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December 19, 2006
William Dalrymple's Christmas Essay
William Dalrymple's essay in the New Statesman delves into the Muhgal court and the relationship between Christianity and Islam.
By respecting the full diversity of Indian religious beliefs, Akbar in a real sense laid the true foundations for the non-denominational religious neutrality of the modern, secular Indian state. Today, in a world as divided on religious grounds as it has ever been, the emperor's belief that different faiths could learn from each other by listening, and that listening neutrally to different faith traditions was crucial to the health of the state, is an intuition that is more important than ever - and not just in India. read rest here
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