The essence of Patriotism

I will be posting a few comments below from the social media, some of them never get the message to comment on specific issues they see in the following statement.... but they resort to ranting. Poor guys, don't have an India what freedom means.

A FEW INDIANS DON’T GET THE ESSENCE OF PATRIOTISM 

A few Indians equate the government/political leaders with Patriotism. They cannot fathom the idea that the government is made up of people like us and make mistakes. However, the majority of Indians get that right. 

It is our Patriotic duty to tell accurately and continuously, where they are wrong. So, the government can avoid making the mistakes and sinking the nation and the average Indian.   It would be wrong to remain silent and let the government keep making the mistakes; in the end, all of us pay for it. The politicians walk away, leaving the economy and society in shambles.

Mr. Modi’s experiments with demonetization, pulling funds out of Reserve Bank, silently watching Indians tear each other apart, GST, NCR, Rafael deal, and Kashmir is some examples of major goof ups that will destroy the economy. India has the highest unemployment rate in the last 45 years. 

If we do not criticize Mr. Modi, the foreign direct investment in India will dwindle, the investors want social stability in India and not a lynching, uncontrolled rapes, and harassment of fellow Indians. The losers will be the IT guys and IT Companies in India who have enjoyed prosperity in the last 20 years. They need to guard the nation against going down.

If you are a patriotic Indian, please do care to read the criticism of Modis’ governance and join the movement to correct the course. All of us want a safe, secure, peaceful, and prosperous India. 

Comments - enjoy the stupidity (no editing is done)

Rajesh ShuklaPresident - Business Development

Stupid remark. Why did not see any adversity before 2014 in India. Today the bold steps are taken which pinch such thought. Such people want to see India as poor country and they act on behalf someone with negative agenda like many NGO do it in India. We accept many things to be done better but not with your kind of biased remark. It is shame that inspite of being Indian, post such loose n biased remark and that is ' just to oppose Mr. Modi ' ....But gentleman....You or your lobby wil not succeed.

Rajesh, to make your words worth mentioning, tell me what specific item in my not you have a problem with? Mike

Ameet Gohel  Sales Consultant

Strongly oppose and condemn your views, and as a patriotic Indian would not allow such posts against our country.

What specific item you condemn, or you are in the habit of condemning anyone who differs?

VIVEK MAIRAL Experienced Manufacturing & Project Management 

Dr. Mike Ghouse don’t put subjective narration of the some media reports with agenda against Indian government. There is hardly a fact spelled in your post. Let’s refrain from biased views. The subject of national progress and growth through various reforms is quite deep in nature. It has to built on solid foundations and it does not come easy.

Vivek - If you lived in America, you would understand freedom and free speech. People call names to the president, speak and write against him That is why the Government takes careful steps, otherwise they will do whatever they want.  Yesterday, 49 celebrities in India got an FIR for merely asking Modi to life the curfew in Kashmir.  Learn to live freely and not kiss ass the government. 

Vinayak Nadkarni Engineering & Maintenance 

This guy is an Asian even studied in India from 1972 to 74...can't understand his motive apart from defaming India.

How is it defaming India 

Vishnu Sarma Petroleum Industry. Since 1979

Financial matters such as DeMo and GST - Objectives were laudable but exection lacked finesse mainly because one accomplished lawyer was sitting as the Finance Minister and goofed up. And what is the criticism on Kashmir? He removed a temporary provision in constitution that stayed for 70 years and divided the people? You must know that Kashmir acceded to India unable to tolerate the attack by Pak army. Now Kashmir is ours. Inspite of incendiary speeches and actions of Pakistan, no one can take Kashmir from India. Modi is right there. Pakistan will be defeated economically, politically, militarily. If Pakistan does not rescind their action of 22nd Oct 1947, the country would be destroyed and divided to smithereens. Hatemongers like you can keep watching in astonishment. To protect every Kashmiri indian Muslim, Modi will send ten Hindus into Kashmir.

