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Modi's counter to 'topi' politics: Track-II mission to woo Muslims
Behind the scenes, Modi is opening up a dialogue with the Muslim leadership using Gujarat's huge contribution to zakat-fed madrasas #Narendra Modi #Nitish Kumar #topi tilak #Secular Politics #Zafar Sareshwala
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Busting some foundational myths of Indian secularism
The Indian secularism has several foundational myths and the debate needs to go beyond Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi. #Narendra Modi #InMyOpinion #Nitish Kumar #minorities #Hindus #Muslims #Secularism
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Nitish's empty rhetoric aside, Modi's 'No Topi' stance is wrong too
Modi supporters bristled about empty symbolism after Nitish Kumar's comments about topis and tilaks. But shooting the messenger does not mean the message is not true. This is a topi tilak country. Even a Vajpayee knew that. #Narendra Modi #PoliticsDecoder #Atal Bihari Vajpayee #Nitish Kumar #Secularism #topi tilak
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Karnataka elections: Narendra Modi is brave, Rahul, Sonia opportunists
Modi would surely have known that his speeches would not sway an election in South India, but he came and he attacked the Congress. It was a selfless act for his party and a statement on his unchanging beliefs. The same cannot be said of Rahul and Sonia. #Politics #Sonia Gandhi #Gujarat #Congress #Narendra Modi #InMyOpinion #Rahul Gandhi #Karnataka #Nehru #Secularism #Karnataka 2013 #Pluralism
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Islam and prejudice: Why Girish Karnad is wrong about Naipaul
Much of what Naipaul has said about Islam's damage to native cultures, based on field reportage, is visible and indisputable unless one is blind to what is around. #Islam #Music #Islamophobia #VS Naipaul #Secularism #Girish Karnad
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India Today
Secularism vs Growth Hysteria
Let us accept that secularism is a highly abused word in India. It has been reduced to a slogan, a form of tokenism, a mistress of convenience for every electoral bordello. Like litmus paper it takes on the colour that every cynical politician seeks to g #India #Assam #Tamil Nadu
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Montreal Gazette
The drawn-out debate on Bill 14 means another pet PQ project, a Charter of secularism, will be delayed until the fall
QUEBEC — With Bill 14, meant to bolster Quebec’s Charter of the French language, bogged down by what Immigration and Cultural Communities Minister Diane De Courcy termed on Wednesday a “Liberal filibuster,” the Parti Québécois government has postponed un #Quebec #Montreal
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Daily Mail - UK
Turkey bans alcohol advertising amid claims of creeping Islamism
Sale of alcohol - which is forbidden to Muslims - to be restricted Turkey has banned alcohol advertising and increased restrictions on alcohol sales today in a move likely to anger secularists who accuse the government of having an Islamic agenda. It fol #Turkey #Istanbul #Recep Tayyip Erdogan




