[Reader-list] India on a list of countries which have failed to protect its religious minorities adequately

[Jeebesh]

Indonesia?

second largest muslim population in the world. not a islamic state.  
airlines is called Garuda airlines.

Turkey?

90% muslim. Not an islamic state.

On 15-Aug-09, at 5:22 PM, Murali V wrote:

> If you look at all the countries that have a majority muslim
> population, all of them have declared themselves as islamic states.
>
> Regards,
> V Murali
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Rakesh Iyer<rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> I am talking about Europe and USA, not Saudi Arabia. The You-tube  
>> link you
>> gave was referring to these two entities, hence I wanted to know  
>> about the
>> same. Are Muslims restricting the freedoms of individuals living  
>> there? If
>> yes, why? Is it lack of public discussion or difference in value  
>> systems?
>> What can be done in either case? Is the problem intrinsic to Islam?  
>> If no,
>> then what is the case? If yes, then what can be done to change the  
>> nature of
>> Islam? And if no solutions are possible (after exhausting all the
>> possibilities), should we ban Islam? Should these nations ask  
>> Muslims to
>> leave the nation so that the rest can leave peacefully with their  
>> rights
>> secure? Should they be sent to settle in any other country (like  
>> Jews were
>> settled in Israel)? What costs and benefits are involved in these
>> arrangements?
>>
>> These are just some of the questions which need to be asked, before  
>> making
>> any value-based judgements on these nations.
>>
>>
>>
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