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	Hindutva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Indian subcontinent (which includes the area south of the Himalaya and the Hindu Kush, usually Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and sometimes Afghanistan) or Akhand Bharat is the homeland of the Hindus.
		Hindus have been historically oppressed in their own land by invading forces like the Muslims and the Christians.
		A Hindu state must be established to protect the rights of the Hindus in their homeland and bring about a general cultural revival.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hindu_fundamentalism (1228 words)

	Hindu Fundamentalism
		Fundamentalism is an easily discernible phenomenon in belief-oriented religions like Christianity and Islam which have a simple and exclusive pattern to their faith.
		Hindus with their many names and forms for God don't mind accepting the Christian name God or even Islamic Allah as referring to the same reality.
		Hindus have many holy books like the Vedas, Agamas, Gita, Ramayana and so on, which contain a great variety of teachings and many different points of view and no one of these books is required reading for all Hindus.
	www.angelfire.com /ca/Hinduism/frawley.html (964 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Libertines and fundamentalists - Thursday \| August 5, 2004
		Hindu fundamentalism, which is today gaining influence in India, grew largely out of a response to the challenge to Indian culture posed by Christian missionaries during the colonial period.
		Some of the ideas of Hindu fundamentalism in particular, the stress on a canon of sacred texts have little basis in Indian tradition and appear to have been taken directly from the missionaries, who had their Bible.
		Where Islamic or Hindu fundamentalism are strongest is not in tradition-bound rural communities but in the cities of Third-World countries.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20040805/cleisure/cleisure2.html (739 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, British India, Hindu Fundamentalism
		It is, nonetheless, far less certain that "resurgent Hindu fundamentalism," which is Wolpert's characterization of the present movement and also the title of his article, aptly captures the nature of the forces and the dynamics of the social processes that led to the destruction of the mosque.
		Fundamentalism presupposes "communalism"; if "communalism" is always there, "fundamentalism" can never be far behind, giving voice to the volcano of "communalism," lending it the agenda of political organization and ambition which it requires to capture power.
		The Shiv Sena, a party allied with the "Hindu fundamentalists," is described by its leader as deriving its name, insofar as political matters are concerned, from Shivaji, the great Maratha leader renowned for his military valor; in religious matters, from the God Shiva.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/British/Hindufund.html (1492 words)

	Fundamentalist - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fundamentalism takes its name from The Fundamentals, a series of early 20th century volumes of essays sponsored by the Stewart brothers (oil industry) which were distributed free throughout the US to clergymen and influential laymen.
		Hindu fundamentalism generally refers to an adherence to Hindu caste rules and taboos, and a traditional view of the Hindu family.
		The recent and unfortunate resurgence of Hindu fundamentalism is essentially a reaction to Islamic fundamentalism in India and to terrorist acts by Muslims in the Indian state of Kashmir.
	www.sourcewatch.org /wiki.phtml?title=Fundamentalist (1513 words)

	CAMPAIGN TO STOP FUNDING HATE: PROJECT SAFFRON DOLLAR
		Hinduism is a unified religion and civilisation (without conflicts of sect, caste, region, "theology", even when such conflicts clearly exist) which goes back thousands of years.
		Hindus now need to become strong ideologically, in their faith, politically and in health (through exercise and mental preparation) in preparation for the struggle to form a Hindu nation (Hindu Rastra) based on Hindutva - blood belonging, religious identity and territorial nationhood.
		Hindus are discriminated against in their "own" country and have been divided by others (the "secularists", communists, Congress Party) on the basis of caste, class, regional identities or politics.
	www.stopfundinghate.org /resources/news/0103SearchLight.htm (2802 words)

	Hindu Fundamentalism: Does It Really Exist? (Repost) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Hindus are called fundamentalists for wanting to retake a few of their old holy places, like Ayodhya, of the many thousands destroyed during centuries of foreign domination.
		There are serious problems in Hindu society that must be addressed, but these should be examined as per their nature and cause, which is not some uniform Hindu fundamentalism but wrong practices that are often contrary to real Hindu thought.
		If Hindus are being intolerant or prejudiced, naturally this should be pointed out, but to routinely raise such negative stereotypes as fundamentalist relative to Hindu groups, who may be no more than trying to preserve their traditions in a hostile world, is a gross abuse of language.
	www.hindunet.org /alt_hindu_home/1995_Jul_1/msg00048.html (2955 words)

	The Hindu : Fundamentalism, a global menace?
		A major part of her book is a dissection of ``fundamentalism'' which, instead of receding with the advance of science and technology is becoming more and more pronounced around the world.
		The semantics of fundamentalism is that it is a return to the basics of religion from the distance which is separating it because of the advance of knowledge and the dominance of mind by reason.
		The earlier perception of fundamentalism in the first few centuries after the crucifixion of Christ, the author has pointed out, was that it was aimed at the restoration of the authentic Christian faith ``which had been buried under a mound of lifeless medieaval theology.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2001/06/19/stories/13190177.htm (1226 words)

