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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).29      10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).29      Published : Jun 2022

Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society

Abstract

    The resurgence of Hindutva as a political ideology aims to promote Hindu Rashtra in India. The revival of Hindutva, at the helm of Indian Premier Narendra Modi, seeks to promote and preserve the majoritarian cultural and pan-identity of Hindus in India. Hindutva is a term that refers to the ideology of Hindu nation-building aiming to transform the face of the Indian secular democratic republic into a Hindu Rashtra (state). The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), having many similarities with Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany, is a right-wing Hindu nationalist organization that is closely associated with the development and promotion of Hindutva ideology of political monotheism and Hindu nationalist ideas of Indian society and culture. This paper is an attempt to unveil the historical traces of Hindutva as a political ideology with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in office and its exclusionary impacts on Indian Muslims.

    Hindutva 2.0, Right-wing Ideology, Islamophobia, Modi, RSS, Hindu Rashtra, Article 370, Gujrat Riots.

    (1) Izzat Raazia
    Doctoral Candidate, School of Integrated Social Sciences, University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Shahzad Akhtar
    Assistant Professor, School of Integrated Social Sciences, University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Maryam Nawaz
    PhD Student in International Relations, School of Integrated Social Sciences, University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Raazia, I., Akhtar, S., & Nawaz, M. (2022). Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society. Global Sociological Review, VII(II), 269-279. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).29

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Raazia, Izzat, Shahzad Akhtar, and Maryam Nawaz. 2022. "Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society." Global Sociological Review, VII (II): 269-279 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).29

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    HARVARD : RAAZIA, I., AKHTAR, S. & NAWAZ, M. 2022. Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society. Global Sociological Review, VII, 269-279.

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    MHRA : Raazia, Izzat, Shahzad Akhtar, and Maryam Nawaz. 2022. "Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society." Global Sociological Review, VII: 269-279

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    MLA : Raazia, Izzat, Shahzad Akhtar, and Maryam Nawaz. "Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society." Global Sociological Review, VII.II (2022): 269-279 Print.

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    OXFORD : Raazia, Izzat, Akhtar, Shahzad, and Nawaz, Maryam (2022), "Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society", Global Sociological Review, VII (II), 269-279

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Raazia, Izzat, Shahzad Akhtar, and Maryam Nawaz. "Hindutva 2.0 as a Variant of Indian Islamophobia: An Analysis of Praxis of Indian Society." Global Sociological Review VII, no. II (2022): 269-279. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2022(VII-II).29