By this time, the 20th century had been through a World War and the Bolshevik Revolution, not to mention the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. There is a perpetual war in the Middle East, from Iraq and Syria reaching Iran and Afghanistan. We could, though not very likely, yet end up with a world war in the second fifth of this century. Why has the 21st century become so blatantly anti-Muslim? This article first appeared in the print edition on January 26, 2020 under the title “The anti-Muslim century”.

Source: Indian Express January 25, 2020 19:52 UTC