Indian PM Modi’s Somnath Temple article: A tool for Hindutva propaganda and Muslims vilification
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s AI-generated article on the Somnath Temple is part of a broader campaign to promote Hindutva nationalism in India and defame Muslims.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Modi used the article titled “Somnath Swabhiman Parv – 1000 years of unbroken faith (1026-2026),” published on January 5 to blatantly weaponize history to fuel Hindutva nationalism and demonize Muslims. The article, created using artificial intelligence, is not only historically misleading but also includes venomous attacks against Muslims. This piece is the product of AI, not Modi’s own work, as he lacks the historical or intellectual depth to write such a piece himself.
Campaigning ahead of elections, Modi invokes the 1026 invasion by Mahmud of Ghazni not as distant tragedy, but as the genesis of an “attempt to enslave our people & culture” by “foreign invaders” with a “demolition, not devotion” agenda. He glorifies Somnath’s repeated destructions by medieval “barbarism” that “inspired” more attacks, branding aggressors’ names as eternal synonyms for destruction code for vilifying Muslim heritage.
Rather than telling the story of historical revival, the article has turned into a revenge-driven propaganda. Modi contrasted the “glorious” endurance of the Somnath Temple through Hindu “unbreakable courage” against invaders now reduced to “dust in wind,” positioning Muslims as perennial looters. He also sneers at Jawaharlal Nehru for lacking enthusiasm at the 1951 reopening, erasing India’s secular founders to exalt saffron zealotry. Somnath becomes Modi’s success story: a Hindu PM “restoring” what Muslims allegedly shattered, mirroring his government’s bulldozers on Muslim homes and lynchings in the name of cow protection.
In a country where riots and minority pogroms over controversial laws like the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are on the rise, and the persecution of minorities is at its peak, Modi’s narrative is an attempt to enslave India’s pluralistic soul to majoritarian frenzy. The article whitewashes Hindu kings’ own temple destructions while painting India’s 200 million Muslims as invaders’ heirs. This is Modi’s India: not civilizational triumph, but bigotry’s blueprint, dooming democracy to dust.
So it is proven that Modi is only the Prime Minister of Hindus, who had an article written by AI to hurt the feelings of Muslims. This article has become a political weapon used to undermine India’s secular and democratic principles while promoting Hindutva nationalism. Its objective is to present Muslims as “enemies” and “invaders”, and to use historical sites like the Somnath Temple as propaganda tools. This strategy is pushing India towards majoritarian nationalism, rather than fostering a pluralistic society.
