Hindutva Comes to UK?
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/20/what-is-hindu-nationalism-and-who-are-the-rss
Violence in Leicester between Hindu and Muslim communities began after a group of Hindu men marched through the streets of the city shouting “jai shri Ram”, a Hindu greeting that has become a clarion call for Hindutva mobs and perpetrators of anti-Muslim violence in India.
Not too sure about that. There have notoriously been rival Sikh and Muslim gangs in Slough.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/southall-sikhs-attack-muslims-in-feud-1269779.html?amp
Is it any different in principle from Rangers and Celtic fans in Glasgow?
I’m uncertain what is happening, hence the question mark.
The similarity with the Rangers-Celtic bigotry is that it appears to have begun with sports rivalry, in this case cricket.
I expect that partisan tit-for-tat reporting may confuse getting an understanding of what is happening.
Middle East Eye which is predominantly a Muslim-leaning website blames Hindutva militants and the Indian High Commission, claiming they are a proxy for the BJP/RSS
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-leicester-riots-civil-war-hindu-nationalism
The truth will trickle through eventually
On similar developments in the US:
https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/a-silent-invasion-how-hindutva-infiltrated-us-politics-60288
Opposition to Hindutva also comes from secularist Indians.
Hindu nationalism has split the Indian expatriate community just as Donald Trump’s presidency polarized the U.S., said Varun Soni, dean of religious life at the University of Southern California.
https://apnews.com/article/religion-india-holidays-nationalism-d851b8fcabb9eb0f3946275fdf596322
There has recently been rising tensions and some small-scale violence in the Smethwick area north of Birmingham.
While there is no doubt a sectarian aspect to this it cannot be a coincidence that these eruptions between Hindu and Muslim youths occur in very deprived neighbourhoods.
Infamously, Enoch Powell was the MP in Smethwick when he was in his heyday.
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