Politics
Although a majority of Shia Muslims, like other Muslims of India generally supporters of the Indian National Congress, Shia Muslims are better disposed towards the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) than Sunnis.
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“From the beginning, the placement of [Clarence] Thomas on the high court was seen as a political end justifying almost any means. The full story of his confirmation raises questions not only about who lied and why, but, more important, about what happens when politics becomes total war and the truth—and those who tell it—are merely unfortunate sacrifices on the way to winning.”
—Jane Mayer, U.S. journalist, and Jill Abramson b. 1954, U.S. journalist. Strange Justice, p. 8, Houghton Mifflin (1994)