Originally posted by: athithi
Originally posted by: Klixxer
Originally posted by: athithi
Originally posted by: Klixxer
Originally posted by: faiznne
Yes, Sultan is correct.
Taliban does not equal Islam.
Zionism does not equal Judaism.
Both are the extreme movements of a small percentage of the whole.
You really should try to read the thread, Sultan supports the Taliban.
And you are still singling out two religions and still think that is better than singling out one.
How about the IRA, ETA, phillippine phalangists, the Christians in Africa who maim babies (their way of converting them) the Hinduist widow burners and so on?
I use the term violent fundamentalists, they exist in every religion.
Klixxer, can you point out recent examples of Sati? I know there was a famous, controversial case in Rajasthan in the early 90s. I know dowry harrassment, caste-politics and superstitious beliefs are the major ills of Hinduism. But Sati definitely is no longer an acceptable part of the religion. Hinduism just does not work as a vehicle of hatred because it is so decentralized. You will never find a significant portion of Hindus agreeing on any aspect of the religion, good or bad. I think you are just trying to be "fair", but fairness should be based on knowledge - not merely on intent. I applaud your intent, but I fret at your knowledge...or the lack thereof.
I was talking about violent fundamentalists, are you denying that it still happens? Are you denying that many wifes are killed by their husbands, that honorary killings and using acid to destroy womens faces still happen?
You have to understand that i am talking about the utmost extreme of every religion, not the religions.
You want me to prove this? ok.
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Media reports from different parts of the country over the past few years suggest that the acid attack phenomenon is becoming increasingly common and widespread, with neither class nor caste nor creed nor any other variable serving as protective barriers, and with triggers ranging from unrequited love and marital discord (often over trivial matters) through family feuds and property disputes to enforcement of social diktats of various kinds.
In January 2004, three working women travelling in a local commuter train in Mumbai were seriously injured when acid was thrown in through a window. A July 2002 newspaper report from Kanpur claimed that at least half a dozen cases had come to light in that part of the country over the previous seven months, even though only two had been registered with the police. And, of course, acid attacks made national headlines in 2001 when members of an obscure militant group in Kashmir followed through on their threat of violence against unveiled women by throwing acid on four young women in Srinagar. Although men, too, have been attacked with acid, women are disproportionately represented among the victims of this form of violence.
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If you want more, do a search on google, you will find that it is still happening.
But those do not have religious connotations. I mean, how many examples do you want from any country in the world about inhuman acts of cruelty. I don't recall reading about a single incident where someone threw acid on a woman while yelling praises to Hindu gods. I mean, next you are going to give me examples of pickpockets in buses being instances of Hindu extremism
And seriously - militant groups in Kashmir as an example of Hindu extremism

That takes the cake! You really should read up a bit more about the Kashmir problem. Mmmmm....google a bit to find out about the plight of Kashmiri Pandits.
Now look, there are extremists in every religion. But that extremism can only be kept in check when the majority of that religion bands together and ostracizes the extremist elements. I think the Christian world has done rather admirably in controlling the extremists in their religion (and in a lot of places, compensating for them too) and I think the Hindu society has done even better considering that Hindu extremism is very localized (which makes it self-correcting, as opposed to Islamic terrorism, which is exported thereby putting a safe distance between the source and the effect). Yeah, Hindus stink up their own yard just as much, if not more, than the next religion. But it's their yard and they pay the penalty of stinking it up. Not so with Islam.
Honor killings, unfortunately, do take place in remote villages and occasionally small towns. That is criminal behaviour, not terrorism. And no, Islam probably advocates honor killings, not Hinduism. Like I said, Hinduism's greatest strength is its decentralization. You will never get two Hindus to agree on one version of anything, leave alone codifications like honor killings

Not to deny that it happens - it does, very rarely, and is an aberration that shocks most Hindus just the same way it shocks you.