Road from Ajmer leads nowhere

April 17, 2012 14:56

In his article, "A Sufi message from a Pakistani President' (April 9, 2012), Saeed Naqvi not only seemed to eulogise Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India, especially his participation at the annual congregation at the mausoleum of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinudin Chishti at Ajmer, but also to propose the idea of the state and political forces partnering with Sufi Islam. This is certainly not an original idea as a number of western analysts and policymakers have expressed similar enthusiasm for co-opting Sufi Islam as a source for bringing peace in the Muslim world.

Read Ayesha Siddiqa's response to Saeed Naqvi on the Hindu.

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