Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Religious harmony in India
The article is full of  and . The first paragraph of the article is based on the personal speculation of the current PM of the country. Some personal opinion of some individuals have been conflated with the concept of "religious harmony". "We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true" -- it is the personal opinion of the PM and addition of such opinion as ''fact'' in the article in utterly unencyclopedic. "Our civilization great is the fact that it is based on the idea of the co-existence of faiths - Sarva Dharma Sambhava. This notion implies that we have equal respect for all Dharmas, for all faiths. Elaborating this idea Swami Vivekananda used the metaphor of many rivers flowing into one mighty ocean" -- this is also a ''personal opinion'' of an individual, not ''fact''. The "Background' section says "Constitutionally, India is a secular and in practice the religious diversity of India extends to highest levels of government. Currently, the Prime Minister of India is a Sikh, the President of India is a Hindu, Vice President of India is a Muslim and the chairperson of the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a Christian." The fact that the particular country has politicians or Government leaders from different religions is not equal to religious harmony, and it is not in case of India only, it is a fact in many other countries also. The entire article is collection of some indiscriminate quotes and information punched together to make a hodge podge in the name of "religious harmony". In the "History" section, there is a large quote associated with Asoka, "King Piyadasi (Ashok) dear to the Gods, honours all sects, the ascetics (hermits) or those who dwell at home, he honours them with charity and in other ways. But the King, dear to the Gods, attributes less importance to this charity and these honours than to the vow of seeing the reign of virtues, which constitutes the essential part of them. For all these virtues there is a common source, modesty of speech. That is to say, One must not exalt one’s creed discrediting all others, nor must one degrade these others Without legitimate reasons. One must, on the contrary, render to other creeds the honour befitting them." But this is an isolated case associated with a king, it is not any fact. The section "Symbols of religious harmony" is strange. It includes Ajanta Caves, Akshardham temple. All these are conflated with the concept of "religious harmony". Overall the article is  and unencyclopedic
— User:Otolemur, 13:56, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:SYN||WP:CRUFT||WP:CRUFT (Wikipedia:No original research)