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New Delhi: The 78th Independence Day of India once again exposed the deep-rooted Islamophobia and communal hatred being promoted in Narendra Modi\u2019s India, as two disturbing incidents in Gujarat and Bihar have sparked outrage and fear among Muslims and Sikhs.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, in Gujarat\u2019s Bhavnagar district, a school play at Kumbharwada School turned the celebration of freedom into humiliation when young Muslim girls were dressed in burqas and portrayed as \u201cterrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n
The performance, staged before parents, children and local citizens, drew condemnation as a deliberate attempt to demonise Muslims and poison the minds of the next generation. Social activists said this was nothing but state-sponsored propaganda to normalise hate against India\u2019s largest minority.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is not education, this is brainwashing. Children are being taught that Muslims are terrorists, that too on Independence Day,\u201d said activist Shahid Khan. Rights groups have demanded accountability from the teachers and principal who allowed such a hateful act, warning that classrooms are being turned into breeding grounds for prejudice.<\/p>\n
In a parallel incident in Bihar\u2019s Darbhanga district, residents of Raza Chowk woke up on Independence Day to find objectionable posters openly calling for Muslims and Sikhs to \u201cquit India.\u201d The banners carried poisonous slogans branding both minorities as \u201cterrorists,\u201d demanding an end to azaan, and demonising Muslims for slaughtering cows on Eid. \u201cAhead of elections, communal forces are sowing hatred to divide people. This is not patriotism, this is a crime against India\u2019s soul,\u201d said former MLA Rishi Mishra.<\/p>\n
The two incidents, taking place hundreds of miles apart but on the same day, have reinforced fears among minorities that India\u2019s ruling dispensation and its ideological affiliates are using schools, streets, and public spaces to promote a Hindutva-driven narrative of exclusion.<\/p>\n
Muslim and Sikh residents have vowed not to be cowed down. \u201cIndependence is meaningless if it is used to strip us of dignity,\u201d said Zahida Sheikh, a women\u2019s rights activist from Gujarat. In Darbhanga, Imam Barak Hasan Ansari declared: \u201cWe will not be divided. Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs will stand together against such hate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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