Hindu leaders attended a highly controversial religious conclave in northern India where they encouraged the mass murder of Muslims as a way to invoke an absolute form of spiritualism.
The meeting was attended by at least one member of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing political party, Bharatiya Janata Party .
"This incident is very unique because [the speech] is coming from the religious leaders saying, 'Do it, kill the Muslims, train India from Muslims'", Mr Alvi told SBS News."Religious leaders are examples for creating love and peace in the community, they should bring everyone together rather than divide. If they are not doing their job, then they should not be in the position as leaders and I don't think they should get the support from any political party.
"Indians believe in Mahatma Gandhi's policies, and you can't throw out his policies in one day and start the policies of the hatred like this, so somebody needs to take some action." "We want to register that we're deeply troubled by this turn of events, but it's not new," Ms Raman told SBS News.Ms Raman said the hate speech at the event is contradictory to the spiritual practices of Hinduism, which "celebrates diversity."
"I'm not worried about my [Muslim] community, I'm worried about my nation that is getting destroyed slowly and slowly," Mr Syed told SBS News.
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