Thread by @GorwayGlobal

By listening in on @MuslimSpaces one thing is clear. The primary responsibility for standing up to, and speaking out against, Hindutva #Sanghi outfits that persecute ordinary Muslim citizens, falls to the majority Hindu community and its leaders, representatives and influencers

Not only is this the morally right thing to do, it is is also a matter of self-interest. Hindutva outfits are effectively non-state actors deciding State policy on the hoof, growing ever bolder and becoming ever more brazen in their acts of tyrannical oppression of Muslims

They grow only because they
-are unchecked by the forces of law and order,
- feel emboldened by the silence of the political leadership
- feel immune from action by the institutions of a civilised State.
This cannot be good for the idea of #India as a "Nation of Laws"

When the rule of law breaks down and self-appointed groups assume the power to coerce, control, and compel innocent citizens to obey arbitrary rules, then no one is safe, no one is free, everyone is fearful.
Once the men of evil taste the unaccountable power of the petty tyrant

They will not easily give up their position of power. Then no one is safe no one can be certain what new ordinary humdrum act will be defined as a transgression..
Welcome to the new Taleban This time dressed in #saffron and chanting #JaiShreeRam

This article in @Article14live exemplifies my point. Muslims in India are being blamed, quite simply for their very identity as Muslims. They are being excluded from something they have been part of for centuries.
article-14.com/post/how-hindu…