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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
National
Valay Singh

‘Attack on a dream’: Muslims in fear as Indian democracy turns 75

India's Muslims are facing blatant and subtle discrimination from state and private institutions [File: Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

New Delhi, India – As India celebrates 75 years of independence, the country’s Muslims and other minorities say they find themselves in a state of siege.

Ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2014, the South Asian nation has lunged rightwards under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with an overt and organised state patronage to a Hindu majoritarian agenda worrying its Muslims.

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