09-17-2006, 07:51 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Joker Vir Sanghvi goes after the Pope and drags in RSS and VHP at the end (is it any surprise):
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Psecs are like deer in headlight over this one. Can't decide if they have to condemn Pope and support Umaha or vice-versa.
RSS has made their stand clear:
Pope's remarks: RSS not cashing in on this one
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NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 15: Pope Benedict XVI's attack on Islam would
have been promptly lapped up by the perennially Muslim-baiting RSS in
normal course.
But, this time the RSS is not playing ball. The reason: it has not
intention to shift the domestic focus on itself at a time when Muslims
are pitted against the Pope.
The Pope's remarks have certainly elated the RSS, which has fed
successive generations of its cadres on a staple anti-Muslim diet. But
the Sangh strategy is to stay out of the controversy and see it build
up as a Christian-Muslim conflict.
When reached for comments, RSS executive committee member Ram Madhav
said: "We have nothing to say, it is up to the Muslims to react."
However, referring to the points raised by the Pope, he said, "It
would be better if Muslims join the issue by telling him what was new
that was introduced by Prophet Mohammed. Hurling abuses won't do."
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Psecs are like deer in headlight over this one. Can't decide if they have to condemn Pope and support Umaha or vice-versa.
RSS has made their stand clear:
Pope's remarks: RSS not cashing in on this one
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NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 15: Pope Benedict XVI's attack on Islam would
have been promptly lapped up by the perennially Muslim-baiting RSS in
normal course.
But, this time the RSS is not playing ball. The reason: it has not
intention to shift the domestic focus on itself at a time when Muslims
are pitted against the Pope.
The Pope's remarks have certainly elated the RSS, which has fed
successive generations of its cadres on a staple anti-Muslim diet. But
the Sangh strategy is to stay out of the controversy and see it build
up as a Christian-Muslim conflict.
When reached for comments, RSS executive committee member Ram Madhav
said: "We have nothing to say, it is up to the Muslims to react."
However, referring to the points raised by the Pope, he said, "It
would be better if Muslims join the issue by telling him what was new
that was introduced by Prophet Mohammed. Hurling abuses won't do."
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