World Hindu Congress Urges Unity and Embrace of Hindutva Over Hinduism to Counter Faith Attacks
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The World Hindu Congress adopted a resolution embracing "Hindutva" and "Hindu Dharma" over "Hinduism", seeing the latter as misrepresenting Hindus.
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The resolution condemned the suffix "ism" as implying oppressive beliefs and stressed "Hindutva" means Hindu-ness.
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It traced "Hinduism" to a 1977 book meant to promote Christianity, causing negative portrayals of Hinduism.
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The resolution urged Hindus globally to unite against attacks on their faith.
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Speakers like the RSS Chief and Thai PM emphasized Hindu values like truth and tolerance can establish world peace.