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In Support of Secularism in India

Rev. Dr. Babu Joseph, Spokesperson of the Media/Information Office of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, discusses what secularity in India means and how this constitutional cornerstone stone of the Indian state is in practice not adhered to. Lately there have been many incidents which show the great dangers the religious minorities in India face these days. Dr. Joseph criticizes strongly the part the politicians play in aggravating the religious tensions in his beloved homeland.

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A call to the media to be responsible in its reporting of religious issues

Of course all media has to choose what to report, and in this choice bias or subjectivity are bound to creep in. It is inevitable. But responsible media should keep in mind that there is a limit to what is inevitable. It is for example not allowed to invent or distort facts or to take them so much out of context that they are doomed to give a wrong idea to the public. A little case study in a report about a Shi'a pilgrimage shows how.