His revisionist approach encourages us to revisit a few critical and uncomfortable historical issues associated with Islam and Muslims. This conflict, the argument goes, can only be resolved if Muslim communities in India take responsibility for the acts and wrongdoings of medieval Muslim invaders. In other words, Muslims have to accept the supremacy of Hindutva’s explanation of India’s past, present and future. In order to refute the everyday demonisation of Muslims, a section of historians began to celebrate Muslim rule and Muslim rulers, including Aurangzeb. Hindutva’s claims that Muslims in India must always prove their patriotism and loyalty stems from this separatist imagination.

Source: Indian Express October 19, 2022 22:29 UTC