During the second week of Ramadan 2022, the homes of some Muslims living in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh were demolished. There have been clashes with Muslims and Hindu residents since the start of Ramadan with reports of Hindu nationalists initiating acts of intimidation with public marches that messaged hatred against Muslims.

Whilst the Muslims of Occupied Kashmir and India face brutal attacks by Modi and his Hindutva platform, Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, tweeted to the Butcher of Gujrat, “Pakistan desires peaceful and co-operative ties with India.” Thus, Democracy ensures a leadership that removes Pakistan as an obstacle to the rise of today’s Raja Dahir as the brutal regional tyrant.

In the Times of India reported on an article where the population growth rate between Muslims and Hindus was challenged. A panel discussion in Kolkata was held entitled ‘Population: Are Muslims Overtaking the Hindus in the City’. The narrative that Muslims are taking over the demographics in a manner that is threatening to the Hindu population is a common fear factor that has been used historically to divide India.

The Supreme Court of Karnataka, India, ruled that, “We are of the considered opinion that wearing of hijab by Muslim women does not form a part of essential religious practice,” reinforcing an earlier state ruling banning the Khimar head covering in classrooms. The ruling stated that allowing Muslim women to wear the Hijab in the classroom contradicts their freedoms and the spirit of the constitution based on India’s “positive secularism.”