[Y-Indology] an appeal to scholars

[Guest guest]

INDOLOGY, "Lynken Ghose" <lynkenghose@h...> wrote:

> Dear Dr. L. Suresh Kumar:

>

> I have reacted to this posting below -

>

> >The Christians and Muslims in India, through their organisations,

> >have connections with foreign missionaries and forces inimical to

> >India. The fundamental problem lies with Christians and

> >Muslims - or rather, Christianity and Islam and not with Hindus.

>

> >Problems arise when,

> > either

> >Christians take up the divine right to convert Hindus either

> >forcibly or other means, and continue to ill-treat , insult, and

> >humiliate the Hindus and Hinduism,

> > or

> >Muslims, continue to treat Hindus as kafirs and idolaters and

> >hence must be killed;

>

>

> How could you even post such a thing? This is a blatant display of

mere

> propaganda attempting to stir up religious hatred and violence

towards

> Muslims and Christians. It even advocates killing them! This is

absolutely

> the worst post I have seen yet, and that is saying a lot.

 

Response - this outrage is misdirected . Read the sentence by Suresh

Kumar again;

 

"Muslims, continue to treat Hindus as kafirs and idolaters and

hence must be killed";

 

What the sentence says is that Muslims consider Hindus to be kaffirs

and idolators and therefore (Hindus) must be killed. You chose to

transpose the word Muslims, instead of Hindus.

 

You can refute the allegation 'Hindus are Kaffirs and therefore must

be killed', as to whether it has validity in the Koran or the Hadith

or the Sunna but you are barking up the wrong tree when you choose to

falsify the meaning.

 

Kaushal

[Guest guest]

Well, as if it were necessary to chime in:

 

this is also my last "discussion piece" on this "hate your favorite

Indologist list."

 

The 'other' (IndCiv) list has also deteriorated into a general anti-Muslim,

anti-Christian, anti-Bangla Desh, anti-Indologist and "raise my flag"

"Greater Bha_rata" list...

 

Most Indologists now move to quiet shores where they can seriously discuss

such esoteric topics as Vedic accents, the spreading of Krishnaite names in

Gujarat/Nepal around 1600 CE, Buddhism in Tamilnadu, or traditional Indian

festivals, -- in peace.

 

Good bye, again, a-punar-darzanaaya!

 

MW

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