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"Music may be played before a mosque in all Muslim countries without any objection. Even in Afghanistan, which is not a secularized country, no objection is taken to music before a mosque. But in India the Musalmans must insist upon its stoppage for no other reason except that the Hindus claim a right to it.”

-Dr. BR Ambedkar

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Madhusudan Sikri's avatar

Please don't call the marchers Hindus. They were Hindutva fanatics. There is a big difference. It's the same way as Islamist "jihadis" are not Muslims. Unfortunately, at this time the Hindutva fanatics seem to be proliferating all over the country, and seem to have the tacit approval of the authorities. The situation has perhaps been created by rampant unemployment and lack of opportunities among the young in the country. Disruptive elements are finding ready recruits in the large pool of idle energy, and are channelizing this to wrong ends. I honestly don't know how this will pan out, and where it will end.

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