Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic?

Communal tensions in India have heightened as right-wing Hindu nationalists exploited the Hindu-Muslim divide to hype up threats from COVID-19 and foment hatred against the country’s sizable Muslim minority. The vilification of Muslims could further hamper India’s response to COVID-19 while institut...

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Main Authors: Mohsina, Nazneen, Franco, Joseph
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1436882020-11-01T06:37:55Z Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic? Mohsina, Nazneen Franco, Joseph S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Social sciences::Political science Country and Region Studies Non-Traditional Security Communal tensions in India have heightened as right-wing Hindu nationalists exploited the Hindu-Muslim divide to hype up threats from COVID-19 and foment hatred against the country’s sizable Muslim minority. The vilification of Muslims could further hamper India’s response to COVID-19 while institutionalised Islamophobia could damage the country’s pluralistic heritage. Published version 2020-09-17T01:07:16Z 2020-09-17T01:07:16Z 2020 Commentary Mohsina, N., & Franco J. (2020). Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic? (RSIS Commentaries, No. 109). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143688 en RSIS Commentaries, 109-20 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Country and Region Studies
Non-Traditional Security
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Country and Region Studies
Non-Traditional Security
Mohsina, Nazneen
Franco, Joseph
Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic?
description Communal tensions in India have heightened as right-wing Hindu nationalists exploited the Hindu-Muslim divide to hype up threats from COVID-19 and foment hatred against the country’s sizable Muslim minority. The vilification of Muslims could further hamper India’s response to COVID-19 while institutionalised Islamophobia could damage the country’s pluralistic heritage.
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title Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic?
title_short Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic?
title_full Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic?
title_fullStr Rising Islamophobia in India : exploiting the pandemic?
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