Islamic preacher learns Sanskrit to distort Hinduism
Recently, IndiaFacts came across a video which shows a Muslim scholar reciting verses from the ‘Upanishads’ to a large audience emphasizing how the ‘Upanishads’ speak of a ‘Formless Godhead’. He then More...
Civilizational tasks for the Narendra Modi Government
Introduction Let me start by thanking the many people who have tangibly helped me: with money, hospitality, logistical support, and information. No names here, firstly because it would be unfair to those I forget, More...
Narendra Modi’s challenge to Islam
Narendra Modi poses the greatest challenge to Islam since modern Turkey’s Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, perhaps an even greater one. This has been understood perfectly by adherents to the marginal Wahhabi sect that has More...
My first criticism of Islam
(Rough translation of an article published in Dutch in the digital magazine De Bron, 3 March 2014.) Just a quarter century ago, I published my first article criticizing Islam. It described the history of the death More...
Statistics and the spread of Islam
Akbaruddin Owaisi, brother of Asaduddin Owaisi the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), MP from Hyderabad, a few months back famously declared “Remove police for 15 minutes, 25 crore Muslims will finish off 100 More...
Is Hindu Dharma good and Hindutva bad?
My article “When Germany is Christian, is India Hindu?” got amazingly good response with thousands of Facebook likes. However, some readers felt I made a mistake by not distinguishing between good, tolerant More...
Interreligious dialogue: smokescreen or real utility?
Interreligious dialogue is very fashionable these days. But what achievements does it have to show? Interreligious meetings are ten a penny nowadays. It is obviously better for people to spend their time talking More...
Why Hindu Dharma is the Best
Occasionally I noticed that in western publications Hinduism was missing when religions were listed. Buddhism was there without fail, but its mother so to speak, was being ignored. What could be the reason? About More...
The difference between Dharma Yuddha and Jihad
Introduction Many people from very diverse quarters say that all religions have a concept of “holy war”. In this, at least, they are all equal. Thus, the recent cases of self-defence against Muslim attacks by More...