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Listen, Mister Muslim. You are rightly upset with the Ayodhya verdict as it puts faith above law | The Indian Express

Listen, Mister Muslim. You are rightly upset with the Ayodhya verdict as it puts faith above law | The Indian Express

Listen, Mister Muslim. You are rightly upset with the Ayodhya verdict as it puts faith above law

Let’s recognise our own complicity in becoming the convenient ‘Other’ for Hindu nationalists

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The rigid, intransigent Islam that our ulema and political leadership continue to preach leaves us little space for manoeuvre or room to negotiate a respectable place for ourselves in a secular-democratic polity. (Representational/File)


Listen, Mister Muslim. You are rightly upset with the verdict of the Supreme Court on the Ayodhya land dispute as it puts faith above law. Not for the first time, secular India has let you down. But truth to tell, you too have let secular India down. In this zero sum game between the Indian state and you, it’s been advantage Hindutva all the way.

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