Majoritarian hate in any country starts with affecting just the target communities, but eventually it subsumes all citizens and turns into a snowball which destroys the lives of people from across communities. And often, when the hate lands at our door, it is too late.
It is eternal vigilance and mutual empathy which enable us to protect each other from those who stoke communal tensions to gain or retain political power. At The News Minute, with our continuous reporting on how minority communities are targeted by majoritarian groups or those in power, we want to enable you to stay informed, remain rooted to reality, look out for each other, and protect ourselves and the nation from divisive forces.
In the last couple of weeks, two stories from TNM have helped us further expose Islamophobia. Prajwal Bhat reported from Mangaluru on how Hindutva vigilantes have a network of informers and spies to attack youngsters who hold friendships across religious divides. This affects both Hindus and Muslim students, while it is the Muslim students who face more physical violence. You can read the story here.
In another story, TNM’s Editor-in-chief Dhanya Rajendran spoke to the 16 Muslims who were fired from their low-paying contract jobs at the Bengaluru city corporation’s COVID War Room, because they were wrongly accused by Bengaluru South MP of the BJP, Tejasvi Surya. Many of them barely in their twenties already feel defeated by the Islamophobia they have been subject to, and are struggling without jobs and facing bleak career prospects.
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