INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The recent arrest of Umar Khalid is being seen as one of the most outrageous steps in a series of sustained attacks on
the flag bearers of a certain cause
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From the two Portuguese students who may have been imprisoned for raising wine glasses
construct, be it in a dictatorship or a democracy.The recent arrest of Umar Khalid is being seen as one of the most outrageous steps in a
series of sustained attacks on the flag bearers of a certain cause
It might trigger a mobilisation of Muslim intelligentsia to guard against perceived state atrocities, which in turn could lead to a further
ghettoisation even at the cognitive level, apart from the already existing social ghettos.A possible downside of this is the gradual
This carries the risk of perpetuating the agenda of the state.Given the nature of the accusations and arrests, a centralisation of agenda is
For the NIA (National Investigation Agency), NATGRID (National Intelligence Grid), local police, and other agencies it seems all roads lead
to Rome.The unbridled police action is germane to the idea of a totalitarian state, which is being feared by the Muslim minority the most
(apart from the outspoken liberals who are aware of the nature and reactions of such an authoritarian state)
The arrest of young Muslim scholars like Umar Khalid is a strong message against Muslim agitators and a step towards nipping in the bud the
leadership emerging in the Muslim community
It might shrink their space of negotiation with the state and diminish their capacity to articulate their experiences, leading to a loss of
vocabulary that demands accountability from the state.The illegitimate opinion making with assistance from media-created experts endorsing
the state narrative provides a pretext for withdrawing the rights of the target group of people
The mass audience in general starts to see itself as the instrument of fate destined to perform action against a particular community with
support from the discourse that justifies its action
This shifts the balance of citizenship, by increasing the imagined personal importance of the majority community and encouraging
self-censorship among the minority community
It deters the target community from demanding anything more than the bare minimum and creates conflicting desires among them, planting the
identity, besides socio-political and economic mandates coming from a highly centralised state
At the social level, the angst of the Muslim community is growing phenomenally
minority community and the advocates of justice for marginalised groups
The contempt for the Muslim community imbued by the blatancy and lack of accountability on part of the state and its affiliate institutions
layers its vulnerabilities on several counts.Institutions like JNU (Jawaharlal Nehru University), which have been posing a counter narrative
to the governments as well as to social orthodoxy for a long time were the eyesores of certain political and cultural groups
A certain political narrative supported by the conservative right has given a vent to hostility and antagonism targeting not only the
scholars from these institutions but also the institutions themselves
antagonism against a set of institutions and the scholars they produce but a larger inimical meta-narrative that is being weaved at the
political level with adverse social consequences.The transvaluation of the conception and imposition of criminality has widened to an
This has led to a siege-mentality among Muslims of India, which is clearly explained by the pre-recorded video put out by Umar Khalid even
before his arrest, now circulating in the public domain
wellbeing, decision-making; collectively inducing an existential crisis
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