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...more than 1,000 Hindu activists were in custody and another 15,000 had been loaded on to buses and trains and sent away. An outraged Ashok Singhal, leader of the rally's organizer, the militant Hindu group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), was moved to declare: "They treat Hindus like animals in this country...
...heart." But whether he is actually practicing kirtan is a matter of debate. Georg Feuerstein, founder of the Yoga Research and Education Center near Redding, Calif., says kirtan is an exclusively Hindu practice in which believers praise gods to whom they are devoted. He contends that although non-Hindus or those who do not understand what they are chanting may experience a quasi-religious feeling, "the traditionalist would want to know why divine Hindu names are being used for that purpose...
...Dire Expectations Your article "Bloody Monday," on the Aug. 25 bombings in Bombay, noted that some officials believe the explosions were part of a campaign by Indian Muslims reacting to discrimination by Hindus [Sept. 8]. Mutual hatred forms the basis of the lives of millions of people in South Asia. The recent so-called stabilization measures between Pakistan and India are nothing more than a slogan to cover the leaders' mismanagement of affairs. Every decade we see officials of both nations calling for peace. But the drama always ends with the slaughter of poor people, Muslims and Hindus, on both...
...Indian police, who identified the victim only by his first name, Nasir, say he's the founder of the Gujarat Muslim Revenge Force, an extremist group started after Hindus killed some 2,000 Muslims in western India last year. Police blame the group for two bombings in Bombay last month in which 58 people died, along with a bus bomb in July and a train explosion in March that claimed a total of 15 lives. Intelligence officers say Nasir was trained and indoctrinated by Muslim extremists in Dubai and Pakistan, and remained a linkman to Pakistani terrorists. Nasir's brief...
...Divided on "Divide" Your article "India's Great Divide," [Aug. 11] was only half true. Many Hindus in India feel that they are the ones who are being pushed to the breaking point by acts of terrorism perpetrated by Muslims and encouraged by our neighbor Pakistan. Indian Muslims need leaders who will make them think like Indians first and Muslims second, not the other way round. Srinivasaraghavan Rajagopalan Srirangam, India...