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Countering Islamophobia is a bigger challenge than we realise. I confess, until very recently, I personally did not realise two nuances: One, Islamophobia is actually a political construct carefully and meticulously drilled into western heads by Israel. Two, anyone remotely seen as having the tendency and the urge to counter Islamophobia is seen as a direct threat to Israel’s long-term goals.
For a long time, the best strategy for winning an election in India has been to remind the Indian people of the dangers of Pakistan with its supposedly evil designs against India. That may be changing soon because India doesn’t have much convincing to do at home. Modi is more popular than he was a decade ago. He was re-elected with an overwhelming vote. Indians may soon be less motivated by fighting against Pakistan and more driven by taking over Kashmir entirely.
And for that, Modi doesn’t need to convince Indians but rather the Americans. And it won’t be with the evil designs of Pakistan but those of the Muslims. And for that, the Indian strategy seems to be to tap into the Israeli propaganda literature. While much commentary will happen about how Modi and Netanyahu are making security and technology deals and how Modi is breaking with the longstanding Indian political stance of supporting the Palestinian state, truth be told, a completely different motivation is causing this love affair between India and Israel.
Hindutva and Zionism are joined at the hip in their common goals of turning their nation states into lands full of hatred for citizens that have a different faith. Hindutva and Zionism are civilisational projects. Hindutva wants to create an India that is home for Hindus anywhere in the world. This is exactly in line with the Zionist mindset, which wants to turn Israel into a home for Jews anywhere. People belonging to different faiths, both Christianity and especially Islam, are seen as external threats even when they are citizens of their respective states. Modi and Netanyahu shaking hands is basically Hindu supremacist mindset coming into an alliance with the Jewish supremacist mindset. As a matter of fact, the RSS-driven BJP teaches its followers, Modi included, to imbibe the love of Zionism and Israel.
And they genuinely are criminals only separated by geography. Both have occupied lands that do not belong to them and have kept people there under a brutal military occupation. Kashmir is actually the world’s most densely militarised zone.
The hatred toward Muslims in the western society, especially the US, is the key to Israel’s strategy to keep America convinced that Israel taking over Palestinian land and killing them in the process is justified because of how loathsome Muslims are. The Israeli propaganda campaign of dehumanising Muslims has worked very well for them until recently. India is soon advancing from convincing domestic audiences to using the same anti-Muslim propaganda for American consumption.
Indian politicians and media pundits have been making noise about following the Israeli model while doing aggression in Kashmir. One of the acts that India borrowed from Israel is called “bulldozer justice” where Indians demolish Kashmir homes and businesses just as what Israel does to Palestinians. Yogi Adityanath, a top BJP leader, and a chief minister of India’s largest state Uttar Pradesh, is known as “Bulldozer Baba”.
If there is one thing the Indians are really good at, it is the act of plagiarising. With these supremacist states coming together, it may not be a distant day in future that India will use massive amounts of money to buy American politicians who would run his or her campaign on protecting the Hindu homeland from the Muslim terrorists who hide among populations while attacking the Indian mainland. They will also support India’s actions against Pakistan and other neighbouring states using the same dehumanising of Muslims that Israel uses.
Maybe someday, we might witness an elected American politician wearing the Indian army’s uniform just as they too often don the uniform of the IDF.
