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‘India and Islam : The consolidation of a composite culture and the challenge of contemporary poli |
‘India and Islam : The consolidation of a composite culture and the challenge of contemporary politics’ By Shri K. Natwar Singh I believe that one of the major challenges that the world faces today is how to deal with the Muslim world. I have deliberately not used the word ‘Islamic’. There are 1.3 billion Muslims in the world, of which 450 million are in the sub-Continent alone. It is a fact that from Mauritania to Medan, Muslim psyche has been hurt and needs to be healed. |
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COMPOSITE CULTURE - CELEBRATION OF INDIAN UNITY |
COMPOSITE CULTURE - CELEBRATION OF INDIAN UNITY Composite culture is celebrated by some and denounced by others. The purists of all religions denounce the concept of composite culture. They accept nothing short of 'pure Hindu' or 'pure Islamic' culture. The pure culture, needless to say, divides while composite culture unites the people of a country. The separatists are quite uncomfortable with composite culture and hence culture develops its own politics. And in democracy culture is highly politicised. |
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