Barack Obama’s statement reminds that economic development, religious freedom interrelated’

Barack Obama’s statement reminds that economic development, religious freedom interrelated’

Prasanth MenonUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 04:12 AM IST
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Lucknow : Muslim cleric Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahali on Friday said U.S. President Barack Obama’s statement about religious intolerance in India sent out a clear message that the economic development and religious freedom of a country are interrelated. “The statement of the U.S. President has clearly sent a message that everyone must clearly understand that the economic development and religious freedom are both inter-related and any country can run on the road of development only when there is peace and complete law and order,” he told ANI here.

He also said that the statement was in the light of the some of the incidents and statements that have been given by some of the Member of Parliaments (MPs) which were directed against the minority community. “The incidents of attack on some churches in the national capital have sent a very wrong signal at national and the international level and the manner in which Gandhiji has striven for the secularism of the country and to ensure that this country runs on the basis and on principles of freedom of religion and religious tolerance. The government must ensure that such incidents are stopped and strict action must be taken against such elements,” added Mahali.

Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday said the acts of intolerance experienced by religious faiths of all types in India in the past few years would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi. He, however, did not name any particular religion and said the violence is not unique to one group or one religion. In an address at New Delhi’s Siri Fort auditorium on January 27, during the last leg of his India trip, Obama had made a strong pitch for religious tolerance, cautioning that India will succeed so long as it is not splintered along the lines of religious faith..

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