Prakash Raj backs Kamal on 'Hindu extremism'
Chennai
November 3, 2017
Actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj on Friday supported actor Kamal
Haasan's views on "Hindu extremists".
"If instilling fear in the name of
religion... culture... morality is not terrorizing... then what is it. Just
asking," tweeted Prakash Raj, a popular name in the Kannada, Telugu and Tamil
film industries.
In an accompanying post titled "To whomsoever it may
concern", Prakash Raj wrote: "If abusing and manhandling young couples on the
streets of my country in the name of morality is not terrorizing... If taking
law into hands and lynching people on slightest doubt of cow slaughter is not
terrorizing... If trolling with abuse, threat... to silence even a slightest
voice of dissent is not terrorizing... Then what is terrorizing... Just asking."
His comment came after Kamal wrote in a Tamil magazine that earlier
rightwing Hindus used to argue but without indulging in violence. But as their
"cunningness" started to fail, they began to resort to violence.
"Extremism has spread into their camp as well," said Kamal, who is said to be
preparing for a political plunge. "This extremism is not a victory or progress
to those who call themselves Hindus."
Chennai
November 3, 2017
Actor-filmmaker Prakash Raj on Friday supported actor Kamal
Haasan's views on "Hindu extremists".
"If instilling fear in the name of
religion... culture... morality is not terrorizing... then what is it. Just
asking," tweeted Prakash Raj, a popular name in the Kannada, Telugu and Tamil
film industries.
In an accompanying post titled "To whomsoever it may
concern", Prakash Raj wrote: "If abusing and manhandling young couples on the
streets of my country in the name of morality is not terrorizing... If taking
law into hands and lynching people on slightest doubt of cow slaughter is not
terrorizing... If trolling with abuse, threat... to silence even a slightest
voice of dissent is not terrorizing... Then what is terrorizing... Just asking."
His comment came after Kamal wrote in a Tamil magazine that earlier
rightwing Hindus used to argue but without indulging in violence. But as their
"cunningness" started to fail, they began to resort to violence.
"Extremism has spread into their camp as well," said Kamal, who is said to be
preparing for a political plunge. "This extremism is not a victory or progress
to those who call themselves Hindus."
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