Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Gulf Countries and Hindu Radical Attacks on Muslims

Navdeep Suri a Distinguished Fellow & Director-CNED at ORF. Ex-Amb of India to UAE, Egypt & HC to Australia on the ongoing controversy.

A) UAE pro-actively promotes tolerance and celebrated 2109 as Year of Tolerance
B) Apart from allowing a major Hindu temple in Abu Dhabi, they are also building a Church, a Mosque and a Synagogue in the same compound.
C) UAE has strong laws against hate speech. This applies to derogatory remarks against ALL religions.
D) Ambassador to UAE Mr. Kapoor has alerted our Indian community
E) Hate speech emanating out of India is another matter. It provides fodder to those unhappy with India-UAE friendship.
F) UAE is a strategic partner - our 3rd largest trading partner, source of FDI, partner in energy security, home to 3.4 mn Indians who sent $17 bn in remittances to their families.
G) Bilateral ties are strong and will endure. But unnecessary controversy doesn’t help.

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