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The US Commission on International Religious Freedom classified India as Tier-2 in persecuting religious minorities, the same as that of Iraq and Egypt. In a 2018 report, USCIRF charged Hindu nationalist groups for their campaign to " Saffronize " India through violence, intimidation, and harassment against non-Hindus. [ 12 ]
The violence has become a substitute for class tensions. Nationalists, rather than deal with the claims from the lower class, instead view Muslims and Christians as not "fully Indian" due to their religion, [43] and portray those who carry out these attacks as "heroes" that defended the majority from "anti-nationals". [37]
On 13 October 2008, the National Integration Council of India called a special meeting chaired by Manmohan Singh, then Prime Minister of India, where he condemned the violence of Hindu militant organisations such as Bajrang Dal, VHP etc. [citation needed] The prime minister had earlier publicly admitted that the ongoing violence against the ...
Anger against Muslims turned into outrage that police had not stopped an illegal practice, and a Hindu mob blocked a highway, threw stones, burned vehicles and eventually two people were shot and ...
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In the book Satyadarshini, written by Andhra Pradesh Pastor Paravastu Suryanarayana Rao, it was alleged that New Life Fellowship Trust had denigrated and defamed Hindu gods, causing anger amongst the Bajrang Dal. [14] [15] Hindu activists also alleged that excerpts from Rao's book had been published in pamphlets to spread its influence. [15]
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AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — Hindu nationalism, once a fringe ideology in India, is now mainstream.Nobody has done more to advance this cause than Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of India’s most ...