Hindutva Vigilantism and Muslims: Institutionalization of Violence

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Author(s): Murtaza Shibli

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Publication date (Print): 1 January 2019

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A British academic who has written about the Indian media and public behavior.
Shakuntala Banaji, “Vigilante Publics: Orientalism, Modernity and Hindutva Fascism in India,” Javnost - of the European Institute for Communication and Culture 25, no. 4 (2018):333-350, DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2018.1463349.
Ibid., 333.
Ibid., 345–346.
Arshad Islam, “Babri Mosque: A Historical Bone of Contention,” The Muslim World 97, no. 2 (2007): 259–286, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.2007.00173.x; and Julia Shaw, “Ayodhya's Sacred Landscape: Ritual Memory, Politics And Archaeological ‘Fact‘,” 74 no. 285 (2000): 693–700, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00060087.
Badri Narayan, Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2009).
Aijaz Zaka Syed, “The Problem is Not Indian Muslims,” News, https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/292845-the-problem-is-not-indian-muslims.
Gareth Nellis, Michael Weaver and Steven C. Rosenzweig, ‘’Do Parties Matter for Ethnic Violence? Evidence from India,” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 11, no. 3 (2016): 249–277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/100.00015051.
“India May Face Communal Riots Before Elections, Warns US Intelligence Chief, Economic Times, January 30, 2019, //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67752414.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=c ppst.
BJP leader Narendra Modi again secured a landslide victory in April-May 2019 elections.
See also the online article by the same author, Murtaza Shibli (February 16, 2019) Sorrows of Aligarh, The News, URL: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/432466-sorrows-of-aligarh. (accessed on March 30, 2019).
”14 Aligarh Muslim University Students Booked for Sedition after Fracas with Republic TV Crew,” Scroll.in, February 13, 2019, https://scroll.in/latest/913063/14-aligarh-muslim-university-students-booked-for-sedition-after-fracas-with-republic-tv-crew.
Ibid.
Tariq Hasan, “Was Former VP Hamid Ansari The Real Target of Attack on AMU,” Citizen, May 3, 2018, https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/2/13707/Was-Former-VP-Hamid-Ansari-The-Real-Target-of-Attack-on-AMU.
Murtaza Shibli, “Sorrows of Aligarh,” News, February 16, 2019, https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/432466-sorrows-of-aligarh.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Raj B. Mathur, “Uttar Pradesh,” in Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed July 8, 2019, https://www.britannica.com/place/Uttar-Pradesh.
Sharjeel Imam, The Hindu Republic: seven Decades of Muslim Exclusion in India, TRT World, Feb 3, 2019, https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-hindu-republic-seven-decades-of-muslim-exclusion-in-india-23794.
Shankar Gopalakrishnan and Trepan Singh Chauhan, “There are Signs of Hope in the Fight against Saffron Violence in Uttarakhand,” Economic and Political Weekly 53, no. 13 (2018), https://www.epw.in/engage/article/there-are-signs-hope-fight-against-saffron-violence-uttarakhand.
Ibid.
Ibid.
Kautilya Singh, “Uttarakhand: Mob thrashes Muslim boy for being with Hindu Girl,” Times of India, July 31, 2018, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/mob-beats-up-muslim-youth-found-in-hotel-with-hindu-girl-in-tehri-area-of-ukhand/articleshow/65204150.cms.
“Muslim Traders Threatened, Asked to Leave by Hindu Traders,” Siasat Daily, August 1, 2018, https://www.siasat.com/news/muslim-traders-threatened-asked-leave-hindu-traders-1387179/.
Kalyan Das, “Facing Threats, Muslims Fail to Open Shops in Uttarakhand Town a Week after Mob Violence,” Hindustan Times, August 6, 2018, https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/facing-threats-muslims-fail-to-open-shops-in-uttarakhand-town-a-week-after-mob-violence/story-V4Lm79e2e8y2FE6uEkSOZJ.html.
Ibid.

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[1] A British academic who has written about the Indian media and public behavior.

