ByIrfan
Raja
The
holocaust – the last century’s tragedy that left unbearable losses and stains
on the face of secular Europe – could happen again in secular India
Shockingly,
Indian Muslims are experiencing the same sets of denunciation as the Jews faced
under the Nazi regime: exclusion from mainstream society, racial profiling
based upon belief, negative media representation and bigotry.
Exactly
identical to the representation of Jews in German films and press during the
Nazi rule as the “bad guys,” the Bollywood films and sections of the Indian
media portray Muslims as gangsters, dons, smugglers, terrorists and anti-state
actors.
Hindu
nationalist RSS terrorists are ideological equals of the Nazis. They back and
endorse more horrific forms of torture including the imprisonment of Muslims in
detention centers, police raids on Muslims mosques and at Jamia University
What
hypocrisy! At home, Hindu radical mobs kill any Muslim who eats beef, but the
outside world sees India
This is the
real face of a democratic India
History
seems to be repeating itself. As the Nazi Jews were seen as “disloyal” and
“enemies within,” similarly, in today’s India ,
from Kashmir and Assam to Bengal , Indian Muslims have to prove their loyalty to
Modi’s fascist government which considers them the “enemy within.”
Dr. Gregory
Stanton believes “possible mass extermination of Muslims” is “definitely
underway in India
So what can
be done to stop the horrific repetition? This situation is petrifying as each
day Indian Muslims are losing their hope to live as normal citizens.
Are they
the new Jews?
Today,
Muslims are living in concentration camps in Palestine ,
China , Myanmar and India
Charles B.
Anthony wrote: “Muslims are the new Jews. Perpetually vilified in the press,
scapegoated by politicians and attacked in ever-increasing numbers on the
street, Muslims are punished for their faith and culture, shackled to the
jailer of prejudice drunk on his own self-righteous thirst for supremacy.”
Ordinary
Europeans were persuaded that the Jews controlled money and businesses,
conspired against their country of residence and plotted to kill European
royals. The Nazis' frequent and skilful propaganda brainwashed ordinary Germans
to such an extent that they believed that the Jews must be expelled or killed.
Currently,
similar patterns and tactics are in practice, as the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) leadership backs a systemic campaign aimed at Indian Muslims that labels
them as outsiders, incompatible, an enemy within and a threat to the RSS
version of Indian society. Therefore, Muslims must be expelled according to their
rhetoric.
Such a
destructive campaign against the Indian Muslims has resulted in the rise of a
racist slogan – “Go back to Pakistan
Hitler of
our time?
Today, Modi
has proved that he has much in common with Hitler such as Hitler’s concept of
blood superiority (the Aryan nation) and racism centered on Jews. This prompted
Imran Khan to say that Modi has Hitler’s mindset.
In a
similar manner, BJP’s leaders are constantly suggesting they are Brahmins and
Aryans, making them superior people in comparison with the Dalit Muslims of
India.
So what
next? A tragic and horrible past is turning into a reality in India
BJP leader
Rajeshwar Singh vowed to wipe out Indian Muslims and Christians by Dec. 31,
2021. Singh said, “We have decided that Islam and Christianity will be finished
in India
Already,
the world is witnessing a growing tidal wave of bigotry and oppression against
the Indian Muslims who are being forced to live as stateless.
To put it
simply, a list of the Modi’s government illegal actions includes the
Citizenship Amendment Bill, National Register for Citizens (NRC) and Citizens
Amendment Act (CAA).
The British
liberal press such as The Guardian have criticized Modi’s government over its
draconian citizenship laws. These bills are evidently anti-Muslim which shows a
plan for a grand-scale expulsion and a genocide of Indian Muslims.
Whether
someone takes it or denies it, this is the writing on the wall. A Muslim
holocaust will happen, if not now maybe later, as Modi’s seeds of hatred
against Muslims have already rooted deep.
If Modi is
genuinely patriotic to India
The
challenge ahead is to deprecate ill designs of the fascist BJP, and this can
only happen if all peace-loving Indians come together in this battle.