It was a meeting of two mayors at Mumbai's Mayor's Bungalow at Shivaji Park on Wednesday morning.
Cameron talks straight
On February 5, British Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech in Munich that re-ignited debate about multi-culturalism in Britain.u00a0
These are only excerpts but give a flavour of starkness of the PM's speech, which began by him saying that he wanted to focus his remarks on terrorism.u00a0
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Cameron said, "The biggest threat to our security comes from terrorist attacks some of which are sadly carried out by our own citizens. It's important to stress that terrorism is not linked exclusively to any one religion or ethnic group.
u00a0Last week at Davos, I rang the alarm bell for the urgent need for Europe to recover its economic dynamism.u00a0 And today, though the subject is complex, my message on security is equally stark. We won't defeat terrorism simply by the actions we take outside our borders. Europe needs to wake up to what is happening in our own countries.
"Under the doctrine of state multiculturalism, we have encouraged different cultures to live separate lives, apart from each other and the mainstream.u00a0 We have failed to provide a vision of society to which they feel they want to belong.
We have even tolerated these segregated communities behaving in ways that run counter to our values. So, when a white person holds objectionable views -- racism, for example -- we rightly condemn them. But when equally unacceptable views or practices have come from someone who isn't white, we've been too cautious, frankly even fearful, to stand up to them."
Denmark
Denmark has recently tightened its immigration laws again, with something called a points system designed to make it more difficult to bring foreigners into the country through marriage. There are new stricter requirements for would-be immigrants, and for those already in Denmark, who wish to marry a Dane.
France
France jails and impose huge fines on anyone who forces a Muslim woman to wear a full-face veil, a law passed last year said. "No-one may wear in public places clothes that are aimed at hiding the face," said the text of a new law.
Switzerland
The Swiss in 2009, banned the construction of minarets, in a referendum drawn up by the far right though the Swiss government had opposed it. The Swiss government said it would respect the vote and sought to reassure the Muslim population that the minaret ban was not a rejection of the Muslim community, religion or culture.
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