When President Obama visits India next month, should he raise the issue of ‘Hindu terrorism’ against Christians, Muslims and other minorities, particularly members of what were once known as the ‘untouchables?’ Is there, in fact, a major problem with Hindu terrorism – and should this be part of the ‘war on terror’? Rather than focusing on Afghanistan, bilateral trade and the U.S.-India nuclear agreement, columnist Zaheerul Hassan of Pakistan’s Pak Tribune implores President Obama to stand up for the victims of the ‘Hindu’s holocaust.’
For the Pak Tribune, Zaheerul Hassan writes in part:
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle will visit India in early November. Obama conveyed the news to Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna at a reception at the Museum of Natural History in New York. Obama added that his wife Michelle is excited about the trip. For obvious reasons, India’s leadership waits anxiously to welcome the global power’s president. But victims of the Hindu’s holocaust are waiting to see if Obama has the courage to ask Indian leaders to end Hindutve terror [Hindu nationalist terror]. Obama’s has reasons of his own for his curiosity: it’s his wife’s first visit to the so-called secular state. Responsible American staff should arrange factual briefings for them, so as to reflect the genuine Indian face.
The U.S. couple must be told that so far, Indian troops have killed over 3.2 to 3.4 million Sikhs; more than 120,000 Muslims of the occupied “Internationally Disputed Areas of Jammu and Kashmir”; more than 500,000 Muslims; more than 312,500 Christians; over 15,000 Tamils; more than 15,000 civilians of the Seven Sisters of Assam; hundreds of thousands of Dalits [equivalent to the lowest cast in India]; and hundreds of thousands of Adivasis or Moolnivasis. These Sikhs, Muslims, non-Hindus and non-Brahmin minorities were killed because they were neither Brahmin nor Hindu. Since August 15, 1947, Brahmin-Hindu politician/lawmakers and the armed forces have needed one another to protect their own skins.
The matter of concern for human rights monitoring organizations is that Indian authorities, instead of giving rights to minorities, have put their leaderships behind bars.
The Global Council of Indian Christians is also asking the Obama Administration to pressure India to halt Hindu extremism against Christians. But the question arises: will the president of the lone superpower ask India to end Hindutva Terror, or will he give preference to making economic gains at the expense of the murder of people in his own religious community?
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