India's Muslims face growing violence as religious polarisation continues

Muslim daily wage workers in Delhi who have been rendered homeless. © Murali Krishnan

Violent attacks on Muslims by Hindu nationalists have been on the rise since Prime Minister Narendra Modi was elected prime minister in 2014.

In the last couple of months alone, dozens of Muslim properties have been demolished in “anti-encroachment” drives by bulldozers in New Delhi and in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ruled states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.