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October 2019 Festivals of the World

WISH YOU THE VERY BEST ON THESE CELEBRATIONS http://centerforpluralism.com/festivals/

10/01/19 – Rosh Hashanah ends (Jewish)
10/02/19 – Jashan of Mehregan (Zoroastrian)
10/02/19 – Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday
10/07/19 – Navaratri Ends (Hindu)
10/08/19 – Dussehra (Hindu)
10/09/19 – Yom Kippur (Jewish)

10/14/19 – Indigenous People’s day /Columbus Day
10/17/19 – Karwa Chauth (Hindu)
10/20/19 – Birth of Guru Granth (Sikh)
10/20/19 – Birth of Bahaullah (Bahai)
10/26/19 – Jashan of Abangenan (Zoroastrian)
10/27/19 – Diwali

We hope the major festivals of all religions and general holidays are included here, if we miss it, please let us know.

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Restoring India to her Glory Days

Instead of living in fear, if we feel secure, our energies will be spent on progress and prosperity that will benefit every Indian.

The purpose of the following suggestions are to restore righteousness in India, where every Indian feels secure about his life, family, work, retirement, and minds his/her own life. 

 

Lynching, harassment, rapes are continuing against fellow Indians. Now, there are songs in the market blatantly spreading hatred for others. A majority of Indians are not aware of these, as they continue to deny it. God bless them for their ignorance.  

The responsible Indians who want the best for India can consider these items:

Set up law firms in every city and file a lawsuit to stop this non-sense; the law of the land is always with the righteous.

Set up Internet cells to correct the misinformation floating in the market.

Indians for a secure India

Write your suggestions to MikeGhouseforIndia@Gmail.com 

Should A Hindutvadi Become The Prime Minister Of India? By Shamsul Islam

This is an old article, but relevant today. I was asked a lot of questions at the JIDS Dialogue at the Bethesda Synagogue. One of them was women being liberated in India with the abrogation of article 370 - Nope, that is not the case. Take a look at the following article with quotes from Manu Smriti.

Both under Muslim Sharia and Hindu ManuSmriti, women remain oppressed. We want neither.

Courtesy of Counter-Currents. 

Should A Hindutvadi Become The Prime Minister Of India?

By Shamsul Islam

26 June 2012

Countercurrents.org

An open letter to RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat on why a Hindutvadi should not be the Prime Minister of India

To,

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji,

Namaskar.

I was not surprised to read your comments in newspapers that it was not necessary to be a secular person to occupy the office of Prime Minister in a Democratic-Secular India. As per the press reports, you wondered why a Hinduwadi could not become PM of India.[i] I am sure you understand better than me that being a Hinduwadi is not the same as professing Hindu religion. Our national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhash Chander Bose, Rammanohar Lohia, Rajguru, Sukhdev and many-many more were Hindu by faith but not Hinduwadi. 

In fact, Mahatma Gandhi, a great practitioner of Hind religion, was brutally assassinated for not being a Hinduwadi by a gang having allegiance to Hindu Mahasabha and RSS. Surely, by Hinduwadi you mean a believer in Hindutva, a kind of political Hinduism, outlined by Vinayak Damodar Savarkar ji in his book Hindutva[ii] and later developed by RSS ideologues like M. S. Golwalkar. You will agree with me that RSS, under your command currently, has been a prominent flag-bearer of Hindutva since its inception in 1925.

I feel before arriving at the conclusion that there is no harm in allowing person/s who believes in Hindutva to become PM of India we will have to understand what Hindutva is. You will agree with me that we need to understand whether Hindutva is compatible with the principles of Democracy, Justice, Egalitarianism &Secularism. In this connection, please, allow me to scrutinize some of the original documents and sources which legitimately belong to the RSS or its brother organizations like Hindu Mahasabha. If you find that I am dishonest in referring to these or misrepresenting facts, you will be at liberty to initiate defamation process against me.

