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29. I have no problem treating Muslims

Sat Apr 5, 2014, 10:59 PM

Apr 2014

or anyone else for that matter as equals as long as they abide by the same laws and regulations as everyone else. Indian Muslims should not have a safe harbor from polygamy just because the prophet said so. Period. They should also engage in birth control as much as everyone else for the good of the nation. Equality should be complete and not just in some areas.

I have always been a staunch supporter of secularism and I'd be against a theocratic government whether it be in India or anywhere else. I don't want any religion to dominate another and all should leave peacefully while respecting each others' faiths. Hindus respect everyone's faith. Can you say that about Muslims? What happened to the Bamiyan Buddhas?

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Indian Hard-Liner Narendra Modi Leads in Prime Minister Race [View all] JI7 Apr 2014 OP

That's really disgusting Jack Rabbit Apr 2014 #1

Modi is not a bigot cosmicone Apr 2014 #9

so why doesn't he come out in opposition to the supreme court ruling on gay sex ? JI7 Apr 2014 #12

Why are you spinning for a right-wing Hindu nationalist? Ken Burch Apr 2014 #13

There were no Hindu supremacists before independence cosmicone Apr 2014 #16

"There were NO Hindu supremacists before independence"? Ken Burch Apr 2014 #19

The few people who supported Hitler were cosmicone Apr 2014 #23

Seriously...you're still mad that Pakistan was created? That was sixty-six years ago! Ken Burch Apr 2014 #25

You're parroting (wrong) talking points cosmicone Apr 2014 #28

If the partition hadn't happened...you'd be much closer now to an even Hindu/Muslim split. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #40

So, in your opinion, Muslims get a free pass? cosmicone Apr 2014 #42

Nobody actually killed a cartoonist-they just expressed anger. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #44

So you are saying cosmicone Apr 2014 #46

If you break up Pakistan(a country that has just as much right to exist AS India) Ken Burch Apr 2014 #48

Hindus are killing non-believers? LMAO cosmicone Apr 2014 #49

I don't support Pakistan. I oppose right-wing nationalist movements. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #51

yes, he is. Both about ethnic, sexual minorities, and women. La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2014 #20

The poster you're responding to there has outed himself Ken Burch Apr 2014 #26

Why are so many Muslims supporting him then eh? n/t cosmicone Apr 2014 #30

If they are(I only have your word on that)it's likely out of fear of what right-wing Hindus would do Ken Burch Apr 2014 #45

Ahhh so you didn't read the links I posted earlier. Figures. cosmicone Apr 2014 #47

Those links are all BJP campaign propaganda. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #52

there are blacks and gays who vote republican. doesn't make the republicans less bigoted. nt La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2014 #56

Who's "counting" the votes?!?! blkmusclmachine Apr 2014 #2

I've been following politics in India rpannier Apr 2014 #3

so he really does have a lot of support ? JI7 Apr 2014 #6

He has a lot of support because of his economic policies cosmicone Apr 2014 #10

the green movement has nothing to do with Modi's party, though. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #14

I'm talking about "green" as in green energy and green ecosystems. cosmicone Apr 2014 #17

The ONLY hope? Ken Burch Apr 2014 #21

Like I said, get educated about Indian history. n/t cosmicone Apr 2014 #22

The best time in Indian history was in the immediate post-1948 period. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #24

I have no problem treating Muslims cosmicone Apr 2014 #29

Are you saying that Muslims should be forced to use contraception? Ken Burch Apr 2014 #31

Did I say forced? cosmicone Apr 2014 #32

You didn't "say forced" but it's a fair question to ask if that's what you meant. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #34

mmmm hmmmmm cosmicone Apr 2014 #38

You are not a believer in democracy...a doctrine that REQUIRES multiculturalism. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #39

these dimwitted hindu fascists actually believe reorg Apr 2014 #41

Pakistani talking points repeated ad nauseum cosmicone Apr 2014 #43

Opposition to Modi is not a Pakistani conspiracy. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #53

It is utterly delusional to equate Modi with Hitler cosmicone Apr 2014 #54

Comparisons to Hitler aren't ALWAYS invalid. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #55

You seem to insist on getting the last word. n/t cosmicone Apr 2014 #57

As said by the person above me, it is a pocketbook election rpannier Apr 2014 #11

Congress has never needed to rig an election before so they aren't really set up to do that Recursion Apr 2014 #4

why is he leading anyways ? and why did congress run that grandson JI7 Apr 2014 #5

Sonia's still got her Italian citizenship, I think, so isn't eligible. Recursion Apr 2014 #7

India is still a democracy, unlike Russia. joshcryer Apr 2014 #8

At least 'til Modi gets in, then it will be a Hindu-supremacist police state from now on. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #15

so depressing. nt La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2014 #18

Sad election indeed. Dawson Leery Apr 2014 #27

When you're too right-wing for The Economist, that's going some. Ken Burch Apr 2014 #33

The witch's views on Scotland showed her bigotry. Dawson Leery Apr 2014 #35

Yeah...that and her attitudes on Northern Ireland Ken Burch Apr 2014 #36

India set to veer right as world's biggest polls begin Bosonic Apr 2014 #37

"toilets first, temples later." KamaAina Apr 2014 #50