To: Dog Gone
The RSS is a Hindu group that rivals the Taliban in fanaticism and holds significant power in the BJP. It is as frightening as the Islamic radicals. Not only because of their own numbers, but because they incite the worst of the Muslims.
Indeed, the recent India-Pakistan flareups are largely due to the desire of the government to externalize what is largely an internal problem. Dealing with it internally would mean sitting on the RSS.
-Eric
3 posted on
07/15/2002 10:04:40 AM PDT by
E Rocc
To: E Rocc
I don't care much for Hindu extremists, although at least they aren't flying airplanes into American buildings. They are a threat, though, to democracy in India and so we have a reason to be concerned.
Being rabidly anti-muslim gives them some political cover for now, but it's definitely something to keep an eye on.
9 posted on
07/15/2002 10:26:30 AM PDT by
Dog Gone
To: E Rocc
As I understand it, it was a member of the RSS that killed Gandhi. (apparently Gandhi was insufficiently Hindu)
49 posted on
07/17/2002 7:29:58 AM PDT by
Hamza01
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