(Thanks to Bipin Patel for this letter)

Dear Mr. Stephen Segaller,

This is with reference to
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/about/film10.html

You simply seem to be ignorant of militant Islam.

You need to understand that Hindus by and large are very peaceful and I believe that your documentary provides only the biased view for the following reasons:

1. You fail to point out the cause of conflict between Hindus and Muslims. In the last 10 years, Pakistani sponsored terrorism has resulted in  the death of 50,000 Indians in Kashmir. Only yesterday, Rajdhani Express train was derailed by Islamic extremists in India resulting in the death of 100 Indians.  Pakistan had several terrorist training centres which had been used to train thousands of Khalistani terrorists who killed several thousand Hindus in Punjab and elsewhere. If you do not know all this, there is no point in putting your lop-sided documentary.

2. In Pakistan, at the time of partition there were 25% Hindus, and now that number is < 1%. In Bangladesh, there were 35% Hindus, and now that number is <7%. When one Christian dies, all newspaper make big noise, but when thousands of Hindus are killed, your paper make no mention at all. When Daniel Pearl was murdered, Pakistan had to pay the price, but when hundreds of Hindus are killed, there is not even two lines in US papers. Why Do India should continue to put up with this nonsense?

In India, Muslim population was 8% and now it is >12%. How did it happen? If Muslims were not treated good, they would have left India, but your myopic eyes do not care to look into such statistics.

3. In India, every Muslim has a right to vote. In Muslim countries, Hindus are bullied everyday and many do not even find job unless converted to Islam. In India we have several Muslim schools. Can you say the same thing about Pakistan. Not even a single school of Hindus. Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Pakistan has stated in one of his website that the way to get rid of Hindus in Pakistan is to cause Indo-Pakistan trouble and then use this as excuse to throw Hindus out.

4. India provides Hajj subsidy to all Muslims visiting Mecca. Cost of such subsidy runs in several million dollars. Can you tell me if any Islamic nation is providing such subsidy to Hindus to visit their holy sites.

5. Kashmiri Muslims are provided with grains (rice, wheat etc.) at a fraction of a cost. Rest of Indians bear cost of such subsidies. Then these Muslims smuggle the grains to Pakistan. What do you think USA would do in similar situation?

Most Muslims are much better off in India than even in Pakistan as per study about 7-8 months ago. I think you look into everything rather than dumping all the blame on Hindus. You will be no different than other Christians who had been playing this Divide and Rule policy for centuries and getting the benefit.

Thank you.
Sincerely,
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