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New Zealand police say safety plans in place after Hindutva threats to professor #IndiaNEWS
A professor of Indian origin in New Zealand has been receiving abusive messages on social media for criticising “Hindutva extremism� through his work, prompting the police to put in place plans for his safety, The New Zealand Herald reported on Monday.Mohan Dutta, the dean’s chair of communication at the Massey University, had in May published a paper on “Islamophobic elements� in the Hindutva ideology, according to the newspaper. Dutta and other academics have sought to differentiate the ideology from the “pluralist and democratic ethos� of Hinduism, The New Zealand Herald reported. “Hindutva extremism is the threat to Hinduism,� Dutta said.Hindutva is a Hindu nationalist ideology, which in India, is endorsed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.Dutta, through his work, has called for a careful inspection of the presence of Hindutva in New Zealand, according to the newspaper.The professor started receiving offensive messages in August after he delivered an online lecture ahead of an international conference titled, “Dismantling Global Hindutva�, The New Zealand Herald reported. He received abusive messages from Twitter accounts apparently supportive of the Hindutva ideology. “And not just from one or two, but a set of different people and what seem like organisations,� Dutta told the newspaper.One Facebook post allegedly said that Dutta would have been “set on fire� had he been in...Read more

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