"Shaukat Ali to Savarkar: But you do realize that you polarize the minds of Muslims with your activities. Muslims have been converting Hindus for such a long time. It is not a new thing that has come up now. It is your shuddhi that is a new phenomenon that sows seeds of discord amidst tranquil society. Isnât it blatantly anti-Muslim? Savarkar: But whose fault is this, Maulana Sahab? If a religion as tolerant and peace-loving as Hinduismâthat never proselytized anyone forcibly and even forgave or forgot the coercive and violent attempts made on its faithâhas to today take the help of shuddhi, where should the blame lie? On the victim or the aggressor? Till date we trusted people and kept the doors of our houses open. Thieves from across the world came in and looted our possessions. Today we have gathered some sense, become alert and have decided to keep our doors locked. And if the same dacoits come and tell us, âWe have been looting for so long, putting a lock on your doors is being unfair to us and this will spoil relationships between usâ, what are we to reply? Such a lethal unity is best broken in my view."
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Shaukat Ali in conversation with V.D. Savarkar, quoted in Vikram Sampath - Savarkar, A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966 (2021)
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