^ I am copying my response from the other thread.
^ I agree that Hindu extremism is growing in India, and will continue to grow if the government keeps up with its minority appeasement policies. Radical elements need an issue to latch on to and get popular support - so far they do not have much popular support, but if things continue the way they are the future could be very different.
A couple of examples of the government's minority appeasement policies come to mind...
One of the single biggest grouse is the existence of different personal civil laws for Hindus, Muslims, Christians, and Parsis in India. It has been pointed out how in the United States or other Western country, the law is common for all, regardless of race, creed, or faith. And has been rightly pointed out, in no major country in the world do such personal laws exist which means that before law, all men and women are not equal.
Tragically, the existence of the personal laws is seen as a source of identity today, and any move to abolish or amend them is bound to raise a hue and cry, mostly by the terribly bigoted so-called leaders of the Muslims, the Syed Shahabuddins and the Imam Bukharis. Yet, there is no doubt that India, like other liberal, secular societies, must have a uniform civil code that is secular, liberal, equal (especially between the sexes), promotes fraternity, and ensures justice for all. That is the foundation of a modern nation. It is not just a case of Muslim man being allowed four wives but the fact that a Muslim woman lacks the right, like her Hindu counterpart, to not share her husband with another woman. The law is more anti-Muslim woman than pro-Muslim man and the fact that many Islamic republics too do not practice it clearly shows that this particular law is outdated.
Then, there is always a hue and cry about the fact that the Government of India subsidies the Haj pilgrims, a practice no one has thought fit to abolish. The money spent on subsidizing the Haj is needed far more desperately to educate poor boys and girls, including many Muslims who, in the absence of schools, turn to madrasas.
Every state govt has policies geared towards appeasing minorities (not just Muslims), at the cost of majority sentiments or interests.