“Fundamentalism is not accidental but essential to Islam… It sees unchangeability as strength. That is why the word reform is so abhorrent to Muslim thinkers and religious leaders ...”

—  K. S. Lal, book Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India

Source: Theory and Practice of Muslim State in India (1999)

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