Attack On Hindus In UK : Lessons From Direct Action Day 1946 , Race Riots UK In 1980s, Kashmir And Clash Of Civilisations By Huntington
Rajiv Upadhyay
For long peaceful race relations in UK , achieved by considerable Government Efforts , attack on Durga Temple and Hindu house holds in Leicester on 18 th September came as a surprise to all . It started with a clash between a few young persons celebrating Indian victory over Pakistan in T 20 cricket match in August . It further escalated to attack on hindu houses and people by Pakistanis .Hindus held a peaceful protest march but were again attacked by Pakistanis . Earlier also Indian embassy was attacked several times by Pakistanis chanting pro separatist slogans on Kashmir .The Leicester temple attackers were not locals but had come from Birmingham a Pakistani strong hold in UK . The attack on hindus were therefore premeditated and violence was not spontaneous but pre planned .
What should hindus do for their protection ?
First have trust in Gandhi ji , stay peaceful and strictly follow the law ful procedure . Generally British judicial system is quite fair and public hates injustice and violence . But even British were jolted by Jinnahs Direct Action Day violence and hurriedly agreed to Partition so stoutly opposed by Gandhi ji .
Violence got rewarded and it whetted Jinnah’s appetite who attacked Kashmir by passing over the British chief of Pakistani army . Violence again got rewarded in Kashmir and Pandits’ expulsion has not yet been reversed .
In 1968 Enoch Powel MP of National Front had delivered his famous speech of ‘Rivers Of Blood after which skin head movement started against ‘Pakis ‘in which any Asian walking alone or small groups was attacked by head shaven White youths called ‘skin heads ‘. Inspite of reasonably fair British police and courts and many peaceful community efforts , It finally ended only after the Sikhs decided to face it squarely by counter attacking such white hoodlums .It lead to race riots of 1981 and 1985 after which British government initiated several very successful measures which ultimately made UK a very tolerant and peaceful society . The important lesson is that Asians did not get safety or relief without defending themselves physically.
But this calm was broken by many terror attacks including infamous 2007 attack on Glasgow airport by a former NHS and Pakistani origin muslim doctor Sabeel Ahmed .
After a series of terror attacks the the British rather the entire European society got scared of Islamic terror and gave many concessions to muslims .UK Police developed an intelligence system for prevention of major terror attacks but here too muslims were given many concessions . Even today hindus claim that it is much more difficult to get land allotted for a temple but so many mosques have been permitted . Saudi Arabia funded many mosques and schools and developed a strong Islamic lobby globally including befriending ex PM Tony Blair. Except jews no other society had such cohesion and integration as available to muslims due to Ummah and Friday khutba in mosques .
This appeasement lead to many muslims accepting crime and violence as a way of life in UK too as also brought by Huntington in his famous book ‘The Clash of Civilisations ‘. In UK , with just 4 %population 13724 muslims are in prison ( 18%) compared to just 329 under trial but not sentenced hindus , 1 % of jews , Buddhists and Sikhs . Since 2002 muslims in jails have increased from 8 % to 18% .Appeasement of criminals never pays or solves problems but police every where is judged by ‘peace ‘ and often prefers peace over justice .
Peaceful , better educated and more successful Hindus in UK will come under increasing attacks by ISI supported frustrated , poorer and less educated Pakistani muslims and some incident like mass rapes in Germany by Syrian refugees on Christmas in 2016 cannot be ruled out . ISI has penetrated Sikh gurudwaras and may get some Khalistani supporters in the name of avenging Operation Blue Star . While Indian government will try to solve it diplomatically but one Kashmir type exodus will be repeated all over the world . RAW has to step in now and trace kingpins of this jihadi movement and assist British government in giving exemplary punishment to perpetrators of Leicester violence . Appeasement or soft pedaling of criminals will only create an uncontrollable Frankenstein later .
But ultimately hindus have to defend themselves rather than giving jihadis a walkover . Richer and educated communities like hindus or jews cannot easily become violent but some preventive methods have to be found by the community . Do we have Chankyas in UK , if yes it is time to plan some intelligent moves to save the community.
