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"For India to appoint a Muslim to be the chief of the country’s intelligence service is a big, big deal." - This is not true. 6 years back Indian president was
by nu2ycombinator 14y ago
"For India to appoint a Muslim to be the chief of the country’s intelligence service is a big, big deal." - This is not true. 6 years back Indian president was a Muslim. So in India all it matters is talent not religion.
- daliusd 14y agoSo please explain this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Mumbai_bombings ?
- nu2ycombinator 14y agoIndian intelligence failed to stop them. This is nothing to do with being democracy or not. There is 9/11 in USA too.
- daliusd 14y agoWhat democracy has to do with that sentence at all? We are speaking about religious tension in countries and how it is handled in India and other countries. As well noting that India is doing better here.
- nu2ycombinator 14y agoExactly my point. It is nothing to do with democracy or secularism, what is your point in mentioning bomb blasts. Entire world is suffering with islam terrorism, unless they are muslim states.
- daliusd 14y agoMy point is that author is correct pointing that while Muslim has chances to take important positions in government in India that's not common and naturally accepted thing. I found article reasonably weighted and thought out and found strange to see that first comments to be completely not-insightful and not-contributing anything valuable.
- sandGorgon 14y agoI know you meant it as an illustrative example, but India has been a liberal democracy ever since it won its independence. We had a Muslim head of state in 1967 (Zakir Hussain). APJ Abdul Kalam - the President you refer to- was one of India's most beloved Presidents because he holds a double Ph. D. At the time he was elected, I think the Indian cabinet had the highest number of Ph. Ds in the world, for political (non-appointed) positions.