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"Unfortunately , the Allahu akbar has become associated with battle Islam."
"Allahu akbar has come to be widely associated with violence, nonMuslim ears are anxious about Islamic sounds, which simply do not belong, amplified or not."
"Allahu akbar ' - has instead become associated with violent terrorist attacks . Like the Takbir , religion itself , especially since 9/11 , is often seen as a source of conflict ."
"Allahu akbar has been often misinterpreted. It doesn't mean that God is great. It means that God is greater. The phrase is a comparative, not a superlative."
"Allahu Akbar has become a cry as sinister as the Nazis' Sieg Heil. By trying to conquer the world, fundamentalism has attracted its hostility."
"Wave after wave of barbarian conquest has rolled over this devoted land of ours. "Allah Ho Akbar!" has rent the skies for hundreds of years, and no Hindu knew what moment would be his last."
"There where was heard before The clamour and uproar of the heathen, Now there is heard resounding The shout of ‘Allaho Akbar’."
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.