[While Hinduphobia and anti-semitism target different people, they have
always been and continue to be practiced by the same people. -A]
<http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1635>
Racism and Hatred, Jews and Hindus
Hinduphobia and Anti-semitism
By Ron Banerjee
Jews and Hindus today face a fearsome onslaught of racism and hatred.
What makes this hate pernicious is that today it is disguised as
"anti-racism" and concern for the "oppressed".
Anti-Semitic hate is camouflaged as crocodile tears for Palestinians,
while Hinduphobia takes the guise of concern for India's alleged "lower
castes and minorities". Alarmingly, these toxic views fester in
universities among alleged "academics", who brainwash students.
In the past, the motives of hateful bigots were clearer. Nazis and
fascists thought that Jews were inferior and wanted to exterminate
Judaism. Hindu India was invaded and millions slaughtered by Islamic
and then British invaders. The Moghul goal was to exterminate Hinduism
and forcibly convert everyone to Islam, while the British looted the
subcontinent and introduced Christian missionaries.
The enemies of Jews and Hindus are today, and always have been, the
same. Even the ideology is similar.
Today's campus bigots echo the fact that European fascism was born in
universities and cultivated by (mostly) German "thinkers". These
"academics" created a fantasy of a superior "Aryan" race to provide an
intellectual basis for conducting pogroms against Jews, and also to
justify the colonial subjugation of the Hindu majority in South Asia.
[Note: Before this hijacking by Europeans, "Aryan" was just a Sanskrit
word meaning cultured and noble, not a separate race, religion or
caste. -A]
For instance, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and Nazi theorist
Alfred Rosenburg enthusiastically backed the now-discredited "Aryan
Invasion Theory". This theory postulated that South Asia had been
invaded in 1500 BC by light-skinned "Aryans" from Central Asia, who
allegedly "imposed" Hinduism on the native inhabitants and subjugated
them with a caste system based on color.
This theory has now been repudiated by modern anthropologists, but it
served its purpose. Since Hindus were alleged to be just another
"invasive force", [the Muslims as well as] the British reasoned that
they had as much right to subjugate and rule the subcontinent as
anyone.
The unforeseen consequence of expounding these beliefs of an Aryan
master-race was the flowering of European anti Semitism which
culminated in the Holocaust.
Radical Islam has always been ideologically allied to European fascism.
Tunzelman's epic book "Indian Summer" reveals that racist British
colonialists formed a devil's pact with the Muslim League to encourage
division in South Asia.
Muslim complicity in the Holocaust is also well-known: the Grand Mufti
of Palestine was able to easily recruit thousands to fight for Hitler.
Today, the neo-Nazi and Islamist alliance against Jews and Hindus is as
strong as ever. David Duke is one of Iranian President Ahmedinajad's
fans. German-origin professors like Dr Witzel, who teaches at Harvard,
launched a vicious attack against Hindu attempts to eliminate hatred in
California schools.
Today, white supremacy, Islamism, and Nazism has infiltrated the ranks
of alleged "leftist, progressive" forces. To join forces with Islamists
and to hate Israel is considered to be virtually compulsory for
enrolment among these groups. Attacking Hinduism as an evil religion
with an oppressive "caste system" is another favored tactic of
hate-mongers.
Hindus and Jews must unite to squash these toxic ideologies. Hindu
leftists must disavow Islamist attempts to stir up anti Israeli
sentiments, and Jewish writers and media personalities must understand
that "Hindu nationalism" and Zionism are natural allies.
Both Jewish Israel and progressive Hindu states such as Gujarat have
built societies with the best human rights record on the planet. Our
communities need to understand this about ourselves and each other.
The Hindu Conference of Canada and Speakeršs Action Group are holding a
free joint event in North York on February 5th, "HINDUPHOBIA and
ANTISEMITISM", featuring Rabbi Roy Tannenbaum and Dr Ramesh Rao as
expert speakers on the topic.
This is the type of inter-faith event which improves understanding and
eliminates racism and hate. We need more of these.
For events details, please visit
<http://www.hccanada.com/hindujewish.pdf>.
Register by sending email to
projectmanager@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
or phone 416-449-6484.
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Ron Banerjee is director of public relations for the non profit Hindu
Conference of Canada.
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