Tagged: tolerance

The thick line between “Tolerance” and “Mutual Respect”

Excerpts from Rajiv Malhotra’s highly readable “Tolerance Isn’t Good Enough: The Need for Mutual Respect In Interfaith Relations” (emphasis  added). *** Excerpts from ” Tolerance Isn’t Good Enough” by Rajiv Malhotra *** It is...

Can the Ground Zero Mosque be a test of Muslim tolerance?

Christopher Hitchens brings out a great point in this brief excerpt from A Test of Tolerance (emphasis added): Emboldened by the crass nature of the opposition to the center, its (the Ground Zero Mosque’s)...

On Religious Freedoms and Secularism – Part II

Dear All: I am opening this second thread to continue the discussion over from On Religious Freedoms and Secularism. I am reproducing the last few comments to maintain continuity in the discussion. I believe...

On Religious Freedoms and Secularism

This post has been pending for a while. A few months ago, the Freedom Team of India (of which I am a member) released its draft policy on Religious Freedom and Tolerance for public...

Recommended weekend reading

On the demoralising effect of the Sixth Pay Commission on the Armed Forces: A General’s letter in anguish to the PM On the cheerleaders controversy: A Culture of Tolerance� On the developments in Nepal:...