The RSS was ideologically modeled on European fascism, including Nazi antisemitism

Evidence

Narendra Modi is a proud lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) which is a right-wing paramilitary Hindutva nationalist group “inspired by the fascist movements of Europe,” according to award-winning Indian essayist Pankaj Mishra. In a book review for The Guardian newspaper in London, Mishra further noted that the founder of the RSS also believed that Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany “had manifested ‘race pride at its highest’ by purging the Jews” during World War II. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 185

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels Deepa Kumar’s and the New Crusades thesis that right-wing Islamophobia borrows from older racial-fascist frameworks; ties Modi’s movement to the worldwide far-right. — connects to: The RSS modeled itself on European fascism — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 167; The RSS ideologically drives Modi and the BJP with Savarkar’s text.
• QUESTION: Worth pulling Mishra’s Guardian review to verify the exact RSS founding ideology quote and its Nazi genealogy.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 185

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• The RSS modeled itself on European fascism (similarity 0.91)

Broader Connections

• The RSS ideologically drives Modi and the BJP with Savarkar’s text. #corroborates (0.70)