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His remarks were in the context of the conflict between state and religion during the release of the Hindi version of the Turkish-American scholar-author Ahmet. T Kuru’s book Islam Authoritarianism: Underdevelopment- A Global and Historical Comparison published by the Khusro Foundation.
Speaking in a broader context, Doval told a packed hall at the New Delhi World Book Fair that ‘the fidelity to religion or state should not be compromised. We should not allow our brains to be imprisoned. If you don’t introspect you lose time and direction. If done too late then you tend to lag.”
Doval said, “The phenomenon of the relationship between State and religion is not unique to Islam, although in Abbasid rule there was clarity on the role of state and clergy.”
He said the conflict (between religion and state) would continue but important is if we are looking for a resolution. For example, he said, in Hinduism, the conflict was resolved through meditation and shastrarth –debates of scholars and learned men from competitive thoughts or religions.
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