[Reader-list] Secular Haj Vs Communal Amarnath

[Prabhakar Singh]

We are over-obsessed with extremism of religion and hatred.This has to go if we aspire to survive at all.
Prabhakar



----- Original Message ----
From: Shivam Vij शिवम् <mail at shivamvij.com>
To: Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com>
Cc: sarai list <reader-list at sarai.net>
Sent: Sunday, 17 August, 2008 8:46:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Secular Haj Vs Communal Amarnath

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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