Dr Sarmila Bose asks Is Indias potential prime minister driven by anti-Muslim prejudice?

Sarmila Bose has written an op-ed piece for AlJazeera (24 November) exploring the past of the Bharatiya Janata Partys de facto prime-ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi.

She writes, "It may not be obvious to those who have only heard him speak in slightly halting English, but in 2002 I found Modi to be an immensely effective orator in Gujarati. He played the crowds' emotions skilfully, and stoked their prejudices with bone-chilling messages about "enemies of the state"."

The full article can be read here: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/11/india-potential-prime-minister-driven-anti-muslim-prejudice-2013111973628103751.html