Shahrukh Alam, a lawyer practicing in India’s Supreme Court, dissects how the country’s law and order machinery has been turned against its Muslim citizens in recent years. Alam talks about the criminalising of protest by Muslims and anti-constitutional arguments being made in the courts, how cultural narratives have shifted to allow these things to happen.
You can find the full video of this conversation on YouTube.
Glossary:
- Naroda Patiya: A village where nearly 100 Muslims were killed on 28 February 2002 during larger communal riots in the Indian state of Gujarat
- Sudarshan: Sudarshan News is a television channel in India known for its openly right-wing and anti-Muslim rhetoric
Anti-Muslim Racism (en), Authoritarianism (en), Citizenship (en), Democracy (en), Harsh Mander (en), India (en), Law (en), Racism (en), Shahrukh Alam (en), South Asia (en), The Far Right (en), The Far Right in India (en)
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