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Indian scientists discovered that high-caste Hindus, particularly Brahmins,
are genetically closer to Europeans than they are to dark-skinned, Dravidian
Indians. Caste became a rigid system whereby India’s fair-skinned ruling class
kept lower and swarthier others in their places - as laborers, landless peasants,
and servants - exploiting them in the name of religion……
Dalits are forced to clean public toilets and remove human feces, usually with
their hands. They sweep up after Indians defecate in the streets and move dead
animals. According to an extensive report on caste by the respected Human
Rights Watch, large numbers of Dalit women are routinely raped and forced
to become sex slaves for Hindu priests and land owners. Of India’s estimated
40 million indentured laborers - a modern form of slavery - most are Dalit
children, often sold into lifelong servitude by starving parents.
When Dalits try to defend themselves from abuse and exploitation, they are
attacked by higher-caste gangs and local police. Their shanties are burned
and their women gang raped. Dalits, like Muslim Kashmiris, are frequently
subjected to beatings, rape, torture and arson by India’s brutal police, says
Human Rights Watch. 33
A considerable number of these “defenseless” dalits find the
solution in leaving the dark world of the Hindu faith, as before
in history, for a religion that represents justice, compassion and
humanitarianism: Islam. According to a report by BBC News:
New conflicts arise just about every day in India and people are
ruthlessly killed because of the caste system. A significant por-
tion of the Dalits, exposed to this terrible oppression, abandon
the dark teaching of Hinduism and, as in the past, turn to Islam,
the representative of justice, compassion and humanity on
Earth. A report which appeared in The Muslim Observer on 31
October, 2002, under the heading “India’s untouchables de-
nounce Hinduism and convert to Islam,” described the oppres-
sion on the Dalits.
Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)
