Hinduism Today Magazine Issues and Articles True Pluralism for a
Truly Pluralistic Society Category : April/May/June 2008   True
Pluralism for a Truly Pluralistic Society  Let us not allow the
noble goal of pluralism to become diluted into a mere armistice
Jay Lakhani  Interfaith dialogue in the united Kingdom, where I
live, commenced with an attitude of religions tolerating each
other. This was clearly a derogatory attitude, as it suggested
"giving other religions permission to exist." The dialogue has
moved forward and now parades as "respecting other religions."
This improved wording seems to be a mature attitude suited to
the needs of a multi-faith society, but it is actually way off
target; it merely camouflages and shields an exclusionist, non-
negotiable agenda of the Abrahamic faiths. A forthright
expression of their attitude would be, "I know that my faith
alone is right and the others are in error, but I will not make
much ado about it." At best, this approach could reduce chances
of open confrontat