Phony religious tolerance?

by confuzzled dude Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:13 pm

He said it! At a function this week in New Delhi arranged by the Catholic Church in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi came out emphatically in support of religious freedom. Speaking in English (his third language), Modi said, “Mine will be a government that gives equal respect to all religions” and, further, that “equal respect for all religions should be part of the DNA of all Indians.”

If Modi really wants to be a Dilliwallah, then, he has plenty of work ahead of him. My own sense is that he will not manage this spiritual, rather than civic, transformation: For him, India’s religious diversity is stressful to his own religious and political beliefs, which were formed early in life by his time in the Hindu nationalist movement.

For him, this is merely the first of many such cycles of religious provocation and political bad faith that will unfold during his tenure, never to be decisively dealt with, always to be finessed. For him, the words “economy” and “development” will serve both as part of a progressive agenda and as a screen for his shortcomings in other spheres -- this when he, once a Hindu nationalist pracharak, knows better than anyone else that man does not live by bread alone.

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-18/modi-s-newfound-religious-tolerance

by Vakavaka Pakapaka Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:53 pm

When it comes religious tolerance, none of the Semitic faiths come close to any of the ancient Indic religions (Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism). Don't even try to compare. The world is a witness to the intolerance of Christianity and iSlam. Thanks to science and logic, one of the two is put in its place. The other will die a natural death.

Phony religious tolerance?

Phony religious tolerance?

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