THE INDIAN MUSLIM

In September 2025, a simple expression of faith became a crime. When a devotional social media trend, the 'I Love Muhammad' campaign, went viral, it was deliberately framed as a provocation by authorities. The state's response was swift and brutal: mass arrests and punitive demolitions that turned a peaceful act of devotion into a national flashpoint, revealing a clear intent to police and punish Muslim identity itself.
The last few weeks exposed the depth of state-enabled tyranny against India’s Muslims. From the lynching of Suleman Pathan and the desecration of historic Muslim sites to bulldozer demolitions, deportations, and criminalization of dissent, violence has become systemic. With political rhetoric normalizing hate and laws codifying discrimination, India risks eroding its secular fabric and legitimizing religious persecution as governance.
India’s state machinery shifts to a systemic legal-administrative war targeting Muslim identity and citizenship rights.
From mass expulsions of Muslims to mob violence on Eid and the Waqf Act's legal battle, June 2025 revealed a systematic push to marginalize Indian Muslims.
The period following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in India (May 2025) exposed a multifaceted crisis for the Muslim community, marked by a brief but intense military confrontation with Pakistan, the controversial enactment of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, and a disturbing surge in anti-Muslim violence and hate speech.