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To: Rational who wrote (1020)	5/28/1998 8:56:00 PM
From: Siva Uppalapati	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Rational: Your letter is very well written and appropriate. I think we could some of the following: 1. A letter writing campaign from multiple people who share this concern to the editors of different news agencies (which you already started). 2. A web site to point out this issues from world renowned agencies like "Amnesty International, ... " which shows the legal sanction of discriminating non-muslims in Pakistan. I read a while back from different agencies about this, but not sure if I can find a report from Amnesty Intl. 3. If we can show in % terms how it affected the population percentages of different religious groups in the last 50+ years in different countries in South Asia like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. My guess is when we present the population statistics, it could be a major eye opener for quite a few people. 4. Also we should point out countries like Saudi Arabia which do not let any Non-muslims practice their religion freely and could be prosecuted for public display of any non-muslim ceremonies. They are not referred to as Muslim Saudi Arabia, as much as I see India referred to as Hindu India. this is very inconsistent standard used by some news media. Siva

To: Rational who wrote (1020)	5/28/1998 10:05:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Then what about these guys???? Sankar: Indian law and practice prohibit any political party from seeking votes in an election based on appeals to religion... I am not a Indian constitutional scholar or anything but..... What about the Muslim League and RSS? I know Muslim League (the very name implies that they are a religious party if nothing else) is a legitimate party in Kerala and has won many seats and their candidates have occupied many state ministerial positions. RSS,I don't know what their political 'manifesto' says but they certainly act like some sort of parochial thugs at least in Bombay.I could be wrong but this what I hear. BJP-Though they don't profess to be a religious party and their 'manifesto' doesn't say they are but they certainly project an impression that they are a 'Hindu' party and some of their members blatantly say so in public.I don't know may be this is the result of bad PR work or may be there is a faction in the party who are really Hindu nationalists and don't mind this label. PS:The letter writing campaign is good but it is not going do anything as the media normally parrot the administrations line of thinking regardless of what the reality is,but if nothing else it certainly is a feel-good measure.