Muslims in India: Confronting Rising Hate Crimes and Discrimination

In recent years, India's Muslim community has faced escalating incidents of hate crimes and systemic discrimination, raising concerns both domestically and internationally. This troubling trend has been documented by various human rights organizations and has sparked widespread debate about the nation's commitment to secularism and minority rights. Escalation of Hate Crimes Under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there has been a notable increase in violence against Muslims. Data indicates that as many as 90% of religion-based hate crimes between 2009 and 2019 occurred after the BJP assumed power in 2014. More recent reports highlight that hate speech and hate crimes have predominantly targeted Muslims, accounting for 73.3% of all hate speech incidents. Recent Incidents A recent example of escalating tensions occurred in Nagpur, where authorities imposed an indefinite curfew following violent clashes between Hindu and Musli...