Communalism

The Anti-Hijab Campaign Is a Form of Cultural Cleansing of Muslims That We Ignore At Our Peril  By Alishan Jafri and Sara Ather  https://thewire.in/communalism/the-anti-hijab-campaign-is-a-form-of-cultural-cleansing-of-muslims-that-we-ignore-at-our-peril   One of the important lessons from the history of the holocaust is that a cultural genocide often precedes a physical one. Nazi Germany attacked the religious rituals of the Jews, demonised their appearance and food habits, attacked synagogues and erased their livelihoods before the death camps came into existence

The position of progressives on all other acts of Muslim violence is more or less clear: They condemn it. But some progressives want to ignore the violence against hijabi women because this time around a supposedly feminist argument is being made by the perpetually aggrieved mob of aggressors.

Indian Express slammed for Islamophobic front-page ad, contributors register protest https://www.siasat.com/indian-express-slammed-for-islamophobic-front-page-ad-contributors-register-protest-2251201/ 

इलाहाबाद की इंक़लाबी लड़कियाँ: हिजाब यूपी चुनाव में मुद्दा बन पाया? | UP Elections2022 | Arfa Khanum F
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द वायर की चुनावी यात्रा उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव 2022 के रुझान और मुद्दों को समझने के लिए प्रयागराज पहुंची। द वायर ने यहां हिजाब के मुद्दे पर महिलाओं से बात की और यह जानने का प्रयास किया कि हिजाब पर हुए विवाद का कितना असर इस चुनाव में पड़ेगा यह जानने के लिए देखिए द वायर की सीनियर एडिटर आरफ़ा खानम शेरवानी की यह रिपोर्ट।

I will decide.. https://www.facebook.com/madhu.bhushan.18/videos/1556927901340779 

Karnataka Hijab Ban: The Failed Application of India’s Secularism  By- Europa Doley  www.kractivist.org/karnataka-hijab-ban-the-failed-application-of-indias-secularism/  

Constitutional secularism could be defined using two features, the first being critical respect for all religions.  Its second feature,( is ) the Indian state abandons strict separation but keeps a principled distance from all religions. This constitutional secularism cannot be sustained by governments alone but requires collective commitment from an impartial judiciary, scrupulous media, civil society activists, and an alert citizenry.

..one could argue that the idea of majoritarianism is actually ingrained in the Indian idea of secularism. The Hijab controversy is only one of many offshoots of that inherent contradiction between the Indian State and the Indian model of secularism.

No one can deny that the Indian State and its practices are blatantly and overtly Hindunised. Hinduism might not be the State religion in India, but its hegemony in public affairs is quite evident. Segregation and discrimination are fundamental in the roots and beyond, and the government allows it. Students have been divided. To counter one group of students, another group is coming with saffron shawls, saffron turbans. A woman student in her religious attire is being intimidated by an entire group of saffron-clad boys. The harassment is out in public and the government machinery fails.

The entire atmosphere of freedom is being taken over. They say one culture, one community, one religion, time and again, talking about their supremacy. It is a collective responsibility of all of us to calm this fire of hate, division and identity.