Article: Islamophobic remarks of Narendra Modi
Modi is already notorious for passing aspersions on the Muslims to win the current country-wide elections by his political gimmick and religious exploitation. But, his latest speech is most irresponsible, fallacious, provocative and scornful.
[Muhammad Farooq Rehmani]
Indian Hindutva Prime Minister, Narandra Modi who has for long been sowing seeds of polarisation and hate on communal basis, has in a public election gathering in Rajasthan targeted main opposition parties of India and the Muslim citizens of India. His speech went globally viral and different politicians, writers and journalists through their statements and TV comments condemned it as full of Islamophobia and religious hatred.
Modi is already notorious for passing aspersions on the Muslims to win the current country-wide elections by his political gimmick and religious exploitation. But, his latest speech is most irresponsible, fallacious, provocative and scornful.
Modi says the Muslims are not citizens but infiltrators in this country and alleges that they (Muslims) are a burden on the nation’s income. You (Hindus) work hard but your earnings go to their children, as they (Muslims) only deliver children in India (as if the Hindu population doesn’t increase, it has diminished). He accused the opposition Congress party of giving a level playing field to the Muslims of India and warned Hindu Majority that such situation could be defeated only by his (Modi’s) re-election in India.
His and BJP’s only aim is to gain power and reduce population of minorities especially Muslims by street-killings and adopting of new laws of citizenship. His government has already kicked-off the campaign under the CAA and NRC.
Jammu and Kashmir had already been made a slaughter house for the Kashmiri Muslims by declaring it a union territory, changing the century-old State Subject (Resident) laws and issuing millions of domicile certificates to the non-State Indians.
Keeping this horrific situation in view, every Muslim, or non-Muslim minority member of India and citizen of Jammu and Kashmir wherever he may be residing, write a letter to the world leaders and Indian leaders, UN and other organisations including the HR bodies focusing on the burning topic and emphasising upon them to play their role in prevailing on India to prevent its leadership from spreading hate and adoption of laws against the Muslim and other minorities of India and demographic changes in the Muslim majority State of Jammu and Kashmir.
The writer is Chairman J&K People’s Freedom League and ex-Convener All Parties Hurriyat Conference AJ&K Chapter.
