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This sums up everything about the problem of secularism in India
by Rishi Sun May 18, 2014 7:20 am
Having achieved a majority on its own, the BJP now has the political leeway to ignore the wild-eyed extremists in the Sangh Parivar and start opening a dialogue with moderate and modern Muslims. If a hand is offered for partnership rather than domination, most Muslims may be happy to consider the offer. Suspicions will take time to wither away, but a start can be made now.
For their part, Muslims know that in a country that is culturally Hindu, they cannot wish away the centrality of a party like the BJP – just as you cannot wish away an Islamist party in Turkey or Egypt or a Republican party in the US, or a Buddhist party in Sri Lanka, or an Awami League in Bangladesh, etc.
It is our “secular” oddballs who have vitiated the scope for Hindu-Muslim rapprochement and understanding all these years. If we don’t divide, they cannot rule. The sooner Muslims stopped believing in empty “secular” rhetoric and embrace the real deal with dignity, the better it would be for India. As the party with a big mandate, it is entirely appropriate that the BJP make the first moves.
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/not-modi-or-bjp-secular-parties-fooled-muslims-yet-again-1529223.html?utm_source=ref_article
For their part, Muslims know that in a country that is culturally Hindu, they cannot wish away the centrality of a party like the BJP – just as you cannot wish away an Islamist party in Turkey or Egypt or a Republican party in the US, or a Buddhist party in Sri Lanka, or an Awami League in Bangladesh, etc.
It is our “secular” oddballs who have vitiated the scope for Hindu-Muslim rapprochement and understanding all these years. If we don’t divide, they cannot rule. The sooner Muslims stopped believing in empty “secular” rhetoric and embrace the real deal with dignity, the better it would be for India. As the party with a big mandate, it is entirely appropriate that the BJP make the first moves.
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/not-modi-or-bjp-secular-parties-fooled-muslims-yet-again-1529223.html?utm_source=ref_article
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