We cannot divide our India but people are being divided today - Economy and Politics - livemint.com

We cannot divide our India but people are being divided today - Economy and Politics - livemint.com

We cannot divide our India, but the people are being divided today, their minds are being divided. And to a great extent, they are succeeding. (But) for Muslims, there is no better country than India, no country in which Muslims are doing as well as they are doing in India. Our complaints, our objections, our problems exist, and we will continue to fight our fight for justice, but in other countries the situation is much worse.

After 150 years, the dreams still lives - From 1857-2008

This is Mahmud Madani - head of Deoband Islamic seminary. Deoband seminary was set up after the 1857 War, as a religious institution to 'escape' British repression. A 75 years later, the Deoband school became famous during Independence due to its strong anti-Jinnah, anti-Partition stand. 60 years later, Mahmud Madani still talks about 'our' India.

His interview here lays out the land very clearly - without the pussyfooting around the issues. For all those in India, who are onto the Islamic demonization route, this should make them re-think.

Look at Israel

You only have to look at a failed state like Israel, to understand where 'false' persecutions can take you. Where would Israel be - without US ICU support. It has been on ICU support for the last 60 years.