How The State Assails Muslim Livelihoods in the Modi Era  https://thewire.in/communalism/how-the-state-assails-muslim-livelihoods-in-the-modi-era By Harsh Mander ..From boycotting Halal products to sweeping changes in the Waqf Act, the BJP government has relied on bizarre conspiracy theories to strip Muslims of dignity at work!

allegations of many outlandish jihad conspiracy theories like thook (spit) jihad and beauty parlour jihad.

A #BoycottHalalProducts” campaign was launched in 2019 by Hindutva organisations Sanatan Sanstha and Hindu Jagruti and vigorously supported by the Sudarshan News TV channel. 

Maharashtra Civic Polls 2026: Secularism and the Rise of Minority-Centric Parties  https://www.youtube.com/live/6rh98HCam-A?si=JvGzTw_eheEOFIEo 
Maharashtra Civic Polls 2026: Secularism and the Rise of Minority-Centric Parties | M3 | MUNSIF TV

RSS at 100 stands tall but is shadowed by a fraught past and fractious present https://thefederal.com/category/opinion/rss-centenary-mohan-bhagwat-najeev-jung-opinion-219376  Najeeb Jung &Amogh Dev Rai 6 Dec 2025 The Federal

Founded in 1925 by KB Hedgewar in Nagpur, the RSS emerged from a sense of Hindu social vulnerability in the light of the Khilafat movement. Hedgewar’s diagnosis was less political than civilisational:

Under MS Golwalkar, who led the Sangh from 1940 to 1973, the movement acquired a more defined ideological frame. He articulated the concept of a Hindu Rashtra

Madhukar ‘Balasaheb’ Deoras, who succeeded Golwalkar in 1973  understood that to remain socially relevant, the RSS needed to expand beyond its insular, caste-homogeneous roots and engage with the institutions of a democratic polity.

Under Mohan Bhagwat, who became Sarsanghchalak in 2009, the RSS has adopted a more reflective tone, He has engaged in dialogue with Muslim groups, distanced the RSS from earlier exclusionary theories, , and  encouraged debates on caste inequality.

Today, in the BJP-governed states, there is repeated bulldozing of Muslim homes, ill-treatment of Christians, calls of lynchings and hate speeches or boycotting minority businesses.

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