Subramanian Swamy: A Hindu fighter everyone fears
The various reactions to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy’s remark that mosques are mere buildings are typical: the man is a bigot, communal, divisive, etc. And again, typically, nobody has refuted More...
Weekly Hindu Persecution Digest: 8 March-15 March 2015
1. Denied temple access, Dalit converts to Islam Report: Shyam, a member of the Dalit Valmiki community in Moga village of Meerut, converted to Islam two weeks ago. A landless labourer, he didn’t convert More...
Obama bats for Islamic fundamentalists
By making misleading statements and peddling misinformation, US President Barack Obama is weakening the war against jihad—which, in his scheme of things, is a figment of ‘Islamophobic’ imagination. His administration More...
Understanding Islam in perspective
If we want to understand Islam in perspective, there is no better guide than Ram Swarup and Sita Ram Goel. Yes not even Bernard Lewis or Daniel Pipes has done as perfectly as the duo did; their work is marred by More...
Spectre of Islam haunts India
The statements by Hindu leaders and clerics about how many children Hindu women and families should have, has typically evoked sharp reaction from liberals and editorialists. Many of the statements made indeed were More...
Why Murti-puja is an antidote to fundamentalism
Forgive me, Oh, Shiva, my three paap! I came on a pilgrimage to Kashi forgetting that you are omnipresent. In thinking about you I forgot that You are beyond thought. In praying to You I forgot that You are beyond More...
The Case for reform of Islam in India
Speaking about the risk of a likely lone wolf attack in India, Maharashtra state police chief Sanjeev Dayal told a newspaper in January: “we had this case where this man wanted to go to a school in Bandra More...
PK hides the dangerous reality of Muslim marriages
The movie PK is in the news for a number of reasons. Some Hindu organizations have complained that it ‘hurts the sentiments’ of Hindus. The most dangerous and misleading part of the movie is its depiction More...
PK is slow poison
This article was sent by IndiaFacts reader, Anand Mathur. You can follow him on Twitter @anand153. No one can deny the fact that cinema is one of the most powerful mediums of communication. Not only does it act More...
A caution to Hindus who think Jesus is dharmic or a saint
Normally, several well-known or otherwise Hindu gurus make some common claims about Jesus which typically go along these lines:: 1. The most significant aspect of Jesus’ teaching was “living without prejudice, More...