Still a valid one lol. Surely you'd have an interest in at least dissuading them, no?
ISIS ?
nah, dissuading is weak sauce, I'd go scorched earth on those guys.
Quite evidently so, but I honestly think that you should be if you truly believe in it and its benefits. You don't even need to spread a particular branch, simply exporting the paradigm would be more rational than not doing so at all (in fact, by explaining to me how things work, you are indeed committing expansion for Hinduism in a sense).
lol
leading by example is also a thing if you must look at it that way.
There have been instances of expansionism, ISKON guy, Prabhupada is probably the best example, deputized by his guru and deployed to spread the dharm in the US. A very conservative Hindu, that guy.
Vivekanand is another one, swami Rama and Paramhansa Yogananda too.... so some Hindus have tried but by and large it is not a thing, and militaristic religious conquest has never been a thing.
Beatles, "soft power", some people just like the general philosophy and vibe but there is no concerted big effort to harvest souls, as they say.
Stay muslim, man. Gibran, Rumi, Bulley Shah, some of the sufi stuff.. there's some good stuff there for sure.
1. They're sizeable in numbers
2. They'd receive plenty of support from Pakistan
3. They'd receive plenty of support from other insurgent groups (AQ and ISIS already operate to some degree in India and wish to expand operations there, especially since Afghanistan is dying down)
They'd have no chance if the country truly fell to bloodrage and decided it does not want muslims.
Bad actors already have support from Pak intel, we play solid defence (offensive defence even) Pak would like nothing more than to turn the heat up in Kashmir and drag us back to the 90s, they've failed to do so.
"wish to expand operations there, especially since Afghanistan is dying down"
inko aur koi kaam nahi hai apart from constantly looking for the next jihad battleground ?
Most people don't even know what fascism is, it's become a buzzword for racism/violence now just like this stupid made up idea of "cultural Marxism" has been made up to describe excessive forms of political correctness (as if Marxism is in any way related LOL).
Beyond that, India will not reach a Nazi Germany state any time soon, but that's not really especially comforting because it's not as if anything but Nazi Germany is tolerable, there are other possibilities which are also distasteful. India treating Muslims like how Pakistan treats Ahmadis is probably the bleakest scenario, and actually plausible.
That's so true about the buzzwords, people just like to sprout shit these days.
Indian muslims are also not some kind of monolithic group, the Kashmiris dont give a F about Kerala and Tamil or Bengal or UP or Bihari muslims for example.
India still has a ways to go before a Pak Ahmadi like situation, we're not a theocracy and will never be (unless the muslims take over) because Hinduism is not an organized religion in the same sense as Islam. As of today there are no laws targeting muslims in existence in India, there never have been and there are no plans to that end either.
Looks unlikely in the foreseeable future but India could easily dump the BJP once a credible opposition emerges but sonia and her inept cubs just aren't leaving.