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SUMMARY:Gastvortrag | Uday Balakrishnan (Bangalore): "Accomodating Islam -
  Indian Lessons"
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DESCRIPTION:Flyer\nFor much of its course India’s freedom struggle spear
 headed by Gandhi and Nehru had only the conditional support of the Muslim 
 community. The community had several insecurities centered on its social a
 nd economic backwardness\, historical internal differences\, as well as th
 e prospect of being rendered powerless in a Hindu dominated independent In
 dia. While Gandhi and Nehru\, both strongly secular\, realized that India 
 would not have an easy freedom without Muslim support\, neither was sensit
 ive to the community to calibrate responses that would have effectively ad
 dressed its several concerns.\nNotwithstanding his strong pro Muslim leani
 ngs\, Gandhi was always an easy target for his seemingly Hindu ways\, whil
 e many Muslims viewed Nehru’s adherence to democratic secularism as an e
 ffort to ensure Hindu domination of the sub continent. Jinnah successfully
  exploited his community’s fears while managing to quell its several int
 ernal differences\, leading to the creation of Pakistan.\nDr.Uday Balakris
 hnan’s talk dwells on India’s failure to emerge into freedom as a sing
 le country\, and its accommodation of Muslims in post independence India w
 ithin the ambit of a secular democratic state.\nWhile engaging with a powe
 rful force like Islam India’s experience in religious accommodations\, D
 r. Balakrishnan argues\, hold important lessons for the rest of the world\
 , especially the West.
LOCATION:FNO 02/ 40-46
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/de/veranstaltungen/de-20131125-guestlecture-b
 alakrishnan/
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