Re: Religious discrimination by the Hindus in India
Is that a threat?
Muslims will always be loyal to Islam/Allah first. So long as India does not become hostile to Islam, Muslims should and wil remain loyal to India, which is also a Muslim state (as per the law and constitution).
NO hindu should question that...they don't have the right. India does not equate to a Hindu state, with an expatriate Muslim minority who should be treated like guests. They're not.
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The majority of the population (read Hindu) is more concerned with making ends meet and bettering thier own lives and everyone realises that it is important for thier own progress to identify with being Indian first.
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So Muslims do not have the same concern? If in 1947, the Muslmis accepted Ghandi's offer, and India remained a Muslim state...would you feel the same? Or is your comfort with being 'Indian' first rest with your perception that India is in essence a 'Hindu' state?
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There is consternation when fundamentalist muslims deliberately do not identify with thier Indian-ness but align themselves with an ummah that very obviously does not support them in any tangible way.
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How does asserting Muslimness equate to non-Indianness? Because we feel close to our brethern in faith? Is it our fault that our religion is spread across the globe? The fact is, Islam is just as much Indian as any other religion. Until Hindus learn that, and internalize it, then there is no hope for India as we know it today.
No self-respecting Indian Muslim looks at any other Muslim nation as a 'home', as they consider India a Muslim state - i.e. a home for Muslims.
Can this 'Indian' first crap, and start paying attention to your countrymen, who are Muslims no matter where they live... in India, UK, Canada, America, or Timbuktu. Asking to be Indian first is a red herring when you're not even willing to accept their faith as 'Indian'...