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New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that he was confident that the Al Qaeda’s plan to set up a unit for the sub-continent would fail as Indian Muslims would never dance to their tunes and not accept the terror group’s philosophy.
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Modi spoke aboutrelationship between New Delhi and Washington. He also elaborated on how terror groups did not target a community but humanity in a whole.
On the terror threat posed by al Qaeda, Modi said that Qaeda was ‘delusional to think that Indian Muslims will dance to its tune’, adding that ‘Indian Muslims will live and die for the nation’.
“Terrorism is a crisis against humanity, not against one country or one race. It should only be seen as a fight between humanity and inhumanity,” he said.
The interview comes days before Prime Minister Modi is going to set on his maiden bi-lateral visit to the United States, where besides signing key agreements, he is expected to address a large gathering of Indian Americans at New York’s Madison Square.
Modi said while there were ups and downs in ties with the US over the last century, he was confident that India and theUnited States can develop a strategic alliance as he believed there exist many similarities between the two nations.
“Indo-US ties should not be seen within the limits of Delhi and Washington,” Modi said.
