Remember these Hindus?
Posted on 06/14/2007 5:57:53 AM PDT by kellynla
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All things considered, he should be grateful they were Hindu, not Muslim; otherwise he wouldn’t be in the hospital recovering, he’s be six feet under.
Hindus? Wow.
This is intolerable by any group or religion. Hopefully they will be prosecuted.
I have been to Nepal 4 times and they seem to be the most tolerant people you would ever want to meet. But I do know in some parts of India there are extremists(as is the case with nearly any religion- Buddhists the exception of course until I see proof otherwise).
The other huge difference is that acts like this have no validation at all from Hinduism. The Hindu religion has no categorization of “infidels” and has no issues at all with other religions co-existing. The people who did this are truly a fringe group that even the vast majority of Hindus condemn.
There is just no history of Hindus killing other people en masse unprovoked in the name of religion. Deplorable and inexcusable as this incident is, to equate it with ISLAM is absurd.
Who would you be more afraid of, 5 young Hindu youth or 5 young Middle Eastern Muslim Arabs in a plane / mall / back alley ? I rest my case.
Took the words right outta my keyboard.
Well then, I guess that makes it OK!
Remember these Hindus?
National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) Christians, in various attacks on villages, killed quite a few Hindus who refused to convert. A couple of incidents ignited by hysteria have occurred since then, including a false report of violence against another preacher said to have occurred in India (actually happened in Pakistan).
BTW, we also know of several nations that are trying to prevent USA-India cooperation.
No, it does not and the perpetrators should be and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. They should also be condemned by all authorities to make sure that the message to people is that this is unacceptable behaviour.
The point I was trying to make was that we can’t equate ISLAM to Hinduism based on this and a few other incidents. There is no religious validation for this behaviour as there is in the Koran. Hinduism is perhaps the most tolerant religion in the world and accepts co-esxistence with other religions completely. Mainstream Hindu society is very non-violent and there is no social acceptance or condoning of this barbaric behaviour.
All this reasoning does not make the incident acceptable, we should just evaluate it in the proper perspective. A muslim mob would have beheaded him and the crowd would have cheered, that will never happen in even a fringe Hindu mob.
We rent an apartment in Catholic Goa, and have been into neighbouring Karnataka and several occasions. Although the people are generally decent and friendly, there is a small but nasty element, some of who are members of the RSS. These induviduals want no foreigners in India, a Theocracy where the Saddhus make the laws, the ancient Sanskrit language and calendar, and the banning of all modern technology. You get the picture. I have to stress they are treated with contempt by mainstream people, and I never had any mither from them, but visitors to India should take care when travelling of the tourist spots into, isolated villages.
In ISLAM, it is acceptable to kill non-believers and apostasy is punishable by death.
Each religion has fringe elements but in ISLAM the fringe is the mainstream. I am not surprised that Pakistan was involved again trying to derail Indo-US relationships.
You are right in your characterization of RSS. They are indeed a dangerous fringe element and are anti-foreigner. They are shunned by most of the Hindus in India and should be avoided by visitors. On a violence scale however, your local rag-tag Palestinian militia would put them to shame.
There's never a Copt around when you need one.........
The vast majority (95%+) of Hindus are pluralistic, and don’t have any particular problem with Christians or Christianity.
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