Jews use the term "Anti Semitism", Muslims use the term "Islamophobia". Copying a term used successfully by Muslims to gaslight people attacking them will not win Hindus any friends or sympathy. You will just be looked at as a copycat using same tricks. Specially when there have not been widespread attacks on Hindus and Hindu places of worship, which happen quite often to Jews and Muslims. Yes, there have been sporadic hate crimes here and there but nothing compared to what happens to Jews and Muslims. Also, when such attacks happen, it brings their respective community together.
Hindu Hate causing Hindu Shaming is prevalent in society. Organizations like EL and SAHI, that are run by Jamaat e Islami and Crypto Christians (with hindu names) backed by Evangelists, literally peddle alternate and a sinister version of hinduism to naive Hindu youth. Whether its Holi, Diwali or even Raksha Bandhan. They do it on Instagram, Twitter, or podcasts on Zoom.
What can Hindus Do? Hindus cannot defend this all the time. It is about time Hindu Organizations and people go on an offensive and expose them for who they are.
Eg: Many americans see a hindu name from EL or SAHI and think may be she is Dalit so she may be right about certain aspects of Hinduism but their Founder is Bangladeshi Jamaat e Islami and executive Director is Dalit/Crypto Christian. Unless we accuse them of HinduHate or HinduShame and dig up their old tweets and expose them and the organizations they interact with, they will not stop. Recently I tried doing that on twitter when EL founder wrote a tweet attacking Kamala Harris' mother being brahmin. When i exposed her tweet to KHIVE she deleted the tweet and blocked me. This right here is their weakness.
BRAND a term which could be universally used to shame them. Anything other than Hinduphobia. HinduHate? Anti Hindu?
2. Dig up old tweets of Equality LAbs founder or SAHi Board. She has many hateful tweets against hindus, brahmins. And show it to the organization they interact with. Whether its news media or government.
3. Every College/university campus and schools and temples must have people distributing flashcards which expose EL and SAHI by naming the founders and people on board and their intention to turn young hindus into self loathing hindus a trick which missionaries successfully perform with tribals and dalits in India.
4. Write a news article and media coverage exposing the above gang.
NAME and SHAME them
Pandit Satish K Sharma, during one of his talks, used (probably gave) the term "HinduOdium", which is essentially HinduHatred to describe the anti-Hindu propaganda.
I agree that Hinduphobia doesn't make much sense and establishes us as mere copy-cats of the term Islamophobia. Nobody is fearful of Hindus but rather hate, primarily because of polytheism and idol worship which doesn't sit well in Abrahamic religions. And then, of course, there is funding by Pakistan backed organizations and Christian evangelicals that want to break India by breaking Hinduism.
Thanks for this post! HinduHate sounds a lot more relevant than Hinduphobia. HinduHate stems from FearOfHinduism. Why fear Hinduism? Because Hinduism is the only religion that has the potential to uproot both the abrahamic religions.
Hindus need to form communities where they can be comfortable with their identity.
Point of order: Hindu places of worship are being actively destroyed in minority dominant areas or subject to wilful ignorance in India under the Muzrai system.
I completely agree with the discontinuance of the term HINDUPHOBIA.
Fistly, it make us look like following the Islamist template. We need to be seen distinct from them.
Secondly, Phobias are an extreme form of defence mechanism from things that pose life threats. When used with Islam it makes sense, but when used for a very peaceful Hindu community, it is not at all correct.
Personally, i have used Hindu Hatred or Hindu hate to represent the anti-Hindu sentiment.
How about HindusInDistress? I like HinduHate. I agree we should not use Hinduphobia. We truly lack unity in defending our own faith and religion. How do we bring this unity?