[2] Shakuntala Banaji, “Vigilante Publics: Orientalism, Modernity and Hindutva Fascism in India,” Javnost - of the European Institute for Communication and Culture 25, no. 4 (2018):333-350, DOI: 10.1080/13183222.2018.1463349.

[3] Ibid., 333.

[4] Ibid., 345–346.

[5] Arshad Islam, “Babri Mosque: A Historical Bone of Contention,” The Muslim World 97, no. 2 (2007): 259–286, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-1913.2007.00173.x; and Julia Shaw, “Ayodhya's Sacred Landscape: Ritual Memory, Politics And Archaeological ‘Fact‘,” 74 no. 285 (2000): 693–700, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00060087.

[6] Badri Narayan, Fascinating Hindutva: Saffron Politics and Dalit Mobilisation (New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2009).

[7] Aijaz Zaka Syed, “The Problem is Not Indian Muslims,” News, https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/292845-the-problem-is-not-indian-muslims.

[8] Gareth Nellis, Michael Weaver and Steven C. Rosenzweig, ‘’Do Parties Matter for Ethnic Violence? Evidence from India,” Quarterly Journal of Political Science 11, no. 3 (2016): 249–277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/100.00015051.

[9] “India May Face Communal Riots Before Elections, Warns US Intelligence Chief, Economic Times, January 30, 2019, //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/67752414.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=c ppst.

[10] BJP leader Narendra Modi again secured a landslide victory in April-May 2019 elections.

[11] See also the online article by the same author, Murtaza Shibli (February 16, 2019) Sorrows of Aligarh, The News, URL: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/432466-sorrows-of-aligarh. (accessed on March 30, 2019).

[12] ”14 Aligarh Muslim University Students Booked for Sedition after Fracas with Republic TV Crew,” Scroll.in, February 13, 2019, https://scroll.in/latest/913063/14-aligarh-muslim-university-students-booked-for-sedition-after-fracas-with-republic-tv-crew.

[13] Ibid.

[14] Tariq Hasan, “Was Former VP Hamid Ansari The Real Target of Attack on AMU,” Citizen, May 3, 2018, https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/2/13707/Was-Former-VP-Hamid-Ansari-The-Real-Target-of-Attack-on-AMU.

[15] Murtaza Shibli, “Sorrows of Aligarh,” News, February 16, 2019, https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/432466-sorrows-of-aligarh.

[16] Ibid.

[17] Ibid.

[18] Raj B. Mathur, “Uttar Pradesh,” in Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed July 8, 2019, https://www.britannica.com/place/Uttar-Pradesh.

[19] Sharjeel Imam, The Hindu Republic: seven Decades of Muslim Exclusion in India, TRT World, Feb 3, 2019, https://www.trtworld.com/opinion/the-hindu-republic-seven-decades-of-muslim-exclusion-in-india-23794.

[20] Shankar Gopalakrishnan and Trepan Singh Chauhan, “There are Signs of Hope in the Fight against Saffron Violence in Uttarakhand,” Economic and Political Weekly 53, no. 13 (2018), https://www.epw.in/engage/article/there-are-signs-hope-fight-against-saffron-violence-uttarakhand.

[21] Ibid.

[22] Ibid.

[23] Kautilya Singh, “Uttarakhand: Mob thrashes Muslim boy for being with Hindu Girl,” Times of India, July 31, 2018, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/mob-beats-up-muslim-youth-found-in-hotel-with-hindu-girl-in-tehri-area-of-ukhand/articleshow/65204150.cms.

[24] “Muslim Traders Threatened, Asked to Leave by Hindu Traders,” Siasat Daily, August 1, 2018, https://www.siasat.com/news/muslim-traders-threatened-asked-leave-hindu-traders-1387179/.

[25] Kalyan Das, “Facing Threats, Muslims Fail to Open Shops in Uttarakhand Town a Week after Mob Violence,” Hindustan Times, August 6, 2018, https://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/facing-threats-muslims-fail-to-open-shops-in-uttarakhand-town-a-week-after-mob-violence/story-V4Lm79e2e8y2FE6uEkSOZJ.html.

[26] Ibid.