DOES HINDUTVA STAND FOR A TWO-NATION THEORY?

Bhagwat ji! I would like to refresh your memory that both the originator of Hindutva, V. D. Savarkar ji and its flag-bearer, RSS earlier and under your command too had and have unequivocal faith in in Two-nation theory; that Hindus and Muslims are two different nations. While Muslim League under the leadership of Mohammed Ali Jinnah resolved to have a separate homeland for Muslims of India in the form of Pakistan in 1940, Savarkar propagated as early as 1937 that Hindus and Muslims were two different nations. While delivering presidential address to the 19th Hindu Mahasabha session at Ahmedabad Savarkar ji unequivocally declared,

“As it is, there are two antagonistic nations living side by side in India, several infantile politicians commit the serious mistake in supposing that India is already welded into a harmonious nation, or that it could be welded thus for the mere wish to do so. These were well meaning but unthinking friends take their dreams for realities. That is why they are impatient of communal tangles and attribute them to communal organizations. But the solid fact is that the so-called communal questions are but a legacy handed down to us by centuries of cultural, religious and national antagonism between the Hindus and Moslems...Let us bravely face unpleasant facts as they are. India cannot be assumed today to be a unitarian and homogenous nation, but on the contrary there are two nations in the main: the Hindus and the Moslems, in India.”[iii]

Sir! Has it not been the cardinal principle of your organization also? The RSS following into the foot-steps of Savarkar ji, always rejected the idea that Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians together constituted a nation. Your English organ, Organizer, on the very eve of Independence, (August 14, 1947) editorially (titled Whither) underlined its belief in Two-Nation theory once again in the following words:

“Let us no longer allow ourselves to be influenced by false notions of nationhood. Much of the mental confusion and the present and future troubles can be removed by the ready recognition of the simple fact that in Hindusthan only the Hindus form the nation and the national structure must be built on that safe and sound foundation…the nation itself must be built up of Hindus, on Hindu traditions, culture, ideas and aspirations.”

Bhagwat ji! Please, help our country to understand how the believers in Hindutva are different from pre-partition Muslim Leaguers who once played prominent role in dismembering India.

DOES HINUTVA RESPECT NATIONAL FLAG AND DEMOCRACY?

Sir, it may not be out of context to know your attitude towards National Flag which represents a Democratic-Secular India. It is important to know it from the head of organizations which swears by Hindutva. I would like to draw your attention to the following statement which appeared in the English organ Organizer, again on the eve of Independence:

“The people who have come to power by the kick of fate may give in our hands the Tricolour but it never [sic] be respected and owned by Hindus. The word three is in itself an evil, and a flag having three colours will certainly produce a very bad psychological effect and is injurious to a country.” [iv]

Can those who denigrate the National Flag in such foul language be allowed to rule this country?

Sarsanghchalak ji! Lay persons like me need to know from practitioners of Hindutva like you what you think of Democracy. I would like to draw your attention to a statement made by second Sarsanghchalak of the RSS and its most prominent ideologue till date, M. S. Golwalkar. As per the RSS archives Golwalkar ji while addressing a group of 1350 top level cadres of the RSS in 1940 declared:

“RSS inspired by one flag, one leader and one ideology is lighting the flame of Hindutva in each and every corner of this great land.”[v]

Learned Bhagwat ji! This slogan of one flag, one leader and one ideology was also the battle cry of Fascist and Nazi parties of Europe in the first half of 20th century. What they did to democracy is well-known to this world. Can those who believe in such totalitarian designs be allowed to rule our country?

DOES HINDUTVA STAND FOR CASTEISM?

