[TBP]

Is India beginning to resemble Nazi Germany? This writer thinks it is, and I agree with him. As Rep. Dana Rohrabacher said on August 2, 1999, for the minorities,"India might as well be Nazi Germany."

[Pearls Before Swine]

I don't recall the Jews rioting and burning trains with German women and children in them before WW II.

[colorado tanker]

I agree with the author that the core Hindu nationalists bear watching and would cause considerable trouble if they succeed in their campaign to tear down mosques and replace them with Hindu temples. Some even want to tear down the Taj Mahal.

But these views are held by a small minority. Once it attained power the PJP has by and large acted responsibly and today is blocking the "rebuilding" of a Hindu temple at Ayodyha. Indeed, BJP's days in power seem numbered - they've recently lost a series of state and municipal elections.

The link between extreme Hindu nationalists and fascism goes back to before WWII, when many believed Japan or Germany might deliver independence to India. The violence between Hindus and Muslims was far worse during independence and partition.

My gut feeling is that the author is taking a kernel of truth and mixing it with some old news to tar BJP with the "nazi" label. Probably a Congress supporter.

[Hugin]

Hindu nationalists claim that a temple on the same site honoring the birthplace of the Hindu deity, Rama, was torn down to make way for the mosque.

This was standard operating procedure for Muslims for centuries. Destroying other religions holy sites and building mosques on them, at which point they become "Islamic Holy Sites". Just like the Temple Mount in Jeuruselem.

[milestogo]

This writer thinks it is, and I agree with him. As Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

Thats 3 against...?

[Map Kernow]

,"India might as well be Nazi Germany."

The comparison of Pakistan to Nazi Germany is more apt. Pakistan, like Nazi Germany, is fomenting terrorist unrest in the Punjab and in Jammu and Kashmir, just like the Nazis did in the Sudetenland and the Danzig corridor. By contrast, although India could easily have swallowed up the former East Pakistan after the 1971 war of liberation, she didn't, and that state became the independent Bangla Desh.

[Lejes Rimul]

Nazi Germany's a bit strong, but the point is right: Let's not forget all the Xians being persecuted there, too. Hindooism is a religion of Peace.

[weikel]

I would disagree if they were only going after Muslims but they are goingafter Sikhs too.

[Lizavetta]

I don't know much about India's politics, but whenever I think about that country I can't help but think about how many baby girls are aborted thanks to the introduction of the ultrasound machine. Same as China.

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

"For Hindu extremist groups the claim that a temple was torn down to build a mosque--for which there is no concrete evidence"

TBP, There is a history of Islam building Mosques over the sites of other religions hallowed buildings since at least the "Temple Mount", Constantinople, and quite a few churches in Europe before the "crusades". Islam allows NO other religion equal treatment under the "law". ALL are subordinate or non-existant. Peace and love, George.

[neutrino]

I agree with the author that the core Hindu nationalists bear watching and would cause considerable trouble if they succeed in their campaign to tear down mosques and replace them with Hindu temples

Would it be OK if we tore down the mosques and replaced them with something more useful...say, pork rib BBQ stands...instead?

[TBP]

Older but still relevant bump.

[TBP]

A CIA study a couple of years ago predicted that by 2015, India will break up into several countries.