Indian Muslims under majoritarian scrutiny. WHY?

We Did Not Arrive After Freedom. We Helped Build It. And We Are Not Going Anywhere.

Introduction

Indian Muslims are not a post-independence population. They are not migrants, not outsiders, and not side characters in someone else’s story. They are rooted in the history, geography, and evolution of this land. They were rulers, warriors, farmers, poets, educators, and reformers. They shaped language, defended territory, led revolts, and preserved culture.

When India stood up against colonial rule, they stood with it. They sacrificed their lives, their families, their property, and their peace. When Partition arrived, millions chose India, not out of desperation but with full faith that they were choosing a homeland that respected their place in its past and future. That decision is now being punished. And the punishment is not sudden. It is slow, calculated, and structured.

• A Legacy of Contribution That Has Been Systematically Forgotten

Muslims were not watching from a distance during India’s fight for independence. They were leading, resisting, organising, and dying. Names like Ashfaqullah Khan, Maulana Azad, and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan are just a few from a long list of individuals who gave their strength and intellect to the freedom movement. There were scholars who used their pens to challenge the British, revolutionaries who took up arms, and common people who sheltered and supported the resistance without ever being recognised.

They stayed back after 1947 because they believed in the promises made by the Constitution. They trusted the idea that this country would never ask them to prove they belong. But today, their grandchildren live in a reality where that trust has been turned against them.

• This Is Not Decline. This Is Deliberate Depreciation

The present condition of Muslims in India is not the result of neglect or coincidence. It is the outcome of consistent exclusion, targeted injustice, and political hostility. This is a pattern, not a mistake. Every sector reflects it.

In politics, Muslims have been pushed out almost entirely. Despite being one of the largest communities in India, their presence in legislatures is near zero. They are invisible in state cabinets, national ministries, and major policy circles. Political parties either ignore them or speak of them only to provoke fear or suspicion.

In law, special attention has been given to create and misuse legislation that disproportionately affects Muslims. Laws meant for national security or religious regulation are frequently applied only to them. Youth are jailed for sharing opinions. Activists are charged for speaking up. Protest is painted as conspiracy. There is no urgency to grant bail, but plenty of energy to punish without proof.

On the ground, violence against Muslims is not random. Mob attacks are becoming more common, and the response from authorities is either silence or approval. Those accused of murder are celebrated. Victims are blamed. The law no longer protects equally. It punishes selectively.

In housing and employment, Muslims are quietly removed. Flats are denied. Shops are marked. Contracts are cancelled. Economic exclusion has been normalised. Even small business owners face campaigns to boycott their goods. A generation of hardworking citizens is being cut off from growth.

Through bulldozers and demolitions, entire neighbourhoods have been wiped out on television. Without notice. Without trial. Without apology. These are not urban planning decisions. These are public punishments carried out under the watch of elected governments. No other community has been treated this way.

In education and institutions, there is a silent but severe gap. Access to quality education, healthcare, infrastructure, and legal support is disappearing. The schools are crumbling. The funding is cut. The representation is missing. When entire populations are left without support, it is not development failure. It is abandonment.

Culturally, Muslims are scrutinised constantly. From food to language to dress to prayer, every expression of their presence is policed. Their names are questioned. Their marriages are interfered with. Their celebrations are monitored. Their identity is seen as a threat. And yet, they are told to prove their loyalty again and again.

• This Is Not Just Injustice. It Is Humiliation

What Muslims in India face today is not just inequality. It is humiliation made routine. It is being told to move aside quietly while others celebrate over their broken dignity. It is being blamed for their own suffering, and being asked to smile through it.

No nation can claim to be just when one of its largest communities is treated like a suspect in its own home. No democracy survives when millions are denied their political voice, their economic security, their cultural identity, and their legal protection.

This is not about asking for sympathy. This is about stating facts. And the fact is, this community is being pushed to the margins with full knowledge and participation of those in power.

• Still Standing, Still Contributing, Still Awake

Even in this atmosphere of rejection, Muslims in India continue to live, work, raise children, and build quietly. They are not waiting for handouts. They are organising on their own. They are educating their children without support. They are funding their own health services. They are opening schools, running relief work, training lawyers, protecting one another when the system turns away.

This is not helplessness. This is resilience. This is dignity under pressure. This is belief in survival even when institutions fail.

More importantly, this is clarity. The community is no longer confused about the intentions of the state, the media, or the political class. They see it for what it is. And that awareness is power.

• This Land Carries Our Memory. And We Are Not Leaving.

This is not about religious identity. This is about national memory. Muslim contribution is carved into the stone of every Indian state. It is in the roads and rivers, the libraries and languages, the poetry and politics, the fields and factories.

We are not symbols of diversity. We are sons and daughters of the soil. We are not asking to be allowed in. We are reminding the country that we never stepped out.

Our families stayed behind after 1947 because they believed in the Indian promise. We were told we belonged here. That belief was never a mistake. But those who break that promise today are betraying the spirit of India itself.

We are not invisible.

We are not leaving.

And we will not be silenced.