04-16-2007, 08:19 AM
<b>About V. T. Rajshekar</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Under Rajshekhar's leadership the Dalit Voice organisation formulated an Indian variant of Afrocentric pseudohistory, similar to that of the Nation of Islam in the USA.[5] Dalit Voice has published articles about "Zionist conspiracies" regarding Hitler and the Third Reich[6][7]. <b>They have also supported the Iranian regime and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the holocaust[8]. </b>He was also the first to claim that the Jews and the Brahmins of India have the same ethnic origin. He alleges that Jews are "oppressing the Muslims" today and the "Brahmins are persecuting the original inhabitants of India".His allegations are perceived as anti-Semitic, as well as anti-Hindu, and anti-Brahman[9], including his claims that the famous hoax book Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is a real Jewish conspiracy [10] and has made allegations that Indian Jews were "join(ing) hands (with Hindus) to crush Muslims, Blacks and India's Dalits"[11].
In 1986 Rajshekarâs passport was confiscated because of ââanti-Hinduism writings outside of India.â The same year, he was arrested in Bangalore under Indiaâs Terrorism and Anti-Disruptive Activities Act. Rajshekar told Human Rights Watch that this arrest was for an editorial he had written in Dalit Voice, that another writer who republished the editorial was also arrested, and that he was eventually released with an apology. [2].
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V.T Rajshekhar is not a Dalit himself, he comes from the prosperous upper caste Bunt [13] community. Though Rajshekar calls the Bunts a "backward" community this view is probably not shared by most members of his caste[14]. Given his upper caste origins, many of his detractors have questioned his commitment to the Dalit cause[15].
His views have support among fringe elements such as Islamist and radical Ambedkarite Neo-Buddhists, but are widely rejected by mainstream authors and scholars
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Under Rajshekhar's leadership the Dalit Voice organisation formulated an Indian variant of Afrocentric pseudohistory, similar to that of the Nation of Islam in the USA.[5] Dalit Voice has published articles about "Zionist conspiracies" regarding Hitler and the Third Reich[6][7]. <b>They have also supported the Iranian regime and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's denial of the holocaust[8]. </b>He was also the first to claim that the Jews and the Brahmins of India have the same ethnic origin. He alleges that Jews are "oppressing the Muslims" today and the "Brahmins are persecuting the original inhabitants of India".His allegations are perceived as anti-Semitic, as well as anti-Hindu, and anti-Brahman[9], including his claims that the famous hoax book Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion is a real Jewish conspiracy [10] and has made allegations that Indian Jews were "join(ing) hands (with Hindus) to crush Muslims, Blacks and India's Dalits"[11].
In 1986 Rajshekarâs passport was confiscated because of ââanti-Hinduism writings outside of India.â The same year, he was arrested in Bangalore under Indiaâs Terrorism and Anti-Disruptive Activities Act. Rajshekar told Human Rights Watch that this arrest was for an editorial he had written in Dalit Voice, that another writer who republished the editorial was also arrested, and that he was eventually released with an apology. [2].
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V.T Rajshekhar is not a Dalit himself, he comes from the prosperous upper caste Bunt [13] community. Though Rajshekar calls the Bunts a "backward" community this view is probably not shared by most members of his caste[14]. Given his upper caste origins, many of his detractors have questioned his commitment to the Dalit cause[15].
His views have support among fringe elements such as Islamist and radical Ambedkarite Neo-Buddhists, but are widely rejected by mainstream authors and scholars
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