|
|
Hindu far right pressured a Canadian university into cancelling a critical lecture
http://breachmedia.ca/hindu-far-right-pressured-a-canadian-university-into-cancelling-a-critical-lecture/Date Written: 2024-09-19 Publisher: The Breach Year Published: 2024 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX25195 Exploiting the language of anti-racism and multiculturalism, Hindu nationalists are promoting their far-right ideology in Canada. Abstract: - Excerpt: In Canada, the public-facing tactic of these Hindu supremacists has been to operate within multicultural politics. By using the language of anti-racism and cultural promotion, they have been able to inject Hindu-nationalist ideas and reference points into a political scene that is largely unfamiliar with their far-right ideology, but very committed to appearing anti-racist and multicultural. To that end, Arya, who has spent his career as a Liberal MP advocating for causes near and dear to the Hindu far right, moved a private member’s bill in 2022 to declare November “Hindu Heritage Month.” The seemingly inoffensive bill was passed unanimously by parliament. In a similar vein, the diasporic arm of the RSS frequently organizes public events across Canada. While these events are sometimes uncontroversial, such as International Yoga Day, other celebrations are much more closely linked to the Hindu-nationalist agenda. In January, another RSS-associated group that has been implicated in destroying a 16th-century mosque in India in 1992 organized over 100 events across Canada celebrating the consecration of the Hindu temple built atop the mosque’s ruins. In effect, these events were a celebration of the anti-Muslim violence that the group is alleged to have perpetrated. Subject Headings |