When Islam as a political force conquered Syria, the local Christians underwent immense genocides and had to abandon their homes and homeland, said Savarkar. It was India that gave these persecuted Syrian Christians shelter in its southern provinces. Moving further in history, Savarkar argued that the same fate befell the entire region of Persia, and the victims held their sacred fires and Zend Avesta close to their heart and sought shelter in this very land of the Hindus. They were still in India as Parsis. From the time of the Islamic conquest of India and the attack on the Somnath Temple in
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