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第1页，共2页 2026年8月6日，印度国民志愿服务团（RSS）主席莫汉· Bhagwat在印度孟买向学生发表讲话。路透社/弗朗西斯·马斯卡雷尼亚斯
[1/2]2026年8月6日，印度国民志愿服务团（RSS）主席莫汉· Bhagwat在印度孟买向学生发表讲话。路透社/弗朗西斯·马斯卡雷尼亚斯 购买授权许可，将在新标签页打开
- 内容摘要
- 曼丹尼是纽约市首位印度裔穆斯林市长
- RSS主席莫汉· Bhagwat将出席8月29日的一场活动
- 曼丹尼表示，印度教民族主义团体不能代表多元包容的印度
华盛顿8月25日（路透社）——纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼丹尼周二表示，他不支持该市即将举行的一场活动，该活动将邀请印度印度教民族主义团体的领导人，而该团体是印度执政党 Bharatiya Janata Party（ BJP，印度人民党）的意识形态源头。
据活动官网消息，印度国民志愿服务团（RSS）主席莫汉· Bhagwat定于周六在曼哈顿的一场活动上发表演讲。
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“我不支持这场集会，但我不知道市政府是否有权取消一场私人活动，”当被问及是否应该取消该活动时，身为纽约市首位穆斯林裔及印度裔市长的曼丹尼说道。
“我的家人教导我的印度愿景，也是我成长过程中非常熟悉的愿景，是一个世俗共和国的多元社会，相信每一位印度人都能拥有归属感。而看到一场以排外理念为基础的运动崛起，实在令人深感不安。”
活动官网将这场8月29日的集会称为“全球统一庆典”，旨在汇聚印度裔美国社群。
主办方“参与与对话印度裔美国人”表示，该活动得到多个印度裔美国团体的支持，旨在推广共同遗产与宗教间团结。但由于Bhagwat的出席以及RSS的历史，许多当地组织对此提出了批评。
RSS是一个颇具影响力的印度教团体，印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪领导的人民党便脱胎于该组织。该团体今年5月表示，已组织包括美国在内的海外访问，以反驳外界将其描述为参与袭击少数族裔社区的准军事组织的说法。
美国国际宗教自由委员会称，RSS“数十年来一直参与针对少数群体的极端暴力与不容忍行为”。
RSS驳斥了有关不容忍的指控，称其是一个“以印度教为核心的文明、文化运动”，目标是“将国家推向荣耀的巅峰”，包括团结印度教徒。
联合国与人权组织表示，近年来印度少数族裔遭受的虐待有所增加，证据包括不断升级的仇恨言论、基于宗教的公民身份法、拆除穆斯林所有的房产、取消穆斯林占多数的克什米尔地区的自治地位，以及一项挑战信仰自由的反改宗立法。
由人民党领导的印度政府否认存在歧视行为，并表示其包括食品补贴计划和电气化运动在内的政策惠及所有社群。
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Mamdani opposes NYC event with leader of India’s Hindu nationalist group
2026-08-26T03:41:30.887Z / Reuters
By Kanishka Singh
August 26, 2026 3:41 AM UTC Updated 12 mins ago
Item 1 of 2 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat addresses students in Mumbai, India, August 6, 2026. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
[1/2]Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat addresses students in Mumbai, India, August 6, 2026. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
- Summary
- Mamdani is New York City’s first Indian American, Muslim mayor
- RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will feature at an August 29 event
- Mamdani says Hindu nationalist group does not reflect pluralist India
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) – New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday he did not support an upcoming event in his city featuring the leader of the Hindu nationalist group that is the ideological parent of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Mohan Bhagwat, chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is scheduled to speak at a Manhattan event on Saturday, according to the event’s website.
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“I don’t support the rally, but I don’t know if the city has any jurisdiction on cancelling a private event,” Mamdani, who is the first Muslim and Indian American mayor of New York City, said when asked if the event should be cancelled.
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“The vision of India that I was taught by my family and one that I grew up being very familiar with was of a pluralistic society of a secular Republic that believed in the belonging of each and every person who was from India. And it has been incredibly troubling to see the rise of a movement that is predicated on an exclusionary vision.”
The event’s website casts the August 29 gathering as the “Universal Oneness Celebration” bringing together the Hindu American community.
The organizers, American Hindus for Engagement and Dialogue, say the event is backed by several Hindu American groups and promotes shared heritage and interfaith unity. Many local organizations have criticized it over Bhagwat’s attendance and the RSS’ history.
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The RSS, a powerful Hindu group from which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP emerged, said in May it had organised foreign visits, including to the U.S., to counter perceptions it is a paramilitary outfit involved in attacks on minority communities.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom says the RSS “has been involved in acts of extreme violence and intolerance against members of minority groups for decades.”
The RSS disputes intolerance accusations and says it is a “Hindu centric civilisational, cultural movement” whose goal is to “carry the nation to the pinnacle of glory,” including by uniting Hindus.
United Nations and human rights groups say abuse of Indian minorities has risen in recent years, pointing to rising hate speeches, a religion-based citizenship law, the demolition of Muslim-owned properties, the removal of Muslim-majority Kashmir’s autonomy and an anti-conversion legislation that challenges freedom of belief.
The BJP-led Indian government denies being discriminatory and says its policies, including food subsidy programs and electrification drives, benefit all communities.
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Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Sonali Paul
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