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different classes, or castes. The upper classes control all power, wealth
and bureaucracy and the so-called lower castes have a status equal to
slaves in the merciless Hindu tradition. They do all the dirty work, are

deprived of all their natural rights and termed to be “dirty”-untouch-
ables by the members of the upper castes who are free to oppress, exploit
and debase them. Every kind of violence, cruelty and assault is consid-
ered appropriate and indeed seen as a requirement of the Hindu reli-
gion. This ruthless system has had a profoundly negative effect in the
development of Hindu ultranationalism.
The superstitious Hindu religion’s erroneous teachings encourage
violence and have defined radical Hindu nationalism. The vast majority
of Hindu deities are described in Hindu religious texts as angry, aggres-

Representations of the
savagery and bloodshed of
Kali: Hindus perform heretical
rites before images of this
supposed goddess.

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)