Is a Genocide of Muslims Underway in Modi's India? with Dr Irfan Ahmad

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India’s 200 million Muslims are at the mercy of an ultra-nationalist government that looks to create an exclusively Hindu Bharat or homeland. Since the rise of the BJP government, led by Narendra Modi, Muslims have been subject to discrimination, alienation, daily religious abuse, economic marginalisation, state-sanctioned mob violence and pogroms like in Gujarat in 2002. This Hindu nationalism is underpinned by a pernicious cultural and political ideology, Hindutva, framed by an antagonism towards Islam and a rewriting of Indian history.

Our guest this week Professor Irfan Ahmad, helps us understand the precarious state of India’s Muslims and the Hindutva ideology. Born in India, he now lives in Istanbul, where he is a professor of sociology and anthropology at Ibn Haldun University. Prior to istanbul he was research professor in Germany at Max Plank institute and he has taught anthropology and politics in the Netherlands and Australia He has written numerous books and articles on India and Islam and recently published a provocative piece on Hindu Orientalism.

His essay on Hindu Orientalism can be accessed here: https://www.tandfonline.com/do....i/abs/10.1080/135693

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The Thinking Muslim Podcast Episode 106

00:00 Introduction and reality
02:37 Hindu nationalism's ideology
09:01 The fusion between state, society, and media
18:35 The media's portrayal of Muslims
23:51 Acts of violence and discrimination
29:29 Hindu nationalism's hierarchy of enemies
31:20 Hindu extremists
32:56 Hindu nationalism (Hindutva)
34:47 Hinduism and Hindutva distinction
37:11 RSS is a para-military organization
01:01:32 Gandhi's violent views on Muslims
01:06:30 Gandhi's endorsement of lynching
01:07:13 Global response
01:10:07 Hierarchy of human lives
01:18:31 Stay or move to Pakistan