1. What does Gurugram Hindu victory mean? - Roll back of Public Iz!@m and Private Hinduism Paradigm
In a very important victory for Hindus, they have now won the Gurugram battle. Thread.
2. They were beaten up, threatened personally and by the law for doing what they were doing: to not let the RoP spread and spill on to the roads and then into their homes. And they persisted in their demands.
3. They didn't just put up a great resistance they didn't let up. And the courts have now rolled back all 108 public nam@z sites except the few waqf board ones. This is a very important victory for a very important reason.
4. So far the paradigm is: to make Hindu dharma private and Iz!@m public. All the might of the State in banning Hindu festivals, all the intent of the Hinduphobic ads, movies and serials is to force stop the public expression of Hindu dharma.
5. In private Hindu dharma has been wiped out in ‘educated’ circles because of the anti-Hindu education that goes on in our schools and colleges. In public, some ‘lower class’ still continue with the boisterous public expression.
6. And the whole intent now is to silence this last class who still practice an ‘in-your-face-Hinduism’ identity, most prominently in Hindu festivals.
7. All the animus against Hindu festivals and also Hindu public expression of dharma is to kill Hindu dharma in public once and for all: to make them cultural Christians and down the line even religious Christians.
8. For who will resist once Diwali has been Christianized and secular life is already a mirror image of secular Christianity.
9. On the other hand, catering to ‘sensitive Muzl!m psyche’ not just their boisterous celebration of their festivals is tolerated, but their private prayers come out in public spaces, legally recognized by the state. It is a public Iz!@m and private Hindu dharma Paradigm.
10. This is nothing but a continuation of Jizyah: to ban public Hindu dharma and to encourage public Iz!@m.
11. This victory has achieved the opposite. The RoP and its intrusive, offensive presence in public has been forced to retreat by concerted action of Hindus and on the other hand, Hindus are fighting for the public expression of their own rights.
12. This is a path of victory. It is a small victory indeed, but one in the right direction. This is what we need to achieve: to make Hindu dharma as public and as loud as possible and to achieve privatization of the ‘minority religions’ on the other hand.
Jai Shri Rama!

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