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India’s ruling BJP courts Sufi practitioners as it seeks support from Muslims, but hurdles remain
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has regularly attended Sufi events, such as the Jahan-e-Khusrau 2025 music festival in Delhi in February.
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NEW DELHI – A canopy of thousands of fairy lights twinkled above, each one a pretend star in the late afternoon sun as hundreds of Muslims, seated in neat rows, waited to begin their iftar break.
A Sikh man in a turban was distributing plates of vegetarian briyani. A Jain man donated papayas and bananas for the iftar. Hindus – those who had come because of hunger or devotion – too, sat cross-legged among Muslims.
