“If a good and true Muslim cannot be a nationalist, how can a good and true Hindu be expected to be a nationalist.”

—  Zakir Hussain (politician)

In Hindustan Times during the time of his election to the post of President of India, on his secular claims in: p. 331.
About Zakir Hussain, Quest for Truth (1999)

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