Dismantling Global Hindutva conference: US scholars term Hindutva a strategy based on violence, hatred and terrorism

Islamabad, October 03, 2021 (PPI-OT): An international online conference titled ‘Dismantling Global Hindutva held in the United States has termed Hindutva a strategy based on violence, hatred and terrorism. The conference was addressed by speakers from leading universities in the world and over 600 academics attended the online event.

 

The speakers said Hindutva is a political philosophy styled after European fascism of the early twentieth century, an ideology that privileged a cult of personality and authoritarian leadership. They said in the name of Hindutva, the Indian government has instituted discriminatory policies and the introduction of religious discrimination through controversial India’s citizenship laws.

 

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