Sarsanghchalak ji! You will agree with me that RSS and its brother organizations who want to have a Hindutva rule in India hated the Constitution of India which was drafted under the guidance of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. When the Constituent Assembly of India had finalized the Constitution of India RSS was not happy. Its organ, Organizer in an editorial on November 30, 1949, complained:

“But in our constitution there is no mention of the unique constitutional development in ancient Bharat. Manu’s Laws were written long before Lycurgus of Sparta or Solon of Persia. To this day his laws as enunciated in the Manusmriti excite the admiration of the world and elicit spontaneous obedience and conformity. But to our constitutional pundits that means nothing.”

Bhagwat ji! It may not be a secret to you that Savarkar ji remained a great protagonist of Casteism and worshipper of Manusmriti throughout his life. The institutions of Casteism and Untouchability were the outcome of Manu’s thought about which Savarkar said the following:

“Manusmriti is that scripture which is most worshipable after Vedas for our Hindu Nation and which from ancient times has become the basis of our culture-customs, thought and practice. This book for centuries has codified the spiritual and divine march of our nation. Even today the rules which are followed by crores of Hindus in their lives and practice are based on Manusmriti. Today Manusmriti is Hindu Law.”[vi]

Sir! What kind of civilization the RSS under your command and under Hindutva ideology wants to build by enforcing the laws of Manu, can be known by having a glimpse of the laws prescribed by Manu for the Dalits/Untouchables and women. Some of these dehumanizing and degenerate laws, which are presented here, are self-explanatory.

LAWS OF MANU CONCERNING DALITS/UNTOUCHABLES.

(1) For the sake of the prosperity of the worlds (the divine one) caused the Brahmana, the Kshatriya, the Vaisya, and the Sudra to proceed from his mouth, his arm, his thighs and his feet.

(2) One occupation only the lord prescribed to the Sudras, to serve meekly even these (other) three castes.

(3) Once-born man (a Sudra), who insults a twice-born man with gross invective, shall have his tongue cut out; for he is of low origin.

(4) If he mentions the names and castes (gati) of the (twice-born) with contumely, an iron nail, ten fingers long, shall be thrust red-hot into his mouth.

(5) If he arrogantly teaches Brahmanas their duty, the king shall cause hot oil to be poured into his mouth and into his ears.

(6) With whatever limb a man of a low caste does hurt to (a man of the three) highest (castes), even that limb shall be cut off; that is the teaching of Manu.

(7) He who raises his hand or a stick, shall have his hand cut off; he who in anger kicks with his foot, shall have his foot cut off.

(8) A low-caste man who tries to place himself on the same seat with a man of a high caste, shall be branded on his hip and be banished, or (the king) shall cause his buttock to be gashed.

(9) Let him never slay a Brahmana, though he have committed all (possible) crimes; let him banish such an (offender), leaving all his property (to him) and (his body) unhurt.

LAWS OF MANU CONCERNING WOMEN

1. Day and night woman must be kept in dependence by the males (of) their (families), and, if they attach themselves to sensual enjoyments, they must be kept under one’s control.

2. Her father protects (her) in childhood, her husband protects (her) in youth, and her sons protect (her) in old age; a woman is never fit for independence.

3. Women must particularly be guarded against evil inclinations, however trifling (they may appear); for, if they are not guarded, they will bring sorrow on two families.

4. Considering that the highest duty of all castes, even weak husbands (must) strive to guard their wives.

5. No man can completely guard women by force; but they can be guarded by the employment of the (following) expedients:

6. Let the (husband) employ his (wife) in the collection and expenditure of his wealth, in keeping (everything) clean, in (the fulfillment of) religious duties, in the preparation of his food, and in looking after the household utensils.

7. Women, confined in the house under trustworthy and obedient servants, are not (well) guarded; but those who of their own accord keep guard over themselves, are well guarded.

8. Women do not care for beauty, nor is their attention fixed on age; (thinking), ‘(It is enough that) he is a man,’ they give themselves to the handsome and to the ugly.

9. Through their passion for men, through their mutable temper, through their natural heartlessness, they become disloyal towards their husbands, however carefully they may be guarded in this (world).

