SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 23: Three major Indian Muslim organizations in the United States have formed an organization, the Indian Muslim Council, to work for freeing India from the clutches of the rising tide of Hindutva.

The new group includes the California-based Indian Muslim Affairs Council, New York-based Indian Muslim Alert Network, and Philadelphia-based Indian Minorities Political Action Committee.

“The horrific genocide and rapes in Gujarat earlier this year opened the eyes of the Indian diaspora to the reality of the Hindutva-fascist menace in India”, IMC President Dr Shaik Ubaid said.

“Consolidation of Indian Muslim advocacy groups into Indian Muslim Council is just the first step. We intend to work very closely with all other concerned members of the Indian community in the US, ie our Christian, Sikh, Dalit and Hindu brethren, working together to help rid India of the evil of Hindutva- fascism,” he added.

Shaik Ubaid said the cause had an overwhelming support amongst the Indian diaspora, as borne out in recent events, such as the protest against Hindutva propagandist Sadhvi Rithambara in New York last month.

The Indian Muslim Council plans to work on multiple fronts. Creating awareness amongst both the ordinary US citizens and the US administration is among its priorities.

The organization believes that a lack of awareness about the menace of Hindutva is responsible for US silence on the recent Gujarat genocide, and for the fact that fund-raising by extremist Hindu groups is continuing openly on US soil.