Understanding the Parallel Between Modi and Zakir Naik: The Role of Hate Speech in Political and Religious Contexts
Explore Justice Markandey Katju's perspective on why Narendra Modi and Zakir Naik represent two sides of the same coin in fostering communal hatred, and how their actions impede India's progress toward modernization and development.
Why did I say that Modi and Zakir Naik are two sides of the same coin?
By Justice Markandey Katju
In the article below I said that Narendra Modi and Zakir Naik are two sides to the same coin.
Many people have challenged this statement, so I may explain.
Both Modi and Zakir Naik want to incite hatred between Hindus and Muslims, which is precisely the aim of the developed countries ( i.e. divide and rule ), so that India remains underdeveloped, and does not emerge as a modern industrial giant, like China or USA, ( for which it has all the potential, with its huge pool of technical talent, and immense natural resources ), but remains backward and poor.
This has been explained in detail here :
But unless we become a developed, i.e. highly industrialised and highly modernised country, we will remain condemned to massive poverty, massive unemployment, appalling level of child malnutrition (every second child in India is malnourished, and the situation is getting worse, according to Global Hunger Index), skyrocketing prices of essential commodities like food, fuel and medicines, almost total lack of proper healthcare, good education and proper housing for the masses, etc.
So both Modi and Zakir Naik are agents of developed countries and enemies of India. In other words, they are two sides to the same coin
(Justice Katju।s a retired judge of the Supreme Court of।ndia. These are his personal views.)