	Nazarene.org :: Official Site of the International Church of the Nazarene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Arya Samaj surely laid a foundation towards Hindu fundamentalism with two main ideologies: 'return to scripture' or 'canonical authority' and 'purification and reformation.' Later arose the third idea that was the “quest for power.” In this context the Hindu Mahasabha was established in 1915, which was distinct from Indian National Congress.
		The historicity of Hinduism is a relatively recent as a part of the reformist -revivalist movements.”30 Present day Hinduism assumes that Indian culture is a Hindu culture and Indian nationalism is Hindu nationalism.
		The Hindu religious fundamentalism that was started with reformative measure, in the course of history, as a result of ideological development became national in scope and monolithic in culture.
	www.nazarene.org /ed_didache/vol2_1hindu.html (5330 words)

	Hindu Fundamentalism: Does it Really Exist? by Ajit Adhopia
		All Hindus consider the four Vedas as their primary scriptures, but also highly revere other sacred books like Geeta, Ramayana, Puranas and many other supplementary literature that may offer differing interpretations of the Vedas.
		Hinduism has no single founder or prophet, as Vedas were revealed to a series of seers called Rishis over a period of time.
		Hinduism does not claim to be the only true religion and ladder to salvation.
	www.boloji.com /analysis/016.htm (839 words)

	faq on Hinduism, Hindu religion
		The way ancient hindus solved this question, was by considering only two regions, the heaven and this earth.
		Hinduism accepts variations in the method of worship based ones own level of physical and mental capabilities.
		The fundamental Hinduism is too tolerant and passive and could probably be easily exterminated by any other religion.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/7444/faqh.html (1660 words)

	HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM
		Hindu fundamentalists were flattered by Aldous Huxley’s idea of the Perennial Philosophy and its mystic monism, originally found in the Upanishads and only later, according to their views, spread to other cultures.
		Hindu civilization then descended into a long decline that was exacerbated by the pacificism and nihilism of Buddhism and Jainism, which were seen as failed off shoots of Hinduism and not separate religions from Hinduism.
		Hindu nationalists in the state of Maharastra were successful in creating a new division between Muslims and Hindus that would intensify decade by decade into the new century.
	www.class.uidaho.edu /ngier/hindfund.htm (3681 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Shah finds that the fundamental cause of the conflict is the disenfranchisment and repression of the Indian Muslim population by the government and other social institutions, and the legitimisation of this state of affairs via a widespread, government-backed Hindu nationalist ideology.
		Hindu temples with their towering gates and walls, often covered with naked gods and voluptuous goddesses, remain a source of constant provocation to Muslim eyes and minds, even as Muslim butchers provoke Hindu rage and fury each time they lead a cow or her calf to slaughter.”7
		Hindus and Muslims have coexisted now on Indian soil for more than 1,000 years, and in countless Indian villages and towns; they still live side by side, temple and mosque, within view of each other.
	www.globalresearch.org /view_article.php?aid=384408661 (2639 words)

	Campaign to Stop Funding Hate
		One claims that India is (or ought to be) a Hindu nation where minorities should be relegated to second-class citizenship (if that), and that the funding of Hindutva by Indians is legitimate while the funding of minority communal institutions is illegitimate.
		As a matter of fact, the track record of the government in terms of relief and rehabilitation for members of the minority communities and in terms of bringing the perpetrators of this violence to justice, has been abysmal (see http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=19402).
		Not only does Hindu nationalism operate at the level of the Indian State, it also strikes at the roots of the idea of India that was shaped by the struggles of millions of people of all communities.
	stopfundinghate.org /actions/press/030403.htm (890 words)

	KNOW YOUR HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM : BRAHMANIC TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS - THE SANGH PARIVAR : Arya Samaj, RSS, VHP, BJP, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It obtains funds and recruits from Aryan Hindus all across the globe, especially from the US, UK and Canada and has grown to become the main fund-raising agency of Brahmanist Fundamentalism.
		It is in the forefront in the call for a Hindu Rashtra, a Hindu State ethnically cleansed of its non-Aryan populations.
		Jan Sangh, the Hindu Mahasabha and the Ram Rajya Parishad was 10 seats with 6.4 per cent of the votes.
	www.dalitstan.org /journal/hindutwa/htv000/what.html (1595 words)

	The Brights' Movement Forums -> Hindu Fundamentalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		From which it seems that Hindus are capable of fundamentalism as much as Christians, if not worse.
		Fundamentalism doesn't arise out of any fundamental character flaws in human beings--not directly.
		All of fundamentalism can easily be summed up by a selection from a good list of psychological coping strategies.
	www.the-brights.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=2040 (1343 words)

	Amazon.com: Fundamentalisms Observed (The Fundamentalism Project): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fundamentalisms and Society : Reclaiming the Sciences, the Family, and Education (The Fundamentalism Project) by Martin E. Marty
		Fundamentalisms and the State : Remaking Polities, Economies, and Militance (The Fundamentalism Project) by Martin E. Marty
		Fundamentalisms Observed (the 1st volume of 5) is perhaps the most prestigious contribution yet to the ever expanding literature on the subject.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226508781?v=glance (991 words)