10. (When creating them) Manu allotted to women (a love of their) bed, (of their) seat and (of) ornament, impure desires, wrath, dishonesty, malice, and bad conduct.

11. For women no (sacramental) rite (is performed) with sacred texts, thus the law is settled; women (whoare) destitute of strength and destitute of (the knowledge of) Vedic texts, (are as impure as) falsehood (itself), that is a fixed rule.

I would like to remind you that a copy of Manusmriti was burnt as a protest in the presence of Dr. BR Ambedkar during historic Mahad agitation in December, 1927.

Sir! You will agree with me that Golwalkar ji was the most prominent theorist of the RSS and he like Savarkar ji, believed that Casteism was a natural integral part of Hinduism. In fact, Golwalkar went to the extent of declaring that Casteism was synonymous with the Hindu nation. According to him, the Hindu people are none else but

The Virat Purusha, the Almighty manifesting himself […] [according to purusha sukta] sun and moon are his eyes, the stars and the skies are created from his nabhi [navel] and Brahmin is the head, Kshatriya the hands, Vaishya the thighs and Shudra the feet. This means that the people who have this fourfold arrangement, i.e., the Hindu People, is [sic] our God. This supreme vision of Godhead is the very core of our concept of ‘nation’ and has permeated our thinking and given rise to various unique concepts of our cultural heritage.[vii]

Sarsanghchalak ji! The truth is that Hindutva is nothing but an ideology which stands for totalitarianism, Casteism and injustice. I would conclude with the words of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar who said:

“If Hindu Raj does become a fact, it will, no doubt, be the greatest calamity for this country…it is a menace to liberty, equality and fraternity. On that account it is incompatible with democracy. Hindu Raj must be prevented at any cost.”[viii]

Bhagwat ji! Reality is that Hindutva is not dangerous for minorities only but also for vast majority of Hindus, specially, Dalits and women.

I would be eagerly looking forward to receive your kind response to issues raised in this letter.

Thanking you.

Yours,

Shamsul Islam

Delhi, 25-06-2012

notoinjustice@gmail.com

[i] See the Indian Express, New Delhi & The Hindu, New Delhi dated 21-06-2012

[ii] Savarkar, V. D., Hindutva (Delhi: Bharti Sahitya Sadan, 1989) First edition 1939.

[iii] Savarkar cited in V. D. Savarkar, Samagra Savarkar Wangmaya: Hindu Rashtra Darshan, vol. 6, Maharashtra Prantik Hindusabha, Poona, 1963, p. 296.

[iv] Organizer, August 14, 1947.

[v] Golwalkar, M. S., Shri guruji Samagar Darshan (Collected works of Golwalkar in Hindi), Vol. I (Nagpur: Bhartiya Vichar Sadhna, nd), p. 11.

[vi] Savarkar, V. D., ‘Women in Manusmriti’ in Savarkar Samagar, Vol. 4 [Collection of Savarkar’s Writings in Hindi] (New Delhi: Prabhat), 416.

[vii] Golwalkar, M. S., We or Our Nationhood Defined, (Nagpur:Bharat Publications, 1939), p.36.

[viii] Ambedkar, B. R., Pakistan or the Partition of India: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Writings & Speeches, vol. 8 (Bombay: Govt. of Maharashtra, 1990, reprint of 1946 edition). P. 358

Shamsul Islam is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Satyawati College, University of Delhi.

Derogatory statements about Hinduism

You might cringe when someone makes an idiotic remark about Hinduism and Hindu practices.

A majority of Indian Muslims will never make a negative statement about Hindus or Hinduism. Indeed, they will defend it as Hinduism is one of the most misunderstood religions like theirs.

