Indian PM Modi's Remarks on Muslims Draw Mixed Reaction

This week India's prime minister stirred a debate in his country when he spoke about the patriotism of India's Muslims in a televised interview with CNN. Narendra Modi is the leader of India's Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata party, and has a history of stoking sectarian divisions in the country. When he was chief minister of Gujarat Province in 2002, he was accused of doing nothing to stop deadly sectarian riots that killed at least 1,000 people, mostly Muslims. In...

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