Editing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (section)

===Stance on non-Hindu communities===

When it came to non-Hindu religions, the view of Golwalkar (who once supported Hitler's creation of a supreme race by suppression of minorities){{sfn|Jaffrelot, Hindu Nationalist Movement|1996|p=55}} on minorities was that of extreme intolerance. In a 1998 magazine article, some RSS and BJP members were said to have distanced themselves from Golwalkar's views, though not entirely:<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 March 1993 |title=A balancing act |url=http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1508/15080280.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413140915/http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl1508/15080280.htm |archive-date=13 April 2014 |access-date=18 July 2013 |website=Hindu.com}}</ref>

{{Blockquote|The non-Hindu people of Hindustan must either adopt Hindu culture and languages, must learn and respect and hold in reverence the Hindu religion, must entertain no idea but of those of glorification of the Hindu race and culture ... in a word they must cease to be foreigners; or may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges, far less any preferential treatment—not even citizens' rights.|[[M. S. Golwalkar]]<ref>{{Cite book
|last1=Guha
|first1=Ramachandra
|author-link=Ramachandra Guha
|year=2008
|title=India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy
|publisher=Pan Macmillan
|isbn=9780330396110
|page=19}}</ref>}}

Golwalkar also explains that RSS does not intend to compete in electioneering politics or share power. The movement considers Hindus as inclusive of [[Sikhs]], [[Jains]], [[Buddhists]], [[Adivasi|tribals]], [[Dalit|untouchables]], [[Veerashaivism]], [[Arya Samaj]], [[Ramakrishna Mission]], and other groups as a community, a view similar to the inclusive referencing of the term Hindu in the Indian Constitution Article 25 (2)(b).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Marty |first1=Martin E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiBwMJrlMVoC&q=%22view+Sikhs,+Jains,+Buddhists,+Tribals,+and+Untouchables+as+belonging+within+the+Hindu+community%22 |title=Fundamentalisms Comprehended |last2=Appleby |first2=R. Scott |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-226-50888-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Elst |first=Koenraad |url=https://archive.org/details/who-is-a-hindu-hindu-revivalist-views-of-animism-buddhism-sikhism-and-other-offshoots-of-hinduism |title=Who is a Hindu? Hindu Revivalist Views of Animism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Other Offshoots of Hinduism |publisher=Voice of India |year=2002 |isbn=9788185990743 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Constitution of India: Article 25 |url=http://www.unesco.org/most/rr3indi.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007173401/http://www.unesco.org/most/rr3indi.htm |archive-date=7 October 2011 |website=UNESCO |quote=Explanation II: In sub-Clause (b) of clause (2), the reference to Hindus shall be construed as including a reference to persons professing the Sikh, Jaina or Buddhist religion}}</ref>

In spite of the organisation's hostile rhetoric against their religions, the RSS also has Muslim and Christian members. According to the party's official documents, Indian Muslims and Christians are still descendants of Hindus that happened to be converted to foreign faiths, so as long as they agree with its beliefs they can also be members. They are still required to attend the ''shakhas'', and recite Hindu hymns, even by breaking [[Ramadhan]] fasts when possible.<ref name="rss faq" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Agha |first1=Eram |last2=Munshi |first2=Suhas |title=Minority Report: Meet the Non-Hindus in the RSS |url=https://www.news18.com/news/immersive/non-hindus-in-rss.html |access-date=27 October 2021 |website=News18}}</ref> The [[Muslim Rashtriya Manch]] is considered as a wing of the RSS for Muslim members.<ref>{{cite web |title=A person is not a Hindu if he says Muslims should not live in India: RSS chief |url=https://scroll.in/latest/999326/a-person-is-not-a-hindu-if-he-says-muslims-should-not-live-in-india-rss-chief |website=Scroll.in |date=5 July 2021 |access-date=28 October 2021}}</ref>

In January 2020, the RSS along with other right-wing political parties and religious organisations such as BJP, [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] and HJV held protests, which allegedly demanded that the statue of [[Jesus]] be not installed at Kapala Hills of [[Kanakapura]]. The {{Convert|10|acre}} of land<ref name="Hindustan Times 2020">{{cite web | title=BJP, RSS protest against proposed statue of Jesus in Karnataka's Kanakapura | website=Hindustan Times | date=13 January 2020 | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bjp-rss-protest-against-proposed-statue-of-jesus-in-karnataka-s-kanakapura/story-3bjxnjbcK4zh72URr6EhBK.html | access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref> was originally donated by the government to the [[Violence against Christians in India|Christian community]] after [[D. K. Shivakumar]], the MLA of [[Indian National Congress]] submitted a request to the state government for land donation to the community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/christ-statue-shivakumar-bjp-rss-protest-1636375-2020-01-13|title=114-ft Christ statue planned in Shivakumar bastion sparks BJP, RSS protest|website=India Today|date=13 January 2020 }}</ref>