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Hindu Human Rights Report 2019 Covers Violations of Human Rights of Hindus in India ABSTRACT The Hindu Human Rights Report 2019 covers violations of human rights of Hindus in India. Human rights of Hindus in India continued to deteriorate with State-sponsored discrimination and continued attacks on Hindus and their places of worship. HINDU HUMAN Subhodeep Mukhopadhyay Sankrant Sanu Nithin Sridhar RIGHTS REPORT 2019 IndiaFacts Research Group Hindu Human Rights Report © 2016-2019 IndiaFacts Research Group Contact: Twitter: @IndiaFactsOrg, @sankrant @nkgrock Email: [email protected] About IndiaFacts Research Center IndiaFacts has established itself as a platform for serious enquiry and discussion on dharma, comparative religion, cross-civilizational issues, Indology, and India-related topics. It aims to provide a fact-based counter to the mainstream media narrative about India. 1 Hindu Human Rights Report 2019 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 4 1.1 India’s Neighbourhood ............................................................................................................... 6 2 Legalized Discrimination by all Branches of Government .................................................................... 9 2.1 Government Confiscation and Looting of Hindu Temples .......................................................... 9 2.2 Education Sector: No Level Playing Field and Government Confiscation ................................. 10 2.3 Discriminatory Government Schemes ...................................................................................... 11 2.3.1 Central & State Government Schemes which Exclude Hindus ............................................. 12 2.3.1.1 Central Government .................................................................................................... 13 2.3.1.2 Bihar ............................................................................................................................ 17 2.3.1.3 Gujarat ......................................................................................................................... 18 2.3.1.4 Himachal Pradesh ........................................................................................................ 18 2.3.1.5 Karnataka ..................................................................................................................... 18 2.3.1.6 Kerala ........................................................................................................................... 19 2.3.1.7 Tamil Nadu .................................................................................................................. 20 2.3.1.8 Telangana .................................................................................................................... 20 2.3.1.9 Uttar Pradesh .............................................................................................................. 21 2.3.1.10 West Bengal ................................................................................................................. 21 2.3.2 Observations ........................................................................................................................ 22 2.4 Interference of Judiciary in Hindu Traditions and Freedom to Practice ................................... 23 2.4.1 Sabarimala Verdict ............................................................................................................... 23 2.4.2 Diwali Firecracker Ban .......................................................................................................... 24 2.4.3 Jallikattu Ban ........................................................................................................................ 24 2.4.4 Dahi Handi Restrictions ........................................................................................................ 24 3 Persecution of Hindus by Dominant or Ruling Ideologies .................................................................. 26 3.1 Dravidian Extremism ................................................................................................................ 26 3.2 Communist Extremism: Kill with Impunity ............................................................................... 28 3.3 Islamo-Socialist Misrule in Uttar Pradesh: Impunities Galore .................................................. 29 3.4 Christian Extremism .................................................................................................................. 30 3.5 Jammu & Kashmir: No one Committed Pandit Genocide ......................................................... 31 3.6 Terrorism .................................................................................................................................. 33 2 4 Incident Reports ................................................................................................................................. 35 4.1 Love Jihad, Violence against Women and Rape ....................................................................... 36 4.1.1 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................... 36 4.1.2 Incident Reports ................................................................................................................... 38 4.2 Islamic Attacks & Communal Clashes ....................................................................................... 53 4.2.1 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................... 53 4.2.2 Incident Reports ................................................................................................................... 53 4.3 Attacks on Hindu Festivals and Places of Worship ................................................................... 59 4.3.1 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................... 59 4.3.2 Incident Reports ................................................................................................................... 59 4.4 Political Violence and Killing of Hindus ..................................................................................... 64 4.4.1 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................... 64 4.4.2 Incident Reports ................................................................................................................... 64 4.5 Religious Persecution ............................................................................................................... 70 4.5.1 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................... 70 4.5.2 Incident Reports ................................................................................................................... 70 4.6 Dalit Persecution by Muslims ................................................................................................... 76 4.6.1 Key Findings ......................................................................................................................... 76 4.6.2 Incident Reports ................................................................................................................... 77 5 IndiaFacts Policy Recommendations ................................................................................................. 81 5.1 Eliminate Constitutional Loophole ........................................................................................... 81 5.2 Other Changes .......................................................................................................................... 81 5.3 Hindu Charter—A Plea for Equality .......................................................................................... 82 6 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................ 87 7 References and Notes ........................................................................................................................ 88 3 1 Introduction There is no dearth of Human Rights Reports tackles crimes against majority Whites and being produced on India like the USCIRF major Christian denominations.4 Similarly, report1, Amnesty International Report or the official hate crime statistics for England Human Rights Watch2 report. USCIRF and Wales, include majority Whites and produces a section on India. The US State Christians5. In contrast, reports on Human department has its own reports, compiled by Rights in India omit hate crimes against organizations such as the Amnesty and Hindus altogether or focus exclusively on Human Rights Watch. However, all these “lower castes” or “minorities.” reports have one significant omission. They India has a long history of human rights focus exclusively on human rights of non- violations, persecution and subjugation of Hindus, with the exception of ‘dalits’. Hindus. Major parts of India were rule be This excludes a large percentage of the centuries by Muslims and Christians who human rights violations on the mistaken were the dominant powers. Moreover, the assumption that rights violations in India can presumed ‘majority religion’ in India i.e. only take place by the ‘majority’ on the Hinduism, is not a monotheistic doctrinal
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