I was sorting through a box of old cassette tapes this afternoon, the plastic cases cracked and smelling of dust, when the news about Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation came up on my phone. The Indian government has pushed its UAPA ban on the group back another five years, and some people are saying the law is used more against Muslim organisations than against Hindu right-wing ones. I don't know enough about the case to say who is right, but I have seen enough of how these laws get used to be wary of them. Lord, give the people on both sides of this a fair hearing and a little peace.
