I recently received a remarkable and disturbing article about the current situation of Hindus and Muslims in India. It was written by a Hindu, K. Bhattacharjee, who argues that the present Indian government, that of the Hindu BJP, with Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, has failed to stand up to Muslim demands and outrageous behavior, but instead continues the policy of the secular Congress Party, to lavish every sort of benefit on Muslims, in the hope of buying them off — a new form of Jizyah — and maintaining a lid on Muslim violence. It hasn’t worked; Muslims still riot, still murder Hindus, still drive them out of places like Kashmir. The fearful BJP government continues not to punish them, but to pay them off. And though Muslims are only 15% of the population, they act, powerfully, in complete solidarity as one. Hindus, on the other hand, seem unable to unite, as Bhattarjee argues they must, for they are held back still by differences of caste and, more recently, by economic class. Too many Hindus also embrace Gandhian non-violence, which might have worked against the British, but is ineffective against Muslims, who understand only violence, and are relentlessly waging Jihad, using various instruments, against the far more populous, but divided and fearful Hindus.
When the BJP Party, won the last election in a landslide, and Narendra Modi began his second term as prime minister, I assumed he would implement a much sterner policy toward India’s Muslims. This article has disabused me of that view. I wish the author were wrong. But having read it again, I am sure, alas, that he is right.
“Here is what the Indian State wants Hindus to learn from Muslims,” by K. Bhattacharjee, OpIndia, July 8, 2019:
In the famous V for Vendetta comic, which eventually was made into a movie, Alex Moore made a profound statement: “People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.” The sentiments embedded in the statement have become the rallying cry of political protests worldwide. However, it fails to appreciate the inherent complexities of human nature.
Governments are not always evil, the wisdom of the masses is not always sound. It becomes quite evident in the case of how India treats its Muslim minority. There can be little doubt that the Indian state is scared of its Muslim population. Due to the power structures that form the basis of Muslim society, our country is held hostage by radical elements from the community whose ideology is almost exactly the same as Taliban’s or the Al Qaeda’s.
But, as implied in Moore’s statement, the Muslim community does gain a lot due to the fear it generates in the heart of the Indian state. The government, regardless of their political orientation, showers financial benefits at the community. Minority specific schemes litter the landscape of welfare, and efforts are constantly made to assuage the imagined fears of the community. No questions asked, no terms and conditions.
In fact, the more outrageous the conduct of the community, the more doles the Indian State throws at them. The more paranoid the [Muslim] community gets, the more incredulous [incredible] the claims of their imagined fears, the more vigorously the government nods its head and throws more freebies at them. Financial benefits and minority-specific schemes are the price the Indian state pays to buy the subservience of the Muslim community toward the Indian Constitution.
However, it doesn’t quite work that way and before long, the government makes an even larger payment in the hope that this time it will work. As a wise man once said, doing the same thing under the same set of conditions involving the same set of individuals over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity.
It’s important to remember that the strategy of the Indian government remains the same regardless of the political party in power. The strategy of the BJP isn’t any different from Congress. Both national parties agree on this issue. Regardless of who is in power, the nature of the Indian State does not change. Since the Saffron party[the BJP] came into power, their main allegation against the Congress in this matter has been that the latter hasn’t implemented the minority-specific schemes well enough, that the latter used Muslims mainly for votes.
Of course, it couldn’t be farther from the truth. The relationship between the Congress party and Muslims was mutual. To pretend as if the Muslim community hasn’t been using secular parties to further their own particular agenda is to remain in denial of reality. But as usual, the Indian state is afraid, to tell the truth about its Muslim population. Muslims are always victims, victims of fate, of secular parties that exploit them and of an imaginary Hindu Fascism.
The Muslim community is not responsible for anything, not even their own actions. No one from their community, apart from the individuals concerned, is responsible for the huge number of terrorists that are produced every year, no one from the larger community is responsible for the youth who are running off to join terrorist organizations in remarkable numbers, no one apart from the mob itself is responsible for the hate crimes committed against Hindus, no one is responsible for desecrating Hindu Temples, no one is responsible for the community exercising almost a monopoly over ‘community crimes‘….
Elaborating on the deficiencies of the Muslim community and emphasizing on their personal responsibility will inevitably attract the wrath of the entire establishment. Reports will surface that the supremo of the political party in power is upset with the remarks that have been made and has expressed his or her displeasure over it. Not merely the political establishment, the Judiciary, too, will spout inanities that do not appear to make much sense and resemble the sermons of cult leaders preach from their pulpits.
There is a good reason for this. The Indian state has deified a man who embodies the worst of Pacifism. The apotheosis of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi has led to the emasculation of an entire nation. Elaborating on his many follies is blasphemy. The manner in which the governments since independence have treated its Muslim community perfectly captures the essence of the Gandhian Indian State.
If someone slaps you on one cheek, gratefully offer the other. And thus it happens, after having committed genocide and driving out native Hindus from the region, Kashmiri Muslims receive a disproportionate amount of funds for welfare. In a similar vein, without any evidence to suggest that education or development changes their mindset, a vast amount of resources is allocated specifically to the minority community.
