And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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It is my sincere hope that every person in India will experience true freedom of faith, regardless of religion.
As we consider the shared values of the U.S. and India, due attention to the fundamental human right of religious freedom is of the utmost importance.
Protection of religious freedom means considering the faiths and beliefs of everyone involved.
The Hindu nationalists see a religion near perfection save for the tampering of Muslims and Christians. So they fall upon these groups, rather than try to reform their own practices by drawing on India's sophisticated philosophical traditions.
People of faith should be able to have confidence in their right to freely express and live their beliefs.
Beware of generalizations about any faith because they sometimes amount to the religious equivalent of racial profiling. Hinduism contained both Gandhi and the fanatic who assassinated him.
People are willing to do the most appalling things to another person for the sake of imposing a religious belief.
India was secular even when Muslims hadn't come here and Christians hadn't set foot on this soil. It is not as if India became secular after they came. They came with their own modes of worship, and they, too, were given a place of honor and respect. They had the freedom to worship God as per their wish and inclination.
If your religion doesn't respect the rights of other religions, it is lacking something.
The Hindus are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.
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