DGH says Hinduphobia doesn’t exist; 1 lac letters & 10k sign petition opposing DGH’s partisan academics & Hinduphobia

An upcoming conference in the USA, 'Dismantling Global Hindutva', which is said to have been supported by over 40 US universities, has set about a new controversy affecting the Hindu American and the Hindus here in India. Stating that, on Friday, more than 50 universities and about 900 academics with the support of the Hindu American Foundation have signed a petition opposing the event scheduled on 10-12 September.

 

 

The petition to universities and colleges raise concern over Hinduphobia. "The DGH organisers trade on the prestige of your institution's name to host, not an academic conference, but a partisan event related to politics in India. The event platforms activists with extensive histories of amplifying Hinduphobic discourse even while denying the existence of Hinduphobia", the petition states.

 

 

 

"The fact Dismantling Global Hindutva supporters need to understand is that people are not only upset about the word Hindutva, but also DGH supporters having maligned Hindu Americans engaged in advocacy and service as funding terror overseas. Also about them defining Hinduism as supporting casteism and then misusing university logos to imply false support for their event", Hindu American Foundation Director, Suhag Shukla tweets.

 

 

Trying to conflate Hindutva with Hinduism, based on this, the Hindu American Foundation has claimed that this conference is Hinduphobic and that it will put the well-being of Hindu students and faculty at risk, and that they may feel targeted or threatened, or face hostility or harassment. Dismantling Global Hindutva says Hinduism is casteism and Hinduphobia doesn’t exist. What exactly are the masses to believe in?

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