Sargon of Akkad
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there is little chance of you being at the receiving end of anti-muslim violence.. that does not happen everyday and usually the victims are poor muslims not rich.. and its localized.. ordinary people will think twice before attacking foreigner because police will find them.
most white tourists are not targetted, may be look like a backpacker.. grow a beard and long hair ...
I look Arab/Middle Eastern/Latino/Southern European. Same facial features as the majority of those groups of people. Black hair, eyes and olive skin etc. I am tall, above average in built and spot a light beard (those fashionable ones you can see everywhere in the world nowadays). When I travel abroad I don't wear traditional clothing at all so that should not be a problem.
I was just asking how safe it is for an tourist (Arab or not does not matter here as I do not believe that it makes any difference) to venture into the countryside of India where tourists are less prevalent.
Also should I, if I wanted to explore areas in India for myself or with a small group of family members or friends, try not to advertise that I am a foreigner? In other words keep a low profile?
I am mostly interested in visiting Southern India which I have heard is more developed and less prone to crime.
Whatever 'welcoming picture' Indians try to paint here, be warned that hate crimes are an everyday facet of Indian life - you could be targeted for your religion.. or your looks (if you like Middle Eastern or East Asian).
Here, take a look - they even target their own citizens for looking different:
Aljazeera: Hundreds protest in New Delhi after student who was beaten because of his ethnic appearance dies from his injuries.
The question here is, how prevalent is it?
There was a thread about a sadist/indian executed for murder in KSA,On that thread the sadists said a lot of racist and messed up things about Arabs.
Then there was another thread where a saudi embassador was walking his dog in india and he got attacked by a mob for no reason, on that thread none of the arab members here said anything about the sadists.
I do not believe that the 200 million Indian Muslims have anything against Arabs, rather the contrary in fact, and the Indian Hindus I know in the GCC have no such problems either.
Also on PDF you will have trolls among every nationality. Due to the sheer size of India's population, I have no doubt that they have more of such trolls/idiots/racists than most other people. Same as on PDF.
I am mostly interested in knowing about tourism in India, mainly Southern India, in regards to the questions that I have asked so far.
I know that many of you want to turn this into a Pakistan-India thing but I am not part of this battle currently, dear.
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