• Gazumi@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    India’s very own equivalent of MAGA have Modi’s support as they keep him empowered. I’m a Hindu and know that this ultranationalism is not what Hinduism is.

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      9 months ago

      That’s what moderates in any religion says about the extremists in it. But the fact is that a religion cannot deny its responsibility in crimes committed in its name - because religion is the instrument used for indoctrination and radicalization. At best you can say that your religion is being misused.

      • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        At best you can say that your religion is being misused.

        Misused in the sense that if I dropped an open case of sharp knives in a daycare with smiley faces painted on them and then tied up all the workers.

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      9 months ago

      Honest question from an ignorant 'Murican, with no context about what this controversy is about:

      To a Hindu, would naming the lion ‘Akbar’ kinda be like naming an elephant ‘Hitler’ in Israel?

      Or is this all just a religious/ cultural thing that makes no sense to outsiders such as myself?