Muslims identify with India- dont divide India

Former US President Barack Obama said today that he had “privately” told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a country should not be divided into sectarian lines and emphasised how the Indian society needed to cherish that Muslims in the country identify themselves as Indians which is not common for minorities in many other countries.

“For a country like India where there is a Muslim population that is successful, integrated and considers itself as Indian he added.

“A country shouldn’t be divided on sectarian lines and that is something I have told Prime Minister Modi in person as well as to people in America..

.People see the differences between each other much too vividly and miss the commonalities.

Commonalities are always based on gender and we need to focus on that,” Mr Obama said.

Asked how Prime Minister Modi responded to his private message on religious tolerance, Mr Obama said his goal was not to disclose his private conversations.