"Islam Occupies Distinctive 'Place Of Delight' In India": NSA Ajit Doval

"Islam Occupies Distinctive 'Place Of Delight' In India": NSA Ajit Doval [ad_1]

Mr Doval's remarks got here throughout an occasion right here on the India Islamic Cultural Centre.

New Delhi:

Nationwide Safety Advisor Ajit Doval on Tuesday mentioned India has been a melting pot of cultures and religions which have co-existed in concord for hundreds of years, and Islam occupies a singular and vital "place of pleasure" amongst the non secular teams within the nation.

Mr Doval's remarks got here throughout an occasion right here on the India Islamic Cultural Centre the place Muslim World League Secretary Common Sheikh Dr Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, who's on an India go to, additionally addressed the gathering.

Mr Doval hailed Al-Issa as an genuine international voice of average Islam and a profound scholar with a deep understanding of Islam.

Hailing the "wonderful" relations between India and Saudi Arabia, Mr Doval mentioned the ties have been rooted in shared cultural heritage, widespread values and financial ties.

"Our leaders share a standard imaginative and prescient for the long run and have been intently interacting with one another," the Nationwide Safety Advisor mentioned.

In his remarks, Mr Doval mentioned India because the world's largest democracy and the mom of democracies is a land of unbelievable variety.

"In your (Al-Issa) speak you elaborately talked about variety as a elementary trait of our existence. It (India) has been a melting pot of cultures, religions, languages and ethnicities which have co-existed in concord for hundreds of years. As an inclusive democracy, India has efficiently managed to offer area for all its residents no matter their non secular, ethnic and cultural identities," he mentioned.

"Amongst its quite a few non secular teams, Islam occupies a singular and vital place of pleasure with India being dwelling to the second largest Muslim inhabitants on this planet," he mentioned.

To offer an concept of the dimensions we're speaking about, India's Muslim inhabitants is sort of equal to the mixed inhabitants of over 33 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr Doval added. 

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