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Sane and peaceful Indians, which I hope form the majority of Indians, even if they are not Indian Muslims, should try to ostracize the fanatics among them that give their people and country a bad name abroad.
Ostracizing is difficult, man. Some of them were people I grew up with. One of them was my girlfriend for 5 years. The rot is very deep. But on second thought, maybe those are the kind of people I grew up around which is unfortunate. I need better company, and have promised myself to choose my friends carefully in the future.
It should be the obligation of any sane Indian, based in the GCC, to denounce such compatriots if they are spreading hatred against their own Muslim compatriots or foreigners abroad.
I always do. But I don't it on social media because it can create problems for my family members in India. However, if something happens in my physical proximity, I always raise my voice. At least I don't support such imbeciles.
Country to country relations and economic relationships are not determined by Twitter comments from trolls but if such behavior becomes widespread and continuous, it will inevitably impact the perception of Indian and Indians negatively in the Arab and Muslim world.
I agree with you. The matter has become serious and just blanket condemnations by Modi will not cut it anymore. The Saudi Arab ambassadors and royal family members should directly ask Modi to condemn people like Tejasvi Surya, and issue an apology. He should be told to man up, and own up to his BJP party members who violate boundaries.
The opposition parties of India - non BJP - do not support such loutish behaviour. You can take the example of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi of Congress. They will condemn such stupidities. In fact, they are fighting it on a daily basis. It's a separate issue that there isn't much of an opposition left in India anymore.
I saw some of your posts in that other thread (Tariq Fatah) and you seem like a sane individual. Can you briefly, to a relatively clueless foreigner, tell what those RSS fanatics are? Do those people have a hatred towards Indian Muslims and Muslims of South Asia or does this hatred extend to other Muslims like Arabs and if that is the case is the motive for that alone, that Muslims happen to be Muslims?
Thank you, I thought that was a basic qualification to be human being. Your question is very difficult to answer. The truth is only a tiny number of Indians are active RSS supporters -- say, 7 to 8 percent. At least 35% voted for Narendra Modi's party, so these are the ones who somehow "dislike" Muslims (Modi orchestrated a massacre of 2000 Muslims in his home state of Gujarat before becoming Prime Minister so he's definitely very anti-Muslim) You can add another 30-40% as somewhat ignorant people, although many would have Muslim friends.. The problem is they don't know much about Islam, so their brains are filled with half-baked lies and exaggerations about Muslims. They will believe any rumours such as Muslims spreading Coronavirus in India. India's average literacy is only 71% and most literate people aren't educated enough. So, a lot of ignorant people live in India, unfortunately. They believe in news rumours spread from WhatsApp factories. Cult leaders like Modi have learned how to exploit their ignorance and brainwash them.
So now let's only focus on the educated Indians which are 20 percent. These are the professionals, many can speak English properly. In this segment, many are Modi supporters. But there is a huge opposition as well. The Shaheen Bagh protests against CAA weren't led by only Muslims but also a lot of Hindus who range from leftists to liberals and Congress supporters. If you check Twitter India feed, you will learn that more Hindus are opposing Modi and his party than Muslims.
Really Twitter India is one of the best sources if you want to know about all those Indians who are opposing Narendra Modi and his divisive politics. I myself don't visit there but I read the tweets all the time, there is a formidable opposition.
But yes, your question is very difficult to answer because the current situation in India is really bad. Hope this was a good start.