Talk:Beverly Stoeltje
Beverly Stoeltje is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington[1][2] as of November 2022. According to her ResearchGate profile, her research focuses on cultural anthropology and folklore, legal pluralism and customary law, and chieftaincy in Ghana. Her current project is 'Ghanaian customary law: chiefs and queen mothers; rodeo, gender, and the American west.
As per her bio, she has published no books, papers or research pertaining to Hindus, rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India or the Indian Government.
In 2021, she endorsed the "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference and made the 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."[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ Beverly Stoeltje page on Indiana University Bloomington accessed November 14, 2022
- ↑ Stoeltje page on Research Gate accessed November 14, 2022
- ↑ "Letter of Support", Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference website, accessed August 7, 2022