Muslim clerics distance themselves from Hamid Ansari’s ‘Hindu extremism’ remarks; call for harmony

“Extremism becomes wrong when hatred against others comes into it. If someone follows their religion and does not trouble others, that is a different matter,” he said. ‘We are even prouder that we live in India’ Rashidi said Muslims had chosen to remain in India during Partition and had contributed to the country. “We say with pride that we are Muslims, but we are even prouder that we live in India,” he said.