JF:I suspect that Gandhi's position on that is by no means
not unrelated to his own advocacy of a secular India.
Although Gandhi was a very devout Hindu, he was
emphatic in support of India being a secular state
in which Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians etc.
would all have equal rights.
The
http://www.twf.org/News/Y2001/0815-GandhiZionism.html
excerpt:
Gandhi rejected the idea of a Jewish State in the Promised Land by
pointing out that the Palestine of the Biblical conception is not a
geographical tract. The Zionists, after embarking upon a policy of
colonization of Palestine and
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:00:21 +0900 CeJ jann...@gmail.com writes:
http://www.twf.org/News/Y2001/0815-GandhiZionism.html
excerpt:
Gandhi's response to Zionism and the Palestine question contains
different layers of meaning, ranging from an ethical position to
political realism. What is
The above letter from Gandhi does not show he was antisemitic (although he
did not understand at all what to be a chosen race meant for the religious
jews - a terrible burden and a sacrifice not a silly-boasting glory as most
antisemites and some... Jews believe), but it shows that the non violent
On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:38:37 -0400 Ralph Dumain
rdum...@autodidactproject.org writes:
Really? I thought Hindutva fascism was connected to anti-Semitism?
Ralph, where have you been? If you look at Europe,
most of the far right is now very pro-Israel. Even
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the guy who was
