Laughing Buddha Jee, (CONTINUED) Can you explain the term Hindu fundamentalism? In case you have hard time, allow me to suggest that there is none. Because, fundamentalism comes only with insisting on a single world view as true and condemning others. But Hindus do have and welcome multiple paradigms. What you refereeing as Hindu fundamentalism is actually Hindu reaction against Islamic and Christian aggressions. This is a social and political phenomenon, not religious. You need to difference between motivated proactive aggressions versus reactive responses; and also between religious doctrines versus social evolutions. For almost thousand years there was genocide of Hindus by Islamists. The mountain �Hindu Koh�, Farsi for �Hindu mountain�, renamed as �Hindu Kush� or �Hindus dead�, because millions of Hindus were massacred unprovoked there. Look at the division of India. Islamists (not Muslims) were not for secular democracy, but for Islamic country. So their loyalty lies not with their own mother land, but with Islamic Ummah. Pakistan and Bangla Desh both are Islamic countries now, where by constitution only a Muslim can be President and Prime-minister. Compare that with India, where the BJP (Prof. Angana Chatterji�s fundamentalists) chose Honorable Abdul Kalam, a Muslim, for President. Please do not hold your breath to see if Pakistan or Bangladesh will have a Hindu for President. Yes, Hindus are reacting back against wanton aggression. Perhaps stories about Kashmiri Pundits, raped and murdered Hindus in Bangladesh, demographic statistics of Hindus in Pakistan and Afghanistan are in order. However, these issues are all irrelevant here. Because, even assuming that Hindu fundamentalists are bad, are you suggesting that some how it would mitigate the crime in Iraq? What is the point? You posted an article by Mr. Angana Chatterjee and listed crimes committed by so called Hindu organizations. Perhaps you should also mention the scriptures which those Hindus were quoting. Are their actions totally unprovoked? Do ordinary Hindus, leaders, priests condone the action? What Indian police is doing about it? Now please do ask same questions in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia. Let me to tell you a secret. Islam is not really a religion in the sense of ways of spiritual advancement. It is in fact a social engineering and militarization system. And that is the root of most of the problems in Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan. Kashmir, Bangladesh, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Chechnya, Balkans and so forth. Please do not make sweeping general statement that all religions are same and all have similar problems and extremism. That way you are really missing an important point. It is like putting herbivores and carnivores together. The different ways or yoga including Buddha�s teaching is about search for truth and practices of spiritual growth. The Semitic religions are about tribal survival, militarization of society, believing sets of doctrines without questioning and monopolization of the world. Most of the world wars have caused due to the attempt of monopolization, not due to the practices of spirituality. Actually �Dharma� is the correct term to describe Hinduism, not �religion�. Joining a Buddhist Sangha is like going to a community college, joining Islam is like registering into an army. They are apples and oranges. Please keep this distinction clear. So please do be careful to check relevancy before you post bunch of unrelated writings. It is only red herrings and attempts at obfuscation of the issue at hand. Remember, the issue is �motivation� behind the murder of innocent Nepalese brothers in Iraq. THANKS.