Tag: Crises of Muslim leadership

By Syed Ubaidur Rahman Indian Muslims face a double whammy of acute repression at the hands of the state and lack of leaders who can effectively present their point of view. The community feels boxed in and fearful of the future because new forms of subjugation—mob lynching, vilification by media, denigration in the garb of fighting a pandemic, multiple let-downs even in the law courts—are being normalised. To be fair, things were never rosy for Indian Muslims, particularly after the demolition of the Babri masjid. But of late they have had...