The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey
Indian Muslims: A rich hunting ground for Middle Eastern rivals
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Indian Muslims: A rich hunting ground for Middle Eastern rivals

When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently declared that Turkey was “the only country that can lead the Muslim world,” he probably wasn’t only thinking of Middle Eastern and other Islamic states such as Pakistan and Bangladesh. Increasingly, there is evidence that Indian Muslims, the Islamic world’s fourth largest community after Indonesia and the South Asian states, is on Mr. Erdogan’s radar.

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