Chidambaram says can't view Islam as an alien faith.Byline: ANI Saharanpur (UP), Nov 3 (ANI): Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said that india cannot view Islam as an alien faith. Speaking at the 30th general session of the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind here, Chidambaram said: "We cannot view Islam as an alien faith because this is the land of your of your birth. All Indians share a cause to fight communalism com·mu·nal·ism n. 1. Belief in or practice of communal ownership, as of goods and property. 2. Strong devotion to the interests of one's own minority or ethnic group rather than those of society as a whole. ." "It is a matter of our pride that Islam exists in India along with other major religions," he added. About 10,000 clerics, besides five lakh lakh Noun (in India) 100 000, esp. referring to this sum of rupees [Hindi lākh] Noun 1. lakh - the cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten 100000, hundred thousand followers of Jamiat, are attending the three-day conference, which commenced on November 1. The conference is being seen as an attempt by the UPA (Ultra Port Architecture) A high-speed interconnect between the CPU and memory from Sun. It uses a packet-switched crossbar architecture that can transfer more than 100 MBytes/sec. government to reach out to Islamic scholars. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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