Given the current brouhaha over TLC’s “All American Muslims,” I think it’s worthwhile to take a look at attitudes towards Muslim minority populations in other countries. A good comparison for the US is India: a large, pluralistic, democratic nation with a majority religion that has had historically poor relations with Islam.
And yet Islam is not marginalized in India. Indeed, a recent Congress Party ad made the point that India is strengthened by diversity, not weakened–and indeed, this is a core strength in the US as well. Terrorism is caused by radical individuals and is centered on geopolitical causes, not religion.
Advertisement