They are driven by the wisdom found in the Quran, 6:108 (Itani), “Do not insult those they call upon besides God, lest they insult God out of hostility and ignorance. We made attractive to every community their deeds. Then to their Lord is their return, and He will inform them of what they used to do.” The Quran warns us from taking the low road and destroying mutual respect and trust.

Wisdom is available when people disagree, the best way to part is narrated in the Quran109:6 (Itani), you have your idea, and I have my way.” Let’s respectfully disagree.

Please be aware, the

re are about three mistranslations of Quran in the market, and we hope you read at least five versions out of the 50 plus translations to get it right. It is easy for one to jump to conclusions by seeing one person’s interpretation. Humans make mistakes.

From Allama Iqbal to Sahir Ludhinavi to Shakeel Badyuni and hundreds of poets and authors have written accolades, bhajans and uplifting commentary about Hinduism. On my part, I will continuously uphold and defend Islam and Hinduism, along with all religions. The wisdom of the Quran calls for people to learn about each other, and when they do, conflicts fade and solutions emerge.

I shared the following note (Pluralism 101) to a WhatsApp group with a video as a forewarning to stall Muslims from making derogatory comments. The video was about our Hindu friends drinking urine right of a Cow and washing their faces. Please remember what is sacred to you is not sacred to others, and vice versa.

A Muslim is an ultimate human being who cares for other’s wellbeing and stands up for justice to each one of the 7.5 billion inhabitants of the earth. A Muslim is an exemplary citizen and an Amin – A model citizen. We have a few bad apples, and we need to work and redeem them through critical notes like this.

The administrator of that WhatsApp group and I received a few disgusting comments, and the administrator chose to dissolve the group rather than engage in the conflicts, that was his choice. The other group also had a few negative comments. What a shame!

Muslims are developing good checks and balances, if one idiot among us makes a wrong statement, there are ten to pounce on him/her.  Our Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Christian friends are also doing the same, speaking out against idiotic statements. There are plenty of them in each group. The new book American Muslim Agenda documents many such incidents.

I hope I am speaking for a majority of Indian Muslims, if not, please let me know. We have to talk out what is right.  

Appended below are:

1. The Pluralism 101 note (below).
2. Video of my Hindu friends drinking cow urine (not included).
3. NPR’s Muslim woman forced to resign – Indianewengland.com
4. Achche Din Aayienge? – A poem and I hope you will enjoy it and share it.
   Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/MikeGhouse/videos/463727984228407?sfns=mo

YouTube – https://youtu.be/zX8PDnNqvkI

5. Standing up for Hindus (hundreds of items to be added after 2012). http://standingupforothers.blogspot.com/2012/04/standing-with-hindus.html

Pluralism 101 (posted on two WhatsApp groups)

I’m sharing the attached 1-minute video with a specific purpose, that is, for each one of us to respect the otherness of the other. If you can watch this without making faces or sounds, you’ll earn 10/100 points in the beautiful journey of pluralism.

Others’ belief appears weird, but in reality, each faith has weirdness in it, that only others can see and not the believer.

Do you know what heaven is? It’s a state of mind that is free from conflicts, tensions, fears, and phobias. When you do your Jihad, which means an inner struggle against negative feelings, you will free yourselves from the temptations that flutter you, and achieve full freedom, Nirvana, Salvation, Mukti, Moksha or Nejat from anxieties.

Happy freedom to you!

Published at Counter-Currents:  https://countercurrents.org/2019/09/derogatory-statements-about-hinduism

 Mike Ghouse is a public speaker, author, thinker, newsmaker and an interfaith wedding officiant. His new book American Muslim Agenda is available at Amazon and the book stores.  https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeghouse/

India’s Road To Fascism – OpEd

Courtesy of Eurasia 

It is in an interview

India’s Road To Fascism – OpEd

 August 15, 2019  Tariq A. Al-Maeena  3 Comments

By Tariq A. Al-Maeena

What so-called democracy in the world invades a disputed territory that has enjoyed autonomy for decades with tens of thousands of heavily armed troops, arrests local leaders, enforces a complete communication blackout and begins the process of heinously dismantling decades-old international resolutions? It is India today under the BJP government that has done exactly that.

