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India’s government is exporting its Hindu nationalism

The communal clashes seen in India are now being replicated elsewhere

THE VIOLENCE that erupted two weeks ago between Muslims and Hindus in the English city of Leicester, home to a large population of Britons with South Asian ancestry, appears at last to be dying down as police flood the streets. It began with brawls and quickly escalated into attacks on mosques and temples.

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