On Day 1, Session 3, Dr. Gajendran Ayyathurai, teacher and researcher at Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Göttingen University, Germany, said:“So, most interestingly, Johannes Bronkhorst, moves into talking about, suddenly in a Sanskrit book, talks about Nazism and makes the connection between Brahmins and Nazis. I was stunned when I read this. He says, the Brahmins’ behavior was not dissimilar to that of another group that was obsessed with the past: the National Socialist, the Nazis. And then he says, you know, Hitler, in 1937 opened – I am speaking to you from Germany, by the way – Hitler opened a museum in 1937. Hundreds of paintings were there, out of which, not one depicted urban industrial life of Germany which was thriving in the 1930s. So, Hitler was talking about ancient Greeks and connected with Germans and so on to whip up racism, right? So, in that sense, Johannes Bronkhorst, in that Sanskrit text, he connects Brahmins with the Nazis. We need to talk about that. And then Brahminical literature, clearly, talks about a world that no longer existed. So, it’s clearly a lie. That’s why he calls it as Brahminical literature propagating lie stories. He calls it “stories” that no longer existed, that may never in fact have existed, right? That’s how he argued. That was basically to perpetuate Brahminical wishes. So, my question is – have we ever dealt with Brahminism and the connection between Brahminism and Nazism in a lot more theoretical way. I also want to propose, probably Brahminism played a very crucial role in the evolution of Nazism itself. It’s not just Golwalkar imitated Nazis, it could be the other round.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpD7X91_wvw at 15:46

On Day 1, Session 3, Bhanwar Meghwanshi, an Author, Social Activist and, journalist, in response to the question that "if Hindutva is same as Hinduism, why not dismantle Hinduism itself?", said: “I think jati (caste) isn’t just the part of Hinduism but also the foundation. Hinduism is standing on the pillar of jati (caste). If you remove caste, nothing is left in Hinduism. It can’t survive without caste. That’s why when Dr. Ambedkar talked about annihilation of caste, the biggest opposition came from Hinduism itself. So, I think caste is the religion itself. In fact, Hinduism is a unique religion where caste itself is the religion. And I am saying this because here, in our villages, those who practice untouchability gets touched, directly or indirectly, by the untouchable, they don’t say that “my caste got polluted”. They’ll say “my religion got polluted”. That means the caste itself is the religion. So it becomes difficult when the caste itself is the religion. That’s why, even the Dharma Shastras also praise caste, supports caste, supports untouchability, social hierarchy and discrimination on the basis of caste. So, these things gets a sanction from the religion and Shastras. So, I think the caste must be annihilated and if a caste-based religion gets annihilated because of that, then that’s not our responsibility because we aren’t calling for it. So, either Hinduism destroys caste, which is its foundation, and reconstructs itself, or if they (Hindus) are not ready for it, then Hinduism will surely be annihilated. Dalits and Adivasis won’t be responsible for it.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpD7X91_wvw at 1:32:58

On Day 1, Session 1, Anand Patwardhan, a documentary filmmaker in Mumbai, said: “I compare Hindutva to the Ku Klux Klan. Though clansmen are buffoons compared to the sophistication of a Brahmanism developed over centuries. Fortunately, Brahmanism was never the only stream and resistance sent to it is centuries old as Carvaka, Buddha, Basava, Kabir, Guru Nanak, Ravidas, Mira, Tukaram, Bulleh Shah, Jyoti Rao and Savithri Phule, Bhagat Singh, Bacha Khan, Gandhi and Ambedkar and so many of our inspirational teachers have shown.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2zNOdiONPI at 41:48

On Day 1, Session 2, Professor Pritam Singh, professor emeritus at Oxford Brookes Business School, said: “So, one very interesting point, which was made in the earlier panel was that Hindutva project is merely the control of the BJP. Hindutva project is to actually spread the tentacles of Hinduism in every society. So, therefore, I call it institutional communalism. That the Hindutva is not merely capturing political power and winning parliamentary seats, Hindutva is to penetrate judiciary, penetrate media, penetrate education and so on and so forth. And this is obviously leading to authoritarianism.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IZJqRH78zw at 19:32

On Day 1, Session 1, Anand Patwardhan, a documentary filmmaker in Mumbai, said: “In 2018, we completed a film “Reason/ Vivek” which apart from documenting atrocities against Muslims and Dalits examines the murders of rationalists like Dr. Dabholkar, Comrade Ansari, Professor Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, all of whom were born Hindus. The murder trials have not concluded, but several right-wing Hindutva militants are under arrest. I quote from a scene showing militants sword brandishing men and women from the twin groups, Sanathan Sanstha and Hindu Jan Jangriti Samiti, a few of whom are now in custody, marching to the streets of Mumbai. The commentary cites Hinduism as a dynamic composite of cultural practices, both indigenous and those borrowed from passing streams. Sanathan Aryan Vedic Hindutva, on the other hand, is a Brahminical project of supremacy.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2zNOdiONPI at 37:37

On Day 1, Session 1, Anand Patwardhan, a documentary filmmaker in Mumbai, said: “Brahmins historically controlled knowledge to keep themselves and their upper caste allies in power, while ensuring that the working majority did the dirty work, to an extent the independence struggle and ideals of secular democracy, losing their grip on power. So, what we see is an attempt to reassert caste superiority by the subterfuge of creating a common enemy. Hindutva ranked their enemies in order – Muslims, Christians and communists. It applauded Hitler's national pride and invoked the Nazi model of dealing with minorities. Like Hitler, Hindutva believed in race superiority and dreamt of world dominance.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2zNOdiONPI at 40:22

The doctrines of karma and Dharma which are defined by the writer as "what-goes-around-comes-around" and laws for social order respectively, are claimed to be taught in yoga classes which makes the practice of yoga justify the oppression meted out to "lower caste people". Moreover, it is claimed that as Sanskrit terms are used to teach yoga, it restricts the lower caste from learning and teaching yoga as the language has always been confined to the upper caste. Because of this, the writer feels it proper to connect the "supremacist" yogic practices to white supremacist beliefs in the US and demand a full reform of yoga.

