The National Security of Indian Muslims — Page 22
[ 22 ] mention the Hindus’ intentions in their own words. A well known Hindu newspaper, Tej Daily, published in Delhi made this announcement with great fervour: Without Shudh i , Hindus and Muslims cannot be one. The purport of the statement is: Why encourage unity between Muslims and Hindus? There is only one way to achieve Hindu-Muslim unity, which is turning all the Muslims into Hindus. There is no better way. When all the Muslims are purified and become Hin- dus, then there would only be Hindus. [This is actu- ally an account of a conference, which includes the report that this statement was followed by repeated clapping. ] Then, no power in the world can stop India from freedom. Even if we have to suffer great adversity for the sake of the Shudh i , we still must push it forward. ( Tej Daily , Delhi, March 20, 1926) Then, the Part a p newspaper writes: The R a jp u ts are being purified with great speed around A grah. Until now, some forty thousand three hundred R a jp u ts, Malk a na, Gujars, and J a ts have become Hindus. Cases like this are found in every part of India. These people are no less than five to six hundred thousand at the very least. If the Hindu soci- ety is prepared to absorb them into itself, then I would not be surprised if their numbers reach ten million. ( Part a p Newspaper )