Trinidad and Tobago’s move to honor Indian PM Modi divides opinion | Trinidad and Tobago
The news that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi would receive the greatest honor of Trinidad and Tobago during a historical visit to the country, was welcomed by the Indian-Trinidadian Hindu population, but received strong objections from the country’s largest Muslim organization.
Modi’s two -day visit to the country on Thursday set foot in Indian Prime Minister Trinidad and Tobago for the first time. Modi has accepted the invitation of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who has recently been appointed with a long-standing diplomatic ties with India.
India and Trinidad and Tobago share a diplomatic relationship that extends back to decades and anchoring the heritage of Indian recess.
To announce the decision to honor Modi as prestigious Trinidad and the order of the Republic of Tobago During his visit to the ORT, the government described the government’s extraordinary contribution to the development of Prime Minister Modi to Trinidad and Tobago’s development and a praise of his appreciation for serving the region and the wider international community ”.
However, on Wednesday, he said that he plans to write to the Anjuman Sunnat-ul-Jamaat Association (Asja), the Prime Minister and the Supreme Commission of the Indian Supreme Commission, and expanded the human rights record to a political leader who criticized the concern about honor.
In a statement signed by the Secretary General Rahimool Hosein, Asja said that the state was a “deep and principled concern” about the legitimation of a figure in India that it believes that it strengthens religious intolerance and aims for a Muslim minority. “We cannot ignore the political heritage of Modi and its consequences globally for Muslim communities,” the organization said.
Asja referred to the cancellation of Kashmir’s special status and 2002 Gujarat rebellions, while more than 1000 people were mostly killed Muslims. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat despite the Supreme Court of India He cleaned him to make him wrong in 2022. Asja also showed that it continued Criticism of International Human Rights Groups.
Some Muslim communities and human rights defenders criticized Modi’s policies, while Saudi Arabia received state dignity from various countries of various Muslims, including the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.
Asja said that he welcomed opportunities for intercinized dialogue, but it was forced to clarify that the interreligious dialogue requires more than polite diplomacy and requires justice, truth and accountability ”.
Approximately 35% to 40% of Trinidad and Tobago’s population is of Indian origin, one of the largest and most prominent Indo-Diyasporic communities in the Caribbean. Most of them follow their roots Approximately 143,000 intentional workers After the abolition of slavery from India between 1845 and 1917, he was brought to work on sugar properties.
Indo-Trinidadian welcomed the visit of leaders from Hindu population Modi. “This moment means a deep thing,” he said, Darma Maha Sabha (SDMS), a former Unc Government Minister and Trinidad and Tobago’s largest Hindu organization, Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS).
Maharaj, who describes Modi as a “hero ,, said,“ This is not only about politics or diplomacy. It is about the re-awakening of a person who was once scattered but never broken.
According to Modi’s leadership, India tried to deepen relations with the Caribbean. Earlier this year, at a Caricom-India summit, he visited the Rich Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean Caribbean, where he met with other leaders of the 15 Caribbean countries, the interdolence organization of 15 Caribbean countries.
Open social mediaSome people have mixed reactions that support diplomatic ties and question the logic behind the Orth dignity.
Modi’s trip to Trinidad and Tobago is said to be part of a wider diplomatic tour covering Africa and America. After leaving the Port of Spain on July 4, the Prime Minister will go to Argentina, Brazil and Namibia.
Guardian contacted Persad Bissesar’s office for comment and the Supreme Commission of India in Trinidad and Tobago.
