India. Finally, after many court proceedings, considering communal harmony more than historical accuracy, the Indian Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the disputed ground should be split into three zones, and a mosque should be built in one spot while a Hindu temple …

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How Islamists are Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari are shielding him after his arrest over hate speech
10 months, 2 weeks ago

How Islamists are Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari are shielding him after his arrest over hate speech

Op India  

After Gujarat ATS arrested Maulana Mufti Salman Azhari for an incendiary video that had gone viral on the internet, an Islamic gang that backed the hate merchant jumped to his defence on social media. Hindutva IT cell cropped his video and circulated it with false claim that he targeted a community.#ReleaseSalmanAzhari#IStandWithSalmanAzhari pic.twitter.com/ydNkq5FMXn — Md Asif Khan‏‎‎‎‎‎‎ February 4, 2024 After …

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Ayodhya: Modi opens Ram temple in grand event ahead of India polls
11 months ago

Ayodhya: Modi opens Ram temple in grand event ahead of India polls

Associated Press  

AYODHYA, India — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya, in a political triumph for the populist leader who is seeking to transform the country from a secular democracy into a Hindu state. Workers decorate a temple dedicated to Hindu deity …

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The Israel-India-U.S. triangle: Its human toll will be incalculable
1 year ago

The Israel-India-U.S. triangle: Its human toll will be incalculable

Salon  

In 1981, India’s post office issued a stamp showing the flags of India and occupied Palestine flying side by side above the phrase “Solidarity with the Palestinian people.” That now seems like ancient history. It’s a match made in heaven, because the two nations have similar “problems” they’re trying to “solve.” Israel has long been engaged in the violent suppression …

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India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country
1 year, 3 months ago

India or Bharat? A dinner invite sparks speculation as Modi’s ministers push to rebrand the country

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — It began with a dinner invitation. India is known by two names: India, used worldwide, and the Sanskrit and Hindi nomenclature of “Bharat.” Now, Modi’s government is signaling that Indians should shed the name India and instead call their country Bharat. Prominent among such efforts is the government’s renaming of the northern city of Allahabad — named …

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‘India’ or ‘Bharat’? A G-20 dinner invite sparks rumors of a national rebrand
1 year, 3 months ago

‘India’ or ‘Bharat’? A G-20 dinner invite sparks rumors of a national rebrand

LA Times  

An Indian fan at the Cricket World Cup holds a flag that uses the Sanskrit word for India, “Bharat.” It began with a dinner invitation. State-issued invites sent to guests of this week’s G-20 meeting in New Delhi referred to India’s ceremonial president, Droupadi Murmu, as “President of Bharat.” Suddenly, in many circles, the question was everywhere: Would the country …

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1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide
1 year, 8 months ago

1 city, 2 people — and India’s widening religious divide

Associated Press  

AYODHYA, India — Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he doesn’t recognize anymore. ___ India is home to some 200 million Muslims who make up the predominantly Hindu country’s largest minority group. Though India’s communal fractures date back to its bloody partition in 1947, most Indians trace the roots of the latest religious fault lines …

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How Ayodhya city reflects India’s widening religious divide
1 year, 8 months ago

How Ayodhya city reflects India’s widening religious divide

Al Jazeera  

Syed Mohammad Munir Abidi says India is a changed country, one he does not recognise any more. The 48-year-old Hindu priest says India is on a quest to redeem its religious past and that the country is fundamentally a Hindu nation where minorities, especially Muslims, must subscribe to Hindu primacy. Though India’s communal fractures date back to its bloody partition …

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HuffPost reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz vilifies Hindus in the US
2 years, 1 month ago

HuffPost reporter Rowaida Abdelaziz vilifies Hindus in the US

Op India  

The HuffPost, which has been at the helm of disinformation campaigns during the 2020 Delhi anti-Hindu riots, is back to demonising the Hindu community by lending credence to dubious historians and radical Islamist outfits. Rowaida Abdelaziz uses the trope of ‘Hindutva vs Hinduism’ The HuffPost reporter then went on a diatribe against Hindutva, going as far as to label it …

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Hindu nationalists now pose a global problem
2 years, 2 months ago

Hindu nationalists now pose a global problem

Al Jazeera  

The recent UK violence should serve as a wake-up call. Overseas offshoots of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party have helped in this, as have allied groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad or World Hindu Council. On September 17, young Hindu men marched through the streets of Leicester, chanting “Jai Sri Ram” – now a Hindu nationalist war …

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RRR movie on Netflix: The wild Indian blockbuster has a troubling political subtext.
2 years, 6 months ago

RRR movie on Netflix: The wild Indian blockbuster has a troubling political subtext.

Slate  

It wasn’t inevitable that the histrionic Indian epic RRR would be the mammoth global success it’s now become. Rolling Stone deemed it “the best and most revolutionary blockbuster” of the year; sociologist and author Nancy Wang Yuen calls it “three hours of anti-colonialist AWESOMENESS.” Indian films don’t often get this kind of ubiquity, but RRR’s breakout success is even more …

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A long-dead Muslim emperor vexes India’s Hindu nationalists
2 years, 6 months ago

A long-dead Muslim emperor vexes India’s Hindu nationalists

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly towards the podium to deliver another nighttime address to the nation. “For today’s Hindu nationalists, Aurangzeb is a dog whistle for hating all Indian Muslims,” said Audrey Truschke, historian and author of the book “Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth.” Hating and disparaging Muslim rulers, particularly Mughals, is …

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Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India
2 years, 6 months ago

Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s northern Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque and a temple that are separated by one wall. “It is a way to tell Muslims that their public display of faith in India is no more accepted and that the alleged humiliation heaped on them by …

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In India, hate-filled songs are a weapon to target Muslims
2 years, 8 months ago

In India, hate-filled songs are a weapon to target Muslims

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The frenzied fury against Muslims began with provocative songs played by Hindu mobs that called for violence. On April 10, a Hindu festival marking the birth anniversary of Lord Ram turned violent in Madhya Pradesh state’s Khargone city after Hindu mobs brandishing swords and sticks marched past Muslim neighborhoods and mosques. Many such songs openly call for …

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How Dismantling Global Hindutva conference ended up showing that Hindu nationalists are the best people of all
3 years, 3 months ago

How Dismantling Global Hindutva conference ended up showing that Hindu nationalists are the best people of all

Op India  

On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, liberals worldwide have uncovered the real axis of evil. It happens to be a nexus between Hindu nationalism and “elite queer trans people.” Tweet of Dismantling Global Hindutva conference That’s the official twitter handle of the “Dismantling Global Hindutva” conference, posting snippets from the speakers at this “academic” event. Hindu nationalists …

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Modi: The creation of a 100-year movement
4 years ago

Modi: The creation of a 100-year movement

Hindustan Times  

Donald Trump’s defeat might seem the beginning of the end of Global Trumpism, a trend that is seen to include Jair Bolsonaro, Rodrigo Duterte, and Narendra Modi. It is a comfort made cosier by the fact that traditional Hinduism does not provide for a ‘Hindu State’ that can replace democracy. Article 370 of the Indian Constitution had enabled special laws …

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