This article is in reply to a article published in Organizer of this link.
I am a Sanghi myself & I was in jail for three months during Emergency for staging agitations as RSS swayam sevak in Ratnagiri. So I hope I will not be categorized as RSS hater.
Above mentioned article shows that RSS doesn't know what is written in Quran or Bible about Kaafirs or Pagans. If someone decides to follow Quran or Bible, the hate for Kaafir or Pagan is prerequisite. The Mullas or ISIS, Al Qaida all follow the Quran word to word. Those who don't follow it world to word are not real Muslims.
Sitaram Goyal's "Calcutta Quran Petition is worth studying.
What I feel is, RSS is deliberately ignoring the Theological aspects of Hindu Muslim conflict. Is it due to the threat of another partition? The Muslims need to take a clear position on these teachings. You might be aware that Saudi Prince, recently, boldly rejected Hadis. He is also thinking of moderating Quran. Why? Because the Teaching of Hadis & Quran are not good for the society. He is trying to moderate or change Islam but we Hindus who are the sufferers for 800 years of this teaching are not questioning the teachings itself.
Today due to Internet, there is an existential crisis in front of Islam & Saudi Prince Mohamad Bin Salman is aware about that. But the RSS is blissfully unaware about all these things. If RSS would have been aware Dr. Bhagwat would not have said Quran & Bible as way of worship.
Another thing was curious to note, that, Mr. Ketkar was ready & quick to dismiss RSS-Haters. Who are those RSS haters? Not the usual suspects of secular brigade but Sitaram Goyal, Koenraad Elst, Shankar Sharan, Sanjay Joshi. May I include S. H. Deshpande in Marathi here? The irony is Ketakar is ready to dismiss Hindu Well Wishers as RSS -Haters, but RSS is ready to embrace those who have only a death wish for Hindus (Kafirs) according to the Quran Bible.
One can understand that we have to accommodate 15% minority population in our country. But without the Truth Commission where every truth of the conflict is debated & accepted the peace between Hindu & Muslims is a day dream. People expect the RSS gives a leadership in this regard. Is it wrong expectations.
Some times I feel that RSS is ignoring these Hindu voices, only because they know that it's impossible to create a new Hindu Organization like RSS without investing so many efforts. I do agree with it but does that mean RSS has every right to ignore Hindu fears? Well know writer of a Book " A Sanghi who never went to Shakha" Rahu Roshan has articulated similar views on opindia a this link.
RSS's usual way of ignoring criticism will not help in these matters.
I hope this is taken in proper spirit.
Well written article based on solid facts . I have been working with RSS for the last 30 years .was part of RSS IT milans in Bangalore . Decided to leave RSS after the speech of Dr Mohan Bhagawat -RSS does not seem to be interested in protecting Hindus . They are a good NGO ,But what the Hindus need is an organisation to stand up to protect them .
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious that RSS needs to course correct & stop resorting to pseudo appeasement towards Islam & Mohammadins.
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Let me begin by wholeheartedly acknowledging, and with justifiable pride, the stellar role that the RSS as an Organization has played in forging Character, infusing it with Values and Pride for the Motherland, and testing it on the Anvil of Selfless Service to the Nation in the hearts of countless Indians since Independence.My Salutations to you Sir for suffering the Ignominy of Incarceration and for Mounting that Lonely Vigil that is the Price of Freedom.
ReplyDeleteThere are two instances in this Blog where I have stopped and pondered with great sadness. Once, where you painfully question whether " RSS is deliberately ignoring the Theological aspects of Hindu Muslim conflict. Is it due to the threat of another partition?", And again when you express your incredulity over the irony when "Ketakar is ready to dismiss Hindu Well Wishers as RSS -Haters, but RSS is ready to embrace those who have only a death wish for Hindus (Kafirs) according to the Quran Bible ".
Hindus as a peace-loving people have endured untold sufferings down the ages to be shaken off their perch by sundry voices of calumny and by accusations of being RSS-haters. But on the other hand, even an ( hopefully) unfounded apprehension that the impending ' threat of another partition ' is forcing the Sangh to compromise on its core values and worldview bring painfully to the minds of Hindus everywhere the haunting words and timeless warnings delivered by Sw. Nathuram Godse during the Gandhi Assassination Trial in 1948. The object of his ire then was the entire cast of characters called the Indian National Congress. And his stirring speech finds greater resonance and salience on this the 21st of July 2021 when a Mamata Banerjee declares a Khela Hobe across all India on precisely the very day when M A Jinnah declared the Direct Action Day, namely 16th August 2021.
Is history being repeated yet again with Shri Mohan Bhagwat sanitizing a contested and blood-soaked ancestry followed by a Sunil Deodhar batting for the Urdu Language recently at Vijaywada ?
Though there many other instances to recall but I'm afraid I cannot hold back my tears and proceed any further.
JAI BHARAT MATA !
JAI MAHARASHTRA !