11-16-2005, 08:05 AM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Though the majority of Mussulmans of India and the Hindus belong to the same stock, the religious environment has made them different. The Mussulman, being generally in minority, has, as a class, developed into a bully. Though, in my opinion, non-violence has a predominant place in the Quran (here is where he had gone wrongâMenon), the 1,300 years of imperialist expansion has made the Mussulmans fighters as a body. They are, therefore, aggressive. Bullying is the natural excrescence of an aggressive spirit. The Hindu has an age-old civilisation. He is essentially non-violent. The Hindus as a body are thus not equipped for fighting. But not having retained their spiritual training, they have forgotten the effective use of a substitute for arms, and not having an aptitude for them, they have become docile to the point of timidity or cowardice. If Hindus would but believe in themselves and work in accordance with their traditions, they will have no reason to fear bullying. (Young India 19.6.1924)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Though the majority of Mussulmans of India and the Hindus belong to the same stock, the religious environment has made them different. The Mussulman, being generally in minority, has, as a class, developed into a bully. Though, in my opinion, non-violence has a predominant place in the Quran (here is where he had gone wrongâMenon), the 1,300 years of imperialist expansion has made the Mussulmans fighters as a body. They are, therefore, aggressive. Bullying is the natural excrescence of an aggressive spirit. The Hindu has an age-old civilisation. He is essentially non-violent. The Hindus as a body are thus not equipped for fighting. But not having retained their spiritual training, they have forgotten the effective use of a substitute for arms, and not having an aptitude for them, they have become docile to the point of timidity or cowardice. If Hindus would but believe in themselves and work in accordance with their traditions, they will have no reason to fear bullying. (Young India 19.6.1924)<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->