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It's simple mate -
the highest sin according to Abrahmic is polytheism and idol worshipping.
History bears witness how they have persecuted people who do the above with utmost brutality.
So there are two choices before me - either I do nothing, wait for the numbers to fall below a certain point and then start living as dhimmi or I push back now.
The choice is really really simple.
Every civilization has an innate right to self-preserve. Those who forsake it, simply perished from the face of earth.
I agree with your core point that forced conversion, if they happen, dont gel with the tenets of Hinduism..but as they say, desperate times call for desperate measures. When dealing with the Abrahmic religions hell bent on increasing their numbers by hook or by crook, there is no choice except getting to the lowest common denominator. And all this under the assumption that VHP *does*indulge in coerced conversions as is alleged.
And you are right in your position KS. For anything that threatens you or your identity, you ought to push back. And fighting against the forces that try to change you is not against any principle of Hinduism. Even Gita was spoken when there seemed no other solution than a costly war. Arjun could not evaluate the worth of his victory when achieved by the culling of such a large population of Bharat. But Krishna told him that truth has to prevail, and it looks upon him to uphold it.
I am not saying that we should just sit quiet as others do to us whatever they want to without our consent - that would actually go against the principles of Hinduism, and as our duty, we ought to fight back, with whatever means we find at our disposal - as happened in Mahabharat.
However, after the war, everyone except Yudhisthir went to spend some time in hell, didn't they? That happened because they had compromised with the means and principles to achieve their goals. They had altered their own characters in order to win their respective battles.
All I am saying is that Hinduism recognizes the way to God as the one that does not contain hatred/dissent against anything or anyone. After that, no matter what a path one employs to spirituality, it has the same destiny. Thus, the criticism of idolators makes their belief in God fake, doesn't it?
So as long as someone is making efforts to reach out to God without any malice against others, then it is no different from a Vashnavite or a Buddhist meditating in a secluded place to attain nirvana.
You are in fact right in everything you posited, but just remember - In a Dharm Yuddha, it strictly has to be either a complete victory, or a complete defeat. We cannot afford to be flexible and compromising of our own beliefs - that would harm us more than the outsiders.