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Lets do a fact check of your article Hindutva has nothing to do with religion Savarkar was a atheist himself atheism isn’t native to India first atheist wasn’t Indian. Hindutva has to do with the spiritual culture of India people from all religions Kabir Shirdi baba Adi Shankara guru nanak buddha Mahavira etc. all embraced this common spiritual culture and had mutual respect for each other beliefs. And where did he say india origin faith is a requirement to be Hindu never gave a source for that. “We Hindus are bound together not only by the tie of the love we bear to a common fatherland and by the common blood that courses through our veins and keeps our hearts throbbing and our affections warm, but also by the tie of the common homage we pay to our great civilization” how does this leave out Indian Muslims and Indian Christians? Is India not their fatherland or do they not have common blood to dharmics what are they aliens? according to you their aliens right lol. how can Muslims and Christians not pay homage to this great indic civilization how does this make them second class citizens Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is a good example why shouldn’t Muslims aim to be like him? according to you muslims should aim to be like Umar Khalid or sharjeel imam or hafiz Saeed you are the real bigot not Savarkar for assuming Muslims cannot embrace this great culture and civilization as their own heritage for assuming that Muslims aiming to be like Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam to love India and pay homage to our great civilization are making themselves “second class citizens” so to be equal according to you Muslims should aim to be like tukde tukde gang
Lets do a fact check of your article Hindutva has nothing to do with religion Savarkar was a atheist himself atheism isn’t native to India first atheist wasn’t Indian. Hindutva has to do with the spiritual culture of India people from all religions Kabir Shirdi baba Adi Shankara guru nanak buddha Mahavira etc. all embraced this common spiritual culture and had mutual respect for each other beliefs. And where did he say india origin faith is a requirement to be Hindu never gave a source for that. “We Hindus are bound together not only by the tie of the love we bear to a common fatherland and by the common blood that courses through our veins and keeps our hearts throbbing and our affections warm, but also by the tie of the common homage we pay to our great civilization” how does this leave out Indian Muslims and Indian Christians? Is India not their fatherland or do they not have common blood to dharmics what are they aliens? according to you their aliens right lol. how can Muslims and Christians not pay homage to this great indic civilization how does this make them second class citizens Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is a good example why shouldn’t Muslims aim to be like him? according to you muslims should aim to be like Umar Khalid or sharjeel imam or hafiz Saeed you are the real bigot not Savarkar for assuming Muslims cannot embrace this great culture and civilization as their own heritage for assuming that Muslims aiming to be like Dr. Apj Abdul Kalam to love India and pay homage to our great civilization are making themselves “second class citizens” so to be equal according to you Muslims should aim to be like tukde tukde gang