In opposition to a Hindu Temple to be constructed in Hamel, an anonymous Christian organization distributes hate-filled pamphlets in the neighborhood. They insinuate that allowing Hindu temple in the area would mean anarchy, riots, fires, looting, highway shutdowns, etc., The property is in the area called Medina - named after the Saudi city of Medina. LETTER: SOUND THE ALARMI-09-08-2021- Some Hindus are now wanting to build a big temple in this area. However, be it known that God Almighty does not want false religion in our community. And as some of the people who live and/or work in this community, neither do we. Note: God does not want any kind of false religion anywhere, for that matter! There is a property on Hamel Road that is for sale. This property is, and has been, a small horse farm that is a little under twenty acres in size. It is located about 1.7 miles west of downtown Hamel, at 1400 Hamel Road. This property currently has a house, a horse barn, and a riding arena on it, and has been owned for many years by a lady named Leslie Borg. Her land sits not far from the corner of Hamel Road and Arrowhead Drive. And as of now, the Hindus would like to buy this property, and then build their big temple on it. The people who are wanting to build this heathen temple are from the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu Temple, currently located at 2300 Freeway Boulevard, Brooklyn Center, MN, 55430. Hindu gods are false gods. The real God instructs us, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Exodus 20:3. Also, Exodus 23:13, Judges 10:13, 2Chronicles 13:9, and Jeremiah 25:6 & 44:5. Should we be a mixed-up mess of spiritually-confused people, who do whatever seems to be right in our own eyes? Or should we be "one nation, under God," that is, the entire group of worldwide Christians who should be under the One true God (who was-and-is known as the Lord Jesus Christ). He, Jesus, "... was manifest in the flesh...." 1Timothy 3:16, and, ....God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself..." 2Corinthians 5:19. There is a relationship between the amount of sin that goes on in a community, and the amount of grievous judgements that God will later allow to afflict it. (*Sin is activity that is contrary to the law of God, as is clearly defined in the holy Bible.) Just because Minneapolis, St Paul, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Robbinsdale, and other cities in the metropolitan area have opened their doors and allowed unseemly things to establish footholds into their communities, does not mean that we who live and/or work this Hamel/Medina are need to do likewise. Crooked churches (such as those who claim to be Christian, but are not) are also a large part of the problem. God teaches us to not allow abortion clinics, pornography, strip clubs, prostitution, LGBT culture, fortune tellers, tattoo parlors, "haunted houses," etc., to have free rein in our land. The amount of wrath that the Lord stores u will continue to accumulate, until it reaches a certain tipping point. Subsequently, God may then allow punishim judgments to proceed that can devastate a community. Do we want anarchy, riots, fires, looting, highway shutdowns, etc., similar to what has already started to happen in Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center, to also take place in our community? Read Deuteronomy 31:17,18 and Psalms 9:17. And yet, there is still hope, if fol will repent. Take a look at Jeremiah 18:8 and 26:23. Opposing a false religion is not a cultural prejudice. Nor is it a racial prejudice. God has made all nations to spread forth from one blood-see Acts 17:26. All people are descendants of one blood, first through Adam and Eve, later on through Noah and his family. But God is unwaveringly set against sin, and we need to be that way, Certain politicians, judges, etc. think that they have the authority to redefine sin, and other religions have the book or books that they consider to be holy, but all such man-made devices are not holy. Thankfully, howeve political and business leaders, along with their appointees, and false religions, do not have the last word. "Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods." See Exodus 23:32. God is still God, and sin is still and we better make sure that we are on the Lord's side. Do your due diligence, and let the real God of the Bible direct you. Hindu gods will not bring prosperity, an such temples do not impress the real God. In fact, it will do just the opposite. Let us head off this trouble E it gets here, and keep the BAPS Hindu temple out of Hamel/Medina. You may want to look into the webs https://medinamn.us/contact-us/staff-directory/, and consider what you should do. pread this news around. Be polite, but make a strong stand for Jesus and righteousness.

John L Esposito, professor of religion and international affairs at Georgetown University, acknowledged AntiSemitism and Islamophobia and one would expect him to say "Hinduphobia" along the same lines but instead, when it came to Hinduism, he said "Hindutva". He said the Hindutva movement in the US is very active and uses different means, such as writing letters to university administrations and threatening scholars with lawsuits, to disrupt academic freedom. “The threat of these groups has grown significantly in recent years. These groups wish to silence any empirical, fact-based, analysis and critique of Hindutva by the scholars,” Esposito told Al Jazeera. He called on the US academia to initiate more debates and discussions on Hindutva. “Academics have a professional and moral obligation to respond to Hindutva, as they would to charges of antisemitism, Islamophobia, or racism,” Esposito said.

A Yoga Studio in east London warns their Yoga studio teacher, Puravi Joshi, that she wouldn’t be allowed to use Sanskrit in her practices. The studio also forbids her from chanting Om or saying Namaste. Research by the British Medical Journal, which surveyed around 2,500 yoga professionals, shows that 91% of teachers and practitioners in the UK are white.

A Yoga Studio in east London warns their Yoga studio teacher, Puravi Joshi, that she wouldn’t be allowed to use Sanskrit in her practices. The studio also forbids her from chanting Om or saying Namaste. Research by the British Medical Journal, which surveyed around 2,500 yoga professionals, shows that 91% of teachers and practitioners in the UK are white.