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

[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Murali,

Jeebesh is right, except that Indonesia is the worlds largest (by  
population) Muslim countriy. Not the second largest. And here is a  
list of 19 other Muslim majority countries that are not Islamic  
states, or do not have Islam listed as state religion.

Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Senegal, Chad, Djibouti,  
Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan,  
Uzbekistan, Albania,  Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo,  
Palestinian Authority and Turkey.

There are several other countries, which recognize Islam as a state  
religion, such as Egypt but are still not 'Islamic States', that is,  
they are not governed by Islamic law

Only a third category of states, which includes, Iran, Saudi Arabia,  
Pakistan, Afghanistan etc, can be strictly called Islamic States, in  
that they are partially or wholly governed by Islamic law and  
recognize the Sharia as a source of law and jurisprudence.

Please take the trouble to make credible and factual statements as  
far as possible when you seek to impose your opinions on this list.

Shuddha

On 15-Aug-09, at 5:27 PM, Jeebesh wrote:

> 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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Shuddhabrata Sengupta
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