Reaping the wages of pandering to Islamism for votes In the 20 years that I have been an itinerant citizen of Mumbai I have seen these changes happen before my eyes in Muslim quarters of the city in the form of an increased number of veiled women and bearded men. If you chat to them, as I do, you will find that nearly all of them believe that 9/11 was the work of Zionists and that 26/11 was the work of the RSS. They have a sense of grievance that is not based on reality. And, because our political leaders are usually too cowardly to stand by the principles on which India was founded the fanatics win. This is why we have seen the gentler, more refined Islam that was born out of India’s syncretic culture disappear under veils, beards and ugly religiosity. By Tavleen Singh on August 25, 2012 niticentral/2012/08/25/islamism-is-not-a-moderate-idea-dont-pander-to-it-4825.html
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:04:55 +0000
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