On January 22, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrated the Ram Mandir, a massive new Hindu temple in Ayodhya. Modi promises to create a "new India," where Muslims would be seen as intruders, writes Frida Ghitis.
Ghitis: Modi is not the only one who embraces this kind of religious politics. The desire to undermine the secular state goes back long before Modi, she writes. She says the reason so many democracies are threatened by messianic politics is because religion has gained strength.