India has a Muslim problem like Israel, remember Kashmir? It is similar to the occupied west bank. We will see what the "final solution" will be to the Muslim problem.

Uh... There are a few major differences.

1) India makes no claims that all Hindus in the world have the right to return to India. If anything, the Indian state is distrustful of foreigners. (Even its so-called "overseas citizen" program denies any voting rights or the right to a passport. It is just a glorified lifetime visa.) India does not claim to be a Hindu state or the natural homeland of all the world's Hindus (or Sikhs, or Jains, or Buddhists).

2) While Jammu and Kashmir is a state of India that has a majority Muslim population, there have been no attempts at changing the demographics of the state. If anything, non-Kashmiris are banned from owning land there. (No settlers.)

3) The people who live in Kashmir are considered full citizens of India with all the rights and priveleges thereof. Including serving in the army. Unfortunately, also including getting shot at and beaten up by the army.

This is not to say that the government of Kashmir has not been terribly corrupt and heavy handed with central interference, but it is a far cry from the kind of Apartheid practiced in the West Bank or Gaza.

There is also no doubt that India has explicitly institutionalized discrimination in the form of:

1) Affirmative action only for Hindus.

2) Less inheritance tax on Hindus.

3) More protection for Hindu women in marital disputes than for women in other communities.

4) Non-Hindu communities supposedly have their own laws, but they have no separate representation to set these laws. Instead, a majority Hindu parliament decides what those laws are going to be.

But none of this compares to the plight of stateless Palestinians or the much more explicit institutionalized discrimination that occurs in Israel.

UN resolution 3378 states that Zionism is racism.

Neha,
That's a pretty weak argument for such a broad claim. The claim may be true, but you have given very weak proof to support your claim. If you had taken time to study the history of kashmir with a nonpartisan view, you can understand what a restrained and peace loving country India is. Imagine the neighbors India has be the similar one's USA has. Then you could see 2 Iraq's on usa' borders in a very short time...

while i do concider israel's occupation of isael to be the opposite of kosher, they do allow arab's with in israel to exercise the universal human rights declared by the UN. the nations surrounding Israel, all muslim states, have declared such a document is against muslim law... while israel's government, like most, is partially corrupt, the people believe in human rights for all, which one cannot say for many of the nations surrounding it. i would love to see israel give up some of its land, so that all of its critiques, will have nothing to say. can israel and a palestinian state work in unison? or would soviergn arab nations continue to call for the destruction of israel?

while i do concider israel's occupation of isael to be the opposite of kosher, they do allow arab's with in israel to exercise the universal human rights declared by the UN. the nations surrounding Israel, all muslim states, have declared such a document is against muslim law... while israel's government, like most, is partially corrupt, the people believe in human rights for all, which one cannot say for many of the nations surrounding it. i would love to see israel give up some of its land, so that all of its critiques, will have nothing to say. can israel and a palestinian state work in unison? or would soviergn arab nations continue to call for the destruction of israel?

Your noting the example of Modi's visa denial is particularly interesting. While USINPAC regarded that visa denial as "unfortunate," the denial actually came about almost entirely because of the activism of many Indian Americans in the community, and an Indian American member of the US Comm'n on Relig Freedom also played a key role. Paints a somewhat more complicated picture of what "Indian American politics" is all about -- it's not the monolith that one might get from reading the somewhat one-dimensional NYT and WP stories. USINPAC may claim to speak for "the community" or "Indian interests," but they have no monopoly on either one.

Hey Neha,

Get your facts right!! India does not occupy any other country!
India does not ethnic cleanse. People from all religions live together for centuries.
Muslims have a bad rap due to their neighbours - why not talk about their relgious records at the same time as India.

Wendy:

"Get your facts right!! India does not occupy any other country!"

If you could point me to where I said India is occupying another country, I'd appreciate it.

Neha,

I think you are quite right in some of the information you have about Inidans but you do not have all your facts straight in the sense of how Indians feel. I would not call what is happening in Kashmir a terrorism act by Inidans. You might want to reserach the subject a bit more
before making such statements.

BJP will not tolerate, in India or Indians overseas, Christians and Muslims not respecting our culture. They know what awaits them if they do not pull back from solicitation(We do not have freedom of speech and religion like in USA). India is a Hindu country. Get use to it. If you makes efforts to sell us on your religion, you will suffer, as you already have.