Human Rights Watch has also attributed religious and ethnic violence to alleged Hindutva groups. 3:47CBC News spoke to 18 Canadian academics who say they have been harassed or threatened by those supporting Hindu nationalism. (Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)Therwath said Canadian Hindu extremist groups often create seemingly benign cultural organizations and use them to promote far right views. Despite the precautions, Al Jazeera reported that Hindutva groups claimed to have spammed participating universities with 1.3 million emails. Gopala Krishna, director of the Hindu advocacy group Dwarapalakas, says Canadian academics open up an onslaught of hate against Hindus and cry ‘academic freedom’ the moment they get hate back.

Source: CBC News April 07, 2022 22:01 UTC