Definitely Iran is no exception today- at least in the mid-eastern world – when it comes to religious rights of minorities. What happened in Shahjahanpur could be seen as just a tip of the iceberg as earlier events very well demonstrate. One thing is evident that they are signs of arrival of a New India, where majoritarianism is on the upswing and religious minorities, socially marginalised have been put on the defensive. It is an old story but the percentage of representatives belonging to religious minorities in the parliament today is at the lowest since independence. Was not it Golwalkar who in his famous monograph ‘Bunch of Thoughts’ categorised Muslims, Christians and Communists as Internal Enemies ?

Source: The Telegraph September 20, 2022 08:51 UTC