Resist the Fascist Religious Onslaught on Rationalist and Universalist Values

In the South Asian sub-continent today, fascism is taking on a well-organized form of aggressive religious bigotry, which is determined to destroy not only socialism (or whatever little is left of it), but also the principles and norms of bourgeois democracy that are derived from the Occident, as well as the humanitarian and liberal values of traditional popular religious movements like Sufism and Bhakti that are still prevalent in the Orient.<br /> <br /> Modern fascism targets the spirit of scientific inquiry and its proponents, since they pose a challenge to its goal. Its goal is to estab...