Bulletin.India (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Terming demolition of Babri Masjid as an act of religious fanaticism and extreme prejudice, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said communalism in all its forms was deplorable.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Terming demolition of Babri Masjid as an act of religious fanaticism and extreme prejudice, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said communalism in all its forms was deplorable.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Home minister P Chidambaram today said communalism in all its forms was deplorable and asserted that it was the duty of the majority community to protect the minorities.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Terming demolition of Babri Masjid as an act of religious fanaticism and extreme prejudice, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said communalism in all its forms was deplorable and asserted that it was the duty of the majority community to protect the minorities.
rediff News (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
... evidenced by his redundant resurrection of a near forgotten issue that is nearly 17 years old: the Babri Masjid [ ] demolition.The term minority is an oxymoron in a secular setting: the two terms are incompatible. A Hindu state can have a Muslim minority and vice-versa but a secular state cannot subscribe to the concept of a majority and a minority for it is that very inequity that...
rediff News (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... Minister Narendra Modi [ ] and the RSS would never apologise for the Gujarat massacre and, the Babri Masjid [ ] cannot be reconstructed in Ayodhya.He launched an attack on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram [ ], saying he 'speaks good words but lacks in action' and disagreed with him on tackling the Maoists with force. He said the Sangh does not favour use of the army against them.Bhagwat...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... no direct mention of principal adversary, the BJP, even while making a fleeting reference to the Babri Masjid demolition. "All manifestations of violence, especially communal violence, must be condemned in unequivocal terms. The Babri Masjid demolition is a manifestation of extreme communal prejudice," Chidambaram said.But the minister's platitudes failed to impress...
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... of ulemas that “a nation can ignore its minorities only at its peril”. Recalling the demolition of Babri Masjid in 1992, he described the incident as an act of “religious fanaticism and extreme prejudice”. “We cannot view Islam as an alien faith. Our Muslim brethren are honoured citizens of India. This is the land of your forefathers, this is the land of your birth; and this is where...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... is the antithesis of a civilised society governed by the rule of law. 'The demolition of the Babri Masjid was a manifestation of religious fanaticism and an act of extreme prejudice. Likewise, taking to the path of violence in the name of religion must also be deplored in unequivocal terms.' Recalling the contribution of Muslims to the freedom struggle and then the building of modern...
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... is the antithesis of a civilised society governed by the rule of law. 'The demolition of the Babri Masjid was a manifestation of religious fanaticism and an act of extreme prejudice. Likewise, taking to the path of violence in the name of religion must also be deplored in unequivocal terms.'
