https://thewire.in/communalism/radicalisation-of-indian-muslims
if the number of zealots among Muslim Indians attracted to the phantasmagoria of global Islamic Jihad was minuscule, it was because of their country’s secular constitution and the largely salubrious lived experience of being in a plural society –despite sporadic aberrations.
An Indian Muslim’s psyche today, regardless of their adherence or otherwise to the faith of Islam, is a minefield of rage, frustration, helplessness and fear. There is evidence now to surmise that many have begun to shed their fear and confront the reality head on. The elite among the community may be thinking of the first opportunity to migrate to safer shores where their children can build a decent future, while some perhaps secretly wish their forefathers had not believed in the promise of the republic’s founders that they would be treated as equal citizens.
08/07/2022
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