PBS DOCUMENTARY EXAMINES HINDU FUNDAMENTALISM
Soul of a Nation Soul of a Nation
Thurs., Sept. 19 at 9pm ET
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The bloody conflict between Hindus and Muslims in North Western India is at the forefront of a struggle for India’s identity, led by an increasingly powerful Hindu fundamentalist movement whose goal is to turn India into a
Hindu nation. Over the last three months, some 2,000 Muslims have been killed in the Province of Gujarat, and more than 100,000 Muslims have been
forced to flee to refugee camps. Meanwhile extremist Hindu private schools are spreading rapidly across India. Will India, home to more than a billion people, continue to be the multi-ethnic, religiously diverse, secular, and
tolerant society that Gujarat’s Mahatma Gandhi attempted to create? Or will the nation be split – by a Hindu fundamentalist movement hoping to rise to power by fanning the winds of religious extremism?"
INDIAN CHIEF JUSTICE TO SPEAK IN MASS.
WHAT: JUSTICE A.M. AHMADI, FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF INDIA TO
SPEAK ON GUJARAT
WHEN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
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WHERE: WAYLAND MOSQUE (MASS.)
Wohi Hota Hai Jo Munzoore Khuda Hota Hai
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