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| The Other Jihad: Islam's War on the Hindus |
| 2008-01-06 |
| Pakistan and its nuclear arsenal catastrophically may fall into the hands of jihadists. But the South Asian version of jihad is a less familiar but no less fearsome variant of the war directed at the Great Satan America, and the Little Satan, Israel. At one billion people, Hindus, the majority of whom live in the Indian sub-continent, constitute the third largest religion in the world after two billion Christians and 1.5 billion Muslims. Yet, their numbers have not spared Hindus from ongoing, systematic Muslim attacks in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Indeed, the jihad against India's non-Muslims has accelerated within the last few decades. The Indian government and international human rights organizations have done little to address human rights violations and have stood idle despite constant attacks on Hindus. Meanwhile, the media rarely mentions the desecration of Hindu religious sites and the constant intimidation of Hindus. While special concessions have been granted for Muslims in India, the governments of Pakistan and Bangladesh have long supported a policy, based on Islamic law, of religious discrimination against non-believers. Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh are unable to obtain positions of power, have great difficulty procuring business loans, are subjected to spurious blasphemy claims for defaming the prophet Mohammed and are specifically identified as non-Muslims on their passports. |
| Posted by:Cromert |
| #1 Hindus have a record of respecting religious minorities in India. Surprisingly there are 100 million Christians and 140 million Muslims, in thriving communities. In stark contrast, Pakistanis have either murdered or forced exile of all but 1% of each community. Hindus formed 20% of the population at Partition. Similarly, in Bangladesh, the Hindu population has halved since 1972. Parsis (exiled Zoroastorians) do even worse. An obvious fact doesn't sink in with majorities in the West: Islam is inherently oppressive and aggressive, and cannot reform. Still polls of trust for our Muslims consistently reveal a distrust rate of less than 30%. It should be 100%. Why does one-way respect for the murder-cult continue to pollute the West? Because the majority dislikes the general lack of religiosity in western civilization, and admire Muslim devotion. That blinds them to the fact that when Muslims commence the takeover of the democracies, freedom will be obliterated. Islam prescribes god-sovereignty over the slaves-of-allah, and dictates extreme brutality against "usurpers" who live according to their conscience. Frankly, we need laws that reverse onus in terror cases; accused Muslims must be deemed guilty until they prove themselves innocent, and they must enjoy no protections from self-incrimination and benefit of parole, as long as they remain jihadis. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2008-01-06 12:04 |