India Prosecutes Muslims for 'I Love Muhammad'; Media Finds It 'Mystifying'
The Modi government's crackdown on Muslims uttering 'I love Muhammad,' leading to arrests and arbitrary home demolitions, is presented as a puzzling anomaly by media outlets like Al Jazeera. They ask 'Why,' as if decades of rising Hindu nationalism and the BJP's direct, documented targeting of religious minorities (documented extensively by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International) are not the
glaring answer. This isn't a mystery; it's a feature of a state actively dismantling secularism. This systemic persecution, including the Citizenship Amendment Act (2019) which explicitly excludes Muslim refugees, and the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir, demonstrates a clear trajectory. The media's 'why' frames these as isolated incidents rather than the calculated steps of an
ethno-nationalist agenda. One might wonder if they're still searching for the 'why' behind Kristallnacht, too.