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The Solution to

Communal Conflict

ne day, I spotted an Urdu poster in a Muslim
Olocality in Delhi. In bold letters, it declared:

Indian Muslims, wading through blood and fire,
demand to know!
Once, while on a trip to Europe, I came across a
young man who was enthusiastically distributing a
booklet in Arabic and English. On the very first page
were the following words:
India has become a vast slaughterhouse for Muslims!

Now, it is true that in some places in India, some
violent incidents have taken place. But to generalize like
this for the entire country is absolutely false. It is against
reality. And those who want to build their case on the
basis of claims that go against reality can definitely not
earn God’s help.
Another thing to be noted in this regard is that a
sensational way of speaking, writing and thinking robs
people of their realism. God has made the system on
the basis of which this functions entirely on the basis

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