Hindu Genocide

Mike Conrad, in “The Greatest Murder Machine in Human History,” writes:

“When one thinks of mass murder, Hitler comes to mind. If not Hitler, then Tojo, Stalin, or Mao. Credit is given to the 20th-century totalitarians as the worst species of tyranny to have ever arisen. However, the alarming truth is that Islam has killed more than any of these, and may surpass all of them combined in numbers and cruelty. The enormity of the slaughters of the ‘religion of peace’ are so far beyond comprehension that even honest historians overlook the scale. When one looks beyond our myopic focus, Islam is the greatest killing machine in the history of mankind, bar none.” [1]

Will Durant, the famous American historian, had this to say about the encounter of the Hindu world with Islam: “The Mohammedan conquest of India was probably the bloodiest story in history.” [2]

Koenraad Elst gave an estimate of 80 million Hindus massacred over a period of five centuries from 1000 – 1525 CE [3], to which Mike Conrad added: “The conquistadors’ crimes pale into insignificance at that number. No wonder Hitler admired Islam as a fighting religion. He stood in awe of Islam, whose butchery even he did not surpass.” [1]

Elst’s estimate of the Hindu slaughter is, in itself, a staggering claim. However, it does not describe the full magnitude of the Hindu genocide by Islam. The focus of Elst’s work was the 500-year period from 1000 CE (defeat of Hindu Shahi in Afghanistan) to 1525 CE (end of the Delhi sultanate and beginning of the Moghul era). In reality, the gruesome saga of Hindu genocide began in the early 8th century with the invasion of Sindh and continued through the Moghul period well into the mid-19th century. In fact, one could reasonably argue that the “murder machine” of Jihad continues to do its ghastly work to this day.

What is remarkable is that the modern Hindu society, by and large, remains blissfully oblivious to this part of their civilizational history. A discussion of the reasons for this ignorance will take us far afield from the intended scope of this article. Instead, we hereby initiate a series of posts to explore episodes of the Hindu massacre by Islam where reliable information can be gleaned from available sources.

List of Articles in the series “Rivers of Blood: The Forgotten History of Hindu Genocide by Islamic Zealots”

Part 1 – Early 8th century (Muhammad Bin Qasim – Invasion of Sindh)

Part 2 – 11th century (Mahmood and Masood Ghazanvi)

Part 3 – Late 12th century (Mohd. Ghori and Qutab Aibak)

Part 4 – 13th century (The Mamluk – Slave – Dynasty)

Part 5 – Late 13th century (The Khiljis)

Part 6 – 14th century (The Tughlaqs)

Part 7 – 15th century (The provincial Muslim satraps)

Part 8 – 14th century (Timur the Lame)

Recent incidents of Hindu genocide 

50th Anniversary of Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh

Genocide of Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir

Kashmir Files – the 20th Century Genocide of Hindus in Kashmir

Citations

1. Mike Conrad, The Greatest Murder Machine in History, available online at https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2014/05/the_greatest_murder_machine_in_history.html#ixzz5MlGTaPYS
2. Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, Ch. XVI
3. Koenraad Elst, Negationism in India, Voice of India, New Delhi, 2002, p.34