
When Hatred Dines at the Table: Resisting a Manufactured War with Faith, Truth and Resilience
- Jaweria Afreen Hussaini
- May 19
- 5 min read
There is a war being waged—loud, systematic, and shameless. But not every war is declared with weapons and uniforms. Some wars are designed in boardrooms, broadcast in headlines, and cooked into daily conversations. And now, hatred doesn’t just knock at the door. It sits at the dining table, passing judgment with every bite, rewriting values with every sip, poisoning hearts in the name of nationalism, culture, and “majority will.”
In today’s India, this hatred is not random. It is manufactured. It is planned. And it is profitable.
Muslims are not just being demonized—they are being cornered, isolated, and used as scapegoats to distract a wounded public from the failures of the state.
• Blame the Muslims when prices rise.
• Blame the Muslims when youth remain unemployed.
• Blame the Muslims when farmers die.
This governance has become a circus. A diversion tactic. A planned game where pain is recycled into propaganda, and dissent is painted as disloyalty. The nation being fed lies on prime-time TV while its soul quietly starves.
When truth becomes dangerous and lies become patriotism, we are bound to ask: What kind of nation are we building?
We live in times where mob violence gets political blessings, where bulldozers serve court notices before the trial, and where social media is turned into a gallows. The line between justice and vengeance has been blurred. And the most frightening part? This cruelty is being normalized. Applauded. Dressed up in the clothes of “development” and “national pride.”
Let this be known: No empire of falsehood, no matter how polished, can survive the storm of truth.
Muslims have endured centuries of betrayal and erasure. But we have also carried centuries of brilliance, resistance, and faith. We don’t need to shout to prove our worth. We don’t need to beg for dignity in courts. Our resilience is not performative—it is built into our prayers, our patience, our people.
When the system is rigged, existing is resistance. Every truth-teller, every ally who dares to speak when it’s safer to stay silent—they are part of the resistance.
Hatred is loud, but it is also weak. It needs constant feeding—new targets, new lies, new enemies. But faith? Faith is quiet. It grows in the dark. It holds steady in storms. And truth? Truth does not expire. It waits. It returns. It strikes when history turns its eyes back toward justice.
Let them call us names. Let them burn our homes. Let them erase us from textbooks. We are not afraid. Because we were never just fighting a political battle. We are protecting a moral spine in a country that is dangerously losing its own.
And when history is written—again—we will not just be the names they tried to erase. We will be the fire they could not put out.
"If you preach hate in your hall, expect a lynching in your lane."
A Nation's Soul at Stake
Homes are no longer just shelters—they're breeding grounds for hate. Conversations that once fed hearts now feed mobs. A nation loses its soul not in one riot, but in a million hateful whispers. Today, the hate is systematic, curated, broadcasted, and celebrated—all while those who speak against it are silenced or punished.
The Real Circus: Who Benefits?
Politicians harvest hate for votes
Newsrooms feed it for ratings
Radical godmen sell it as faith
But who bleeds? The people. The nation. Truth.
India is at a turning point where hatred is no longer underground. It's a public festival. It's in the air we breathe, the news we consume, the textbooks rewritten. But the circus has a ringmaster. This isn't spontaneous combustion; it is planned arson.
Festivals Turned Into Fear
What used to be festivals are now public parades of intimidation:
Shobha Yatras with swords waved near mosques
Vijay Yatras turned into processions of provocation
Weaponized loudspeakers blaring slogans of hate
What is peddled as culture is, in fact, a carefully curated tool to instill fear in Muslim communities. Worship spaces are surrounded. Homes are marked. Lives are threatened.
Political Campaigns Built on Hate
No governance plans. No developmental blueprints. Just hate slogans:
"Boycott Muslim vendors"
"Love Jihad"
"Reclaim temples"
Entire elections are won by fueling one community's fear and another's fury. Hate has become the new campaign currency. Radicalising the majority may run adrenaline for a while, but the fall is inevitable—and it will hit the very foundation of this nation.
Muslims: Under Fire, Yet Unshaken
Despite lynchings, bulldozers, state-backed violence, and hate speeches, Muslims are not broken. They are wounded, yes—but not defeated.
“And they planned, and Allah planned. And Allah is the best of planners.”(Qur'an 8:30)
They are teaching stronger, praying louder, resisting smarter. This is not just survival—it is steadfast faith in action. Our resistance is not rooted in vengeance, but in dignity.
History Says: Oppressor Always Fall
From Hitler to Milosevic, every tyrant believed they were forever. Every mob thought they were the new order. But they fell. All of them. The very hands that radicalised will one day strike back. Every tyrant believed they were forever. Every mob thought they were the new order. So did Pharaoh. But they all fell. The thrones built on fear always sink under the weight of truth. History doesn’t bow to power—it drags it down when the time comes. Pharaoh had armies, palaces, and blind followers too. But in the end, the sea didn’t part for him. It swallowed him.
Hatred may dine at the table today, but truth is already at the door. And when truth enters, lies don’t just leave—they scatter.
No regime, no mob, no ideology based on hate has survived the tide of history.
Resistance Starts at Home
Let it start at your table. Your hall. Your prayer mat.
Teach children truth without hate
Preach peace with courage
Watch the streets, read the signs, raise your voice
"Whoever sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; if he cannot, then with his tongue; and if he cannot, then with his heart—and that is the weakest of faith."(Hadith, Sahih Muslim)
We are not passive. We are preparing.
Let Them Watch
Let the mobs dance. Let their hate rise. It will fall.
"Truth doesn’t need to shout. It just needs to stand."
They are laughing now, yes. But history is laughing back.
A Call to Conscience
This isn’t just a Muslim crisis. This is a national hemorrhage. A disease left unchecked. And to those sane-minded Hindus: Speak now. Or history will remember your silence.
“Do not lose hope, nor be sad. You will be superior if you are true believers.”(Qur’an 3:139)
Jab zulm ka bazaar sajta hai, haq ka chirag jalana farz hota hai,
Na raah roke andheron se, bas roshni banana farz hota hai.
Waqt ke sikandar bik jaate hain taqat ke saude mein,
Magar sach ka faujdar, har daur mein pehchana jaata hai.
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