Tag: Islamophobi

By Murshid Amarayil The roots of rising Islamophobia in contemporary india spread by extreme hindutva ideologists can be traced back to colonial historiography, while there are many reasons behind the growth of Islamophobia both contemporary and historical but the role played by colonial narratives is clear and often deliberate. The Islamophobia inherent in Savarkar’s construction of ‘self’ and the ‘other’ and reinforced by his followers Hedgewar and Golwalkar took rootes in Indian society due to the constant interaction of prevailing Hindutva national ideology in politics. The Hindutva ideology emerged as a...