“Canadian PM Justin Trudeau again equates Hindu Swastika with Nazi Symbol; Know the difference between the two”, Organiser, November 5, 2023:
“Hitler himself used the term Hakenkreuz for that dreaded symbol of hate, which happened to have a similarity with a swastika. Theory of Aryan invasion and a common homeland of Aryans is long discredit; however, the association lingers. The Swastika must be contextualised back into the history of tradition with right connotations and binding it with a single, monochromatic interpretation has to stop.
Last year, a bill was introduced in the New York Senate to mandate compulsory education in all schools to the “meanings of swastika,” a symbol of ‘hate.’ Swastika was bundled with noose, ‘’a symbol of racism and intimidation’’ in the bill. The bill attempts to bind the ‘’meaning of the swastika as the emblem of Nazi Germany.’’ Many legislative acts in the West are already in place, which though well-intentioned, link swastika to terrors of Nazism, and bind its meaning to horror and thus ban it.
There is no let-up in this association. Last month, Finland’s air Force quietly dropped their 102 years old emblem that featured Swastika. In public imagination too, swastika has, in a way, become onomatopoeic with the horrors of Nazism…..”
Read the full article at Organiser.org