Talk:Paul Donnelly

By Rutvi Dattani

Paul B Donnelly is Associate Chair of Comparative Cultural Studies and a Professor of Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the Northern Arizona University, as of November 2022. According to his university profile, his research interests include Tibetan Buddhism, the tantric religions of India, and Esoteric and occult religion.

As per his bio, he has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact 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 "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar 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."

Publications related to India

1. Donnelly, Paul B., 'On the Union of Emptiness and Bliss: Buddhist Thought and Tantric Practice', in Richard K. Payne, and Glen A. Hayes (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies (online edn, Oxford Academic, 18 Aug. 2022), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197549889.013.1,