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Saffron Terror is a term that refers to a type of purported Hindu fascism and religious extremism. Gujarat, a state in India, has been a center of religious violence in recent years between Hindus and Muslims. Other acts of brutality have raised claims that there is a religious terrorist group behind the, seemingly random, attacks against Indian Muslims in recent years. The more controversial phrase of "Hindu terrorism" has entered public debate in India following the 29 September 2008 western India bombings.

Three men accused of the 2006 Malegaon bombings, including Lt Col Shrikant Purohit of the India army, have been described as representing Hindu terrorism. BJP president Rajnath Singh has denounced such claims as "vilification of Hindu saints and army officers in the name of Hindu terrorism". A leader of the Islamic organization Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind has also criticised the use of the term "Hindu terrorism" and said that the Jamiat opposed the linking of terrorism to any community.

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  1. Zubair Ahmed, BBC News, 21 Nov 2008: "A new and highly controversial phrase has entered the sometimes cliche-riddled Indian press: 'Hindu terrorism'. As with the term "Islamic terrorism" and "Christian fundamentalism", this latest addition to the media lexicon is highly emotive. It was in the aftermath of the 29 September bomb blast in the predominantly Muslim town of in the western state of Maharashtra that the term "Hindu terrorism" or "saffron terrorism" came to be used widely.
  2. ^ SUBVERSE | Unholy terrors Times of India Editorial, 19 Nov 2008.
  3. "A Saffron Terror Network Surfaces"
  4. Jamiatul Ulema endorses resolution against terrorism Thaindia News, November 8th, 2008

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