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I hindu militant may be a contrdiction in terms?
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I disagree. Hinduism has many extremist and violent elements, just like Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Recall Hindu militants storming mosques in NW India? The train massacre where hundreds of Muslims were burned to death? The burning of brides that outlive their husbands? There have also been scores of deadly attacks on theaters, Christians and churches, nightclubs and government facilities. Tourist hotspots have been targeted as well. |
Those practices, except possibly for the practice of suttee (I suspect that's not either, but don't know enough about it), are as truly Hindu as the behavior of the "Christians" you've described.
Sincere practioners of the hindu religion don't dare harm any living thing. |
Um.... I'm sorry, but that is
not correct. I think you have the Jains in mind.
Hinduism is not a monolithic unified belief system, but a wide variety of teachings which have evolved from the Upanishads and other Vedic and post-Vedic literatures. Some are theistic, others deist, and a few even atheistic. The
Wiki site on Hinduism gives a decent overview. Also, keep in mind that the Mahabarata, one of the great epics of the Hindu tradition is the tale of conflict and war, and the Bhagavad Gita, a poem embedded withi the Mahabarata, is advice from Krishna to Arjuna, given in a war chariot, just before they go into battle.
That there are intolerant Hindu practitioners can be clearly seen from the treatment of Muslims in India by Hindus during and after the partition of India in 1948. Additionally, since that time, the Sikhs have suffered from extremist Hindu attacks upon their practitioners and holy sites in northern India. A Hindu is not necessarily non-violent.