Dr Subramanian Swamy, I strongly disagree with you'

This is in response to the inflammatory and jingoistic article written by Dr Subramanian Swamy which was published in DNA on July 16. I am 17 years old. I am not a Muslim. I am not a Christian. I was born a Hindu, but I am against religious fundamentalism of any kind because it breeds distrust and tears apart the social fabric of any country.

Some of Dr Swamy’s statements that I found objectionable were: “Muslims of India are being programmed by a slow reactive process to become radical and thus slide into suicide against Hindus.” And “Hindus cannot accept to be killed in this halal fashion, continuously bleeding every day till the nation finally collapses.”

Several similar statements of his promote a supremacist, bigoted, so-called Hindu agenda in a land where the Constitution allows complete freedom of religion. The last thing India needs in the wake of the recent tragedy (the Mumbai serial blasts) is the propagation of a Hindu state and denigration of the contribution and patriotism of over 150 million Muslims in the country, written by former cabinet minister, Dr Subramanian Swamy.