"Hindus opposing EU swastika ban" (BBC):Hindus in Europe have joined forces against a German proposal to ban the display of the swastika across the European Union, a Hindu leader said.Ramesh Kallidai of the Hindu Forum of Britain said the swastika had been a symbol of peace for thousands of years before the Nazis adopted it."Just because Hitler misused the symbol, abused it and used it to propagate a reign of terror and racism and discrimination, it does not mean that its peaceful use should be banned."The group said banning the swastika was equivalent to banning the cross simply because the Ku Klux Klan had used burning crosses.
"Hindus opposing EU swastika ban" (BBC):Hindus in Europe have joined forces against a German proposal to ban the display of the swastika across the European Union, a Hindu leader said.Ramesh Kallidai of the Hindu Forum of Britain said the swastika had been a symbol of peace for thousands of years before the Nazis adopted it."Just because Hitler misused the symbol, abused it and used it to propagate a reign of terror and racism and discrimination, it does not mean that its peaceful use should be banned."The group said banning the swastika was equivalent to banning the cross simply because the Ku Klux Klan had used burning crosses.
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"Hindus opposing EU swastika ban" (BBC):Hindus in Europe have joined forces against a German proposal to ban the display of the swastika across the European Union, a Hindu leader said.Ramesh Kallidai of the Hindu Forum of Britain said the swastika had been a symbol of peace for thousands of years before the Nazis adopted it."Just because Hitler misused the symbol, abused it and used it to propagate a reign of terror and racism and discrimination, it does not mean that its peaceful use should be banned."The group said banning the swastika was equivalent to banning the cross simply because the Ku Klux Klan had used burning crosses.
"Hindus opposing EU swastika ban" (BBC):Hindus in Europe have joined forces against a German proposal to ban the display of the swastika across the European Union, a Hindu leader said.Ramesh Kallidai of the Hindu Forum of Britain said the swastika had been a symbol of peace for thousands of years before the Nazis adopted it."Just because Hitler misused the symbol, abused it and used it to propagate a reign of terror and racism and discrimination, it does not mean that its peaceful use should be banned."The group said banning the swastika was equivalent to banning the cross simply because the Ku Klux Klan had used burning crosses.