Indian Muslims will live and die for India – PM Modi

Posted on Sep 19 2014 - 7:49pm by IBC News

NEW DELHI: “Indian Muslims will live for India, they will die for India — they will not want anything bad for India,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said in his first interview after assuming office.

“My understanding is that they are doing injustice towards the Muslims of our country. If anyone thinks Indian Muslims will dance to their tune, they are delusional,” Modi told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria when asked about the head of al-Qaida issuing a video and an appeal trying to create an al-Qaida in India- South Asia.

He was also put a question about the remarkable phenomenon that out of the 170 million Muslims in India, there seemed to be no or very few members of al-Qaida even though it is in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“What is it that has made this community not as susceptible?”