The Republic of India’s understanding of religious policy should not be based only on this or that North Indian Sultan, but on a sober understanding of the dynamics of majority and minority communities throughout time. Any religion’s ideas of righteous violence can rapidly transform, depending on sociopolitical opportunities. Society will not simply self-correct: history shows us that it will choose the path of least resistance. Only laws, institutions and state capacity will enable India’s religious diversity to stand the test of time. Anirudh Kanisetti explains in ThePrint Thinking Medieval
Centuries before the Delhi Sultans, Shaivites wiped out Jain influence in medieval Karnataka
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