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===== WHY INDIANS PATRANIZED ISLAM AFTER INDEPENDANCE/PARTION?: =====
(Islamism: is a self-righteous, intolerant, aggressive psychology and a closed cultural attitude )
Islamism did make some headway among the Muslims in Independent India mostly because the dominant section of Hindu intelligentsia partronised it for various reasons.
PATRONISATION BY THE CONGRESS:
The Congress politicians patronised it because they found out very soon that they were in a minority among the Hindus, and that they could survive in power only by combining a solid Muslim vote with whatever Hindu vote they could get.
PATRONISATION BY THE SOCIALISTS:
The Socialists went out of their way to patronise it partly because they harbour an anti-Hindu animus and partly in the hope of securing Muslim vote-a hope which has not as yet come anywhere near fulfilment. The Gandhians partronised it because they no more remembered that their great Master, Mahatma Gandhi, was a Hindu with a profound faith in Sanătana Dharma, and because they misunderstood his doctrine of non-violence towards all people, including the Muslims of India, as an endorsement of Islam.
PATRONISATION BY THE COMMUNISTS:
The Communists patronised it because they saw in it a powerful ally in their campaign against Hindu society which they viewed as their main enemy.
PATRONISATION BY SELF-ALIENATED HINDU INTELLECTUALS:
The self-alienated Hindu intellectuals patronised it out of sheer animus towards Hindu society and culture which they were out to damn on any pretext. Extending patronage to Islamism thus became a pastime for all those who wanted to pass off as large-hearted liberals, progressives and secularists.
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ISLAM GAINED LOT OF CONFIDENCE FROM LOCAL INDIAN PATRONISATION:
But in the absence of local resources and international patronage, the progress of Islamism in India was rather slow. Pakistan, which was its only patron abroad, could not provide much help beyond some hysteria in its mass media and propaganda in international political forums.
The several wars which India was forced to fight with Pakistan to the disadvantage of the latter, also inhibited Islamism in India from acquiring the requisite degree of self-confidence.
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Excerpts from the works of Sita Ram Goel, a serious Indian crtic of closed ideologies and creeeds, and a renowned historian of Voice of India think-tank and publishing house.
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