Ms. Ali said that democracy was facing a new danger of religious identity being constructed for the majority community. “Women embracing this construction of religious identity are completely unaware of the fact that such an identity threatens their rights as women and their struggles against gender injustice and violence,” she said. Unjust wayShe observed that cases of rape and violence against Dalit women had always been treated in an unjust way by the administration, courts and the press. The process of stoking feelings of fear, repugnance and hatred had been accelerated in a planned manner by the forces working behind the construction of this religious identity. This construction of a religious identity for the majority community was essential for establishment of the Hindu Rashtra, she pointed out.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2019 17:15 UTC