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By: Moorthy Muthuswamy PhD October 25, 2005 Views expressed here are author’s own and not of this website. Full disclaimer is at the bottom. 
FeedbackNote to the readers: This column is a follow-up to my earlier one: Religious apartheid in India and American policy response. We now have an opportunity to influence American policy-making regarding India. I urge the readers to write (no more than two pages) to any of the following officials of the US State Department. Please focus on religious apartheid practice in India by Christian missionaries and Islamic jihad in India. Question USSD’s ignorance and inability to address human rights of over 800 million Hindus in India and urge swift corrective steps.
Secretary Condi Rice
U.S.
Department of State ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Secretary Rice I am writing to congratulate you for continuing to advance American interests as well as promote our vision of human rights and religious freedom abroad. Along these lines, I would like to bring to your attention activities at US State Department and its embassies/consulates abroad that have raised the perception of violating our constitutional separation of Church and State. About a month ago I sent you a letter (http://www.saveindia.com/religious_apartheid_in_india_and.htm) in which I pointed out institutionalized and constitution-based religious apartheid practiced by Christian and Muslim minorities in India that has affected about 800 million people in India. I also pointed out how USSD appears to be unaware of this practice. Religious apartheid practice is a modern, non-violent and efficient way of conducting religious genocide. The world may have seen the last of racial apartheid in minority white-ruled South Africa, but not a form of minority religious apartheid practice in world’s largest democratic nation. I received the following brief reply from India section officer of USSD: “I have passed this information onto the Human Rights Office and the Religious Freedom Office and they are taking this information into consideration as they address human rights in India”. I am disappointed by the lack of specific response to my letter. This standard reply gives an impression that USSD has chosen to disregard the contents of my letter.
Where does the US State Department really stand with regard to the above issues? Simultaneously, I am launching a campaign with my readership; USSD can expect to receive similar letters of concern from many citizens. I have established a long track-record of data analysis and publishing on these issues. I am well-known in Indian American community and in certain circles in India. Unfortunately, neither my readers nor I know USSD’s viewpoint due to its silence. Religious apartheid issues are getting increasing coverage in India and with Diaspora abroad. Unless America recognizes this quickly and takes measures, negative feelings of America will likely grow among close to one billion Hindus. Poll after poll conducted in India shows wide admiration and support for America – a rarity in that part of the world. This support mostly comes from majority Hindus and is now under jeopardy! The 2004 State Department reports and USSD’s inadequate response to my previous letter to you cause concern. Such an USSD can lose its credibility and integrity in the eyes of Americans and people abroad. My interests are not just India-centric. I have also published extensively how America could defeat radical Islam and ensure a better future for our children (“The Art of War on Terror”: http://www.saag.org/papers11/paper1062.html). The strategy of properly identifying the enemy articulated in my analysis and through by my many letters published in Washington Times has been firmly embraced for the first time by President Bush in the speech to National Endowment for Democracy. This speech is considered by many indicating a paradigm shift in American policy outlook. By establishing a dialogue with a person like me you now have a chance to take corrective measures. I request you to arrange for a meeting between myself and senior officials of the office of Human rights, Religious Freedom, Terrorism and India section of USSD to discuss these issues in detail. If my perception is wrong in anyway, such a meeting will give an opportunity to resolve them. I can then write another analysis pointing out to my readers how USSD plans to address these issues. This can be a win-win situation for American interests and for the cause of human rights and religious freedom. I look forward to hearing from you.
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