Nothing wrong in calling Indians Hindu: Heptullah

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Channel: News 24 · 2014 · News & Politics

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During an interview to an English daily, the minister said there is nothing wrong with calling Indian citizens Hindus. Heptulla, the only Muslim minister in the Modi cabinet, also used a series of analogies from Islam to support her point. In an interview to HT, the minister said that the Arab world referred to India as “al-Hind” and even invoked Prophet Mohammed and said his aunt’s daughter was named “Hinda”.

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