Re: RSS on their Conversion Assignment!
The conversions happened differently.
people did not convert to parsi or jew in India by force; there may have been genuine belief changes, social progression motivations.
Muslims in predominantly majority were converted by force (punishment, taxation or discrimination).
Christians converted predominantly through missionary work (especially with dalits and tribal communities which Indian governments ignored for a long time, and economic incentives.)
BTW it is too cavalier and ill informed to say Bhuddha was simply made an avtar of Vishnu - the vedantic base for Bhuddhism is so very much part of several Hindu philosphies and schools of logic that it is an automatic. If that commonality requirement did not exist, somebody would have made Jesus, Allah, Ra and everyone else an avtaar too.
I think the Hindu political organizations believe that those whose ancestors were converted by force must be a) informed of that history, b) shown what they are missing because of that in terms ancestral civilities (sometimes mixing mythology and history) and c) given an opportunity and incentives to convert back.
Most common Hindus have had no interest in any of this nonsense - they were all too busy trying to survive, get into middle class and buy that 2 wheeler or 4 wheeler on installment.
Then when the congress party in power went into hyper-corruption mode and started using 'secularism' as the main reason why they should be voted for. In the same breadth they also talked up Muslim vote banks being 'theirs' through measures bordering on open coddling! But the performance went from bad to worse, corruption when from hyper to ultra-hyper.
People developed a distaste for all things congress including their brand of secularism.
Modi with his developmental and administrative credentials along with the 'no coddling' attitude tapped into that.
That Hindus converted to Islam by force or coersion is a very bold statement to make. You have to offer some evidence to back that up.
When you concider how much Hindus discriminate against people within Hinduism, it doesnt surprise me that people would want to convert into a more egalitarian religion. I dont see why that should be so unfathomable, that people would WANT to convert to Islam.
Im not trumpeting Islam, but it just seems logical that person who is told that they are considered "untouchable" by virtue of their birth, or someone told they must be a priest, or you and you ilk are only worthy of fighting, or you should only be dealing with money, these things would be a turn off for some segments of society.
If there was no appeal in Islam, then there wouldnt be nearly as many Muslims.
Whats cavalier is your assumption that Muslim forced people to convert. Seems like you might have a bit of chip on your shoulder yourself.
And its laughable that Hindu extremists think they know more off the family history of Muslims, then Muslims themselves. How obnoxious is that!
In fact a lot of your claims, seem to be pronouncements without any factual backing. So for example, certainly Hindu temples were destroyed, but how wide scale was this destruction? What was the motivation behind it? Was that destruction motivated purely by religious zealotry or something else?
I think there is far more complexity to the issue which you (and the Hindutva types) ignore, because its suites the victim narrative thats been cultivated over the years.