Without a Hindu majority the many minority Muslim sects across India would find themselves under the heel of the shariah just like their peers in Pakistan. Not an enviable position.
Without a Hindu majority the many minority Muslim sects across India would find themselves under the heel of the shariah just like their peers in Pakistan. Not an enviable position.
There is a saying in Indian right wing circles, that I tend to agree with which goes something like "India is not a secular country because it says so in the constitution, rather because it is in Hindu ethos to be inclusive". All forms of worship, form hardcore monotheist (like the Abrahamic religions) to animist/polytheist and everything in between find a space in its umbrella.
Without a Hindu majority the many minority Muslim sects across India would find themselves under the heel of the shariah just like their peers in Pakistan. Not an enviable position.
There is a saying in Indian right wing circles, that I tend to agree with which goes something like "India is not a secular country because it says so in the constitution, rather because it is in Hindu ethos to be inclusive". All forms of worship, form hardcore monotheist (like the Abrahamic religions) to animist/polytheist and everything in between find a space in its umbrella.
Legal or constitutional formalism is vastly less relevant than the weight of history or experience over millennia.