India
Snapshot
In 2014, the fascist Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, came to power. The party, was the reincarnation of the Hindu extremist RSS who had been disbanded after a reign of terror against non-Hindus spanning decades and whose members were responsible for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. Since coming to power, Modi and the BJP have sought to legitimize their extremist party and supremacist ideology through the shocking decimation of India's democratic, pluralistic system and a state-led attack on its large Muslim minority. Now, India is at the end stages of all-out genocide.
Genesis
What started out as false accusations, anti-Muslim tropes, and exclusionary rhetoric has turned into calls for murdering Muslims and committing all out genocide. Members of Modi’s government have been using Nazi methods, including false flag attacks, propaganda, false news stories, and outright lies to demonize Muslims and other minorities. Many have heeded the call by these Hindu extremist members, lynching Muslims in the streets with little or no consequence.
Starting with the hostile revocation of Kashmir's special administration status in 2019 - the only Muslim-majority state in India - the government has taken a series of draconian measures against its minority populations:
A predatory citizenship law that targets revoking the citizenship of millions of Muslims and members of lower castes. See report.
Massive crackdown on civil society and NGOs, revoking over 6,000 licenses in less than two years and falsely accusing them of funding terrorism. See report.
Arresting and jailing hundreds of journalists to prevent the reporting of state- and party-sponsored crimes and violence. See report.
Targeting activists and citizens reporting crimes using intimidation,including bulldozing houses, mosques, and businesses. See report.
Creating an environment of impunity, with widespread lynchings of Muslim residents, rapes, and sexual violence against Muslim women ignored by local authorities who refuse to arrest or prosecute the perpetrators. See report.
Reports
Genocide Report: GWU
George Washington University: Is a genocide of Muslims underway in India?
Report on Kashmir: HRW
Extrajudicial killings, tortures, lynchings, and rapes as intimidation.
Predatory citizenship law seeks to render Assam's mostly Muslim residents stateless by exclusion.
Report on Assam: CJP
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