Najma Heptullah says all Indians identified as Hindus
- 5 years ago
Minority affairs minister Najma Heptullah has virtually endorsed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s view that all Indians are Hindus, saying there is nothing wrong with the term Hindu being applied equally to all citizens as a label of “national identity”.
Drawing a series of analogies from Islam, the only Muslim minister in the Modi cabinet said the Arab world referred to India as “al-Hind” and even invoked Prophet Mohammed and said his aunt’s daughter was named “Hinda”. Arabia’s best sword was called “Hinda” too, the 74-year-old leader said.
In an interview on Wednesday, Heptullah, who joined the BJP in 2004 after spending decades in the Congress, spoke about her party’s equation with minorities, the so-called love jihad and policy-making.
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Drawing a series of analogies from Islam, the only Muslim minister in the Modi cabinet said the Arab world referred to India as “al-Hind” and even invoked Prophet Mohammed and said his aunt’s daughter was named “Hinda”. Arabia’s best sword was called “Hinda” too, the 74-year-old leader said.
In an interview on Wednesday, Heptullah, who joined the BJP in 2004 after spending decades in the Congress, spoke about her party’s equation with minorities, the so-called love jihad and policy-making.
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