The recent invasion of Kashmir and the abrogation of several charters of the Indian constitution spells danger to a democracy already fraught with creeping fascism, as the Hindutva saffron brigade has been encouraged to set about making the lives of India’s minorities perilous. Reminiscent of Hitler’s Nazi-brigade, these Hindu extremists have gone so far as to murder people by lynching them for the crime of eating beef! In many cases, the lynching had nothing to do with the cow, but with the religion of the victim.

Along those lines, Mike Ghouse, an American-Indian and President for the Center for Pluralism pens the following:

“Violence might please a few souls as it is about getting even, and not seeking justice. We need justice and not the endless revenge cycle.

“We cannot advocate violence; it will hurt everyone. Let me be precise, only Hindus can save India. Hindus and Hinduism is not the problem, never a problem as Islam is never a problem, it’s the ISIS variety among them that is the problem, and they are known as Hindutva forces.

“However, if India and the world doesn’t stop this mayhem, everyone will lose out including the Hindu majority and the United States of America.

“Who does not want India to succeed? All of us want the best for India.

“Unfortunately, the Modi government’s record has been harmful to the nation. He has played with demonetization, Rafale deal, GST, and farmers with disastrous results. Now, he is playing with Kashmir.

“The dangers of the actions by the Modi government in scraping article 370 without the consent of the governed are highlighted below.

“I sincerely hope the freedom to protest, and freedom to speak will not be suspended, and neither will India follow the example of Tiananmen Square?

“Way back in the 1970s India treaded on a similar path when one-person rule destroyed the nation. American businesses were asked to leave, companies like Coke and IBM were gone, and several banks were nationalized. Modi’s government is back at it now.

“These two men, PM Modi, and his home minister Amit Shah don’t believe in dialogue to solve problems. They are appeasing their base at the cost of the long-term security of the nation. Modi’s base erroneously believes in crushing dissent and punishing the Kashmiri people.

“Shamefully, like the German people before the Holocaust, Indians will remain silent and let the genocide of Kashmiris takes place.

“If people are pushed into a corner, giving them no choice, they will resort to terrorism. If India goes on the path of Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, America’s hands will be tied for two more decades.

“It is incumbent on us to speak up and protect the rights of individuals and America’s long-term interests. Let’s not be an accomplice to the genocide about to happen.

“America stands to lose from these actions. India stood as a bulwark against China’s expansion, and a secure place for American investors, both are at risk now. I pray that the Modi government learns not to play with the people of India and does not turn India into Afghanistan.

“The following summary was put together by a human rights organization.

“Thirty-eight thousand heavily armed military officers with tanks have been brought into Kashmir in the last couple of days. Presently, Kashmir is the most militarized zone in the world: There is one-armed Indian soldier for every 10 Kashmiris.

“Here is a summary of the actions put together by Sound Vision.

• Modi has closed down all media in Kashmir.
• No journalist is allowed by Modi to enter Kashmir.
• Modi has shut down all cell phone and landline services.
• Modi government has evacuated all tourists and Hindus.
• Modi is changing the constitution to allow this annexation of Kashmir, which until this week, had special status.

“Kashmiri leaders are appealing to the world to stop the imminent genocide of Kashmiris. Genocide Watch in Washington, DC has already issued a genocide alert for India, the actions by the Modi government will bring disaster like the other experimentations. Sincerely, Mike Ghouse.”

Indeed, Mike, this is a matter of grave concern. Today, Gaza in Palestine has the dubious honor of being the world’s largest concentration camp with its people forced to live in an inhumane environment. But if India’s current and distorted vision for predominantly Muslim Kashmir is not reversed, I’m afraid it will soon be Kashmir who will have that honor.

This article was published at the Saudi Gazette