Pakistan is hardly the model for us. That is however open to question if we were to look at our Hindutva brigadiers who want to make this country a purely Hindu Rashtra, with precisely our neighbour as a model. The Islamic terrorist is seen as anotehr model to emulate. And so, Gujarat is justified because terrorists did that to Kashmiri pandits.
Agreed, Indian Muslims are lucky to live in peace with their Hindu brethren. But that calm is fragile, vulnerable to riots as we have seen time and again. Communal amity, a key requirement for progress, is definitely a contribution of the liberal Muslims and Hindus, who constitute the majority. Radicals have no right to claim that credit from a moral high ground.
