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ome circles at the present time like to portray

perverse and racist Hinduism as a religion of
“peace and understanding”. They claim that
Hindus are open-minded towards other reli-
gions and that they leave people in peace. This
is a fraudulent claim. As we have stated in the
previous chapter, Hinduism is a deeply racist
culture, and the Hindu culture prescribes vio-
lence and oppression, not compassion, towards other religious denomi-
nations and even towards members of its own lower castes. The upper
caste elite have been oppressing their own people for centuries as a re-
quirement of the merciless caste system. However, the primary target of
these often violent policies is what they describe as the “non-Hindu mi-
norities,” like Muslims and Christians. The English historian Prof.
Douglas Spitz, renowned for his research on Hindu nationalism, ex-
plains in his article titled “The RSS and Hindu Militancy in the 1980s”
the illogical basis of Hindu nationalist ideology:

“According to RSS ideology, Hindu nationalism provides the antidote to false
Nehruvian secularism. RSS thinkers maintain that Hindu (Bharatiya) culture is
the only indigenous culture of India, and that India cannot be nationally inte-
grated until all Indians share this culture, and recognize it as the foundation of
their collective national identity. They assert that to achieve this goal of national
integration based on a shared Bharatiya culture, two basic conditions must be met.
First, Hindus must transcend their divisions of caste, sect, class, region and lan-
guage, and realize that they form a mighty organic Hindu nation. Secondly, non-
Hindus, particularly Muslims and Christians, whose religious and cultural in-
spiration originated in foreign lands, must adopt as theirs Hindu culture and its
historical heroes.” 92
The primary targets of these assimilation policies are the Muslims
in India who form a large community of 200 million people.