[Reader-list] Secular Haj Vs Communal Amarnath

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This is ridiculous, and worse, communally provocative. Under the
Indian Constitution, free speech does not include the right t provoke
violence between two communities, which this video almost does.

It is ridiculous to compare Haj with Amarnath because Haj has existed
for centuries whereas Amarnath yatra as an obsession has been gaining
ground only since the late nineties - which is why many kashmiris see
the brouhaha over Amarnath as a provocation.

Scrap the Haj subsidy, i say, and scrap it now. but why not compare
goverment spending and facilities on the Haj pilgrimage with, say, the
Kumbh mela?

But that wouldn't help spread lies, hatred, violence.

best
s


On 8/14/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfN-rUlM8U8
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