The Case Against Indian Secularism

The Congress Party and its stalwart leaders like Gandhi, Nehru, and Bose, wanting to lead a successful freedom movement, felt that there was a need to accommodate Muslim demands and sentiments. This gradually gave rise to what has been called the concept of ‘Muslim appeasement’.

If a village is being built for Hindus, then a village should also be built for Muslims, Christians and Sikhs

Abbas Hafiz told the state Chief Minister Mohan Yadav that if the country’s Constitution allows the establishment and construction of villages on the basis of religion, then I should also be allowed to build Muslim, Christian and Sikh villages.