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In a country where genocide and sectarian violence are a regular occurrence†, I am sure that a detailed database of religious affiliation, biometrics, photograp

• urmish 10y ago
  Since you conveniently decided to not show violent acts against Indian Hindus, here are some links on Anti-Hindu violence for sake of completeness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism#India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism#India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Islamic_terrorism_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Islamic_terrorism_in_... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_violence_in_India#Religious_violence_against_Hindus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_violence_in_India#Re... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Kashmiri_Hindus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing_of_Kashmiri_H... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Hindus Mostly Islamic terrorism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_India https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Violence_against_Hindus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Violence_against_Hind... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hinduism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hinduism
  • dominotw 10y ago
    I think GP was pointing out the fact that people in power are infact hindu nationalists who can misuse power. Islamic terrorists are not in power, hindu nationalists are.
    • urmish 10y ago
      I didn't know opinion articles from The Gaurdian count as facts. The other wiki pages about Christian Church burning has no link to the government in power. Not sure what the implication was there. The Sikh riots did not have a religious motivation, rather a fallout of operation Bluestar and the resulting assassination of Indiri Gandhi (A congress leader, the party which is supposedly far left on cultural issues. Their party members killed 2500+ Sikhs in 1984.) Not sure what the connection to BJP there was either. According to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_on_T._J._Joseph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_on_T._J._Joseph it was a Muslim who cut off a Christian professor's hand in South India. His wife committed suicide because he was fired. Of course BBC, Gaurdian, Firstpost and all other far left websites will not report this. On censorship happy sites like HN and reddit they have successfully created massive propaganda against the Indian government. I can spout nonsense as facts too. Here are example of some 'facts' for you then: Maybe Obama is a Muslim according to this: http://www.conservapedia.com/Obama's_Religion http://www.conservapedia.com/Obama's_Religion Maybe Merkel is a traitor according to this: http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/29/hundreds-germans-trying-bring-treason-charges-angela-merkel-migration-policy/ http://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/10/29/hundreds-germans-... Maybe Bernie Sanders is a communist according to this: http://nypost.com/2016/01/16/dont-be-fooled-by-bernie-sanders-hes-a-diehard-communist/ http://nypost.com/2016/01/16/dont-be-fooled-by-bernie-sander... OP is parroting the conspiracy theory that millions (still a small % compared to India's billion+ population) do because they cannot digest seeing Modi in power. I can go full conspiracy mode and point out who owns left wing media outlets but I don't think HN is a place for such discussions. There are hundreds of report of Hindus being killed in minority rich areas in India, but unfortunately these incidents aren't covered in BBC and Gaurdian because Hindus are a dying majority in India.
      • j0e1 10y ago
        >because Hindus are a dying majority in India. Curious what you meant by that. Care to explain?
  • akbar501 10y ago
    If you remove the links from the parent's comment, the main point is valid: "In a country where genocide and sectarian violence are a regular occurrence, I am sure that a detailed database of religious affiliation, biometrics, photographs, and addresses won't be misused." This point applies without regard as to who is responsible for the violent acts. There are large scale acts of violence (which is horrid) and a database such as this can/may be used to facilitate future acts of violence.
• bjelkeman-again 10y ago
  After my discussions with Srikanth Nadhamuni I understand there to be no religious data in the UID database. I also haven't read anywhere that this is the case.
  • manifestdissent 10y ago
    It will be linked to their national census which records religious data. http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151015/nation-current-affairs/article/census-data-be-linked-aadhaar-telangana http://www.deccanchronicle.com/151015/nation-current-affairs...