This is in response to Dr. Rafat's article on Islamic Movement (in Radiance 8-14 April 2007). The important thing is continuous analysis of what happens around us from Islamic angle. The subject of pluralism should also be analysed from the same angle. The similarity in human nature and acceptance of truth is a fact. But when pluralism is discussed nowadays, it rather connotes the differences in cultures between various groups of humans that are not against the aforesaid fact. The question is...

Five years after the pogrom, around 5000 Gujarati Muslim families continue to live in makeshift dwellings devoid of basic civic amenities. They happen to be the victims of a mass crime perpetrated by the Gujarat government and the saffron elements. A sustained campaigning by activist groups led to the release of a report by the National Commission for Minorities on the inhuman conditions in which the displaced families are living.  Though the package announced by the centre sounds better...