Shikha Dalmia On Extremist Censorship in India

It
turns out that Islamo-fascists are not the only ones banning books
in the Indian sub-continent. Hindu fanatics have spawned their own
version of the Taliban that goes after writers whose work
challenges their dogmatic interpretation of their faith. The latest
victim of their jihad is University of Chicago religion professor
Wendy Doniger’s The Hindus: An Alternative History. They
used India’s awful libel laws to force Penguin Books to “pulp” all
unsold copies of the book in their country.

Such efforts won’t hurt Doniger much and might even increase her
book sales  But Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia
notes that they will, however, undermine the long-term health of
this faith.

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