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Indian right-wing Hindus reject Norway killer's praise
(AFP) 7 hours ago
NEW DELHI India's right-wing Hindu groups on Wednesday rejected lavish praise heaped on them by Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik in his online manifesto.
Breivik, who killed 76 people in twin attacks last week in Norway and was described by police as a Christian fundamentalist, hailed India's Hindu nationalist movement as a key ally in a global struggle to contain the spread of Islam.
But Breivik's ringing endorsement and his call for support from hardline Hindu groups angered nationalist Hindu organisations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council).
"Breivik's act of killing innocents is reprehensible in the strongest possible words. The attempts to link it to the Hindutva movement are also equally reprehensible," said RSS spokesman Ram Madhav.
"Violence has never been our ally and it will never be. Breivik's gory act should be condemned by everybody."
Breivik, who called himself anti-Muslim, expressed his support for Hindutva -- a comprehensive umbrella term that encompasses the Hindu nationalist movement in India.
The movement regards Islam as a foreign element and aims to unite Hindu society.
Breivik endorsed the views of right-wing Hindu groups and criticised the Indian government for "appeasing Muslims".
Senior leaders of the VHP also distanced themselves from Breivik.
"Linking European right-wing thinking with the most ancient Hindu cultural ideology is absurd," Praveen Togadia, VHP international secretary general, told AFP.
The right-wing Hindu organisations said they have had no contact or correspondence with the Norwegian extremist.
Time for these right wing organizations to move away from hate filled rhetorics and divisive politics as they seem to attract all the wrong kind to their organizations. Both Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik and Samjhota express killer Swami Aseemanand seem to take refuge in this hate filled garbage.
(AFP) 7 hours ago
NEW DELHI India's right-wing Hindu groups on Wednesday rejected lavish praise heaped on them by Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik in his online manifesto.
Breivik, who killed 76 people in twin attacks last week in Norway and was described by police as a Christian fundamentalist, hailed India's Hindu nationalist movement as a key ally in a global struggle to contain the spread of Islam.
But Breivik's ringing endorsement and his call for support from hardline Hindu groups angered nationalist Hindu organisations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council).
"Breivik's act of killing innocents is reprehensible in the strongest possible words. The attempts to link it to the Hindutva movement are also equally reprehensible," said RSS spokesman Ram Madhav.
"Violence has never been our ally and it will never be. Breivik's gory act should be condemned by everybody."
Breivik, who called himself anti-Muslim, expressed his support for Hindutva -- a comprehensive umbrella term that encompasses the Hindu nationalist movement in India.
The movement regards Islam as a foreign element and aims to unite Hindu society.
Breivik endorsed the views of right-wing Hindu groups and criticised the Indian government for "appeasing Muslims".
Senior leaders of the VHP also distanced themselves from Breivik.
"Linking European right-wing thinking with the most ancient Hindu cultural ideology is absurd," Praveen Togadia, VHP international secretary general, told AFP.
The right-wing Hindu organisations said they have had no contact or correspondence with the Norwegian extremist.
Time for these right wing organizations to move away from hate filled rhetorics and divisive politics as they seem to attract all the wrong kind to their organizations. Both Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik and Samjhota express killer Swami Aseemanand seem to take refuge in this hate filled garbage.
