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The ruling party, mainstream media and social organization in India are either anti-Muslims to protect their political and economic interests or apologists for relentless violence being committed against innocent men and women on the basis of their faith. Read this piece to understand the rise of Islamophobia in India. 

“We know where the Muslim population is in large quantity, there is always trouble — because the Islamic ideology says so,” said Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy. Dr Swamy expressed not only his personal understanding of Islam but also what his party talks about, say analysts. The ruling party MP also said that “Muslims do not fall into the equal category”. 

With the rise of COVID-19 across the world, Indian extremists blamed Muslims for the spread. Muslims have reportedly been denied entry to hospitals to get treated. Academics and experts note that the rise of Islamophobia in India is due to the rise of BJP, a political offshoot of RSS. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was founded on October 25 in 1925. It is an anti-Muslim, far-right organization which intends to implement Hindutva in India.

Since the electoral win of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014, the country has been undergoing a massive socio-political change and moving towards an extremist Hindu state. Media reports suggest that freedom is under threat in India where secular values are being replaced with extremist Hindu ideologies. In PM Modi’s India, religious minorities enjoy little space to practice their religion freely.

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