In other words, the State possesses a sufficiently broad range of legal instruments to combat the various guises adopted by groups and communities cloaking themselves under religion, and to deal with any misunderstandings that arise in respect of groups and communities involved in matters of religion and belief.

For example, speaking recently in New Delhi, Secretary of State John Kerry said that the key to stabilizing Afghanistan is to build a new silk road connecting it with central Asia a cynical contrivance apparently aimed at cloaking America s failure in illusions of future commerce. Kerry s insistence that the US is not withdrawing, but drawing down, is a similarly transparent attempt at manipulation.