http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/india_muslims_obama Comments for ""Learn from Obama", openUSA " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/india_muslims_obama <p>Barack Obama&#39;s unprecedented rise up the political ladder has turned heads the world over. Writing in the Times of India, A.G. Noorani suggests that Indian Muslims - themselves a significant minority in India - must <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Editorial/Learn_from_Obama/articleshow/3002718.cms">learn from Obama&#39;s model of political engagement</a>, eschewing sectarianism for consensus building. Just as Obama&#39;s politics include and transcend narrow identities, Muslim political leaders must adopt a secular approach in repairing the &quot;social contract&quot; between majority and minority communities.</p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/usa/blog/india_muslims_obama#comment election india Muslims Obama openUSA openUSA openUSA politics Wed, 07 May 2008 14:48:58 +0000 openUSA 37945 at http://www.opendemocracy.net