In Democracy Majority community is bound to protect minority community: Home Minister
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, November 04, 2009
Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said communalism in all its forms is deplorable and asserted that it is the duty of the majority community to protect the minorities. Terming demolition of Babri Masjid as an act of religious fanaticism and extreme prejudice, he said, violence in the name of religion must be deplored.
He was speaking on Tuesday on the occasion of 30th general assembly of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind at Islamic seminary at Deoband in Uttar Pradesh.
Mr. Chidambaram also hailed the fatwa issued by it against terrorism last year.
The Home Minister said violence and violent means to achieve any objective is the anti-thesis of a civilised society governed by the rule of law.
He said, a nation can only ignore its minorities only at its peril and the golden rule in a democracy is that it is the duty of the majority community to protect the minority, be it religious, racial or linguistic.
