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Hindu Nationalism and Rising Anti-Islamism in India

Hindu Milliyetçiliği ve Hindistan’da Yükselen İslam Kaşıtlığı

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103–124
Publication Date
2023-06-22
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Ultimately, it is argued that the anti-Islamic policies in contemporary India - even though they have come to light with the BJP's rule - should be seen as the social and political projections of the Hindutva ideology, which sees India's ethnic and religious diversity as a threat rather than an opportunity and which was 'constructed' long before the BJP.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The weakening of the secular tradition, which has been influential in Indian political life since its inception, and the political rise of the Hindu right culminated in the overwhelming mandate of the Hindu nationalist BJP led by Narendra Modi in the 2014 elections.
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Key Findings & Data:In 2014, the Hindutva ideology that the BJP was fuelled by had the opportunity to spread to all segments of society.
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Conclusion & Impact:Ultimately, it is argued that the anti-Islamic policies in contemporary India - even though they have come to light with the BJP's rule - should be seen as the social and political projections of the Hindutva ideology, which sees India's ethnic and religious diversity as a threat rather than an opportunity and which was 'constructed' long before the BJP.
🔬Design:Review & Systematic Survey
📍Scope:2014 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Hindutva · Bharatiya Janata Partisi · Hindu milliyetçiliği

Abstract

The weakening of the secular tradition, which has been influential in Indian political life since its inception, and the political rise of the Hindu right culminated in the overwhelming mandate of the Hindu nationalist BJP led by Narendra Modi in the 2014 elections. In 2014, the Hindutva ideology that the BJP was fuelled by had the opportunity to spread to all segments of society. As the BJP consolidated its political support from the community in 2019, it became even more prominent as a widespread worldview in India. Backed by the power of Hindutva supporters, the BJP systematically and deliberately targets the non-Hindu population, especially Muslims. Hindutva ideology, the Hindu right wing's ideology of ethnoreligious exclusion, has begun to affect Muslims through political decisions taken by the government and socially triggered acts of oppression and violence, often with the government's deliberate silence. This study discusses the historical and intellectual origins of the Hindutva ideology to reveal the current trends of the BJP's Islamophobic policies through a literature review. In this study, in which the current tendencies of the BJP's Islamophobic policies are tried to be revealed by reviewing the literature, the historical and intellectual origins of the Hindutva ideology are mentioned. The article also analyses the role of the media, which the Modi government uses for its main interests, in fuelling Islamophobia through misinformation and the discourse of 'corona jihad’, particularly in the aftermath of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Ultimately, it is argued that the anti-Islamic policies in contemporary India - even though they have come to light with the BJP's rule - should be seen as the social and political projections of the Hindutva ideology, which sees India's ethnic and religious diversity as a threat rather than an opportunity and which was 'constructed' long before the BJP.

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Kuruluşundan bu yana Hindistan siyasal hayatında etkin olan laik geleneğinin zayıflaması ve Hindu sağının siyasi yükselişi, Narendra Modi liderliğindeki Hindu milliyetçisi BJP’nin 2014 seçimlerinde ezici bir yetkiyle iktidara gelmesiyle doruğa ulaşmıştır. 2014’te BJP’nin beslendiği Hindutva ideolojisi toplumun tüm kesimlerine yayılma fırsatı bulmuş ve BJP’nin 2019’da toplumdan aldığı siyasi desteği pekiştirmesiyle Hindistan’da daha da yaygın bir dünya görüşü olarak öne çıkmıştır. Hindutva destekçilerinin gücünü arkasına alan BJP, başta Müslümanlar olmak üzere Hindu olmayan nüfusu sistematik ve kasıtlı olarak hedef almaktadır. Hindu sağ kanadının etno-dini dışlama ideolojisi olarak Hindutva ideolojisi, sadece hükümetçe alınan siyasi kararlarla değil, toplumsal olarak tetiklenen ve çoğu zaman hükümetin kasıtlı bir biçimde sessiz kaldığı baskı ve şiddet eylemleriyle de Müslümanları etkilemeye başlamıştır. Literatür taraması yapılarak BJP’nin İslamofobik politikalarının güncel yönelimlerin ortaya konulmaya çalışıldığı bu çalışmada, Hindutva ideolojisinin tarihsel ve düşünsel kökenlerine değinilerek yer verilmektedir. Makalede ayrıca, Modi hükümetinin kendi temel çıkarları için kullandığı medyanın, özellikle küresel Covid-19 salgını sonrasında, yanlış bilgilendirme ve 'korona cihadı' söylemi yoluyla İslamofobiyi körüklemedeki rolüne değinilmektedir. Nihai olarak çalışmada -her ne kadar BJP iktidarıyla gün yüzüne çıksa da- günümüz Hindistan’ındaki İslam karşıtı politikaların, Hindistan’ın etnik ve dini çeşitliğini bir fırsattan ziyade bir tehdit olarak gören ve BJP’den çok önce ‘inşa edilen’ Hindutva ideolojisinin toplumsal ve siyasal izdüşümleri olarak görülmesi gerektiği ileri sürülmektedir.

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SARIASLAN, F. (2023). Hindu Nationalism and Rising Anti-Islamism in India. Medya ve Din Araştırmaları Dergisi, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 1, 103–124. https://ajindex.com/articles/946425

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