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Free Press Journal
Declaring that the time has come to bust “myths created by Hindutva groups” to demonise Muslims, former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi says Islam is not hostile to the concept of family planning and Muslims are the least polygamous among all communities in India
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The Hindu
Declaring that the time has come to bust “myths created by Hindutva groups” to demonise Muslims, former chief election commissioner S.Y. Quraishi says Islam is not hostile to the concept of family planning and Muslims are the least polygamous among all communities in India.
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The Tribune
Nested within that large number of 1.38 billion people who comprise a country called India are other counts reflecting the presence of innumerable communities. From these, two particular sets of numbers need to be disentangled: those of Hindus in India, and those of Muslims. The populations of the two communities have become a source of manufactured anxiety at a mass level. In a profound sense, they have come to define the communally polarised politics of our times.
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The Siasat Daily
In an exclusive interview with Delhi-based news portal Clarion India, the former Chief Election Commissioner talks about his new book that busts myths about Islam and family planning. He says right-wing claims about Muslim population have no basis.
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