Although, Trump has zero credibility to talk about religious freedom. Considering the horrid incidents that took place in the US, all part of the toxicity of Islamaphobia.
But it is calming to know that someone who Modi is largely influenced by will try talking sense into Modi.
Modi’s government has faced large scale-protests at home and criticism abroad for enacting a citizenship law that is seen as discriminating against Muslims and has deepened concerns his administration in undermining India’s secular traditions.
Trump, who is due in India on Monday, will talk about the two countries’ shared traditions of democracy and religious freedom, the senior administration official said in a conference call on Friday ahead of the two-trip.
“He will raise these issues, particularly the religious freedom issue, which is extremely important to this administration,” the official said.
It has strongly rebuffed foreign criticism, saying the changes in Kashmir and the new citizenship law were internal matters. In recent months, New Delhi has clashed with Muslim-majority countries such as Turkey and Malaysia after they criticized the government’s policies. And rightly so, their democratic credibility and integrity is lost.
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