“Tabooing word Muslim; Inherent Islamophobia in Indian left-liberalism”: A letter to liberals https://maktoobmedia.com/opinion/tabooing-word-muslim-inherent-islamophobia-in-indian-left-liberalism-a-letter-to-liberals/
to stand with the [non-refugee/non-migrant] Muslim became tricky for ideological reasons: for secularists and communists—Muslim was a religious identity and had to be kept out of the public and the political discourse; the leftists feared the rise of identity politics; and for the left-liberals, I do know what to say (or, clear as crystal). So, to take up the cause against CAA-NRC that clearly excluded Muslim refugees and Muslims only, the social activist had to cast the Muslims into the mold of social activism...While, for contemporary Hindutva, the perpetual other is the Muslim, for the social activist, the “you” is “us” minus the “Muslim.”