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Bharatiya Janata Party and Hamas
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on CU, AU, SC, ID. They diverge by eight points or more on CH.
Axis by axis
| Axis | BJP | Hamas | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +04 | −02 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +08 | +09 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +06 | +09 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +07 | +04 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +08 | +09 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −02 | +08 | 10 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
BJP · CH −02
Coded negative: change pursued through elections, legislation and courts.
- Documented act or statuteConstitutional change on Kashmir was executed by parliamentary majority and upheld by the supreme court.
Hamas · CH +08
Coded +8: armed struggle as the constitutive method.
- Documented act or statuteThe 7 October 2023 attack killed around 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
Bharatiya Janata Party
1980– · India
Hindu cultural nationalism, national security, welfare delivery, and infrastructure-led development.
Hamas
1987– · Gaza, West Bank
Armed Palestinian nationalism in an Islamist frame, rejecting the negotiated framework in favour of resistance.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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