Most Hindu Religious Leaders Are Worried By Anti-Muslim Hate, But Silent For Fear of Hindutva Groups

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Support The Interview with Karan Thapar – https://fij.mojo.page/support-the-int… The America-based organization Hindus for Human Rights, which has just completed what it calls a prema yatra “searching for hindu religious leaders who are concerned about the state of affairs in India today”, has concluded that the majority of the hindu religious leaders they met are concerned about the deteriorating state of hindu-muslim relations and the way muslims are often treated but are scared to speak out because of their fear of the response from hindu nationalist groups. The yatra was conducted in February-March this year and travelled across 9 states, visiting 12 cities and several villages and met nearly 30 hindu religious leaders. The organization said these are significant and important leaders who have considerable influence in their local communities. The yatra also visited major pilgrimage sites like Haridwar, Varanasi and Ayodhya as well as important metropolises such as Delhi, Mumbai and Thiruvananthapuram. In a North-South sense it was a pan-India yatra though not necessarily so in an East-West sense.