New Delhi, In a report released by the US State Department, questions were raised on religious freedom in India. It was even said that minorities are being targeted. Their houses and places of worship are being forcibly demolished. The Indian Minority Foundation (IMF) has given a befitting reply to this. The Foundation has called this report absurd and prejudiced. It even said that India is a democratic country. Do not mistake it for China-North Korea.
The IMF said, this report has tried to place India with countries like Afghanistan, Cuba, North Korea, Russia and China. This ignores India’s democratic structure and its diverse society. This wrong portrayal weakens the credibility of USCIRF and its understanding of India’s religious freedom. In a long post on the social media platform X, the Indian Minority Foundation said, we strongly condemn these efforts of the American institution.
Criticising the report, the Foundation said that it suffers from anti-India bias. USCIRF has repeatedly tried to designate India as a “Country of Particular Concern”. The US State Department does not support it, yet they repeatedly make this nefarious attempt. The world’s largest democracy not only has a strong constitutional framework, but also a vibrant civil society. We have a long history of pluralism.
The Foundation said, America should first look at itself. Such heinous acts keep happening there. There are many such examples in which violence has been glorified. Murders have been celebrated. Some isolated incidents that have happened in India have nothing to do with religion. Everything is related to law and India resolves it in a legal manner.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : June 27, 2024, 23:25 IST