The lessons the Indian State is teaching Hindus are pretty clear: Unless you hold us hostage, we will not pay much attention to your misery. Unless you riot with remarkable frequency, threaten us with rebellion, defy and attack the Police at alarming levels, we will not take your concerns seriously. By adopting such an approach, the Indian State is providing incentives to communities to indulge in lawlessness.
After all, if major sections of the Muslim community can earn doles by continuing to threaten the Indian State and violating its laws, where is the incentive for them to reform their society? And given their religious beliefs, they perceive the doles as validation of their outrageous actions. There’s a reason why the Carrot-and-Stick strategy is so popular and the Carrot-and-Carrot approach is not.
Nonetheless, there is a lot the Hindus could learn from the Muslim community. The organizational structures, the sense of solidarity among every member of the community, the shared sense of identity, the ‘One for All and All for One’ mentality, these are indeed worthy of emulation. Why should it always be the sole responsibility of Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad to stand up for the Hindu victims of hate crimes?
Sections of the Muslim community rioted in cities across the country after a Muslim thief was allegedly lynched by Hindus. Hindus must not riot but a complete non-violent shutdown of at least the National Capital could have been attempted demanding the immediate arrests of every single Muslim who rioted and desecrated the Hindu Temple. Large scale non-violent protests could have been conducted too.
Indefinite strikes could have been a very potent strategy. Gandhian hunger-strikes would have certainly added a sense of irony in the whole situation. And yet, only eight days have passed and everyone appears to have forgotten what happened on the night of 30th June. Everyone but those who suffered the consequences of Islamic extremism….
Another pervasive malady that has gripped the Hindu community is that of class interests. As Hindus have been rising beyond their caste differences to unite under a single banner, class interests have only exacerbated simultaneously. The urban elite financially secure Hindus no longer appear to care for those less fortunate than them….
Hindu society is forever willing to exchange short term stability for long term prosperity. And we are paying a price for that at every step. We evaluate the conduct of governments on the basis of political partisanship, not through the prism of our shared Hindu identity. Would Hindus, who attempt to justify the minority-specific schemes of the current government, remain silent if earlier regimes had proposed them? It was said after the BJP’s massive victory in 2019 that the days of pseudo-Secularism were over. But everything since then shows that it clearly hasn’t. Nehruvian Secularism is clearly alive and it’s thriving…
The Indian State must consider its minority policies. It cannot afford to take the majority of the country for granted. It will inevitably lead to widespread anarchy, or worse. They must understand, these violent delights do have violent ends. The Demographic time-bomb [of multiplying Muslims} is already ticking in the Northeastern regions of the country.
Fraser Johnston says
Canada will eventually be going though this!
CRUSADER says
ACT for CANADA, eh!
http://www.ACTforCanada.ca
infidel says
yes sir… PS BELIEVE IT… IT WILL HAPPEN IF U CONTINUE ON THE SAME UNFORTUNATE TRAJECTORY of we Hindus…. Gosh!! The cowardice of Hindus, esp even their so called Right Leaning Govts is APPALLING.. Ps do not emulate such cowardice…. Else, Canada will be lost too like India has..
Varicose Veins Are Sexy says
An old Chinese proverb goes as follows “He who feeds the Tiger is the Last one eaten”
Reziac says
Canada… led by a failed substitute drama teacher… India… led by a would-be actor… mutual appeasement of Muslims… do you sense a theme?
Yes, Modi’s original education and training was as an actor, and he liked playing “larger than life” characters. Hence he currently plays the largest character in India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi
DBM echo says
If there’s any place on Earth to know the true nature of Islam and its adherents, it’s India. 1947 was not that long ago. No one there remembers why the partition was done and the prices paid.
Reziac says
Maybe it’s time the Sikhs remembered why their sect was founded, and perhaps it’s time to take back Occupied India once and for all.
Bikinis not Burkas says
To me Islam is like a Jelly fish , no central command but highly organized with parts of the periphery designed to reach out and kill!
Gork says
This is incomprehensibly short-term thinking. As long as India pays protection money to a racket like this, it will never end.
Angemon says
Indeed.
Bikinis not Burkas says
The mafia learned from Islam.
Mr. Cohen says
QUESTION: Why do Muslims hate Hindus?
ANSWER:
The Koran teaches that Jews and polytheists
are the WORST ENEMIES of Muslims.
The Koran’s 5th chapter, verse 82 says:
“You will find that the people most
hostile towards the believers [Muslims]
are the Jews and the polytheists…”
Since Hinduism is a polytheistic religion,
those who believe in the Koran
must believe that Hindus are their worst enemies.
