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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today attacked the 'negative western perception' against India. Speaking at an event in Washington, the Finance Minister talked about the condition of India's Muslims. He said that Muslims are happy and safe in India even better than Pakistan which cries for minorities. 

Speaking at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE) event, Sitharaman said that India has the second largest Muslim population in the world and this population is growing rapidly. 

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India has the second largest Muslim population in the world: Sitharaman

Sitharaman said that it is said in the western media that life of Muslims is made difficult in India with the support of the state, but all this is baseless. The Finance Minister said that if this was the case then how would India have the second largest Muslim population in the world.