	Amardeep Singh: With Enemies Like These... (Or, equal time for religious fundamentalism)
		He started by accusing me of 'Hindu bashing' in response to this post when in fact, I had done nothing of the kind.
		I haven't dealt with Sikh fundamentalism or Khalistanism because it is essentially defunct as an ideology.
		The reason it has been important to focus first and foremost on the dangers of the Hindu nationalist movement is that it is they who have been in power for the last five years in India.
	lehigh.edu /~amsp/2004/05/with-enemies-like-these-or-equal-time.html (1108 words)

	The Danger of Hindutva to Secular India
		Whether by parliamentary bill to restrict “mixed faith” marriages, state-sanctioned “reconversion” campaigns or the movement to rewrite the history of India as an unalloyed Hindu “Zion,” religious nationalism is reshaping the national agenda of the world’s largest democracy.
		Its rhetoric of Hindu supremacy, virulent with the demonization of minorities and exaggerated threats to national identity, resonates among many members of the conservative upper and middle classes.
		For its part, the religion called “Hinduism” – the amorphous family of traditions and philosophies that comprise historical reality, and not the neo-orthodoxy of the Hindutva movement – will continue to endure by virtue of its inherent inclusiveness, tolerance, and its unique recognition that no creed has a monopoly over truth.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/features/2001/welch1.html (1132 words)

	archive: Vatican airs concern at Hindu fundamentalism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In a commentary published by the Vatican newspaper, Osservatore Romano, and the Vatican news agency Fides, Cardinal Jozef Tomko, the head of the Congregation for Evangelisation, spoke of ``obstacles that hinder the Catholic Church's evangelisation mission in India''.
		``Religious fundamentalism which spreads and mingles with nationalism in identifying Indian nationality with the Hindu religion is a phenomenom which is increasingly aggressive and disturbing, a serious threat to the Church and to Catholics, who are called at times to undergo martyrdom,'' he said.
		The ``aggressiveness of Hindu fundamentalism'' led to economic and social discrimination, he alleged, with aid for untouchables, provided for by law, being withheld from those who converted to Christianity.
	www.media-watch.org /articles/1199/57.html (262 words)

	Pakistan Link - Letter & Opinion
		Certainly, the violence unleashed by the Shiv Sena and other Hindu fundamentalist groups has sensitized the public opinion in the United States over the dangerous trend of events in India and its impact on the region.
		The state of Pakistan can be, and has been, blamed for the rise of fundamentalism in the country by adopting religion as its ideology.
		For example, the emergence of Hindu fundamentalism cannot be explained very easily as a result of external factors.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Letters/99/Jan/29/03.html (1035 words)

	Atanu Dey's Web Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It is the malodorous cretins euphemistically refered to as 'pseudo seculars' that equate Hindu fundamentalism with Islamic fundamentalism.
		She, naturally, would have preferred all the misguided Hindus struggling in an area of darkness to accept Christ, as her spiritual guide and god's representative on earth — the Pope — had declared in India on a Diwali day.
		Finally, the many billion year time-scale of Hindu cosmology is not the entire history of the universe, but just the day and night of Brahma, and there is the idea of an infinite cycle of births and deaths and an infinite number of universes, each with its own gods.
	are.berkeley.edu /~atanu/before021220.html (6895 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		BERLIN: Communal violence in Gujarat is still appearing to be deterring Germans from investing in India despite the fact that political relations between the two countries saw the highest-level exchanges this year.
		BERLIN: Gujarat and what is perceived here as an emerging threat of 'Hindu fundamentalism' appear to be deterring Germans from investing in India despite the fact that political relations between the two countries saw the highest-level exchanges this year.
		The Indian mission in Berlin was asked to send its representative twice but it turned down the request with a dissent note on the issue of 'Hindu fundamentalism', embassy officials said.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?msid=206588 (548 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		Also active in the state is the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the religious wing of the BJP, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu paramilitary group known for its opposition to religious minorities.
		In the state of Gujarat, Hindu fundamentalists have planned rallies and festivals for Dec. 25.
		This year one of the alleged instigators of the 1998 riots is planning a Hindu festival -- Dutt Jayanti Pran Pratishtha Mahosatsav -- in Naldadev during Christmas celebrations.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=64085 (858 words)

	Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America
		July 13, 2005:On behalf of the Hindus of the United States of America, Vishwa Hindu Parishad of America (VHPA) is deeply saddened and upset at the transgression of Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir by six fully armed terrorists on July 5, 2005.
		Massachusetts: The Hindu community of Massachusetts held a grand celebration dedicated this year to all Mothers and Motherhood (Matritva) on May 21, 2005.
		VHP of America is deeply concerned at the flow of events leading to the arrest of the highly revered Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kama Koti Pitham Swami Sri Jayendra Saraswati.
	www.vhp-america.org /dynamic/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=26 (201 words)

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