Table of Contents INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 1 ABOUT THE REPORT................................................................................................................. 3 REPORT STRUCTURE ................................................................................................................ 6 CONTROVERSIAL QUOTES AND STATEMENTS ................................................................. 7 CHAPTER 1. Coalition Against Genocide – An Introduction............................................... 9 Section 1.01 Some Activities of the CAG......................................................................................10 Section 1.02 100,000 = 200,000 ......................................................................................................11 Section 1.03 Organizations in the CAG........................................................................................ 13 CHAPTER 2. Shaping Views and Policies on India and Hinduism.................................... 14 CHAPTER 3. CAG’s Propaganda Network.......................................................................... 15 Section 3.01 The Radical Leftist Propaganda Network .............................................................. 16 Figure 1 – FOIL’s Network in Cyberspace – A Bird’s Eye View ......................................................................17 Table 1 – Site Registration Information for FOIL and its Affiliates...................................................................18 Table 2 – YSS Members and their CAG Affiliations .........................................................................................18 Section 3.02 The Hindus Organizations Within CAG.................................................................19 Section 3.03 How the Many Create One More ............................................................................21 Figure 2 – Organizational Connections of NRI-SAHI Coordinators ..................................................................21 Figure 3 – How CAG Members Build Coalitions within Coalitions ..................................................................22 Section 3.04 How CAG Organizations Run One Another.......................................................... 23 CHAPTER 4. The Forum of Inquilabi Leftists (FOIL) ....................................................... 24 Section 4.01 A Spotlight on Prominent FOIL Members............................................................. 26 (a) Vijay Prashad.........................................................................................................................................26 (b) Biju Mathew ..........................................................................................................................................27 (c) Angana Chatterji....................................................................................................................................29 (d) Vinay Lal ...............................................................................................................................................32 (e) Ravi (Ra) Ravishankar...........................................................................................................................34 (f) Raja Harish Swamy................................................................................................................................37 Section 4.02 FOIL on Hindus and Hinduism...............................................................................43 (a) Sanatana Dharma – A Narrow Version of Hinduism.............................................................................43 (b) Critique of Biases against Hinduism = An Attack on Free Speech .......................................................45 (c) Bhagavad Gita - A Non-Hindu Text with Non-Humanist Teachings ....................................................47 (d) Ramayana Argues for Colonization.......................................................................................................53 (e) Sketchy South Asian History.................................................................................................................57 (f) Shivaji – A Questionable Monarch ........................................................................................................59 (g) Hinduism = Spiritual Fascism................................................................................................................61 (h) NRIs – Unintelligent, Hindu Extremists; Not Enough Drunks..............................................................66 (i) Indian Independence – Hegemonic Vision of National Community......................................................71 CHAPTER 5. Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC; IMC-USA)................................ 74 Section 5.01 Spotlight on Prominent Members of IAMC ........................................................... 75 (a) Shaik Ubaid ...........................................................................................................................................75 (b) Omar Khalidi .........................................................................................................................................80 Section 5.02 Biased Stances of IAMC........................................................................................... 82 Section 5.03 2003 IAMC Convention............................................................................................ 85 (a) Praful Bidwai .........................................................................................................................................86 (b) Lise McKean..........................................................................................................................................86 (c) KP Singh................................................................................................................................................87 (d) P.D. John (John Prabhudoss) .................................................................................................................88 (e) Smita Narula ..........................................................................................................................................88 Section 5.04 2005 IAMC Convention............................................................................................ 90 Section 5.05 2008 IAMC Convention............................................................................................ 90 Section 5.06 2010 MIT Workshop.................................................................................................91 CHAPTER 6. Association of Indian Muslims of America (AIM)........................................ 94 Section 6.01 Some Activities of AIM (and Questioning its Apolotical Claims)......................... 95 Section 6.02 Kaleem Kawaja .........................................................................................................98 CHAPTER 7. Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations of North America (FIACONA) ....................................................................................................................... 101 Section 7.01 Spotlight on Prominent Members and Advisors of FIACONA .......................... 103 (a) John Prabhudoss ..................................................................................................................................103 (b) John Dayal ...........................................................................................................................................104 (c) Bernard Malik......................................................................................................................................107 (d) Sajan George........................................................................................................................................107 (e) George Abraham..................................................................................................................................108 Section 7.02 FIACONA's Views on Indian History and Hinduism..........................................110 (a) The Myth of Saint Thomas ..................................................................................................................110 Section 7.03 Dalit Christians – An Inconvenient Truth............................................................ 113 CHAPTER 8. Policy Institute For Religion And State (PIFRAS)..................................... 115 Section 8.01 Activities of PIFRAS............................................................................................... 116 CHAPTER 9. Friends of South Asia (FOSA)..................................................................... 118 Section 9.01 Activities of FOSA – Promoting ISI Agents, Among Other Things ...................120 CHAPTER 10. EKTA and Coalition Against Communalism (CAC)................................... 126 Section 10.01 EKTA ....................................................................................................................... 126 Section 10.02 Coalition Against Communalism (CAC) .............................................................. 130 Section 10.03 Spotlight on Prominent Members of EKTA and CAC........................................131 (a) Raju Rajagopal.....................................................................................................................................131