Malcolm Blincow
Malcolm J. Blincow is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at York University[1] as of September 2022. According to his university profile, his research interests include anthropological theory; especially Marxist approaches, the long-term study of agrarian socioeconomic formations in rural North Africa and the Middle East, the analysis of contemporary class formation in rural north west Morocco in the context of large-scale land reform and irrigation development programmes, the comparative historical and ecological study of recycling activities in urban centres, the examination of embedded structures of organized political violence in the making of "modernity", and the anthropology of neo-imperialism.
According to his bio, he has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact fo or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government.
In 2021, he along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban, co-signed a letter supporting the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the following allegation:
"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."[2]
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- ↑ Malcolm J. Blincow page on York University accessed September 1, 2022
- ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022