Intolerant law

Sir, - A lot is being said about the recent attacks and the focus is on Afghanistan. But there is another angle to the problem which has been missed. There are many states such as Saudi Arabia, where propagating a religion other than the state religion is forbidden. The fact that states can exist with such radically intolerant laws provides a model of governance, which many elements try to emulate and if possible improve upon.

There are no easy answers for this problem. But I think that the leaders of the world will have to come face to face with this problem some day.

S. David Shamgar Jeeves,

Nagercoil, T.N.

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