The BJP just succesfully nominated a Muslim to be the next president of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/716422/posts .
Some religious extremists.
This article and those like it on Anti-war.com and the mainstreme publications are an attemp by the left to discredit our allies. This is anti-anti-communism applied to the war on Islamist-terror.
That's definitely a good sign, and assuages my fears somewhat, but my there are many things that seem to indicate that this was an empty political gesture. From the article:
"The surprise nomination of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for the mainly ceremonial post...
"Election to the presidency would make Kalam supreme commander of the armed forces under the constitution but analysts say effective military control resides with the government."