B says
It’s extremely hypocritical of the Muslims to hate their own past
Reziac says
No one should be surprised, since the deepest core principle of Islam is hypocrisy.
ntesdorf says
Buying off the Muslims is an old established 1,400 year old idea and is at the heart of the idea of the Jizzyah. Jizzyah is where non-Muslims work and give money to the Muslims who do no work. This idea only works in favour of the Muslims and has no benefits for non-Muslims. It does not benefit the Muslims in the long run as they degenerate in idleness and vegetate gaining no skills or education. For 1,400 years non-Muslims have failed to notice the complete failure of payment of Jizzyah to stop Muslims imposing Jihad. Muslims are at their best when they are strictly controlled by powerful non-Muslim communities.
Reziac says
In Arab culture, only slaves and losers work. And if an Arab can cheat you out of something, that makes him the better man. So we have a culture that extorts work from others, so they can laze around feeling superior. And here we have another core tenet of Islam: dark-age Arab culture writ large.
You may note that up to 98% of Muslim migrants don’t work, but collect welfare, which they regard as jizya — some have even said as much. (This is also why they complain until they’re given the best of everything. They deserve it; slaves, who work and pay for it, don’t deserve anything.) And of course having paid jizya, this proves that western countries are full of dhimmi, to be treated accordingly and made to “feel themselves subdued”. Which leads to ever more appeasement. Which eventually results in conquest.
“Once you pay the danegeld, you never get rid of the Dane.” — ancient British proverb
gravenimage says
Good post.
CRUSADER says
Reading “History of Jihad” by Robert Spencer
brought about much understanding of why
the Hindus of India fear Islam ….
they have had good reason to do that!
Bikinis not Burkas says
You can not fear something that is lying dead at your feet!
Raja says
Hugh Fitzgerald comes out with sold articles. I wish he had more sources to his story here.
Having being in Indian cities for several decades I can say that Hindus hate Muslims, In India all religions are considered equal and that religions “must be good” . Thankfully in India there is hardly any Left leaning practices among the populace, though the govt may exhibit such tendencies for administrative purposes from time to time.
In trading and business circles Muslims are barely trustworthy. There is a popular saying: Trust anybody but don’t ever trust a Muslim. The educated Hindus may not have any “prejudices” against Muslims and the same cannot be said about the uneducated.
Muslim contribution to Indian society for the last 70 years:
Well connected to International mafia in real estate businesses, betting mafia in cricket, extortion rackets etc. They are well connected across Asia including Saudi and other Islamic nations.
Unlike in the West, Muslims do work In India . The present govt has done away with subsidized Haj pilgrimage or has partly withdrawn.
Reziac says
Apparently India, just like the West, educates the common sense out of their upper classes. 🙁
Shirley Ann says
Governments AnyWhere, who pay Extortion to Groups, soon become Governed by that Group. Please Look at the USA, Government has long Pandered to African-American Groups, Hispanic Groups, LGBTQ Groups & Muslim Groups by designating them “Government Protected Groups”. Now. Our Country has been fractured by those Very Protected Groups!
Reziac says
“Governments AnyWhere, who pay Extortion to Groups, soon become Governed by that Group” — perfect insight. And funny thing, the only people who can’t see that are… the affected governments!
And soon some animals are more equal than others.
jewdog says
Sure. It reminds me of the Deal of the Century with Trump’s 50 billion offered to the PA. There’s no bribing your way out of the jihad.
bill53 says
hindu’s are as CRAZY as muslims, a pox on both their houses. hinduism is paganism, in some ways worse then islam. Who would rely on hinduism for anything, let alone protect anyone from islam.
Rueben_Singh says
Nothing wrong with being a pagan. christianity and islam are the only two religions that have engaged in mass slaughter, genocide and invasion to spread. Just because we do not believe you’re fanatical christian claptrap doesn’t mean we are crazy. Worse than islam!! How so? The priority is to build the economy, not destroy it. Don’t worry about the muzzies in India, they are scattered, India will never be partitioned again. When pak implodes, troublesome muzzies in India could be relocated there. We Dharmics will not surrender to islam again. Calls for appeasement come from the west. They will be dealt with when the time comes, that time is not now.
gravenimage says
How is Hinduism worse than Islam? Hindus are not mass slaughtering unbelievers as Muslims are.
Chand says
While some of what this essay says is true, the fact remains that the conditions of most Muslims in India are ‘abysmal’. They face relentless discrimination in jobs, housing, political representation, etc. A govt sponsored committee some years ago released this state of affairs.
One can read it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachar_Committee
Reziac says
If I were a country with a major sub-population that the moment they become ascendant, are nothing but trouble (as in huge piles of everyone else’s skulls), I’d discriminate against them too.
Reziac says
Addendum, since I became suspicious: If you read the oldest version of the Wiki article, you will learn that
“The committee was composed of seven members, four of whom were Muslim,”
Of COURSE a Muslim-dominant committee will find that Muslims are oppressed and discriminated against — as they claim everywhere they don’t entirely run the show; that’s a well-established method of civilizational jihad: crying poor-me to achieve special treatment. (See also CAIR in the West.)
gravenimage says
What–is Muslims not being allowed to wage Jihad “discrimination”?
gravenimage says
India: Fearful Hindus Try to Buy Off Muslims
…………….
Appeasement *never* works.